[ID 20000204.004] new Thread return value described incorrectlyin perlthrtut.pod

This is a bug report for perl from dzerkel@cas.org,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.27 running under perl 5.00563.


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*** pod/perlthrtut.pod.orig     Fri Feb  4 11:05:52 2000
--- pod/perlthrtut.pod  Fri Feb  4 11:07:34 2000
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      }
  
  
! The subroutine runs like a normal Perl subroutine, and the call to new
! Thread returns whatever the subroutine returns.
  
  The last example illustrates another feature of threads.  You can spawn
  off several threads using the same subroutine.  Each thread executes
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      }
  
  
! The subroutine runs like a normal Perl subroutine.  The call to new
! Thread returns a Thread which can be used to get the return value of
! the new thread (see join below).
  
  The last example illustrates another feature of threads.  You can spawn
  off several threads using the same subroutine.  Each thread executes


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Site configuration information for perl 5.00563:

Configured by dxz29 at Tue Feb  1 13:17:45 EST 2000.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 5 subversion 63) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.6, archname=sun4-solaris-thread-multi
    uname='sunos dxz29awu 5.6 generic_105181-16 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra-5_10 '
    config_args='-Dusethreads -Dusemultiplicity'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
    use64bits=undef usemultiplicity=define
  Compiler:
    cc='/vol/SUNWspro6.1.p1/bin/cc', optimize='-fast -xO5 -xtarget=ultra2i -xcache=16/32/1:256/64/1', gccversion=
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT'
    ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -DUSE_LONG_LONG -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='/vol/SUNWspro6.1.p1/bin/cc', ldflags =' '
    libpth=/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lposix4 -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lsec
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-KPIC', lddlflags='-G'

Locally applied patches:
    

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@INC for perl 5.00563:
    /ldatae/perl5.5.63/lib/5.00563/sun4-solaris-thread-multi
    /ldatae/perl5.5.63/lib/5.00563
    /ldatae/perl5.5.63/lib/site_perl/5.00563/sun4-solaris-thread-multi
    /ldatae/perl5.5.63/lib/site_perl
    .

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Environment for perl 5.00563:
    HOME=/home/dxz29
    LANG=C
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/ldatae/dxz29/lib:/lprod/cas/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/dt/lib
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/ldatae/dxz29/bin:/home/dxz29/bin/sun4:/home/dxz29/bin:/lprod/cas/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/bin:/cas/bin/sun4:/cas/abin/sun4:/cas/X11/sun4/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/uprod/bin:/usr/sbin:/cas/tools/bin/sun4:/cas/X11/sun4/tools/bin:/usr/ucb:/home/dxz29/bin:/usr/perl5/bin:/projects/clearcase/bin:/usr/atria/bin:/sbin:/projects/sprs_lwv/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/bin/ksh

• [ID 20000204.004] new Thread return value described incorrectlyin perlthrtut.pod by Danny Zerkel-D26