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From:
Paul Johnson
Date:
May 24, 2012 01:22
Subject:
Re: Removing from the opcode tree
Message ID:
20120524082213.GL12937@pjcj.net
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 08:17:18AM +0200, Steffen Mueller wrote:

> I failed to mention something here. It'll be obvious to most, but
> it's probably still worth stating: Don't do something like this at
> run time. OP trees being shared, this will break threaded perls.
> 
> I still eventually want to find a large gob of time and clue to make
> them thread safe. There's an old thread about that on this list.
> Look for Zefram's replies, as usual they're really good.

I think this is the only real obstacle to getting Devel::Cover working
under threads.

So I'm going to close my eyes and concentrate really hard on willing
magical large gobs of time into existence.

-- 
Paul Johnson - paul@pjcj.net
http://www.pjcj.net

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