• Paul Stanton (1/1) Jan 20 2003 can anyone provide a SIMPLE example of thread use in D? thanks.
• Burton Radons (27/28) Jan 20 2003 import thread;
• Paul Stanton (9/37) Jan 20 2003 thanks for your time.
• Burton Radons (5/13) Jan 20 2003 That would have to be Thread.TS.RUNNING or t.TS.RUNNING, wouldn't it?
• Mark Evans (3/3) Jan 20 2003 You might be interested to know that Oz supports literally thousands of
• Mike Wynn (4/7) Jan 20 2003 more than the underlying OS will allow ?

Paul Stanton <Paul_member pathlink.com> writes:

can anyone provide a SIMPLE example of thread use in D? thanks.

Burton Radons <loth users.sourceforge.net> writes:

Paul Stanton wrote:
 can anyone provide a SIMPLE example of thread use in D? thanks.

import thread;

int thread1 (void *ptr)
{
     printf ("1: Start\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("1: Middle\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("1: End\n");
     return 0;
}

void main ()
{
     Thread t = new Thread (&thread1, null);

     t.start ();
     printf ("0: Thread started\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("0: Middle\n");
     while (t.isRunning ())
         Thread.yield ();
}

Should print:

0: Thread started
1: Start
0: Middle
1: Middle
1: End

Paul Stanton <Paul_member pathlink.com> writes:

thanks for your time.
wont compile: no property 'isRunning' for type 'Thread'.
fixed it like so....

1. added just below import : "enum TS {INITIAL,RUNNING,TERMINATED}" (copied form
thread.d)
2. changed "while(t.isRunning())" to "while (t.getState() == TS.RUNNING)"

not sure why thread.d doesnt expose constants for thread states, kind of means
users have to guess... oh well, any better way to do this?

In article <3E2C82CA.20806 users.sourceforge.net>, Burton Radons says...
Paul Stanton wrote:
 can anyone provide a SIMPLE example of thread use in D? thanks.

import thread;

int thread1 (void *ptr)
{
     printf ("1: Start\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("1: Middle\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("1: End\n");
     return 0;
}

void main ()
{
     Thread t = new Thread (&thread1, null);

     t.start ();
     printf ("0: Thread started\n");
     Thread.yield ();
     printf ("0: Middle\n");
     while (t.isRunning ())
         Thread.yield ();
}

Should print:

0: Thread started
1: Start
0: Middle
1: Middle
1: End

Burton Radons <loth users.sourceforge.net> writes:

Paul Stanton wrote:
 thanks for your time.
 wont compile: no property 'isRunning' for type 'Thread'.
 fixed it like so....

Whoops, accidentally used DLI code, sorry.

 1. added just below import : "enum TS {INITIAL,RUNNING,TERMINATED}" (copied
form
 thread.d)
 2. changed "while(t.isRunning())" to "while (t.getState() == TS.RUNNING)"

That would have to be Thread.TS.RUNNING or t.TS.RUNNING, wouldn't it?

 not sure why thread.d doesnt expose constants for thread states, kind of means
 users have to guess... oh well, any better way to do this?

The properties should absolutely be in the API, so that should be 
amended soon.

Mark Evans <Mark_member pathlink.com> writes:

You might be interested to know that Oz supports literally thousands of
concurrent threads with no sweat.  D could learn some things from Oz.

Mark

"Mike Wynn" <mike.wynn l8night.co.uk> writes:

more than the underlying OS will allow ?
and does it allow easy acces to thread locals ?

"Mark Evans" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:b0it8a$2a0r$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 You might be interested to know that Oz supports literally thousands of
 concurrent threads with no sweat.  D could learn some things from Oz.

 Mark