[Padre-dev] "cpan> install Padre'" on FreeBSD 7.1: Padre requires a perl built using threads

[breno]

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Shmuel Fomberg <semuelf at 012.net.il> wrote:
> breno wrote:
>> As for threading, the "-de" options just set the default, which is no
>> threads. As the config itself explains:
>> Note that Perl built with threading support runs slightly slower
>> and uses more memory than plain Perl. The current implementation
>> is believed to be stable, but it is fairly new, and so should be
>> treated with caution.
>
> "is believed to be stable"? "is fairly new"?
> We are one major version away from the introduction of threads. It is
> very stable, and certainly not new anymore.
> I don't know about you, but threads is one of the major features of Perl
> 5.8, together with Unicode. How come building perl without threads is a
> sensible default?
>

Hey, don't shoot the messenger, I just pasted what the perl
configuration script said. If you feel this is wrong/outdated, I'm
sure the nice folks responsible for it (Dave Mitchell et al?) will
take a look and even change it should you contact them about it.

As for myself, I don't usually write threaded Perl code, so I can't really tell.


Cheers,

-b