Fedora 12 Update: perl-forks-0.33-3.fc12

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-1414
2010-02-02 20:22:28
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Name        : perl-forks
Product     : Fedora 12
Version     : 0.33
Release     : 3.fc12
URL         : http://search.cpan.org/~rybskej/perl-forks-0.33/
Summary     : A drop-in replacement for Perl threads using fork()
Description :
The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm.  It has the
same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but
has some significant differences:

- you do _not_ need a special (threaded) version of Perl
- it is _much_ more economic with memory usage on OS's that support COW
- it is more efficient in the startup of threads
- it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
- it is less efficient in inter-thread communication

If for nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in
non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and
higher are supported).

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Update Information:

The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm.  It has the  same
syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but  has some
significant differences:    - you do _not_ need a special (threaded) version of
Perl  - it is _much_ more economic with memory usage on OS's that support COW  -
it is more efficient in the startup of threads  - it is slightly less efficient
in the stopping of threads  - it is less efficient in inter-thread communication
If for nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in  non-
threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and  higher are
supported).
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #507491 - Review Request: perl-forks - A drop-in replacement for Perl threads using fork()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507491
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
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