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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] alt and chanfree
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:17:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5b73ce333ceed4d8bb71f0e017f70cca@plug.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimhCt9EZJO5KW7-31kPgqQuER5mN2VL0x2g3SUZ@mail.gmail.com>

> > isn't that what chanclose()/chanclosing() is for?
> >
> > - erik
> >
> >
>
> Not at all. Chanclose and chanclosing are to be used while the channel
> still exists.
> A closed channel is not a freed channel. Close/closing are useful for
> synchronizing the cleanup
> but no other operation should be done on a channel after it has been
> freed because
> the channel no longer exists.

of course i ment using chanclose as the first step.  the
thread running the alt can free the closed channel.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2010-09-14 14:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-14  8:57 Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-09-14  9:55 ` roger peppe
2010-09-14 10:04   ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-09-14 13:01     ` erik quanstrom
2010-09-14 13:27       ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-09-14 13:30         ` erik quanstrom
2010-09-14 13:46           ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-09-14 13:49         ` Gorka Guardiola
2010-09-14 14:17           ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2010-09-15  8:15             ` Mathieu Lonjaret
2010-09-15  9:47               ` roger peppe
2010-09-15 11:07                 ` Mathieu Lonjaret

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