Re: [Caml-list] Smart ways to implement worker threads

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org> writes:

> Le vendredi 16 juillet 2010 08:05:10, vous avez écrit :
>> > Now, the main thread does not need to be a task.. 
>> 
>> But then how does the main thread notice when a checksum is finished
>> computing? The information has to flow both ways.
>
> I would say its implemented in the replay_request function. You can think of 
> many structures, a shared Hashtbl, message sending.. The loop in the main 
> thread can send tasks and check for completed tasks as well...
>
>
> Romain

No, it couldn't. The main thread must be blocked waiting for something.
That something would either be waiting for select to return or the main
thread runs a queue and a seperate select thread and worker threads
throw tasks at it. I'm not having a main thread that checks every 0.001s
if a task happens to be done.

MfG
        Goswin