Re: Threads and Gtk2

["A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis gmx de>]

* zentara <zentara zentara net> [2005-10-20 18:35]:
> I know goto's are currently out of favor, but it is a pretty
> useful here. 
>
> sub work{     #the thread code block
>     $|++;
>     while(1){
>        if($thread{'die'} == 1){goto END }
>        if ( $thread{'go'} == 1 ){
>
>        #do your stuff here in a loop and sprinkle the code with
>        #  if($thread{'go'} == 0){last}
>        #  if($thread{'die'} == 1){goto END}
>        #  in case you need to kill the thread or current code run
>        #  during a long running process
>
>           $thread{'go'} = 0; #turn off self before returning       
>        }else
>          { sleep 1 }
>     }
> END:
> }

Wouldnât a simple âreturnâ in place of your âgoto ENDâ work just
as well?

Regards,
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Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>