Hello

Building from this node, I did some more experimentation with threads (please refer to that node for details). I am now trying to find another way to terminate nicely a thread.

The idea was: If I can handle $httpd out of the thread where it is accepting, maybe I could simply $httpd->close instead of timeout-ing the accept call. But... can I pass an $httpd object outside of its thread using a queue?

Now, in the Camel book, it is said about Thread::Queue:

The standard Thread::Queue module provides a way to pass objects between threads... you get to pass around full scalars, including references and blessed objects!

but it is, maybe, a bit outdated. In the documentation of the module makes no mention about passing objects in queue.

Uhmmm... time to experiment! I modified my code to create an "httpd queue" and the httpd sub to enqueue the $httpd object in it. No luck:

bronto@brabham:~/tmp$ ./420587.pl
thread failed to start: Invalid value for shared scalar at /usr/share/
+perl/5.8/Thread/Queue.pm line 90.
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I am going to have no luck with this approach, am I?