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[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:53 PM, DF <deefriend at ymail.com> wrote:
> Sean Kelly Wrote:
>
>> DF wrote:
>> > Spacen Jasset Wrote:
>> >
>> >> DF wrote:
>> >>> /**
>> >>>  * Testing.
>> >>>  */
>> >>> module Test;
>> >>>
>> >>> import std.thread;
>> >>> import std.stdio;
>> >>>
>> >>> class DerivedThread : Thread {
>> >>>
>> >>>      this() {
>> >>>          super(&run);
>> >>>      }
>> >>>
>> >>> private :
>> >>>      int run() {
>> >>>         writefln("Derived thread running.\n" );
>> >>>   return 0;
>> >>>      }
>> >>> }
>> >>>
>> >>> void main() {
>> >>>   Thread derived = new DerivedThread();
>> >>>   derived.start();
>> >>> }
>> >>>
>> >>> This code makes no output. Why?
>> >> Not quite sure, but you could try derived.wait() in main to wait for the
>> >> thread to finish.
>> > It won't help. And method wait() is hidden. I'm using D 2.0.
>>
>> If you're using D 2.0 then that shouldn't even compile.  In fact,
>> std.thread doesn't exist any longer.  Try:
>>
>> module Test;
>>
>> import core.thread;
>> import std.stdio;
>>
>> class DerivedThread : Thread {
>>      this() {
>>          super(&run);
>>      }
>>
>> private:
>>      void run() {
>>          writefln( "Derived thread running." );
>>      }
>> }
>>
>> void main() {
>>      Thread derived = new DerivedThread();
>>      derived.start();
>> }
>>
>> Note that if you set "Thread.isDaemon = true" then you will need to
>> join() the thread to wait for it to complete before the app exits.
>>
>>
>> Sean
>
> That's what I get when I try to compile the code you've posted.
>
> module thread cannot read file 'core\thread.d'

You're probably using an older compiler.  std.thread has recently
become core.thread.  Just change it to std.thread, or update your
compiler.