[dmd-concurrency] draft 5

[Sean Kelly]

On Jan 19, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> Steve Schveighoffer wrote:
> 
>> The bit about doing the setMailboxSize right after calling spawn is a
>> little disconcerting to me, do you think it might be possible spawn a
>> thread in suspended mode (i.e. don't start it right away)?  I think
>> there are probably other reasons you may want to configure the tid or
>> set up some kind of framework before letting the thread start for a
>> more controlled startup procedure.
> 
> Yah, there will most likely be a way to start a thread suspended. In this case it's not crucial because you should be able to set its mailbox size while running.

It's easy enough to use messaging to start a thread suspended anyway, at least until a built-in option is provided.