Sorry to the group, that message was only supposed to go to Ian... I guess I need retraining on using email.
> On Jan 16, 2019, at 10:09 AM, Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > Stupid iOS. I don’t even see a way to resend. Oh well. > >> On Jan 16, 2019, at 10:07 AM, Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> >>> Date: January 16, 2019 at 9:29:59 AM CST >>> To: Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> >>> Subject: Re: [go-nuts] what is the use of context in golang RESTful apis? >>> >>> This just came to me, not to the mailing list. Was that a mistake? >>> >>> Ian >>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 7:15 AM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don’t see the complexity nor the real difference between Go routines and >>>> Threads. In Java TLS is not passed to new threads you need to be explicit. >>>> The ThreadLocal doesn’t allow access to other threads locals even with >>>> thread groups, etc. As far as I understand Go has no concept of parent Go >>>> routine - at least not exposed - so I don’t see the issue. >>>> >>>> Can you maybe give an example of where ThreadLocal type implementation is >>>> confusing? >>>> >>>>>> On Jan 16, 2019, at 9:00 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:39 AM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A big difference of opinion here. TLS as implemented in Java via >>>>>> ThreadLocal is trivial to use, understand, and is pervasive. In C++ its >>>>>> a different story. >>>>> >>>>> A general form of TLS is much more confusing in a language where it's >>>>> trivial to start a goroutine. To be at all useful we have to start >>>>> talking about how and when goroutines inherit TLS values from their >>>>> parent goroutine. Then we need to control that. It's a pile of >>>>> complexity we don't need. Better to be explicit. In my opinion. >>>>> >>>>> Ian >>>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
