Re: Conceptualizing Threading

2007-06-21 Thread Larry Bates
JonathanB wrote: > I have a multi-access problem that I'm pretty sure needs to be solved > with threading, but I'm not sure how to do it. This will be my first > foray into threading, so I'm a little confused by all of the new > landscape. So, I'm going to lay out the problem I'm facing and if > so

Re: Conceptualizing Threading

2007-06-21 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:03:22 -0700, JonathanB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You described how threads introduce a problem in your program -- that of >> generating a sequence of sequential identifiers -- but you didn't describe >> the problem that threads are solving in your program. Maybe you do

Re: Conceptualizing Threading

2007-06-21 Thread JonathanB
> You described how threads introduce a problem in your program -- that of > generating a sequence of sequential identifiers -- but you didn't describe > the problem that threads are solving in your program. Maybe you don't > need them at all? What led you to threading in the first place? > > Je

Re: Conceptualizing Threading

2007-06-21 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:51:17 -0700, JonathanB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a multi-access problem that I'm pretty sure needs to be solved >with threading, but I'm not sure how to do it. This will be my first >foray into threading, so I'm a little confused by all of the new >landscape. So, I'm

Conceptualizing Threading

2007-06-21 Thread JonathanB
I have a multi-access problem that I'm pretty sure needs to be solved with threading, but I'm not sure how to do it. This will be my first foray into threading, so I'm a little confused by all of the new landscape. So, I'm going to lay out the problem I'm facing and if someone could point me toward