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Changes for version 0.33

  • Bug fixes *****
  • exit() in child process after fork() in user code no longer causes process hang.
  • Address issue with Devel::Symdump and internal typeglob reference changes in Perl 5.10.
  • Miscellaneous changes *****
  • Removed Devel::Required (used only for forks development) from Makefile.PL required modules.

Modules

drop-in replacement for Perl threads using fork()
dump symbol names or the symbol table
drop-in replacement for Perl threads::shared with forks()
signal management for forks
default class for tie-ing arrays to threads with forks
default class for tie-ing handles to threads with forks
default class for tie-ing hashes to threads with forks
default class for tie-ing scalars to threads with forks