NAME

       Thread::Tie::Thread - create threads for tied variables

SYNOPSIS

           use Thread::Tie; # use as early as possible for maximum memory savings

           my $tiethread = Thread::Tie::Thread->new;
           tie stuff, 'Thread::Tie', {thread => $thread};

           my $tid = $tiethread->tid;        # thread id of tied thread
           my $thread = $tiethread->thread;  # actual "threads" thread
           $tiethread->shutdown;             # shut down specific thread

DESCRIPTION

                         *** A note of CAUTION ***

        This module only functions on Perl versions 5.8.0 and later.
        And then only when threads are enabled with -Dusethreads.  It
        is of no use with any version of Perl before 5.8.0 or without
        threads enabled.

                         *************************

       The Thread::Tie::Thread module is a helper class for the Thread::Tie module.  It is used
       to create the thread in which the actual code, to which variables are tied with the
       Thread::Tie class, is located.

       Please see the documentation of the Thread::Tie module for more information.

CLASS METHODS

       There is only one class method.

   new
        my $tiethread = Thread::Tie::Thread->new;

       The "new" class method returns an instantiated object that can be specified with the
       "thread" field when tie()ing a variable.

OBJECT METHODS

       The following object methods are available for the instantiated Thread::Tie::Thread
       object.

   tid
        my $tid = $tiethread->tid;

       The "tid" object method returns the thread id of the actual threads thread that is being
       used.

   thread
        my $thread = $tiethread->thread;

       The "thread" object method returns the actual threads thread object that is being used.

OPTIMIZATIONS

       This module uses AutoLoader to reduce memory and CPU usage. This causes subroutines only
       to be compiled in a thread when they are actually needed at the expense of more CPU when
       they need to be compiled.  Simple benchmarks however revealed that the overhead of the
       compiling single routines is not much more (and sometimes a lot less) than the overhead of
       cloning a Perl interpreter with a lot of subroutines pre-loaded.

AUTHOR

       Elizabeth Mattijsen, <liz@dijkmat.nl>.

       Please report bugs to <perlbugs@dijkmat.nl>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Elizabeth Mattijsen <liz@dijkmat.nl>. All rights reserved.  This
       program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       Thread::Tie, threads, AutoLoader.