1.7.9p2 tasks
Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 18 Dec 1995 09:56:05 PST
Jason Mills writes:
> Looking at the db file since this was an eval revealed that this had been
> caused by the command:
> ;while(1) suspend($maxint); endwhile
> So, was this task continuously running as though it were a suspend(0) in
> there, or was it waiting until $maxint seconds had passed before it executed?
In 1.7.9p2, it will run continuously, just like suspend(0). In 1.8.0, it will
be suspended until January 2038 (or until it is resume()d).
Pavel