BEGIN { eval { require Config; import Config }; if ($@) { print "1..0 # Skip: no Config\n"; exit(0); } } use Thread; use Thread::Queue; $q = new Thread::Queue; sub reader { my $tid = Thread->self->tid; my $i = 0; while (1) { $i++; print "reader (tid $tid): waiting for element $i...\n"; my $el = $q->dequeue; print "reader (tid $tid): dequeued element $i: value $el\n"; select(undef, undef, undef, rand(2)); if ($el == -1) { # end marker print "reader (tid $tid) returning\n"; return; } } } my $nthreads = 3; for (my $i = 0; $i < $nthreads; $i++) { Thread->new(\&reader, $i); } for (my $i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) { my $el = int(rand(100)); select(undef, undef, undef, rand(2)); print "writer: enqueuing value $el\n"; $q->enqueue($el); } $q->enqueue((-1) x $nthreads); # one end marker for each thread