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KaVir · 09-20-2010, 05:41 PM

Saving data could also cause problems - what if the main thread tries to loads the data while it's being saved? You'd need to use a mutex for both saving and loading the pfile.

A more common use of threading is for DNS lookups. I also do a WHOIS on the IP address at the same time.

09-20-2010, 05:41 PM	#8
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	Re: New to network programming a couple questions: Saving data could also cause problems - what if the main thread tries to loads the data while it's being saved? You'd need to use a mutex for both saving and loading the pfile. A more common use of threading is for DNS lookups. I also do a WHOIS on the IP address at the same time.