Subj : Re: Visualizing multi-threaded programs
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Sat Feb 26 2005 08:01 am

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:17:35 -0600, Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm making my first significant use of multi-threading in my current
> project, and I've reached the point that I'm finding it difficult to
> "keep all the balls in the air," mentally speaking.  I know of several
> ways to "visualize" a single-threaded program -- flowcharts, call trees,
> object hierarchies, etc. -- but none of them capture the extra
> complexity introduced by multiple threads of execution.
>
> Are there any techniques that folks are using to address this.
>
Practice and experience.

You should try to stay with the well know threaded design patterns
that are known to work, e.g. producer/consumer, reader/writer, etc...

Condition variables lend themselves to constraint driven programming
if you have those kind of problems to solve.  Other types of problems
may be a little more tricky.

-- 
Joe Seigh

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