package HardThread; use strict; use warnings; use threads; use threads::shared; use vars qw( $internal ); ## Variable declaration for internal functions my ( $thread ); sub new { my $class = shift; my $inter : shared = shared_clone({}); $inter->{INT1} = "internal 1"; $inter->{INT2} = "internal 2"; $inter->{INT3} = "internal 5"; return bless( \%{$inter}, $class ); } sub stop_thread { my $inter = shift; $inter->{THR}->kill('TERM'); $inter->{THR}->join(); } sub starter { my $inter = shift; $inter->{THR} = ref threads->create(sub{$thread->(\$inter->{INT1})}); return ( 1 ); } sub set_internal { my $inter = shift; if( @_ ) { my ( $given_key, $given_value ) = @_ if @_; $inter->{$given_key} = $given_value; return ( 1 ); } return ( 0 ); } sub printer { my $inter = shift; foreach my $key ( keys %{$inter} ) { print $key, " - ", $inter->{$key}, "\n"; } } $thread = sub { local *internal = $_[0]; my $control = 1; $SIG{'TERM'} = sub { $control = 0; }; while( $control == 1 ) { print "Thread shows internal value: ", $internal, "\n"; sleep 2; } return ( 1 ); }; 1;