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in reply to Re^2: Pass a IO::Socket handle to a thread
in thread Pass a IO::Socket handle to a thread

That doesn't compile

$ perl -Mdiagnostics -e " sub serverControl($time) { } " Illegal character in prototype for main::serverControl : $time at -e l +ine 1 (#1) (W illegalproto) An illegal character was found in a prototype dec +laration. Legal characters in prototypes are $, @, %, *, ;, [, ], &, \, and ++.