SnapDive <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I would like to instance 20 objects (not kidding about the number) on
> background threads and then issue asynchronous method calls to them.
> They do not need to send anything back to the caller. If one of the
> instances hangs then I would like to know.

So you have 20 calls at one time that are necessary for a single
process? Or are you trying to rewrite the thread pool in a custom
manner?

Spinning up threads and determining if there is an error is quite easy
in .NET with event handlers. And I see nothing particularly incidious
about 20 threads running in a .NET application.

The issue I see is if you are opening 20 threads and then leaving them
open for when you need to run processes, as this can be accomplished
through a thread pool without writing your own custom pool.

I guess the question is "what is the problem you are trying to solve?"
and not "How do I solve the problem THIS way?"

Peace and Grace,

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SnapDive <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> So, why not just instance all 20 objects and put them in a pool, when
> one is needed use it on a background thread? That way when one "goes
> bad", processing can continue from the main app.

I will have to take some time to mull this over, but it appears sound on
the surface.

Jon Skeet created a custom thread pool, if that might help:
http://www.yoda.arachsys.com/csharp/miscutil/

It is at least worth a shot.

Peace and Grace,


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SnapDive <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
> I'll check out the link.
>
> Did you have time to mull things over, Gregory?

I did not have time to realy go through it, but I still have come up with
no overwhelming reason not to set up a thread pool. And I trust Jon Skeets
work, if that will help you get started.

It has been crazy for me lately <g>

Peace and Grace,


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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

Twitter: @gbworld
Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

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