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From:	Daniel de Rauglaudre <daniel.de_rauglaudre@i...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Wserver: Values of global variables lost

Hi,

On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 08:56:48PM +0200, Mattias Waldau wrote:

> I am trying to use wserver, and create a simple ocaml-based webserver.
> 
> I am using it locally, and I assumed that the global variables in my ocaml 
> would be kept during the interaction with the user.
> 
> However, in the following program sofar is always ref "".

It is because a new process is launched at every request. Wserver uses
the Unix.fork function which creates a separated process, the global
variables are therefore not shared.

It would have worked if Wserver had used the threads but it it not
implemented like that.

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Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE
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