The following shows errors in [Threaded Itcl]. package require Thread package require Itcl proc dumplist {n cmd} { set rc [list] for {set i 0} {$i < $n} {incr i} { lappend rc [eval $cmd] } return $rc } proc randstr {} { set rc "x" while {int(rand() * 5) != 0} { append rc [lindex {a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} [expr {int(rand() * 36.0)}]] } return $rc } set tm [time { set n 5 set list [dumplist $n {dumplist $n {dumplist $n {dumplist $n randstr}}}] }] puts "Creation: $tm" itcl::class x { private variable _var "" public method vset {x} { set _var $x } public method vget {} { return ${_var} } } x -ts x0 x0 vset $list set tc { format %d,%d,%d,%d \ [llength [x0 vget]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0 0]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0 0 0]] } set tm [time {set res [eval $tc]}] puts R=$res,$tm for {set i 0} {$i < 50} {incr i} { set t [thread::create] thread::send $t {package require Itcl} lappend tl $t set tm [time {set res [thread::send $t $tc]}] puts $t=$res,$tm } foreach t $tl { thread::release $t } exit package require Thread package require Itcl proc dumplist {n cmd} { set rc [list] for {set i 0} {$i < $n} {incr i} { lappend rc [eval $cmd] } return $rc } proc randstr {} { set rc "x" while {int(rand() * 5) != 0} { append rc [lindex {a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} [expr {int(rand() * 36.0)}]] } return $rc } set tm [time { set n 5 set list [dumplist $n {dumplist $n {dumplist $n {dumplist $n randstr}}}] }] puts "Creation: $tm" itcl::class x { private variable _var "" public method vset {x} { set _var $x } public method vget {} { return ${_var} } } x -ts x0 x0 vset $list set tc { format %d,%d,%d,%d \ [llength [x0 vget]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0 0]] \ [llength [lindex [x0 vget] 0 0 0]] } set tm [time {set res [eval $tc]}] puts R=$res,$tm for {set i 0} {$i < 50} {incr i} { set t [thread::create] thread::send $t {package require Itcl} lappend tl $t set tm [time {set res [thread::send $t $tc]}] puts $t=$res,$tm } foreach t $tl { thread::release $t } exit ---- EL: There is a segmentation fault when the threads are released. If the ''-wait'' flag is set to ''thread::release'', they don't appear.