josdejong/workerpool

Support workerData as a pool option for worker threads?

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#65 opened on Apr 16, 2019

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Description

It would be cool to have a way to make general data available on worker initialization instead of just through worker function parameters. I can submit a PR.

Ref: https://nodejs.org/api/worker_threads.html#worker_threads_worker_workerdata

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Research direction
Examine how pool options are passed to workers in the codebase, then implement passing `workerData` to the worker constructor.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3
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Half day
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Clear
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Node.jsworker threads
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