As with any other software, multithreading can be an issue. Developers frequently tend to do it wrong. Debugging problematic multithreading applications can be an issue, too. So, what are the problems with multithreading practices? Here are a few:
- The first cause of a headache can come from globally visible and modifiable variables. Leaving your variables global opens doors for a lot of issues. Debugging issues that come from this can become a nightmare.
- The second cause can be the spawning of too many threads. If you do so, this can affect the performance of your application significantly. We will suggest proper practice for this in the next sections.
- Also, developers tend not to name their threads. Assign meaningful names ...