From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2010-08-09T21:16:04+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:31656] easier way to *not* die when main thread closes

Hi all.
Currently ruby's Thread class has a toggler for abort_on_exception,
but has no toggler for abort_on_main_thread_dying.

The only way to prevent it from aborting on main thread dying is to add a

sleep

at the bottom of your script, or something a bit tedious, and repeated
often in different projects, like:

Thread.each{|t| t.join unless t == Thread.current}

Feature Request: easier way to *not* die when the main thread closes.

option 1) add Thread.do_not_exit_on_main_thread_close
option 2) add Thread.join_all_others, which does the code block a few
lines earlier.

Thoughts?
Thanks.
-r