windows socket connection freeze

Dear experts,

Was the issue described in [ruby-core:3154] ever resolved? I'm
experiencing the same behavior with Ruby 1.8.2 2004-12-25
[i386-mswin32]: when I open a TCP socket to a bogus IP address, *all*
threads freeze until the TCP timeout is reached. This doesn't happen on
Linux.

Sample code:

  require 'socket'

  t = Thread.new do
    while true
      puts "in thread"
      sleep 1
    end
  end

  sleep 2

  puts "connecting..."
  h = TCPSocket.new('192.168.0.80', 80) # bogus ip
  puts "connected!"

  t.join

Thanks,

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William <[e-mail]>