From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2018-09-13T09:18:36+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:88992] Re: [Ruby trunk Feature#13618] [PATCH] auto fiber schedule for rb_wait_for_single_fd and rb_waitpid

matz@ruby-lang.org wrote:
> The latest proposal includes time slice scheduling, so it is
> not a cooperative thread.

Thanks for the comment.
I haven't implemented timeslice, yet, so I won't :)

> I object to the name `Thread::Coro`. If being lightweight is
> the biggest characteristic, it should be `Thread::Lite` or
> `Thread::Light`.

Thread::Light is probably acceptable, I still prefer "Coro" in name.

Is "Thread.light {}" shortcut for "Thread::Light.new {}" acceptable?

I am strongly against "Lite", it sounds like an advertisement
for foods which may cause cancer.

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