[ruby-dev:41893] thread.bind(sym, val) { ... }

スレッド変数を一時的に設定するメソッドを加えるのはどうでしょうか。

たとえば Thread#bind(sym, val) { ... } として、
ブロックを呼び出しているあいだ、スレッド変数 sym を
val に設定する、というようなものです。

  p Thread.current[:a]		# nil
  Thread.current.bind(:a, 100) {
    p Thread.current[:a]	# 100
  }
  p Thread.current[:a]		# nil に戻る

スレッド変数はこのような使い方が多いので、メソッドがあってもいい
ように思います。

なお、bind 以外の名前としては let が思い浮かびます。

また、Thread じゃなくて Fiber じゃないか、という話はあるかもしれません。

% svn diff --diff-cmd diff -x '-u -p'
Index: thread.c
===================================================================
--- thread.c	(revision 28780)
+++ thread.c	(working copy)
@@ -2071,6 +2071,59 @@ rb_thread_aset(VALUE self, VALUE id, VAL
     return rb_thread_local_aset(self, rb_to_id(id), val);
 }

+struct rb_thread_bind_arg {
+    VALUE thread;
+    ID id;
+    VALUE old;
+};
+
+static VALUE
+rb_thread_bind_ensure(VALUE _arg)
+{
+    struct rb_thread_bind_arg *arg = (struct rb_thread_bind_arg *)_arg;
+    rb_thread_local_aset(arg->thread, arg->id, arg->old);
+    return Qnil;
+}
+
+/*
+ *   call-seq:
+ *     thr.bind(sym, obj) { ... }
+ *
+ *   Set the attribute temporally.
+ *
+ *   This method sets the attribute _sym_ of the thread _thr_ as _obj_
+ *   between the block is called.
+ *   It restore the attribute after the block exits
+ *   even if an exception is raised in the block.
+ *
+ *   This method returns the value of the block.
+ *
+ *     Thread.current.bind(:a, 1) {
+ *       # Thread.current[:a] is 1.
+ *       Thread.current.bind(:a, 2) {
+ *         # Thread.current[:a] is 2.
+ *         Thread.current.bind(:a, 3) {
+ *           # Thread.current[:a] is 3.
+ *         }
+ *         # Thread.current[:a] is 2.
+ *       }
+ *       # Thread.current[:a] is 1.
+ *     }
+ *
+ */
+
+static VALUE
+rb_thread_bind(VALUE thread, VALUE sym, VALUE val)
+{
+    ID id = rb_to_id(sym);
+    struct rb_thread_bind_arg arg;
+    arg.thread = thread;
+    arg.id = id;
+    arg.old = rb_thread_local_aref(thread, id);
+    rb_thread_local_aset(thread, id, val);
+    return rb_ensure(rb_yield, Qnil, rb_thread_bind_ensure, (VALUE)&arg);
+}
+
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     thr.key?(sym)   -> true or false
@@ -4202,6 +4255,7 @@ Init_Thread(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "wakeup", rb_thread_wakeup, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "[]", rb_thread_aref, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "[]=", rb_thread_aset, 2);
+    rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "bind", rb_thread_bind, 2);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "key?", rb_thread_key_p, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "keys", rb_thread_keys, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "priority", rb_thread_priority, 0);
-- 
[田中 哲][たなか あきら][Tanaka Akira]