From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2004-08-14T08:06:07+09:00
Subject: Re: timeouts with threads and SIGALRM

Lennon Day-Reynolds <rcoder@gmail.com> writes:
> Is the long-running method calling out into C code? Even something
> like a socket operation?

I forgot to mention: yes, this is exactly what's happening.  I built a
Ruby extension for the STAF library:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=33142&atid=407383

The STAF library itself is doing all sorts of C++ weirdness I dare not
attempt to decipher, lest I go insane trying.  I fear some bizarre
interaction between STAF and Ruby, perhaps.

-=Eric
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