From: Kaspar Schiess <eule@...>
Date: 2005-01-24T18:08:06+09:00
Subject: Re: nuby threading on threads

(In response to news:20050124005127.F2A9982B3@mx2.delmonte-phil.com by 
Pe�a, Botp)

> LIMIT= 10
> tlist = []
> loop {
>      if tlist.size< LIMIT
>         tlist << Thread.new { p "test" }
>      else
>         sleep 5 
>      end
> }
> 

Hello, 

I'd recommend discarding threads that are dead from the list like this: 

  tlist.select! { |t| t.alive? }

yours, 
kaspar

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