From: Assaph Mehr <assaph@...>
Date: 2005-02-07T12:50:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Stopping a thread


Bill Atkins wrote:
> Say I have a thread in variable @thread.  Is it possible to stop that
> thread from the main thread?  I am aware of Thread.stop, but I don't
> want to stop the current thread, just the thread represented in
> @thread.

Look at Thread#kill. e.g.:

@thread = Thread.new {
  while true
    puts 'still going'
    sleep 2
  end
}

sleep 7
@thread.kill
puts 'done'