From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-04-26T02:07:35+09:00
Subject: Re: thread question

On 25/04/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/25/05, Brian Schr�der <ruby.brian@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 25/04/05, Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Every second, a function in the class that's being made available via
> > > DRb should be called automatically.  How would I do that?
> > >
> > > So I'd have
> > >
> > > class Server
> > >  def update
> > >    # stuff gets updated
> > >  end
> > > end
> > >
> > > server = DRb.start_service....
> > >
> > > server.update() # <== somehow ran every second
> >
> > How about:
> >
> > update_thread = Thread.new(server) do | s |
> >   loop do
> >     sleep 1
> >     s.update
> >   end
> > end
> >
> > >
> > > DRb.thread.join
> > >
> > >
> >
> > or is there anything special with drb that prohibits this?
> >
> 
> I wasn't sure about how the interactions between the threads would
> work.  I'll try the above and see how it works.
> 
> 

One difference from your whish is, that this calls the function with a
sleeptime of approximately one second, or sometimes more, and not
every second. Calling it every second is more difficult.

Also, if I remember correctly, ruby threads may be blocked for some
time by some large io activities.

hope to help,

Brian

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