From: Olivier Mascia <om-lists@...>
Date: 2005-08-23T21:25:04+09:00
Subject: Embedding ruby in a multi-threaded host application

Hello,

I would like to host ruby interpreter in an application to bring in a 
superb scripting language to the app. Though I read that now the 
interpreter makes use of global variables for its own state, excluding 
it from being hosted in a multi-threaded application which cannot afford 
a total mutual exclusion of all its threads when calling the 
interpreter. In this application, dedicating a single thread to ruby and 
having other worker threads queue themselves for access to the single 
thread hosting ruby is not possible too.

The application would need multiple of its threads to have access to a 
private instance of the whole interpreter, with complete state 
separation between all these instances.

Has someone more information on the ruby's developers goal regarding 
this?  Is this something being considered?  Is this being worked on? 
Planned for a future release?  For *the* next release?

Thanks !

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Olivier Mascia