From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-01-25T22:49:23+09:00
Subject: Re: threading sync

On Jan 25, 2006, at 5:41 AM, Mage wrote:

> Is appending a hash to the end of an array atomic, or not? How can  
> I know which method is atomic?

In general, assume nothing is atomic in Ruby.  Even a simple  
expression like:

my_val = 5

Is many steps inside the interpreter.  If you're going to thread,  
handle all shared resources accordingly.

James Edward Gray II