From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2006-04-29T23:41:19+09:00
Subject: Setting $? manually - possible?

Hi all,

Ruby 1.8.4

I'm working on a custom Process.waitpid method (for Windows).  It works 
fine, except that I want to be able to set the Process::Status ($?) 
manually within the method.  Specifically, the exitstatus and pid.  This 
is pure Ruby, btw.

The problem is that Process::Status.new has been undef'd within 
process.c and $? has been set to readonly.

I've tinkered with redefining Process::Status.new, a custom 
Process::Status#initialize, instance_variable_set, etc - all to no avail.

Is there any way to set $? from within Ruby?

Thanks,

Dan