From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-05-12T03:08:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Slowing threads

On May 11, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Jake McArthur wrote:

> Insert the following code somewhere in your main thread:
>
> class Thread
>   attr_accessor :execution_speed
> end
>
> def set_execution_speed(seconds_per_line)
>   Thread.current.execution_speed = seconds_per_line
>   set_trace_func proc { |event, file, line, id, binding, classname|
>     if event == "line" and !Thread.current.execution_speed.nil?
>       sleep Thread.current.execution_speed
>     end
>   }
> end
>
> Then, at the beginning of any thread you want slowed down, call the  
> set_execution_speed method. This will limit the rate that each line  
> of code in the thread is executed. You can also modify the method  
> so that it limits based on other criteria such as method calls.

set_trace_proc will make your program run much slower than you expect.

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