From: elbows@... (Nathan Weston)
Date: 2001-08-11T03:22:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:19501] Threading Problem

When I run this code:

x = ""
while(x != "q\n")
  print("prompt>")
  x = readline()
  print x
end

I get pretty much what you'd expect
prompt>asdf
asdf
prompt>
etc...

But if I put it in a thread

t = Thread.new {
 <block from above>
}

t.join()

I get strange behavior... ruby basically acts as if I had reversed
the print and the readline, so I get something like this
asdf
prompt>asdf
q
prompt>q

Is this a bug with threading, or am I missing something?

Nathan

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