From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@...>
Date: 2007-05-16T13:48:25+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_yield(), semaphores and 'break'

Hi,

At Wed, 16 May 2007 12:05:04 +0900,
Pete wrote in [ruby-talk:251758]:
> >Have you tried rb_ensure()?
> Yes.  That's what I was referring to.  I can 'capture' the break
> with a function pointed to by an rb_ensure call, but the problem
> is that the 'body' part of that call is *still* sitting on the
> semaphore, so that if I release it from the ensure section, it
> is too late -- the stack is already popped.  It tries to return
> at that point, and Boom!  At least that's what seems to be happening.
> Unless someone can correct me...

Still I'm not sure about your situation.  What do you mean by
"sitting" and "popped"?  To where trying to "return"?

Can't you show simplified code?

-- 
Nobu Nakada