From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-09-10T04:22:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Threading in ruby is retarded .....?~!


On Sep 1, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Sal Syed wrote:

> I'm running the latest version an Ruby and the way threads work makes
> absolutely no sense to me...
>
> I have the simplest use of threads:
> [code]
> Thread.new do
> while true
>   puts "Enter command"
>         if gets.chomp=='exit'
>         break;
>
> end
> puts 'Ended service'
> end
>
> Thread.new do
>   while service != nil
>   server.start
> end end
>
> $user[:drbserver]=DistributedSearch.new($user,$database)
> service=DRb.start_service("druby://localhost:#{$config[:drbport]}", 
> $user[:drbserver])
> DRb.thread.join
> [/code]
>


this code won't run at all.  post a complete, but minimal, example  
and someone might be inclined to fix it for you.  as it stands i have  
no idea wtf????????? service or wft???????? server are.

the code above has at least one race condition in it as it stands:   
you race here

   while service != nil

and

   service = ...

in some cases service will be nice the first time, in others not.   
perhaps this intended but, again, it's hard to see without a  
meaningful code posting.

you'll have to help use help you if you want to get complete answer.

regards.

a @ http://drawohara.com/
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