From: "Eric I." <rubytraining@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T00:40:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a standard pattern for threaded access to a file?

On Oct 13, 6:33 am, Robert Klemme <shortcut...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> There is a better option: rather send something down the queue that is
> *not a String* - otherwise processing would suddenly stop if the file
> contained the terminating line.

That's a very nice solution.  It demonstrates a lot of accumulatd
wisdom.  I think I'd use a symbol in the queue, such as :end_of_data,
rather than the queue itself to mark the end of the data, if only to
avoid a "huh?" moment from those who read the code down the line.

Eric

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