From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T01:36:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a standard pattern for threaded access to a file?


On Oct 12, 2007, at 8:35 PM, 7stud -- wrote:

>
> Skip that inappropriate suggestion and use the following instead:
>
> threads.each {|t| t.join}

unless you use

   Thread.current.abort_on_exception = true

you should *always* use 'map' and check the return value.  otherwise  
you have no idea if your threads have completed successfully and you  
simply exit whether threads did their job or not.

regards.

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