From: "Eric I." <rubytraining@...>
Date: 2007-10-14T04:35:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a standard pattern for threaded access to a file?

On Oct 13, 11:52 am, Simon Kröger <SimonKroe...@gmx.de> wrote:
> I think there will be a big (and probably long) "huh?" moment when running the
> code:
>
> threads.each do |th|
>   # send the terminator and wait
>   queue.enq queue
>   th.join
> end
>
> is more likely than not to never terminate. If another thread than th is eating
> the terminator th.join will wait for a long time.

Of course!  Good catch!

> never ever think wisdom will protect you against threads :) except if wisdom
> tells you not to use them.

I don't think I was claiming that it would protect you, but it sure
helps.

Eric

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