From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-12-08T04:34:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem testing certain Thread methods with Test::Unit

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 02:33:59 +0900, Daniel Berger <djberg96@gmail.com> wrote:
> # Assume @thread created in setup
> assert_raise(FooError){ @thread.raise(FooError) }
> 
> The above test won't work - no error is raised. Any suggestions on how
> I should approach this?

This should be reasonably robust:

  t = Thread.new { sleep }
  Thread.pass until t.status == "sleep"
  t.raise FooError
  assert_raise(FooError) { t.join }
 
> Also, if anyone has any idea how to test that threads abort properly
> with Thread.abort_on_exception = true, I'm all ears.

I don't think that's possible without starting a child Ruby process.

-mental