From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-12-08T07:21:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem testing certain Thread methods with Test::Unit

On Dec 7, 12:34 pm, MenTaLguY <men...@rydia.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 02:33:59 +0900, Daniel Berger <djber...@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 }

That works nicely, thank you.

> > 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.

If that's what it takes, that's what I'll do. Suggestions?

Thanks,

Dan