From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-12-13T04:38:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem testing certain Thread methods with Test::Unit

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:18:43 +0900, MenTaLguY <mental@rydia.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 07:21 +0900, Daniel Berger wrote:
>> > > 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?
> 
> I'm not aware of a portable way to do that offhand, although there was
> an RCR for that floating around a while back.

Absent a more portable way, fork should work.

-mental