From: Junkone <junkone1@...>
Date: 2008-01-04T07:30:02+09:00
Subject: Re: some threads are not starting

On Jan 3, 4:37 pm, "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.how...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 3, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Junkone wrote:
>
> > emailProcessing threads are not even starting. dunno why.
>
> unless you have a *very* good reason not too always put
>
>    Thread.current.abort_on_exception
>
> at the top of every Thread.new block
>
> if you don't see an exception getting raise then one of two things is  
> happening:
>
> - the threads are blocked somehow
> - you have blocked on the threads
>
> i notice you are joining the thread in startIB - do you realize this  
> is *exactly* like not using a thread at all?  why are you joining  
> that thread?
>
> unless "start E:\\TradingTools\IBController
> \IBControllerStart_customised.bat" exits instantly you are  
> instructing your program to wait until it finished before continuing.
>
> regards.
>
> a @http://codeforpeople.com/
> --
> we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being  
> better. simply reflect on that.
> h.h. the 14th dalai lama

you mean like
@abScansThread =Thread.new do
Thread.current.abort_on_exception

    load "ABScans.rb"
    end


or like this

Thread.current.abort_on_exception
@abScansThread =Thread.new do
    load "ABScans.rb"
    end