From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2008-03-20T05:57:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Thread#raise, Thread#kill, and timeout.rb are unsafe

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 03:50:13AM +0900, MenTaLguY wrote:
> There are really two alternatives:
> 
>  1. fix the operation so that it succeeds or fails atomically
> 
>  2. otherwise, make the operation always non-interruptable

For I/O operations, it is typically desirable for the operation to be
interruptible, but to get the result of the partial operation after it
is interrupted.  At least, that's how it works at the C level with
respect to signals.

Paul