From: Fredrik <fredjoha@...>
Date: 2008-04-18T10:15:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Parallel for loop

> The new "n" parameter is mandatory since it's the first parameter. It would be
> nice if it could be not defined (so = infinite):
>
> forkmap(4) { code }  -->  max 4 process
> forkmap { code }  -->  max infinite
>
I was thinking about that too, but as far as I understand it Ruby only
allows optional arguments to be the last arguments - i.e. the "n"
parameter would have to appear after the code block. And that would
look strange : forkmap{ code }(4).