From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T02:00:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Why can't I return "Threads.list" Array in DRb?

El Domingo, 29 de Junio de 2008, Iñaki Baz Castillo escribió:
> El Domingo, 29 de Junio de 2008, Iñaki Baz Castillo escribió:
> > - In the DRb server object I just do:
> >
> >   def current_threads
> >     Thread.list
> >   end
> >
> > - And the DRb client calls:
> >
> >   drb_client.current_threads
> >
> > but instead of an Array object I get a DRb::DRbObject, and in each call
> > to this method I get a different "id":
> >
> > irb> drb_client.current_threads
> > => #<DRb::DRbObject:0xb7b8d384 @ref=-608642478,
> > @uri="druby://0.0.0.0:10001">
> > irb> drb_client.current_threads
> > => #<DRb::DRbObject:0xb7b8b675 @ref=-608644410,
> > @uri="druby://0.0.0.0:10001">
>
> Opsss, and more extrange:
> Note the following:
>
> irb> drb_client.current_threads
> => #<DRb::DRbObject:0xb7b8d384 @ref=-608642478,
> @uri="druby://0.0.0.0:10001">
>
> irb> puts drb_client.current_threads
> #<Thread:0xb7c8f700>
> #<Thread:0xb76f9598>
> #<Thread:0xb76f9a98>
> #<Thread:0xb76f9890>
> #<Thread:0xb76f91b0>
> => nil
>
> How is it possible? why "puts" gets this?
>
>
> irb> puts drb_client.current_threads.class
> DRb::DRbObject
> => nil

Well, I am understanding that if DRb server return an object unknown for the 
DRb client, the the only way the client hast to use/show it is as raw value, 
is it?

-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo