From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-07-22T04:23:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Thread-local global variables?

Earle Clubb wrote:
> Is it possible to define a variable whose value is global within a
> particular each thread (including the main thread), yet distinct between
> threads?  For example, I've tried this:

the closest approximation is thread-locals:

thread = Thread.current
thread[:my_var] = "value"

(I've often thought it would be nice to have a syntax for per-thread 
globals, like $_x or something.)

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