From: Patrick Li <patrickli_2001@...>
Date: 2008-08-23T01:11:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Saving the state of a Thread?

Thanks for the replies.

Alright so I have some thoughts now:

def start
  status = 0
  doSomething()
  status = 1
  doSomethingElse()
  status = 2
  doMore()
  status = 3
  cleanup()
end

So if I know the status of a thread, (ie. status = 2), and I know the 
values of the local variables.
Is there way I can "jump" to that line in the method?

Amalgalite: I'm not sure if I got your point. It seems to be a SQLite 
library for Ruby?

@shadowfirebird: Yes, that's the most straightforward way of doing it. 
But I'm trying to write a framework that will relieve programmers of 
having to save state information manually.

ie. I'm trying to convert this:

stateVar = 124
def update
  if(stateVar == 0) then doStuff(); stateVar = 1
  if(stateVar == 1) then doMoreStuff(); stateVar = 2
  if(stateVar == 2) then cleanup(); stateVar = 3
end

Into This:

start
doStuff()
doMoreStuff()
doEvenMore()
cleanup()
endProgram()
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