From: Charles Oliver Nutter <charles.nutter@...>
Date: 2008-09-11T04:10:19+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils.chdir thread safety

Robert Klemme wrote:
> 2008/9/10 Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>:
>> Also this could possibly be an option - load thread/chdir and now you
>> can control if your thread cwds are bound together or not.
> 
> This is a good option.  It also carries potential for subtle bugs if
> it /redefines/ behavior of Dir.chdir.  Maybe better have Thread.chdir
> instead which delegates to Thread.current.chdir to keep both separate.

I figured Thread.chdir would only operate on the current thread either 
way, like Thread.stop. And I'd rather not make it possible to change the 
dir for another thread...that seems like a dangerous idea.

- Charlie