From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-09-11T05:53:38+09:00
Subject: Re: FileUtils.chdir thread safety

On 10.09.2008 21:10, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
> 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.

Yep, good point!

	robert