From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2008-09-22T19:15:33+09:00
Subject: Re: ThreadError: not owner

Thomas B. wrote:
> m=Mutex::new
> m.lock
> Thread:new\
> {
>   # something1
>   m.unlock
>   # something2
> }
> m.synchronize{}
> 
> The main thread was supposed to create a new thread, and then wait for
> this thread to complete executing something1.

Hmm, so you just need some way for the thread to signal that it has 
finished something1? I'd suggest

q = Queue.new
Thread.new do
  # something1
  q.push(:dummy)
  # something2
end
q.pop

The semantics of a queue are very easy to understand :-)
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