From: Jacob <ngocphuc@...>
Date: 2008-09-30T18:59:06+09:00
Subject: How to implement signal.wait(timeout)   ?

Hi all

I am writing a ruby server. Something like:

class MyServer

def initialize
@stop_signal = MySignal.new
end

def start
@stop_signal.reset
@thread = Thread.start { run }
end

def stop
@stop_signal.set
@thread.wait
end

def run

while true
do_process if there_is_some_thing_to_process
@stop_signal.wait 5
end

end

end

Is there any class in ruby that has similar functions to MySignal?
It's easy solution in java or .net.

I have googled, and I found a method call 'timeout', but after read
the source code, I found it uses a new thread to handle timeout. I
think It's not good solution, because on my real system (ported
from .net source code), there are some thread running parallel, and
there are using alot of signal.

Thanks
Jacob