From: "Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@...>
Date: 2002-05-31T22:26:10+09:00
Subject: RE: Threading question

> t>  Well, ruby use qsort(). a C function can't be 
> interrupted, this mean that
> t>  other threads are blocked when qsort() run.
> 
>  I've said a stupidity (it's normal :-))
> 
>  Array#sort() can be called with a block, or can call a ruby 
> method this
>  mean that another thread can run

Right, that makes sense.

I guess I'm still unclear on my original question then. Does Ruby's
threading granularity go down below a single line of script? If I write my
own C extension that packages a lot of C code in a single Ruby call, can
this C method be interrupted by another Ruby thread?

Chris