From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-05-31T22:34:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Threading question

>>>>> "M" == Morris, Chris <chris.morris@snelling.com> writes:

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

 In a C extension, you must *explicitely* call the thread scheduler if you
 *never* make a call to a ruby method, otherwise all others threads are
 blocked. 

 Now if your C code use a ruby method, this method can (or can't) call the
 ruby scheduler.


Guy Decoux