From: Shashank Date <sdate@...>
Date: 2004-02-18T10:34:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Blocking Calls on Win32 Ruby


"Bret Pettichord" <bret@pettichord.com> wrote in message
> Apparently, certain blocking calls block all threads rather than just
their
> own thread. This is apparently the consequent of the use of pthreads.

Yes, for example calls to gets in a thread will block all other threads.
But I don't think this has anything to do with pthreads. (See lines 8006
onwards of eval.c)

> My next step is to try the same code with cygwin ruby or linux ruby. (I
> don't have a mac). I understand that both of these use better-behaved
threads.

At least the gets problem goes away on Cygwin.

> Have i misunderstood something terribly?

Not really ... if you could show the code we can talk about the specifics.
HTH,
-- shanko