From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-02-26T02:04:48+09:00
Subject: Re: io/nonblock - blocks w/threads?

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Jim Weirich wrote:

> 
> Robert Klemme said:
> >> yes of course - i've always wondered why that one doesn't take a
> > block...
> >
> > I guess because normally it's not intended for use in the open range.
> > Normally one would use higher level constructs such as Mutex, Queue etc.
> 
> require 'thread'
> 
> Thread.exclusive{
>   // Critical Code Here
> }

rtfm eh?  ;-)

-a
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