Creates and runs a new thread to
execute the instructions given in block. Any arguments passed to
Thread::new are passed into the block.
x=Thread.new{sleep0.1;print"x";print"y";print"z"}a=Thread.new{print"a";print"b";sleep0.2;print"c"}x.join# Let the threads finish beforea.join# main thread exits...
produces:
abxyzc
/*
* call-seq:
* Thread.new([arg]*) {|args| block } => thread
*
* Creates and runs a new thread to execute the instructions given in
* <i>block</i>. Any arguments passed to <code>Thread::new</code> are passed
* into the block.
*
* x = Thread.new { sleep 0.1; print "x"; print "y"; print "z" }
* a = Thread.new { print "a"; print "b"; sleep 0.2; print "c" }
* x.join # Let the threads finish before
* a.join # main thread exits...
*
* <em>produces:</em>
*
* abxyzc
*/
static VALUE
rb_thread_s_new(argc, argv, klass)
int argc;
VALUE *argv;
VALUE klass;
{
rb_thread_t th = rb_thread_alloc(klass);
volatile VALUE *pos;
pos = th->stk_pos;
rb_obj_call_init(th->thread, argc, argv);
if (th->stk_pos == 0) {
rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "uninitialized thread - check `%s#initialize'",
rb_class2name(klass));
}
return th->thread;
}