method

new

v1_8_7_72 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Thread

new(...) public

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 { 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...

produces:

   abxyzc

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/*
 *  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;
}

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