On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Carlo E. Prelz <[email protected]> wrote: > Subject: how to trigger a thread by event > Date: Fri 07 Dec 12 06:05:43PM +0900 > > Quoting XueBrian ([email protected]): > >> Here my question is how can I defer the thread execution until >> something happened, like an event? > > I am not sure I understand what you want to do. Threads can be stopped > and restarted. If, from within the code of your thread, you call first > thing > > Thread::stop > > then, whenever you need the execution to restart, you can call t.run > from your main process. Look at the example that is returned to you by > running.
I do not recommend doing that. Generally one should rather use thread synchronization primitives to control execution of threads. Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ruby-talk-google group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ruby-talk-google?hl=en
