Nathaniel Talbott
11/26/2003 12:42:00 PM
ts [mailto:decoux@moulon.inra.fr] wrote:
> N> - Can someone give me an explanation of what "ThreadError:
> stopping
> N> only thread" means? What is the general case that causes
> this error
> N> to be raised?
>
> svg% ruby -e 'Thread.new { Thread.stop }'
> svg%
>
> svg% ruby -e 'Thread.stop'
> -e:1:in `stop': stopping only thread (ThreadError)
> note: use sleep to stop forever from -e:1
> svg%
Interesting... so, if calling Thread#stop causes an error, why is it called
from thread.rb line 276? Why does it even exist?
Nathaniel
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