>>>>> "R" == Robert Klemme <bob.news@gmx.net> writes:
R> people have problems debugging threads. What do others think about,
R> setting abort_on_exception to true if ruby''s command line option -d is
R> set? That would terminate the whole process if there is an exception in a
R> thread, which some regard helpful.
This is a good idea, and because it''s a good idea it''s already implemented
svg% ruby -e ''Thread.new { a + 1 }''
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svg% ruby -de ''Thread.new { a + 1 }''
Exception `NameError'' at -e:1 - undefined local variable or method `a'' for main:Object
-e:1: undefined local variable or method `a'' for main:Object (NameError)
from -e:1:in `initialize''
from -e:1:in `new''
from -e:1
svg%
Guy Decoux