Hi, is there any difference between doing:
sleep
and:
Thread.stop
?
In both cases the current thread is in “sleep” state.
Also, why there is no way to stop/pause/sleep a thread different of the
current?
I mean something as:
t1 = Thread.current
Thread.new { t1.sleep } <— This doesn’t exist (neither #stop or
#pause)
Thanks a lot.
2008/9/10 Iñaki Baz C. [email protected]:
Hi, is there any difference between doing:
sleep
and:
Thread.stop
#sleep resumes automatically after a given time, #stop does not.
In both cases the current thread is in “sleep” state.
Also, why there is no way to stop/pause/sleep a thread different of the current?
I mean something as:
t1 = Thread.current
Thread.new { t1.sleep } <— This doesn’t exist (neither #stop or #pause)
Why should it? With threads you use other mechanisms to control
execution, e.g. a blocking queue, synchronizing on a mutex etc.
Cheers
robert
2008/9/10, Robert K. [email protected]:
#sleep resumes automatically after a given time, #stop does not.
Object#sleep doesn’t resume if there is not parameter:
sleep # This sleeps forever
So, which difference exists between Object#sleep (with no parameter)
and Thread#stop ?
execution, e.g. a blocking queue, synchronizing on a mutex etc.
Well, it was just curiosity. Thanks for clarification.
Thanks.
2008/9/10 Iñaki Baz C. [email protected]:
#sleep resumes automatically after a given time, #stop does not.
Object#sleep doesn’t resume if there is not parameter:
sleep # This sleeps forever
I wasn’t aware of that. Learn something new every day. Thanks!
So, which difference exists between Object#sleep (with no parameter)
and Thread#stop ?
Well, #stop does not accept a time parameter, does it? 
Cheers
robert