--enable-pthreads option

[James F. Hranicky]

Out of curiosity, does the --enable-pthreads switch cause ruby threads
to use pthreads, or is the option there simply for linking against
pthreaded libraries?

 

[Emmanuel Touzery]

Out of curiosity, does the --enable-pthreads switch cause ruby threads
to use pthreads, or is the option there simply for linking against
pthreaded libraries?

i was wondering this too, and also: if it's really causing ruby threads
to use pthreads, will it work under windows? (i assume not).

thank you,

emmanuel

 

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Hi,

In message "--enable-pthreads option"

|Out of curiosity, does the --enable-pthreads switch cause ruby threads
|to use pthreads, or is the option there simply for linking against
|pthreaded libraries?

It makes Ruby linked with libpthread, and to use pthread internally,
to deal with extensions likned with libpthread. But it does not make
Ruby thread-safe, nor make Ruby thread use pthread.

matz.