while(1) and threads

[Paul]

I have many threads that I leave running, doing things in the
background. I end up writing a lot of code like the following - is
there a way to make a thread run, avoiding the while(1) ?

Thanks

Paul

a = Thread.new(){
aa = 0
while(1)
puts "a thread: #{aa}"
aa=aa+1
end
}

b = Thread.new(){
bb = 0
while(1)
puts "b thread: #{bb}"
bb=bb+2
end
}

a.join

 

[Kirk Haines]

I have many threads that I leave running, doing things in the
background. I end up writing a lot of code like the following - is
there a way to make a thread run, avoiding the while(1) ?

Thanks

Paul

a = Thread.new(){
aa = 0
while(1)
puts "a thread: #{aa}"
aa=aa+1
end
}

Do you just want a different looping construct?

a = Thread.new {
aa = 0
loop do
puts "a thread: #{aa}"
aa += 1
end
}


Kirk Haines

 

[Gennady]

I have many threads that I leave running, doing things in the
background. I end up writing a lot of code like the following - is
there a way to make a thread run, avoiding the while(1) ?

If you need another way to make a loop, here it is:

loop do
end

If you want to avoid a loop altogether, then I do not understand what
you mean. After all a "thread" is a "thread of execution" -- execution
stops, the thread stops.