ThreadPuddle

Like a smaller, lamer thread pool.

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Public Class Methods

ThreadPuddle.new(capacity)

Creates a new ThreadPuddle object, with a fixed capacity.

Public Instance Methods

tp.capacity → int

Retrieves the ThreadPuddle object's capacity.

tp.size → int

Number of threads currently occupying the puddle.

tp.block → tp

Blocks execution of the calling thread until there's a free slot in the puddle.

WARNING: there is no guarantee this will ever return.

tp.spawn(*args) {|*args| ... } → Thread

Spawns a new thread in the puddle.

If the puddle is full, this call blocks.

 @yields *args
 @see ThreadPuddle#block
 @return the new Thread object

tp.join → tp

Waits for all threads in the puddle to join.

 @return this ThreadPuddle object

tp.kill → int

Kills all threads in the puddle.

 @return the number of threads killed

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