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-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | thread.c | 13 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Thu Apr 15 22:41:47 2010 Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp> + + * thread.c (rb_thread_priority, rb_thread_priority_set): fix rdoc. + Lower-priority thread may run even if there are higher-priority + threads. See [ruby-dev:40977]. + Thu Apr 15 22:33:35 2010 Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp> * lib/uri/ftp.rb (URI::FTP#set_path): added to correct handling of @@ -2142,8 +2142,11 @@ rb_thread_keys(VALUE self) * * Returns the priority of <i>thr</i>. Default is inherited from the * current thread which creating the new thread, or zero for the - * initial main thread; higher-priority threads will run before - * lower-priority threads. + * initial main thread; higher-priority thread will run more frequently + * than lower-priority threads (but lower-priority threads can also run). + * + * This is just hint for Ruby thread scheduler. It may be ignored on some + * platform. * * Thread.current.priority #=> 0 */ @@ -2162,7 +2165,11 @@ rb_thread_priority(VALUE thread) * thr.priority= integer => thr * * Sets the priority of <i>thr</i> to <i>integer</i>. Higher-priority threads - * will run before lower-priority threads. + * will run more frequently than lower-priority threads (but lower-priority + * threads can also run). + * + * This is just hint for Ruby thread scheduler. It may be ignored on some + * platform. * * count1 = count2 = 0 * a = Thread.new do |