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Diffstat (limited to 'prelude.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | prelude.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/prelude.rb b/prelude.rb index 2b371e7134..cc24a81474 100644 --- a/prelude.rb +++ b/prelude.rb @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ class Thread # call-seq: # Thread.exclusive { block } => obj # - # Wraps a block in Thread.critical, restoring the original value - # upon exit from the critical section, and returns the value of the - # block. + # Wraps the block in a single, VM-global Mutex.synchronize, returning the + # value of the block. A thread executing inside the exclusive section will + # only block other threads which also use the Thread.exclusive mechanism. def self.exclusive MUTEX_FOR_THREAD_EXCLUSIVE.synchronize{ yield |