Module: Kernel

Defined in:

lib/concurrent/goroutine.rb

Class Method Summary

• .go(*args, &block) ⇒ true, false

  Post the given agruments and block to the Global Thread Pool.

Class Method Details

.go(*args, &block) ⇒ true, false

Note:

Althought based on Go’s goroutines and Erlang’s spawn/1,

Post the given agruments and block to the Global Thread Pool.

Ruby has a vastly different runtime. Threads aren’t nearly as efficient in Ruby. Use this function appropriately.

Parameters:

• args (Array) —

  zero or more arguments for the block

• block (Proc) —

  operation to be performed concurrently

Returns:

• (true, false) —

  success/failre of thread creation

See Also:

• http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#goroutines
• https://gobyexample.com/goroutines

# File 'lib/concurrent/goroutine.rb', line 20

def go(*args, &block)
  return false unless block_given?
  $GLOBAL_THREAD_POOL.post(*args, &block)
end