Method: ThreadIO#read

Defined in:
lib/thread_io.rb

#read(path) ⇒ Object

this method returns immediately and loads the file in the background

path: the path to the file you want to read.



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# File 'lib/thread_io.rb', line 28

def read(path)
  @ready = false
  Thread.new do
    @string = nil
    @string = IO.read(path)
    @ready = true

    nil
  end

  nil
end