Method: Zoidberg::SoftShell#async

Defined in:
lib/zoidberg/shell.rb

#async(locked = false, &block) ⇒ AsyncProxy, NilClass

Perform an async action



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# File 'lib/zoidberg/shell.rb', line 54

def async(locked=false, &block)
  if(block_given?)
    unless(locked)
      thread = ::Thread.new do
        begin
          self.instance_exec(&block)
        rescue ::StandardError, ::ScriptError => e
          current_self._zoidberg_unexpected_error(e)
          raise
        end
      end
    else
      thread = ::Thread.new do
        begin
          current_self.instance_exec(&block)
        rescue ::StandardError, ::ScriptError => e
          current_self._zoidberg_unexpected_error(e)
          raise
        end
      end
    end
    _zoidberg_thread(thread)
    nil
  else
    ::Zoidberg::SoftShell::AsyncProxy.new(locked ? current_self : self, current_self)
  end
end