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instance method

Thread#wakeup

thr.wakeup → thr

VALUE
rb_thread_wakeup(VALUE thread)
{
    if (!RTEST(rb_thread_wakeup_alive(thread))) {
        rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "killed thread");
    }
    return thread;
}

Marks a given thread as eligible for scheduling, however it may still remain blocked on I/O.

Note: This does not invoke the scheduler, see run for more information.

Example

c = Thread.new { Thread.stop; puts "hey!" }
sleep 0.1 while c.status!='sleep'
c.wakeup
c.join
#=> "hey!"

See also #value #to_s also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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