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class method

Thread.exit

Thread.exit → thread

static VALUE
rb_thread_exit(VALUE _)
{
    rb_thread_t *th = GET_THREAD();
    return rb_thread_kill(th->self);
}

Terminates the currently running thread and schedules another thread to be run.

If this thread is already marked to be killed, ::exit returns the Thread.

If this is the main thread, or the last thread, exit the process.

See also #exit .each_caller_location .fork .current also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0