Thread#thread_variable_set

static VALUE
rb_thread_variable_set(VALUE thread, VALUE key, VALUE val)
{
    VALUE locals;

    if (OBJ_FROZEN(thread)) {
        rb_frozen_error_raise(thread, "can't modify frozen thread locals");
    }

    locals = rb_thread_local_storage(thread);
    return rb_hash_aset(locals, rb_to_symbol(key), val);
}