From 42b8a699ed4c23ff45b14a2c577a82f40fba1dfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mame Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:44:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * thread.c (rb_thread_priority, rb_thread_priority_set): fix rdoc. Lower-priority thread may run even if there are higher-priority threads. See [ruby-dev:40977]. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@27351 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ thread.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3bb2821a18..6c781ca5ec 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Thu Apr 15 22:41:47 2010 Yusuke Endoh + + * thread.c (rb_thread_priority, rb_thread_priority_set): fix rdoc. + Lower-priority thread may run even if there are higher-priority + threads. See [ruby-dev:40977]. + Thu Apr 15 22:33:35 2010 Yusuke Endoh * lib/uri/ftp.rb (URI::FTP#set_path): added to correct handling of diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c index 10d6047c74..40a3483b75 100644 --- a/thread.c +++ b/thread.c @@ -2142,8 +2142,11 @@ rb_thread_keys(VALUE self) * * Returns the priority of thr. Default is inherited from the * current thread which creating the new thread, or zero for the - * initial main thread; higher-priority threads will run before - * lower-priority threads. + * initial main thread; higher-priority thread will run more frequently + * than lower-priority threads (but lower-priority threads can also run). + * + * This is just hint for Ruby thread scheduler. It may be ignored on some + * platform. * * Thread.current.priority #=> 0 */ @@ -2162,7 +2165,11 @@ rb_thread_priority(VALUE thread) * thr.priority= integer => thr * * Sets the priority of thr to integer. Higher-priority threads - * will run before lower-priority threads. + * will run more frequently than lower-priority threads (but lower-priority + * threads can also run). + * + * This is just hint for Ruby thread scheduler. It may be ignored on some + * platform. * * count1 = count2 = 0 * a = Thread.new do