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| -rw-r--r-- | thread.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -2501,8 +2501,8 @@ rb_thread_s_main(VALUE klass) * * The default is +false+. * - * When set to +true+, all threads will abort (the process will - * <code>exit(0)</code>) if an exception is raised in any thread. + * When set to +true+, if any thread is aborted by an exception, the + * raised exception will be re-raised in the main thread. * * Can also be specified by the global $DEBUG flag or command line option * +-d+. @@ -2524,7 +2524,8 @@ rb_thread_s_abort_exc(void) * call-seq: * Thread.abort_on_exception= boolean -> true or false * - * When set to +true+, all threads will abort if an exception is raised. + * When set to +true+, if any thread is aborted by an exception, the + * raised exception will be re-raised in the main thread. * Returns the new state. * * Thread.abort_on_exception = true @@ -2585,10 +2586,8 @@ rb_thread_abort_exc(VALUE thread) * call-seq: * thr.abort_on_exception= boolean -> true or false * - * When set to +true+, all threads (including the main program) will abort if - * an exception is raised in this +thr+. - * - * The process will effectively <code>exit(0)</code>. + * When set to +true+, if this +thr+ is aborted by an exception, the + * raised exception will be re-raised in the main thread. * * See also #abort_on_exception. * |