Hi, I'm still searching for a way to halt or interrupt the execution of an IronRuby script. At the moment I do it by executing each script on a separate thread and call Thread.Abort but that is resulting in a memory and thread leak in my server application. As things have got busier on the server the leak has reduced the time the server can stay up from days to half a day or less.
I came across the DLR hosting document on CodePlex http://dlr.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Docs%20and%20specs and was wondering if there is anything in the IronRuby pipeline regarding "Interrupt Execution" (chapter 3.4 page 27 of the spec)? It's exactly what I'm after and also describes the exact issue I'm encountering with the rude thread aborts. I've quoted the relevant text below for interested parties. Other than that is it possible to execute an IronRuby script line by line? I have been able to execute individual expressions but as soon as I try something like a multi-line expression like a case statement I haven't been able to find a way. "Interrupt Execution: Language supports DLR mechanisms for host to abort execution cleanly so that host can interrupt runaway code. If we allow languages to avoid this work, then those langs cannot be used in the host's process, cannot support in-situ REPLs for interactive development, etc. If the language uses DLR compilation or interpretation, they should not need to do anything. This is important because if the host has to stop execution by calling Thread.Abort or other rude abort, the thread could have transitioned into an unsafe portion of the host's code. This could happen via the script code calling back on the host OM which in turn calls an internal API not coded for rude aborts." Thanks, Aaron Clauson -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
