barney 0.2.0 → 0.3.1

data/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-16  Robert Gleeson <rob@flowof.info> v0.3.1
+
+* Bug Fix(See GH-Issue 1)
+* Process ID is available at Barney::Share#pid.
+
 2011-01-04  Robert Gleeson <rob@flowof.info> v0.2.0
 
 * Alias #synchronize as #sync. 

data/README.md

@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ Okay, now that we've got that out of the way, let's see what using Barney is lik
       
       puts message * $times # output is 'boobooboo'.
    
-### Documentation
+## Documentation
 
 **API**  
 
+* [master (git)](http://rubydoc.info/github/robgleeson/Barney/master/)
 * [0.2.0](http://rubydoc.info/gems/barney/0.2.0)
 * [0.1.0](http://rubydoc.info/gems/barney/0.1.0)
 
-### Install
+## Install
 
       gem install barney
 

data/lib/barney/share.rb

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ module Barney
     @mutex = Mutex.new
 
     class << self
-      # Serves as a temporary holder for the latest value read from the child process. 
-      # @api private   
-      # @return [void]
+      # Serves as a temporary holder for the latest value read from the child process.
+      # @api private
+      # @return [Object] Returns Object or subclass of.
       attr_accessor :value
 
       # Serves as a lock when {Barney::Share.value Barney::Share.value} is being accessed by {Barney::Share#synchronize}
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ module Barney
     # @return [Array<Symbol>] 
     attr_reader :shared
     def shared; @shared.keys; end
+  
+    # Serves as a method that tells you the Process ID of the last forked child process.
+    # @return [Fixnum] Returns the Process ID as a Fixnum.
+    attr_reader :pid
 
     # @return [Barney::Share] Returns an instance of Barney::Share.
     def initialize
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ module Barney
     # @return [Array<Symbol>]     Returns a list of all variables that are being shared.
     def share *variables
       variables.map(&:to_sym).each do |variable|
-        @shared.store variable, IO.pipe
+        @shared.store variable, IO.pipe 
       end
       @shared.keys
     end
@@ -59,16 +63,19 @@ module Barney
     def fork &blk
       raise ArgumentError, "A block or Proc object is expected" unless block_given?
 
-      @context       = blk.binding
-      process_id     = Kernel.fork do
+      share *@shared.keys if @pid
+
+      @context = blk.binding
+      @pid     = Kernel.fork do
         blk.call
-        @shared.each do |variable, pipes|
+        @shared.each do |variable, pipes| 
           pipes[0].close  
           pipes[1].write Marshal.dump(eval("#{variable}", @context))
           pipes[1].close
         end
       end
-      process_id
+
+      @pid
     end
 
     # Serves as a method that synchronizes data between the parent and child process.  

data/lib/barney.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require('barney/share')
 
 module Barney 
 
-  VERSION = '0.2.0'
+  VERSION = '0.3.1'
 
 end
 

metadata

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
-  - 2
-  - 0
-  version: 0.2.0
+  - 3
+  - 1
+  version: 0.3.1
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Robert Gleeson
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2011-01-04 00:00:00 +00:00
+date: 2011-01-16 00:00:00 +00:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: 
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ extra_rdoc_files: []
 files: 
 - README.md
 - ChangeLog
-- lib/barney.rb
 - lib/barney/share.rb
+- lib/barney.rb
 has_rdoc: true
 homepage: http://github.com/robgleeson/barney
 licenses: []