threadify 1.2.0 → 1.3.0

data/README

@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ SAMPLES
   ~ > ruby sample/a.rb
 
     --- 
-    without threadify: 12.6283850669861
+    without threadify: 10.1121168136597
     --- 
-    with threadify: 1.93842315673828
+    with threadify: 8.11967301368713
 
 
   <========< sample/b.rb >========>
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ SAMPLES
   ~ > ruby sample/b.rb
 
     --- 
-    without threadify: 22.8657438755035
+    without threadify: 20.6975500583649
     --- 
-    with threadify: 0.967911005020142
+    with threadify: 0.923933982849121
     --- 
     :needle: 42
     :a: 42
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ SAMPLES
 
 
 HISTORY
+  1.3.0
+    - added Threadify(*args, &block) method to execute arbitrary code in parallel
+
+        Threadify(8){ puts Thread.current.object_id }.size #=> 8
+
   1.1.0
     - added ability to specify arbitrary iterator (not only each)
       [0,1,2,3].threadify(:each_slice, 2){|ary| ary}

data/README.erb

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ SAMPLES
 
 
 HISTORY
+  1.3.0
+    - added Threadify(*args, &block) method to execute arbitrary code in parallel
+
+        Threadify(8){ puts Thread.current.object_id }.size #=> 8
+
   1.1.0
     - added ability to specify arbitrary iterator (not only each)
       [0,1,2,3].threadify(:each_slice, 2){|ary| ary}

data/lib/threadify.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Threadify
-  Threadify::VERSION = '1.2.0' unless defined?(Threadify::VERSION)
+  Threadify::VERSION = '1.3.0' unless defined?(Threadify::VERSION)
   def Threadify.version() Threadify::VERSION end
 
   require 'thread'
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ module Threadify
   class Error < ::StandardError; end
 end
 
+def Threadify(*args, &block)
+  # setup
+  #
+    opts = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
+    opts.keys.each{|key| opts[key.to_s.to_sym] = opts.delete(key)}
+    opts[:threads] ||= (Numeric === args.first ? args.shift : Threadify.threads)
+    opts[:strategy] ||= (args.empty? ? Threadify.strategy : args)
+
+    threads = Integer(opts[:threads])
+
+    array_of_blocks = Array.new(threads){ block }
+    array_of_blocks.threadify(opts){|b| b.call()}
+end
+
 module Enumerable
   def threadify(*args, &block)
   # setup

data/threadify.gemspec

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification::new do |spec|
   spec.name = "threadify"
-  spec.version = "1.2.0"
+  spec.version = "1.3.0"
   spec.platform = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   spec.summary = "threadify"
 

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: threadify
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 1.2.0
+  version: 1.3.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Ara T. Howard
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-06-09 00:00:00 -06:00
+date: 2009-09-10 00:00:00 -06:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []