Thread Example

[Charles]

Okay, it's a silly example, but it shows another use of "ref" for referring to methods instead of invoking them:

use System.Threading

class ThreadTest

    shared
    
        var _maxSeconds = 2.1f
        var _start as DateTime

        def main
            _start = DateTime.now
            t = Thread(ref .writeY)
            t.start
            while not .isFinished
                print 'a' stop
            t.join
            print
            print 'Finished.'
        
        def writeY
            while not .isFinished
                print 'b' stop

        get isFinished as bool
            return DateTime.now.subtract(_start).totalSeconds >= _maxSeconds