[MacRuby-devel] [MacRuby] #633: Segmentation fault using Net::SMTP on background thread

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#633: Segmentation fault using Net::SMTP on background thread
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 Reporter:  wbyoung@…              |        Owner:  lsansonetti@…        
     Type:  defect                 |       Status:  closed               
 Priority:  major                  |    Milestone:                       
Component:  MacRuby                |   Resolution:  invalid              
 Keywords:                         |  
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Changes (by lsansonetti@…):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Sorry for the late reply.

 It crashes when unwinding the stack, because the #execute method raises an
 exception, but since it's called from pure Cocoa code (NSThread), it
 cannot catch it.

 There is little we can do here. I recommend to wrap the code you execute
 concurrently into an exception handler (which you should always do, since
 exceptions in threads will not be notified otherwise) and/or use Thread
 class and not NSThread.

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