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//proc/self/root/opt/alt/ruby18/share/ri/1.8/system/Thread/join-i.yaml

--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
 body: The calling thread will suspend execution and run thr. Does not return until thr exits or until limit seconds have passed. If the time limit expires, <tt>nil</tt> will be returned, otherwise thr is returned.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
 body: Any threads not joined will be killed when the main program exits. If thr had previously raised an exception and the <tt>abort_on_exception</tt> and <tt>$DEBUG</tt> flags are not set (so the exception has not yet been processed) it will be processed at this time.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
 body: " a = Thread.new { print &quot;a&quot;; sleep(10); print &quot;b&quot;; print &quot;c&quot; }\n x = Thread.new { print &quot;x&quot;; Thread.pass; print &quot;y&quot;; print &quot;z&quot; }\n x.join # Let x thread finish, a will be killed on exit.\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
 body: produces:
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
 body: " axyz\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
 body: The following example illustrates the limit parameter.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
 body: " y = Thread.new { 4.times { sleep 0.1; puts 'tick... ' }}\n puts &quot;Waiting&quot; until y.join(0.15)\n"
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
 body: produces:
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
 body: " tick...\n Waiting\n tick...\n Waitingtick...\n\n tick...\n"
full_name: Thread#join
is_singleton: false
name: join
params: |
 thr.join => thr
 thr.join(limit) => thr

visibility: public