method
status
status()
public
Returns the status of thr: “sleep” if thr is sleeping or waiting on I/O, “run” if thr is executing, “aborting” if thr is aborting, false if thr terminated normally, and nil if thr terminated with an exception.
a = Thread.new { raise("die now") } b = Thread.new { Thread.stop } c = Thread.new { Thread.exit } d = Thread.new { sleep } Thread.critical = true d.kill #=> #<Thread:0x401b3678 aborting> a.status #=> nil b.status #=> "sleep" c.status #=> false d.status #=> "aborting" Thread.current.status #=> "run"