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diff --git a/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb b/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb index 62a04a3..a6269cd 100644 --- a/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb +++ b/lib/rainbows/thread_pool.rb @@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ module Rainbows + # Implements a worker thread pool model. This is suited for platforms + # where the cost of dynamically spawning a new thread for every new + # client connection is too high. + # + # Applications using this model are required to be thread-safe. + # Threads are never spawned dynamically under this model. If you're + # connecting to external services and need to perform DNS lookups, + # consider using the "resolv-replace" library which replaces parts of + # the core Socket package with concurrent DNS lookup capabilities. + # + # This model is less suited for many slow clients than the others and + # thus a lower +worker_connections+ setting is recommended. module ThreadPool include Base |