Class: Merb::Global::DateProviders::Fork

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Includes:
Base
Defined in:
lib/merb_global/date_providers/fork.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#localize(lang, date, format) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/merb_global/date_providers/fork.rb', line 9

def localize(lang, date, format)
  pipe_rd, pipe_wr = IO.pipe
  # setlocale have no guarantee of being thread-safe so for safty
  # we fork the process.
  pid = fork do
    pipe_rd.close
    setlocale(lang.to_s)
    pipe_wr.write(date.strftime(format))
    pipe_wr.flush
  end
  pipe_wr.close
  Process.wait(pid)
  pipe_rd.read
end