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##
# Allows $stdout to be set via Thread.current[:stdout] per thread.

module ThreadOut

  ##
  # Writes to Thread.current[:stdout] instead of STDOUT if the thread local is
  # set.

  def self.write(stuff)
    if Thread.current[:stdout] then
      Thread.current[:stdout].write stuff 
    else
      STDOUT.write stuff
    end
  end
  
end

$stdout = ThreadOut

require 'stringio'
require 'threadout'

s = StringIO.new

Thread.start do 
  Thread.current[:stdout] = s
  puts 'redirected to StringIO'
end.join

Thread.start do
  puts 'no redirection'
end.join

puts s.string

no redirection
redirected to StringIO