merge -c 12267

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8_6@12330 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu May 10 10:14:14 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (rb_thread_priority): rdoc fix; the initial value is
+	  inherited from the creating thread.  [ruby-core:10607]
+
 Wed May 23 04:22:57 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* dir.c (do_stat, do_lstat, do_opendir): should not warn ENOTDIR.

eval.c

@@ -11468,10 +11468,12 @@ rb_thread_sleep_forever()
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     thr.priority   => integer
- *  
- *  Returns the priority of <i>thr</i>. Default is zero; higher-priority threads
- *  will run before lower-priority threads.
- *     
+ *
+ *  Returns the priority of <i>thr</i>. Default is inherited from the
+ *  current thread which creating the new thread, or zero for the
+ *  initial main thread; higher-priority threads will run before
+ *  lower-priority threads.
+ *
  *     Thread.current.priority   #=> 0
  */
 
@@ -11486,10 +11488,10 @@ rb_thread_priority(thread)
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     thr.priority= integer   => thr
- *  
+ *
  *  Sets the priority of <i>thr</i> to <i>integer</i>. Higher-priority threads
  *  will run before lower-priority threads.
- *     
+ *
  *     count1 = count2 = 0
  *     a = Thread.new do
  *           loop { count1 += 1 }

version.h

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2007-05-23"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 186
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20070523
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 19
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 20
 
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR 8