ruby/prelude.rb

# Mutex

class Mutex
  def synchronize
    self.lock
    begin
      yield
    ensure
      self.unlock rescue nil
    end
  end
end

# Thread

class Thread
  MUTEX_FOR_THREAD_EXCLUSIVE = Mutex.new
  def self.exclusive
    MUTEX_FOR_THREAD_EXCLUSIVE.synchronize{
      yield
    }
  end
end

module Kernel
  module_function
  def require_relative(relative_feature)
    c = caller.first
    e = c.rindex(/:\d+:in /)
    file = $`
    if /\A\((.*)\)/ =~ file # eval, etc.
      raise LoadError, "require_relative is called in #{$1}"
    end
    absolute_feature = File.join(File.dirname(File.realpath(file)), relative_feature)
    require absolute_feature
  end
end