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847 847
848 $self->[CB] = $cb; 848 $self->[CB] = $cb;
849 $self->_cmd (r => $func); 849 $self->_cmd (r => $func);
850} 850}
851 851
852=back
853
854=head2 ADVANCED METHODS
855
856=over 4
857
858=item new_from_stdio AnyEvent::Fork $fh
859
860Assume that you have a perl interpreter running (without any special
861options or a program) somewhere and it has it's STDIN and STDOUT connected
862to the C<$fh> somehow. I.e. exactly the state perl is in when you start it
863without any arguments:
864
865 perl
866
867Then you can create an C<AnyEvent::Fork> object out of this perl
868interpreter with this constructor.
869
870When the usefulness of this isn't immediately clear, imagine you manage to
871run a perl interpreter remotely (F<ssh remotemachine perl>), then you can
872manage it mostly like a local C<AnyEvent::Fork> child.
873
874This works without any module support, i.e. the remote F<perl> does not
875need to have any special modules installed.
876
877There are a number of limitations though: C<send_fh> will only work if the
878L<IO::FDPass> module is loadable by the remote perl and the two processes
879are connected in a way that let's L<IO::FDPass> do it's work.
880
881This will therefore not work over a network conenction. From this follows
882that C<fork> will also not work under these circumstances, as it relies on
883C<send_fh> internally.
884
885=cut
886
887sub new_from_stdio {
888 my ($class, $fh) = @_;
889
890 my $self = $class->_new ($fh);
891
892 # send startup code
893 push @{ $self->[QUEUE] },
894 (do "AnyEvent/Fork/serve.pl")
895 . <<'EOF';
896{
897 open my $fh, "+<&0"
898 or die "AnyEvent::Fork::Serve::stdio: unable to open communications socket: $!\n";
899 open STDIN , ">&2";
900 open STDOUT, ">&2";
901
902 $OWNER = "another process";
903 $0 = "AnyEvent::Fork/stdio of $OWNER";
904
905 @_ = $fh;
906}
907
908&serve;
909__END__
910EOF
911
912 # the data is only sent when the user requests additional things, which
913 # is likely early enough for our purposes.
914
915 $self
916}
917
918=back
919
920=head2 EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
921
922These methods might go away completely or change behaviour, a any time.
923
924=over 4
925
852=item $proc->to_fh ($cb->($fh)) # EXPERIMENTAL, MIGHT BE REMOVED 926=item $proc->to_fh ($cb->($fh)) # EXPERIMENTAL, MIGHT BE REMOVED
853 927
854Flushes all commands out to the process and then calls the callback with 928Flushes all commands out to the process and then calls the callback with
855the communications socket. 929the communications socket.
856 930

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