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| 23 | snd $port, type => data...; |
23 | snd $port, type => data...; |
| 24 | snd $port, @msg; |
24 | snd $port, @msg; |
| 25 | snd @msg_with_first_element_being_a_port; |
25 | snd @msg_with_first_element_being_a_port; |
| 26 | |
26 | |
| 27 | # creating/using ports, the simple way |
27 | # creating/using ports, the simple way |
| 28 | my $somple_port = port { my @msg = @_; 0 }; |
28 | my $simple_port = port { my @msg = @_; 0 }; |
| 29 | |
29 | |
| 30 | # creating/using ports, tagged message matching |
30 | # creating/using ports, tagged message matching |
| 31 | my $port = port; |
31 | my $port = port; |
| 32 | rcv $port, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 }; |
32 | rcv $port, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 }; |
| 33 | rcv $port, pong => sub { warn "pong received\n"; 0 }; |
33 | rcv $port, pong => sub { warn "pong received\n"; 0 }; |
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| 69 | |
69 | |
| 70 | =item port |
70 | =item port |
| 71 | |
71 | |
| 72 | A port is something you can send messages to (with the C<snd> function). |
72 | A port is something you can send messages to (with the C<snd> function). |
| 73 | |
73 | |
| 74 | Some ports allow you to register C<rcv> handlers that can match specific |
74 | Ports allow you to register C<rcv> handlers that can match all or just |
| 75 | messages. All C<rcv> handlers will receive messages they match, messages |
75 | some messages. Messages will not be queued. |
| 76 | will not be queued. |
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| 77 | |
76 | |
| 78 | =item port id - C<noderef#portname> |
77 | =item port id - C<noderef#portname> |
| 79 | |
78 | |
| 80 | A port id is normaly the concatenation of a noderef, a hash-mark (C<#>) as |
79 | A port ID is the concatenation of a noderef, a hash-mark (C<#>) as |
| 81 | separator, and a port name (a printable string of unspecified format). An |
80 | separator, and a port name (a printable string of unspecified format). An |
| 82 | exception is the the node port, whose ID is identical to its node |
81 | exception is the the node port, whose ID is identical to its node |
| 83 | reference. |
82 | reference. |
| 84 | |
83 | |
| 85 | =item node |
84 | =item node |
| 86 | |
85 | |
| 87 | A node is a single process containing at least one port - the node |
86 | A node is a single process containing at least one port - the node port, |
| 88 | port. You can send messages to node ports to find existing ports or to |
87 | which provides nodes to manage each other remotely, and to create new |
| 89 | create new ports, among other things. |
88 | ports. |
| 90 | |
89 | |
| 91 | Nodes are either private (single-process only), slaves (connected to a |
90 | Nodes are either private (single-process only), slaves (connected to a |
| 92 | master node only) or public nodes (connectable from unrelated nodes). |
91 | master node only) or public nodes (connectable from unrelated nodes). |
| 93 | |
92 | |
| 94 | =item noderef - C<host:port,host:port...>, C<id@noderef>, C<id> |
93 | =item noderef - C<host:port,host:port...>, C<id@noderef>, C<id> |
