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| 5 | loops |
5 | loops |
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| 7 | SYNOPSIS |
7 | SYNOPSIS |
| 8 | use AnyEvent; |
8 | use AnyEvent; |
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10 | # file descriptor readable |
| 10 | my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r|w", cb => sub { ... }); |
11 | my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r", cb => sub { ... }); |
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13 | # one-shot or repeating timers |
| 12 | my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... }); |
14 | my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... }); |
| 13 | my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ... |
15 | my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ... |
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| 15 | print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time |
17 | print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time |
| 16 | print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time. |
18 | print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time. |
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20 | # POSIX signal |
| 18 | my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "TERM", cb => sub { ... }); |
21 | my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "TERM", cb => sub { ... }); |
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23 | # child process exit |
| 20 | my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub { |
24 | my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub { |
| 21 | my ($pid, $status) = @_; |
25 | my ($pid, $status) = @_; |
| 22 | ... |
26 | ... |
| 23 | }); |
27 | }); |
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29 | # called when event loop idle (if applicable) |
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30 | my $w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub { ... }); |
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| 25 | my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged |
32 | my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged |
| 26 | $w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's |
33 | $w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's |
| 27 | $w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send |
34 | $w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send |
| 28 | # use a condvar in callback mode: |
35 | # use a condvar in callback mode: |
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| 314 | In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you |
321 | In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you |
| 315 | can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking |
322 | can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking |
| 316 | the difference between "AnyEvent->time" and "AnyEvent->now" into |
323 | the difference between "AnyEvent->time" and "AnyEvent->now" into |
| 317 | account. |
324 | account. |
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326 | AnyEvent->now_update |
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327 | Some event loops (such as EV or AnyEvent::Impl::Perl) cache the |
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328 | current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of |
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329 | AnyEvent->now, above). |
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331 | When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), |
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332 | then this "current" time will differ substantially from the real |
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333 | time, which might affect timers and time-outs. |
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335 | When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update |
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336 | the event loop's idea of "current time". |
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338 | Note that updating the time *might* cause some events to be handled. |
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| 319 | SIGNAL WATCHERS |
340 | SIGNAL WATCHERS |
| 320 | You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, "signal" is the signal |
341 | You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, "signal" is the signal |
| 321 | *name* in uppercase and without any "SIG" prefix, "cb" is the Perl |
342 | *name* in uppercase and without any "SIG" prefix, "cb" is the Perl |
| 322 | callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs. |
343 | callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs. |
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407 | ); |
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| 388 | # do something else, then wait for process exit |
409 | # do something else, then wait for process exit |
| 389 | $done->recv; |
410 | $done->recv; |
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412 | IDLE WATCHERS |
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413 | Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important to |
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414 | do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This |
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415 | "nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need |
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416 | attention by the event loop". |
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418 | Idle watchers ideally get invoked when the event loop has nothing better |
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419 | to do, just before it would block the process to wait for new events. |
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420 | Instead of blocking, the idle watcher is invoked. |
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422 | Most event loops unfortunately do not really support idle watchers (only |
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423 | EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent |
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424 | will simply call the callback "from time to time". |
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426 | Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the program |
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427 | is otherwise idle: |
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429 | my @lines; # read data |
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430 | my $idle_w; |
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431 | my $io_w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub { |
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432 | push @lines, scalar <STDIN>; |
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434 | # start an idle watcher, if not already done |
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435 | $idle_w ||= AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub { |
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436 | # handle only one line, when there are lines left |
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437 | if (my $line = shift @lines) { |
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438 | print "handled when idle: $line"; |
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439 | } else { |
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440 | # otherwise disable the idle watcher again |
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441 | undef $idle_w; |
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442 | } |
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443 | }); |
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444 | }); |
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| 391 | CONDITION VARIABLES |
446 | CONDITION VARIABLES |
| 392 | If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them |
447 | If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them |
| 393 | require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that |
448 | require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that |
| 394 | will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks. |
449 | will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks. |
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