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| 179 | =item $cv->wait |
179 | =item $cv->wait |
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| 181 | Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->broadcast >> method has been |
181 | Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->broadcast >> method has been |
| 182 | called on c<$cv>, while servicing other watchers normally. |
182 | called on c<$cv>, while servicing other watchers normally. |
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| 184 | Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case, so |
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| 185 | if you are using this from a module, never require a blocking wait, but |
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| 186 | let the caller decide wether the call will block or not (for example, |
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| 187 | by coupling condition variables with some kind of request results and |
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| 188 | supporting callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not |
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| 189 | block, while still suppporting blockign waits if the caller so desires). |
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| 191 | You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls will return |
184 | You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls will return |
| 192 | immediately. |
185 | immediately. |
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187 | Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case |
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188 | (programs might want to do that so they stay interactive), so I<if you |
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189 | are using this from a module, never require a blocking wait>, but let the |
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190 | caller decide wether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling |
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191 | condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting |
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192 | callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block, |
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193 | while still suppporting blocking waits if the caller so desires). |
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195 | Another reason I<never> to C<< ->wait >> in a module is that you cannot |
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196 | sensibly have two C<< ->wait >>'s in parallel, as that would require |
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197 | multiple interpreters or coroutines/threads, none of which C<AnyEvent> |
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198 | can supply (the coroutine-aware backends C<Coro::EV> and C<Coro::Event> |
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199 | explicitly support concurrent C<< ->wait >>'s from different coroutines, |
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200 | however). |
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| 194 | =item $cv->broadcast |
202 | =item $cv->broadcast |
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| 196 | Flag the condition as ready - a running C<< ->wait >> and all further |
204 | Flag the condition as ready - a running C<< ->wait >> and all further |
| 197 | calls to C<wait> will return after this method has been called. If nobody |
205 | calls to C<wait> will return after this method has been called. If nobody |
