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137These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After 137These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After
138creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the 138creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the
139callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model 139callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model
140is in control). 140is in control).
141 141
142Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables>
143potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<<
144callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practise in
145Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs
146widely between event loops.
147
142To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the 148To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the
143variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references 149variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references
144to it). 150to it).
145 151
146All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class. 152All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.
162=head2 I/O WATCHERS 168=head2 I/O WATCHERS
163 169
164You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method 170You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
165with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments: 171with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
166 172
167C<fh> the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch for events 173C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch
168(AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file handle). C<poll> 174for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file
175handle). Note that only file handles pointing to things for which
176non-blocking operation makes sense are allowed. This includes sockets,
177most character devices, pipes, fifos and so on, but not for example files
178or block devices.
179
169must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a watcher 180C<poll> must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a
170waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively. C<cb> is the 181watcher waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively.
182
171callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready. 183C<cb> is the callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready.
172 184
173Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and 185Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
174presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent 186presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
175callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks. 187callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.
176 188
308In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you 320In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you
309can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the 321can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the
310difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into 322difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into
311account. 323account.
312 324
325=item AnyEvent->now_update
326
327Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) cache
328the current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<<
329AnyEvent->now >>, above).
330
331When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then
332this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which
333might affect timers and time-outs.
334
335When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the
336event loop's idea of "current time".
337
338Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled.
339
313=back 340=back
314 341
315=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS 342=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
316 343
317You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal 344You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
340=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS 367=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
341 368
342You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. 369You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.
343 370
344The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it 371The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it
345watches for any child process exit). The watcher will trigger as often 372watches for any child process exit). The watcher will triggered only when
346as status change for the child are received. This works by installing a 373the child process has finished and an exit status is available, not on
347signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>. The callback will be called with the pid 374any trace events (stopped/continued).
348and exit status (as returned by waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, 375
349you I<can> rely on child watcher callback arguments. 376The callback will be called with the pid and exit status (as returned by
377waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, you I<can> rely on child watcher
378callback arguments.
379
380This watcher type works by installing a signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>,
381and since it cannot be shared, nothing else should use SIGCHLD or reap
382random child processes (waiting for specific child processes, e.g. inside
383C<system>, is just fine).
350 384
351There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them 385There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them
352I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could 386I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could
353have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore). 387have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).
354 388
818=item L<AnyEvent::IGS> 852=item L<AnyEvent::IGS>
819 853
820A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by 854A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by
821L<App::IGS>). 855L<App::IGS>).
822 856
823=item L<Net::IRC3> 857=item L<AnyEvent::IRC>
824 858
825AnyEvent based IRC client module family. 859AnyEvent based IRC client module family (replacing the older Net::IRC3).
826 860
827=item L<Net::XMPP2> 861=item L<Net::XMPP2>
828 862
829AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family. 863AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family.
830 864
850=cut 884=cut
851 885
852package AnyEvent; 886package AnyEvent;
853 887
854no warnings; 888no warnings;
855use strict; 889use strict qw(vars subs);
856 890
857use Carp; 891use Carp;
858 892
859our $VERSION = 4.233; 893our $VERSION = 4.352;
860our $MODEL; 894our $MODEL;
861 895
862our $AUTOLOAD; 896our $AUTOLOAD;
863our @ISA; 897our @ISA;
864 898
896 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza 930 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza
897 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 931 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
898 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 932 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
899); 933);
900 934
901our %method = map +($_ => 1), qw(io timer time now signal child condvar one_event DESTROY); 935our %method = map +($_ => 1),
936 qw(io timer time now now_update signal child condvar one_event DESTROY);
902 937
903our @post_detect; 938our @post_detect;
904 939
905sub post_detect(&) { 940sub post_detect(&) {
906 my ($cb) = @_; 941 my ($cb) = @_;
963 last; 998 last;
964 } 999 }
965 } 1000 }
966 1001
967 $MODEL 1002 $MODEL
968 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib."; 1003 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n";
969 } 1004 }
970 } 1005 }
971 1006
972 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base"; 1007 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
973 1008
997# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually 1032# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually
998# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one). 1033# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).
999sub _dupfh($$$$) { 1034sub _dupfh($$$$) {
1000 my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_; 1035 my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_;
1001 1036
1002 require Fcntl;
1003
1004 # cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't 1037 # cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't
1005 my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<") 1038 my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<")
1006 : $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">") 1039 : $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">")
1007 : Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'"; 1040 : Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'";
1008 1041
1009 open my $fh2, "$mode&" . fileno $fh 1042 open my $fh2, "$mode&" . fileno $fh
1010 or die "cannot dup() filehandle: $!"; 1043 or die "cannot dup() filehandle: $!,";
1011 1044
1012 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases 1045 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
1013 1046
1014 ($fh2, $rw) 1047 ($fh2, $rw)
1015} 1048}
1016 1049
1017package AnyEvent::Base; 1050package AnyEvent::Base;
1018 1051
1019# default implementation for now and time 1052# default implementations for many methods
1020 1053
1021BEGIN { 1054BEGIN {
1022 if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); time (); 1") { 1055 if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); time (); 1") {
1023 *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time; 1056 *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time;
1024 # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())... 1057 # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())...
1025 } else { 1058 } else {
1026 *_time = \&CORE::time; # epic fail 1059 *_time = sub { time }; # epic fail
1027 } 1060 }
1028} 1061}
1029 1062
1030sub time { _time } 1063sub time { _time }
1031sub now { _time } 1064sub now { _time }
1065sub now_update { }
1032 1066
1033# default implementation for ->condvar 1067# default implementation for ->condvar
1034 1068
1035sub condvar { 1069sub condvar {
1036 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar:: 1070 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar::
1037} 1071}
1038 1072
1039# default implementation for ->signal 1073# default implementation for ->signal
1040 1074
1041our %SIG_CB; 1075our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
1076
1077sub _signal_exec {
1078 sysread $SIGPIPE_R, my $dummy, 4;
1079
1080 while (%SIG_EV) {
1081 for (keys %SIG_EV) {
1082 delete $SIG_EV{$_};
1083 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
1084 }
1085 }
1086}
1042 1087
1043sub signal { 1088sub signal {
1044 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1089 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1045 1090
1091 unless ($SIGPIPE_R) {
1092 require Fcntl;
1093
1094 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1095 require AnyEvent::Util;
1096
1097 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1098 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1099 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1100 } else {
1101 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1102 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1103 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1104 }
1105
1106 $SIGPIPE_R
1107 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1108
1109 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1110 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1111 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1112
1113 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1114 }
1115
1046 my $signal = uc $arg{signal} 1116 my $signal = uc $arg{signal}
1047 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; 1117 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";
1048 1118
1049 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; 1119 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1050 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { 1120 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
1051 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} || {} }; 1121 local $!;
1122 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
1123 undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
1052 }; 1124 };
1053 1125
1054 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal" 1126 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal"
1055} 1127}
1056 1128
1175 1247
1176# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4 1248# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4
1177*broadcast = \&send; 1249*broadcast = \&send;
1178*wait = \&_wait; 1250*wait = \&_wait;
1179 1251
1252=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
1253
1254In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the
1255caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also
1256the C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> environment variable, below) provides strict
1257checking of all AnyEvent methods, however, which is highly useful during
1258development.
1259
1260As for exception handling (i.e. runtime errors and exceptions thrown while
1261executing a callback), this is not only highly event-loop specific, but
1262also not in any way wrapped by this module, as this is the job of the main
1263program.
1264
1265The pure perl event loop simply re-throws the exception (usually
1266within C<< condvar->recv >>), the L<Event> and L<EV> modules call C<<
1267$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and
1268so on.
1269
1270=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1271
1272The following environment variables are used by this module or its
1273submodules:
1274
1275=over 4
1276
1277=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1278
1279By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1280conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1281talkative.
1282
1283When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1284conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1285C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1286
1287When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1288model it chooses.
1289
1290=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1291
1292AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1293argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1294will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
1295check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems
1296it will croak.
1297
1298In other words, enables "strict" mode.
1299
1300Unlike C<use strict>, it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in
1301production. Keeping C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while
1302developing programs can be very useful, however.
1303
1304=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1305
1306This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1307auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1308entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1309and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1310used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1311auto detection and -probing.
1312
1313This functionality might change in future versions.
1314
1315For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1316could start your program like this:
1317
1318 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1319
1320=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1321
1322Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1323for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1324of auto probing).
1325
1326Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
1327current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
1328used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
1329list.
1330
1331This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
1332against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
1333small, as the program has to handle conenction and other failures anyways.
1334
1335Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
1336but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1337- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1338addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1339IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1340
1341=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1342
1343Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
1344for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
1345some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
1346default.
1347
1348Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1349EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1350
1351=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1352
1353The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
1354will create in parallel.
1355
1356=back
1357
1180=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE 1358=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE
1181 1359
1182This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in 1360This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in
1183a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to 1361a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to
1184provide AnyEvent compatibility. 1362provide AnyEvent compatibility.
1217 1395
1218I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to 1396I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to
1219condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will 1397condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will
1220C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must 1398C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must
1221not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense. 1399not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.
1222
1223=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1224
1225The following environment variables are used by this module:
1226
1227=over 4
1228
1229=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1230
1231By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1232conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1233talkative.
1234
1235When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1236conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1237C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1238
1239When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1240model it chooses.
1241
1242=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1243
1244AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1245argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1246will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
1247check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems
1248it will croak.
1249
1250In other words, enables "strict" mode.
1251
1252Unlike C<use strict> it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in
1253production.
1254
1255=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1256
1257This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1258auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1259entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1260and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1261used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1262auto detection and -probing.
1263
1264This functionality might change in future versions.
1265
1266For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1267could start your program like this:
1268
1269 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1270
1271=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1272
1273Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1274for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1275of auto probing).
1276
1277Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
1278current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
1279used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
1280list.
1281
1282This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
1283against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
1284small, as the program has to handle connection errors already-
1285
1286Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
1287but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1288- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1289addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1290IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1291
1292=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1293
1294Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
1295for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
1296some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
1297default.
1298
1299Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1300EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1301
1302=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1303
1304The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
1305will create in parallel.
1306
1307=back
1308 1400
1309=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM 1401=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM
1310 1402
1311The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer 1403The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer
1312to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the 1404to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the
1506watcher. 1598watcher.
1507 1599
1508=head3 Results 1600=head3 Results
1509 1601
1510 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment 1602 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1511 EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface 1603 EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface
1512 EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers 1604 EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1513 CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal 1605 CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1514 Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation 1606 Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation
1515 Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface 1607 Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface
1516 Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers 1608 Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers
1517 Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour 1609 Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour
1518 Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers 1610 Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1519 POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event 1611 POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event
1520 POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select 1612 POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select
1521 1613
1522=head3 Discussion 1614=head3 Discussion
1523 1615
1524The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very 1616The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1525well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) 1617well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
1727watchers, as the management overhead dominates. 1819watchers, as the management overhead dominates.
1728 1820
1729=back 1821=back
1730 1822
1731 1823
1824=head1 SIGNALS
1825
1826AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals:
1827
1828=over 4
1829
1830=item SIGCHLD
1831
1832A handler for C<SIGCHLD> is installed by AnyEvent's child watcher
1833emulation for event loops that do not support them natively. Also, some
1834event loops install a similar handler.
1835
1836=item SIGPIPE
1837
1838A no-op handler is installed for C<SIGPIPE> when C<$SIG{PIPE}> is C<undef>
1839when AnyEvent gets loaded.
1840
1841The rationale for this is that AnyEvent users usually do not really depend
1842on SIGPIPE delivery (which is purely an optimisation for shell use, or
1843badly-written programs), but C<SIGPIPE> can cause spurious and rare
1844program exits as a lot of people do not expect C<SIGPIPE> when writing to
1845some random socket.
1846
1847The rationale for installing a no-op handler as opposed to ignoring it is
1848that this way, the handler will be restored to defaults on exec.
1849
1850Feel free to install your own handler, or reset it to defaults.
1851
1852=back
1853
1854=cut
1855
1856$SIG{PIPE} = sub { }
1857 unless defined $SIG{PIPE};
1858
1859
1732=head1 FORK 1860=head1 FORK
1733 1861
1734Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are 1862Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are
1735because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> 1863because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll>
1736calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware. 1864calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware.
1764=head1 BUGS 1892=head1 BUGS
1765 1893
1766Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard 1894Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard
1767to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10 1895to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10
1768and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying 1896and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying
1769mamleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as 1897memleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as
1770pronounced). 1898pronounced).
1771 1899
1772 1900
1773=head1 SEE ALSO 1901=head1 SEE ALSO
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