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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops 3AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops
4 4
5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt, POE - various supported event loops 5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt and POE are various supported
6event loops.
6 7
7=head1 SYNOPSIS 8=head1 SYNOPSIS
8 9
9 use AnyEvent; 10 use AnyEvent;
10 11
12 # file descriptor readable
11 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r|w", cb => sub { 13 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r", cb => sub { ... });
14
15 # one-shot or repeating timers
16 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... });
17 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ...
18
19 print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time
20 print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time.
21
22 # POSIX signal
23 my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "TERM", cb => sub { ... });
24
25 # child process exit
26 my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub {
27 my ($pid, $status) = @_;
12 ... 28 ...
13 }); 29 });
14 30
15 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { 31 # called when event loop idle (if applicable)
16 ... 32 my $w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub { ... });
17 });
18 33
19 my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged 34 my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged
20 $w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's 35 $w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's
21 $w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send 36 $w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send
37 # use a condvar in callback mode:
38 $w->cb (sub { $_[0]->recv });
22 39
23=head1 INTRODUCTION/TUTORIAL 40=head1 INTRODUCTION/TUTORIAL
24 41
25This manpage is mainly a reference manual. If you are interested 42This manpage is mainly a reference manual. If you are interested
26in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the 43in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the
128These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After 145These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After
129creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the 146creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the
130callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model 147callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model
131is in control). 148is in control).
132 149
150Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables>
151potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<<
152callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practise in
153Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs
154widely between event loops.
155
133To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the 156To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the
134variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references 157variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references
135to it). 158to it).
136 159
137All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class. 160All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.
153=head2 I/O WATCHERS 176=head2 I/O WATCHERS
154 177
155You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method 178You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
156with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments: 179with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
157 180
158C<fh> the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch for events 181C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch
159(AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file handle). C<poll> 182for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file
183handle). Note that only file handles pointing to things for which
184non-blocking operation makes sense are allowed. This includes sockets,
185most character devices, pipes, fifos and so on, but not for example files
186or block devices.
187
160must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a watcher 188C<poll> must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a
161waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively. C<cb> is the 189watcher waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively.
190
162callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready. 191C<cb> is the callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready.
163 192
164Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and 193Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
165presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent 194presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
166callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks. 195callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.
167 196
299In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you 328In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you
300can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the 329can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the
301difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into 330difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into
302account. 331account.
303 332
333=item AnyEvent->now_update
334
335Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) cache
336the current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<<
337AnyEvent->now >>, above).
338
339When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then
340this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which
341might affect timers and time-outs.
342
343When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the
344event loop's idea of "current time".
345
346Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled.
347
304=back 348=back
305 349
306=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS 350=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
307 351
308You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal 352You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
331=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS 375=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
332 376
333You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. 377You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.
334 378
335The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it 379The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it
336watches for any child process exit). The watcher will trigger as often 380watches for any child process exit). The watcher will triggered only when
337as status change for the child are received. This works by installing a 381the child process has finished and an exit status is available, not on
338signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>. The callback will be called with the pid 382any trace events (stopped/continued).
339and exit status (as returned by waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, 383
340you I<can> rely on child watcher callback arguments. 384The callback will be called with the pid and exit status (as returned by
385waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, you I<can> rely on child watcher
386callback arguments.
387
388This watcher type works by installing a signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>,
389and since it cannot be shared, nothing else should use SIGCHLD or reap
390random child processes (waiting for specific child processes, e.g. inside
391C<system>, is just fine).
341 392
342There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them 393There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them
343I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could 394I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could
344have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore). 395have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).
345 396
367 ); 418 );
368 419
369 # do something else, then wait for process exit 420 # do something else, then wait for process exit
370 $done->recv; 421 $done->recv;
371 422
423=head2 IDLE WATCHERS
424
425Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important
426to do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This
427"nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need
428attention by the event loop".
429
430Idle watchers ideally get invoked when the event loop has nothing
431better to do, just before it would block the process to wait for new
432events. Instead of blocking, the idle watcher is invoked.
433
434Most event loops unfortunately do not really support idle watchers (only
435EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent
436will simply call the callback "from time to time".
437
438Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the
439program is otherwise idle:
440
441 my @lines; # read data
442 my $idle_w;
443 my $io_w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {
444 push @lines, scalar <STDIN>;
445
446 # start an idle watcher, if not already done
447 $idle_w ||= AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub {
448 # handle only one line, when there are lines left
449 if (my $line = shift @lines) {
450 print "handled when idle: $line";
451 } else {
452 # otherwise disable the idle watcher again
453 undef $idle_w;
454 }
455 });
456 });
457
372=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES 458=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES
373 459
374If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them 460If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them
375require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that 461require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that
376will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks. 462will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.
381The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called 467The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called
382because they represent a condition that must become true. 468because they represent a condition that must become true.
383 469
384Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar 470Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar
385>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is 471>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is
472
386C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable 473C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable
387becomes true. 474becomes true, with the condition variable as the first argument (but not
475the results).
388 476
389After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true" 477After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true"
390by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it 478by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it
391were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<< 479were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<<
392->send >> method). 480->send >> method).
448 536
449 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar; 537 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
450 my $delay = AnyEvent->timer (after => 5, cb => $done); 538 my $delay = AnyEvent->timer (after => 5, cb => $done);
451 $done->recv; 539 $done->recv;
452 540
541Example: Imagine an API that returns a condvar and doesn't support
542callbacks. This is how you make a synchronous call, for example from
543the main program:
544
545 use AnyEvent::CouchDB;
546
547 ...
548
549 my @info = $couchdb->info->recv;
550
551And this is how you would just ste a callback to be called whenever the
552results are available:
553
554 $couchdb->info->cb (sub {
555 my @info = $_[0]->recv;
556 });
557
453=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS 558=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS
454 559
455These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the 560These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the
456code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also 561code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also
457the producer side which creates the condvar in most cases, but it isn't 562the producer side which creates the condvar in most cases, but it isn't
590=item $bool = $cv->ready 695=item $bool = $cv->ready
591 696
592Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or 697Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or
593C<croak> have been called. 698C<croak> have been called.
594 699
595=item $cb = $cv->cb ([new callback]) 700=item $cb = $cv->cb ($cb->($cv))
596 701
597This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally 702This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally
598replaces it before doing so. 703replaces it before doing so.
599 704
600The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when 705The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when
790=item L<AnyEvent::IGS> 895=item L<AnyEvent::IGS>
791 896
792A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by 897A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by
793L<App::IGS>). 898L<App::IGS>).
794 899
795=item L<Net::IRC3> 900=item L<AnyEvent::IRC>
796 901
797AnyEvent based IRC client module family. 902AnyEvent based IRC client module family (replacing the older Net::IRC3).
798 903
799=item L<Net::XMPP2> 904=item L<Net::XMPP2>
800 905
801AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family. 906AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family.
802 907
822=cut 927=cut
823 928
824package AnyEvent; 929package AnyEvent;
825 930
826no warnings; 931no warnings;
827use strict; 932use strict qw(vars subs);
828 933
829use Carp; 934use Carp;
830 935
831our $VERSION = 4.2; 936our $VERSION = 4.41;
832our $MODEL; 937our $MODEL;
833 938
834our $AUTOLOAD; 939our $AUTOLOAD;
835our @ISA; 940our @ISA;
836 941
868 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza 973 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza
869 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 974 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
870 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 975 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
871); 976);
872 977
873our %method = map +($_ => 1), qw(io timer time now signal child condvar one_event DESTROY); 978our %method = map +($_ => 1),
979 qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY);
874 980
875our @post_detect; 981our @post_detect;
876 982
877sub post_detect(&) { 983sub post_detect(&) {
878 my ($cb) = @_; 984 my ($cb) = @_;
883 1 989 1
884 } else { 990 } else {
885 push @post_detect, $cb; 991 push @post_detect, $cb;
886 992
887 defined wantarray 993 defined wantarray
888 ? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::PostDetect" 994 ? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::postdetect"
889 : () 995 : ()
890 } 996 }
891} 997}
892 998
893sub AnyEvent::Util::PostDetect::DESTROY { 999sub AnyEvent::Util::postdetect::DESTROY {
894 @post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect; 1000 @post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
895} 1001}
896 1002
897sub detect() { 1003sub detect() {
898 unless ($MODEL) { 1004 unless ($MODEL) {
935 last; 1041 last;
936 } 1042 }
937 } 1043 }
938 1044
939 $MODEL 1045 $MODEL
940 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib."; 1046 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n";
941 } 1047 }
942 } 1048 }
943 1049
944 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base"; 1050 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
945 1051
963 1069
964 my $class = shift; 1070 my $class = shift;
965 $class->$func (@_); 1071 $class->$func (@_);
966} 1072}
967 1073
1074# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends
1075# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually
1076# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).
1077sub _dupfh($$$$) {
1078 my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_;
1079
1080 # cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't
1081 my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<")
1082 : $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">")
1083 : Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'";
1084
1085 open my $fh2, "$mode&" . fileno $fh
1086 or die "cannot dup() filehandle: $!,";
1087
1088 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
1089
1090 ($fh2, $rw)
1091}
1092
968package AnyEvent::Base; 1093package AnyEvent::Base;
969 1094
970# default implementation for now and time 1095# default implementations for many methods
971 1096
972use Time::HiRes (); 1097BEGIN {
1098 if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); Time::HiRes::time (); 1") {
1099 *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time;
1100 # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())...
1101 } else {
1102 *_time = sub { time }; # epic fail
1103 }
1104}
973 1105
974sub time { Time::HiRes::time } 1106sub time { _time }
975sub now { Time::HiRes::time } 1107sub now { _time }
1108sub now_update { }
976 1109
977# default implementation for ->condvar 1110# default implementation for ->condvar
978 1111
979sub condvar { 1112sub condvar {
980 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar:: 1113 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
981} 1114}
982 1115
983# default implementation for ->signal 1116# default implementation for ->signal
984 1117
985our %SIG_CB; 1118our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
1119
1120sub _signal_exec {
1121 sysread $SIGPIPE_R, my $dummy, 4;
1122
1123 while (%SIG_EV) {
1124 for (keys %SIG_EV) {
1125 delete $SIG_EV{$_};
1126 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
1127 }
1128 }
1129}
986 1130
987sub signal { 1131sub signal {
988 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1132 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
989 1133
1134 unless ($SIGPIPE_R) {
1135 require Fcntl;
1136
1137 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1138 require AnyEvent::Util;
1139
1140 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1141 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1142 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1143 } else {
1144 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1145 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1146 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1147
1148 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1149 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1150 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1151 }
1152
1153 $SIGPIPE_R
1154 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1155
1156 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1157 }
1158
990 my $signal = uc $arg{signal} 1159 my $signal = uc $arg{signal}
991 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; 1160 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";
992 1161
993 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; 1162 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
994 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { 1163 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
995 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} || {} }; 1164 local $!;
1165 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
1166 undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
996 }; 1167 };
997 1168
998 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal" 1169 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
999} 1170}
1000 1171
1001sub AnyEvent::Base::Signal::DESTROY { 1172sub AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY {
1002 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]}; 1173 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1003 1174
1004 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb}; 1175 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1005 1176
1177 # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
1178 # print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
1179 # instead of getting the default action.
1006 delete $SIG{$signal} unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} }; 1180 undef $SIG{$signal} unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1007} 1181}
1008 1182
1009# default implementation for ->child 1183# default implementation for ->child
1010 1184
1011our %PID_CB; 1185our %PID_CB;
1012our $CHLD_W; 1186our $CHLD_W;
1013our $CHLD_DELAY_W; 1187our $CHLD_DELAY_W;
1014our $PID_IDLE;
1015our $WNOHANG; 1188our $WNOHANG;
1016 1189
1017sub _child_wait { 1190sub _sigchld {
1018 while (0 < (my $pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG)) { 1191 while (0 < (my $pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG)) {
1019 $_->($pid, $?) for (values %{ $PID_CB{$pid} || {} }), 1192 $_->($pid, $?) for (values %{ $PID_CB{$pid} || {} }),
1020 (values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} }); 1193 (values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} });
1021 } 1194 }
1022
1023 undef $PID_IDLE;
1024}
1025
1026sub _sigchld {
1027 # make sure we deliver these changes "synchronous" with the event loop.
1028 $CHLD_DELAY_W ||= AnyEvent->timer (after => 0, cb => sub {
1029 undef $CHLD_DELAY_W;
1030 &_child_wait;
1031 });
1032} 1195}
1033 1196
1034sub child { 1197sub child {
1035 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1198 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1036 1199
1037 defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0) 1200 defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0)
1038 or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing"; 1201 or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing";
1039 1202
1040 $PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; 1203 $PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1041 1204
1042 unless ($WNOHANG) {
1043 $WNOHANG = eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1; 1205 $WNOHANG ||= eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;
1044 }
1045 1206
1046 unless ($CHLD_W) { 1207 unless ($CHLD_W) {
1047 $CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld); 1208 $CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld);
1048 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round 1209 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round
1049 &_sigchld; 1210 &_sigchld;
1050 } 1211 }
1051 1212
1052 bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Child" 1213 bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child"
1053} 1214}
1054 1215
1055sub AnyEvent::Base::Child::DESTROY { 1216sub AnyEvent::Base::child::DESTROY {
1056 my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]}; 1217 my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1057 1218
1058 delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb}; 1219 delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb};
1059 delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} }; 1220 delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };
1060 1221
1061 undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB; 1222 undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;
1223}
1224
1225# idle emulation is done by simply using a timer, regardless
1226# of whether the process is idle or not, and not letting
1227# the callback use more than 50% of the time.
1228sub idle {
1229 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1230
1231 my ($cb, $w, $rcb) = $arg{cb};
1232
1233 $rcb = sub {
1234 if ($cb) {
1235 $w = _time;
1236 &$cb;
1237 $w = _time - $w;
1238
1239 # never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher,
1240 # within some limits
1241 $w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001;
1242 $w = 5 if $w > 5;
1243
1244 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $w, cb => $rcb);
1245 } else {
1246 # clean up...
1247 undef $w;
1248 undef $rcb;
1249 }
1250 };
1251
1252 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.05, cb => $rcb);
1253
1254 bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
1255}
1256
1257sub AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY {
1258 undef $${$_[0]};
1062} 1259}
1063 1260
1064package AnyEvent::CondVar; 1261package AnyEvent::CondVar;
1065 1262
1066our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::; 1263our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;
1118} 1315}
1119 1316
1120# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4 1317# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4
1121*broadcast = \&send; 1318*broadcast = \&send;
1122*wait = \&_wait; 1319*wait = \&_wait;
1320
1321=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
1322
1323In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the
1324caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also
1325the C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> environment variable, below) provides strict
1326checking of all AnyEvent methods, however, which is highly useful during
1327development.
1328
1329As for exception handling (i.e. runtime errors and exceptions thrown while
1330executing a callback), this is not only highly event-loop specific, but
1331also not in any way wrapped by this module, as this is the job of the main
1332program.
1333
1334The pure perl event loop simply re-throws the exception (usually
1335within C<< condvar->recv >>), the L<Event> and L<EV> modules call C<<
1336$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and
1337so on.
1338
1339=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1340
1341The following environment variables are used by this module or its
1342submodules:
1343
1344=over 4
1345
1346=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1347
1348By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1349conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1350talkative.
1351
1352When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1353conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1354C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1355
1356When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1357model it chooses.
1358
1359=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1360
1361AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1362argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1363will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
1364check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems
1365it will croak.
1366
1367In other words, enables "strict" mode.
1368
1369Unlike C<use strict>, it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in
1370production. Keeping C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while
1371developing programs can be very useful, however.
1372
1373=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1374
1375This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1376auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1377entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1378and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1379used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1380auto detection and -probing.
1381
1382This functionality might change in future versions.
1383
1384For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1385could start your program like this:
1386
1387 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1388
1389=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1390
1391Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1392for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1393of auto probing).
1394
1395Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
1396current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
1397used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
1398list.
1399
1400This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
1401against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
1402small, as the program has to handle conenction and other failures anyways.
1403
1404Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
1405but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1406- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1407addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1408IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1409
1410=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1411
1412Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
1413for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
1414some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
1415default.
1416
1417Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1418EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1419
1420=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1421
1422The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
1423will create in parallel.
1424
1425=back
1123 1426
1124=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE 1427=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE
1125 1428
1126This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in 1429This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in
1127a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to 1430a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to
1161 1464
1162I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to 1465I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to
1163condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will 1466condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will
1164C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must 1467C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must
1165not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense. 1468not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.
1166
1167=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1168
1169The following environment variables are used by this module:
1170
1171=over 4
1172
1173=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1174
1175By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1176conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1177talkative.
1178
1179When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1180conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1181C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1182
1183When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1184model it chooses.
1185
1186=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1187
1188AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1189argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1190will cause AnyEvent to thoroughly check the arguments passed to most
1191method calls and croaks if it finds any problems. In other words, enables
1192"strict" mode. Unlike C<use strict> it is definitely recommended ot keep
1193it off in production.
1194
1195=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1196
1197This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1198auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1199entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1200and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1201used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1202auto detection and -probing.
1203
1204This functionality might change in future versions.
1205
1206For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1207could start your program like this:
1208
1209 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1210
1211=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1212
1213Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1214for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1215of auto probing).
1216
1217Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
1218current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
1219used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
1220list.
1221
1222This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
1223against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
1224small, as the program has to handle connection errors already-
1225
1226Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
1227but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1228- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1229addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1230IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1231
1232=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1233
1234Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
1235for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
1236some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
1237default.
1238
1239Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1240EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1241
1242=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1243
1244The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
1245will create in parallel.
1246
1247=back
1248 1469
1249=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM 1470=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM
1250 1471
1251The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer 1472The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer
1252to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the 1473to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the
1446watcher. 1667watcher.
1447 1668
1448=head3 Results 1669=head3 Results
1449 1670
1450 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment 1671 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1451 EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface 1672 EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface
1452 EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers 1673 EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1453 CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal 1674 CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1454 Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation 1675 Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation
1455 Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface 1676 Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface
1456 Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers 1677 Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers
1457 Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour 1678 Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour
1458 Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers 1679 Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1459 POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event 1680 POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event
1460 POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select 1681 POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select
1461 1682
1462=head3 Discussion 1683=head3 Discussion
1463 1684
1464The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very 1685The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1465well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) 1686well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
1667watchers, as the management overhead dominates. 1888watchers, as the management overhead dominates.
1668 1889
1669=back 1890=back
1670 1891
1671 1892
1893=head1 SIGNALS
1894
1895AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals:
1896
1897=over 4
1898
1899=item SIGCHLD
1900
1901A handler for C<SIGCHLD> is installed by AnyEvent's child watcher
1902emulation for event loops that do not support them natively. Also, some
1903event loops install a similar handler.
1904
1905=item SIGPIPE
1906
1907A no-op handler is installed for C<SIGPIPE> when C<$SIG{PIPE}> is C<undef>
1908when AnyEvent gets loaded.
1909
1910The rationale for this is that AnyEvent users usually do not really depend
1911on SIGPIPE delivery (which is purely an optimisation for shell use, or
1912badly-written programs), but C<SIGPIPE> can cause spurious and rare
1913program exits as a lot of people do not expect C<SIGPIPE> when writing to
1914some random socket.
1915
1916The rationale for installing a no-op handler as opposed to ignoring it is
1917that this way, the handler will be restored to defaults on exec.
1918
1919Feel free to install your own handler, or reset it to defaults.
1920
1921=back
1922
1923=cut
1924
1925$SIG{PIPE} = sub { }
1926 unless defined $SIG{PIPE};
1927
1928
1672=head1 FORK 1929=head1 FORK
1673 1930
1674Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are 1931Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are
1675because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> 1932because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll>
1676calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware. 1933calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware.
1704=head1 BUGS 1961=head1 BUGS
1705 1962
1706Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard 1963Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard
1707to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10 1964to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10
1708and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying 1965and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying
1709mamleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as 1966memleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as
1710pronounced). 1967pronounced).
1711 1968
1712 1969
1713=head1 SEE ALSO 1970=head1 SEE ALSO
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