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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops	3	AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops
4		4
5	EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt, POE - various supported event loops	5	EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt and POE are various supported
		6	event 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 });
		39
		40	=head1 INTRODUCTION/TUTORIAL
		41
		42	This manpage is mainly a reference manual. If you are interested
		43	in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the
		44	L<AnyEvent::Intro> manpage.
22		45
23	=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT)	46	=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT)
24		47
25	Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen	48	Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen
26	nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent?	49	nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent?
27		50
28	Executive Summary: AnyEvent is I<compatible>, AnyEvent is I<free of	51	Executive Summary: AnyEvent is I<compatible>, AnyEvent is I<free of
29	policy> and AnyEvent is I<small and efficient>.	52	policy> and AnyEvent is I<small and efficient>.
30		53
31	First and foremost, I<AnyEvent is not an event model> itself, it only	54	First and foremost, I<AnyEvent is not an event model> itself, it only
32	interfaces to whatever event model the main program happens to use in a	55	interfaces to whatever event model the main program happens to use, in a
33	pragmatic way. For event models and certain classes of immortals alike,	56	pragmatic way. For event models and certain classes of immortals alike,
34	the statement "there can only be one" is a bitter reality: In general,	57	the statement "there can only be one" is a bitter reality: In general,
35	only one event loop can be active at the same time in a process. AnyEvent	58	only one event loop can be active at the same time in a process. AnyEvent
36	helps hiding the differences between those event loops.	59	cannot change this, but it can hide the differences between those event
		60	loops.
37		61
38	The goal of AnyEvent is to offer module authors the ability to do event	62	The goal of AnyEvent is to offer module authors the ability to do event
39	programming (waiting for I/O or timer events) without subscribing to a	63	programming (waiting for I/O or timer events) without subscribing to a
40	religion, a way of living, and most importantly: without forcing your	64	religion, a way of living, and most importantly: without forcing your
41	module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event	65	module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event
42	model you use.	66	model you use.
43		67
44	For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is	68	For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is
45	actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is	69	actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is
46	like joining a cult: After you joined, you are dependent on them and you	70	like joining a cult: After you joined, you are dependent on them and you
47	cannot use anything else, as it is simply incompatible to everything that	71	cannot use anything else, as they are simply incompatible to everything
48	isn't itself. What's worse, all the potential users of your module are	72	that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your
49	I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use.	73	module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use.
50		74
51	AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works	75	AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works
52	fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together	76	fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together
53	with the rest: POE + IO::Async? no go. Tk + Event? no go. Again: if	77	with the rest: POE + IO::Async? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if
54	your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it,	78	your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it,
55	too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all	79	too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all
56	event models it supports (including stuff like POE and IO::Async, as long	80	event models it supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those
57	as those use one of the supported event loops. It is trivial to add new	81	use one of the supported event loops. It is trivial to add new event loops
58	event loops to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof).	82	to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof).
59		83
60	In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event	84	In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event
61	model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar	85	model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar
62	modules, you get an enourmous amount of code and strict rules you have to	86	modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to
63	follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and up to the point, by only	87	follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and up to the point, by only
64	offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as	88	offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as
65	technically possible.	89	technically possible.
66		90
		91	Of course, AnyEvent comes with a big (and fully optional!) toolbox
		92	of useful functionality, such as an asynchronous DNS resolver, 100%
		93	non-blocking connects (even with TLS/SSL, IPv6 and on broken platforms
		94	such as Windows) and lots of real-world knowledge and workarounds for
		95	platform bugs and differences.
		96
67	Of course, if you want lots of policy (this can arguably be somewhat	97	Now, if you I<do want> lots of policy (this can arguably be somewhat
68	useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event	98	useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event
69	model, you should I<not> use this module.	99	model, you should I<not> use this module.
70		100
71	=head1 DESCRIPTION	101	=head1 DESCRIPTION
72		102
…		…
102	starts using it, all bets are off. Maybe you should tell their authors to	132	starts using it, all bets are off. Maybe you should tell their authors to
103	use AnyEvent so their modules work together with others seamlessly...	133	use AnyEvent so their modules work together with others seamlessly...
104		134
105	The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called	135	The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called
106	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>. Like other event modules you can load it	136	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>. Like other event modules you can load it
107	explicitly.	137	explicitly and enjoy the high availability of that event loop :)
108		138
109	=head1 WATCHERS	139	=head1 WATCHERS
110		140
111	AnyEvent has the central concept of a I<watcher>, which is an object that	141	AnyEvent has the central concept of a I<watcher>, which is an object that
112	stores relevant data for each kind of event you are waiting for, such as	142	stores relevant data for each kind of event you are waiting for, such as
113	the callback to call, the filehandle to watch, etc.	143	the callback to call, the file handle to watch, etc.
114		144
115	These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After	145	These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After
116	creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the	146	creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the
117	callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model	147	callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model
118	is in control).	148	is in control).
119		149
		150	Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables>
		151	potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<<
		152	callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practise in
		153	Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs
		154	widely between event loops.
		155
120	To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the	156	To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the
121	variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references	157	variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references
122	to it).	158	to it).
123		159
124	All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.	160	All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.
…		…
126	Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for	162	Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for
127	example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways.	163	example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways.
128		164
129	An any way to achieve that is this pattern:	165	An any way to achieve that is this pattern:
130		166
131	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub {	167	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub {
132	# you can use $w here, for example to undef it	168	# you can use $w here, for example to undef it
133	undef $w;	169	undef $w;
134	});	170	});
135		171
136	Note that C<my $w; $w => combination. This is necessary because in Perl,	172	Note that C<my $w; $w => combination. This is necessary because in Perl,
137	my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are	173	my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are
138	declared.	174	declared.
139		175
140	=head2 I/O WATCHERS	176	=head2 I/O WATCHERS
141		177
142	You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method	178	You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
143	with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:	179	with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
144		180
145	C<fh> the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch	181	C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch
		182	for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file
		183	handle). Note that only file handles pointing to things for which
		184	non-blocking operation makes sense are allowed. This includes sockets,
		185	most character devices, pipes, fifos and so on, but not for example files
		186	or block devices.
		187
146	for events. C<poll> must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>,	188	C<poll> must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a
147	which creates a watcher waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events,	189	watcher waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively.
		190
148	respectively. C<cb> is the callback to invoke each time the file handle	191	C<cb> is the callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready.
149	becomes ready.
150		192
151	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and	193	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
152	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent	194	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
153	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.	195	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.
154		196
…		…
158		200
159	Some event loops issue spurious readyness notifications, so you should	201	Some event loops issue spurious readyness notifications, so you should
160	always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file	202	always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file
161	handles.	203	handles.
162		204
163	Example:
164
165	# wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the watcher	205	Example: wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the
		206	watcher.
		207
166	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {	208	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {
167	chomp (my $input = <STDIN>);	209	chomp (my $input = <STDIN>);
168	warn "read: $input\n";	210	warn "read: $input\n";
169	undef $w;	211	undef $w;
170	});	212	});
…		…
180		222
181	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and	223	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
182	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent	224	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
183	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks.	225	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks.
184		226
185	The timer callback will be invoked at most once: if you want a repeating	227	The callback will normally be invoked once only. If you specify another
186	timer you have to create a new watcher (this is a limitation by both Tk	228	parameter, C<interval>, as a strictly positive number (> 0), then the
187	and Glib).	229	callback will be invoked regularly at that interval (in fractional
		230	seconds) after the first invocation. If C<interval> is specified with a
		231	false value, then it is treated as if it were missing.
188		232
189	Example:	233	The callback will be rescheduled before invoking the callback, but no
		234	attempt is done to avoid timer drift in most backends, so the interval is
		235	only approximate.
190		236
191	# fire an event after 7.7 seconds	237	Example: fire an event after 7.7 seconds.
		238
192	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub {	239	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub {
193	warn "timeout\n";	240	warn "timeout\n";
194	});	241	});
195		242
196	# to cancel the timer:	243	# to cancel the timer:
197	undef $w;	244	undef $w;
198		245
199	Example 2:
200
201	# fire an event after 0.5 seconds, then roughly every second	246	Example 2: fire an event after 0.5 seconds, then roughly every second.
202	my $w;
203		247
204	my $cb = sub {
205	# cancel the old timer while creating a new one
206	$w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, cb => $cb);	248	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.5, interval => 1, cb => sub {
		249	warn "timeout\n";
207	};	250	};
208
209	# start the "loop" by creating the first watcher
210	$w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.5, cb => $cb);
211		251
212	=head3 TIMING ISSUES	252	=head3 TIMING ISSUES
213		253
214	There are two ways to handle timers: based on real time (relative, "fire	254	There are two ways to handle timers: based on real time (relative, "fire
215	in 10 seconds") and based on wallclock time (absolute, "fire at 12	255	in 10 seconds") and based on wallclock time (absolute, "fire at 12
…		…
227	timers.	267	timers.
228		268
229	AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the	269	AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the
230	AnyEvent API.	270	AnyEvent API.
231		271
		272	AnyEvent has two additional methods that return the "current time":
		273
		274	=over 4
		275
		276	=item AnyEvent->time
		277
		278	This returns the "current wallclock time" as a fractional number of
		279	seconds since the Epoch (the same thing as C<time> or C<Time::HiRes::time>
		280	return, and the result is guaranteed to be compatible with those).
		281
		282	It progresses independently of any event loop processing, i.e. each call
		283	will check the system clock, which usually gets updated frequently.
		284
		285	=item AnyEvent->now
		286
		287	This also returns the "current wallclock time", but unlike C<time>, above,
		288	this value might change only once per event loop iteration, depending on
		289	the event loop (most return the same time as C<time>, above). This is the
		290	time that AnyEvent's timers get scheduled against.
		291
		292	I<In almost all cases (in all cases if you don't care), this is the
		293	function to call when you want to know the current time.>
		294
		295	This function is also often faster then C<< AnyEvent->time >>, and
		296	thus the preferred method if you want some timestamp (for example,
		297	L<AnyEvent::Handle> uses this to update it's activity timeouts).
		298
		299	The rest of this section is only of relevance if you try to be very exact
		300	with your timing, you can skip it without bad conscience.
		301
		302	For a practical example of when these times differ, consider L<Event::Lib>
		303	and L<EV> and the following set-up:
		304
		305	The event loop is running and has just invoked one of your callback at
		306	time=500 (assume no other callbacks delay processing). In your callback,
		307	you wait a second by executing C<sleep 1> (blocking the process for a
		308	second) and then (at time=501) you create a relative timer that fires
		309	after three seconds.
		310
		311	With L<Event::Lib>, C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> will
		312	both return C<501>, because that is the current time, and the timer will
		313	be scheduled to fire at time=504 (C<501> + C<3>).
		314
		315	With L<EV>, C<< AnyEvent->time >> returns C<501> (as that is the current
		316	time), but C<< AnyEvent->now >> returns C<500>, as that is the time the
		317	last event processing phase started. With L<EV>, your timer gets scheduled
		318	to run at time=503 (C<500> + C<3>).
		319
		320	In one sense, L<Event::Lib> is more exact, as it uses the current time
		321	regardless of any delays introduced by event processing. However, most
		322	callbacks do not expect large delays in processing, so this causes a
		323	higher drift (and a lot more system calls to get the current time).
		324
		325	In another sense, L<EV> is more exact, as your timer will be scheduled at
		326	the same time, regardless of how long event processing actually took.
		327
		328	In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you
		329	can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the
		330	difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into
		331	account.
		332
		333	=item AnyEvent->now_update
		334
		335	Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) cache
		336	the current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<<
		337	AnyEvent->now >>, above).
		338
		339	When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then
		340	this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which
		341	might affect timers and time-outs.
		342
		343	When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the
		344	event loop's idea of "current time".
		345
		346	Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled.
		347
		348	=back
		349
232	=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS	350	=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
233		351
234	You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal	352	You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
235	I<name> without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl callback to	353	I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl
236	be invoked whenever a signal occurs.	354	callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs.
237		355
238	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and	356	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
239	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent	357	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
240	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to signal watcher callbacks.	358	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to signal watcher callbacks.
241		359
242	Multiple signal occurances can be clumped together into one callback	360	Multiple signal occurrences can be clumped together into one callback
243	invocation, and callback invocation will be synchronous. synchronous means	361	invocation, and callback invocation will be synchronous. Synchronous means
244	that it might take a while until the signal gets handled by the process,	362	that it might take a while until the signal gets handled by the process,
245	but it is guarenteed not to interrupt any other callbacks.	363	but it is guaranteed not to interrupt any other callbacks.
246		364
247	The main advantage of using these watchers is that you can share a signal	365	The main advantage of using these watchers is that you can share a signal
248	between multiple watchers.	366	between multiple watchers, and AnyEvent will ensure that signals will not
		367	interrupt your program at bad times.
249		368
250	This watcher might use C<%SIG>, so programs overwriting those signals	369	This watcher might use C<%SIG> (depending on the event loop used),
251	directly will likely not work correctly.	370	so programs overwriting those signals directly will likely not work
		371	correctly.
		372
		373	Also note that many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not
		374	support attaching callbacks to signals, which is a pity, as you cannot do
		375	race-free signal handling in perl. AnyEvent will try to do it's best, but
		376	in some cases, signals will be delayed. The maximum time a signal might
		377	be delayed is specified in C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> (default: 10
		378	seconds). This variable can be changed only before the first signal
		379	watcher is created, and should be left alone otherwise. Higher values
		380	will cause fewer spurious wake-ups, which is better for power and CPU
		381	saving. All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional
		382	L<Async::Interrupt> module.
252		383
253	Example: exit on SIGINT	384	Example: exit on SIGINT
254		385
255	my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });	386	my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });
256		387
257	=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS	388	=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
258		389
259	You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.	390	You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.
260		391
261	The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it	392	The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it
262	watches for any child process exit). The watcher will trigger as often	393	watches for any child process exit). The watcher will triggered only when
263	as status change for the child are received. This works by installing a	394	the child process has finished and an exit status is available, not on
264	signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>. The callback will be called with the pid	395	any trace events (stopped/continued).
265	and exit status (as returned by waitpid), so unlike other watcher types,	396
266	you I<can> rely on child watcher callback arguments.	397	The callback will be called with the pid and exit status (as returned by
		398	waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, you I<can> rely on child watcher
		399	callback arguments.
		400
		401	This watcher type works by installing a signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>,
		402	and since it cannot be shared, nothing else should use SIGCHLD or reap
		403	random child processes (waiting for specific child processes, e.g. inside
		404	C<system>, is just fine).
267		405
268	There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them	406	There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them
269	I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could	407	I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could
270	have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).	408	have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).
271		409
272	Not all event models handle this correctly (POE doesn't), but even for	410	Not all event models handle this correctly (neither POE nor IO::Async do,
		411	see their AnyEvent::Impl manpages for details), but even for event models
273	event models that I<do> handle this correctly, they usually need to be	412	that I<do> handle this correctly, they usually need to be loaded before
274	loaded before the process exits (i.e. before you fork in the first place).	413	the process exits (i.e. before you fork in the first place). AnyEvent's
		414	pure perl event loop handles all cases correctly regardless of when you
		415	start the watcher.
275		416
276	This means you cannot create a child watcher as the very first thing in an	417	This means you cannot create a child watcher as the very first
277	AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one watcher before you	418	thing in an AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one
278	C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call C<AnyEvent::detect>).	419	watcher before you C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call
		420	C<AnyEvent::detect>).
		421
		422	As most event loops do not support waiting for child events, they will be
		423	emulated by AnyEvent in most cases, in which the latency and race problems
		424	mentioned in the description of signal watchers apply.
279		425
280	Example: fork a process and wait for it	426	Example: fork a process and wait for it
281		427
282	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;	428	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
283		429
284	my $pid = fork or exit 5;	430	my $pid = fork or exit 5;
285		431
286	my $w = AnyEvent->child (	432	my $w = AnyEvent->child (
287	pid => $pid,	433	pid => $pid,
288	cb => sub {	434	cb => sub {
289	my ($pid, $status) = @_;	435	my ($pid, $status) = @_;
290	warn "pid $pid exited with status $status";	436	warn "pid $pid exited with status $status";
291	$done->send;	437	$done->send;
292	},	438	},
293	);	439	);
294		440
295	# do something else, then wait for process exit	441	# do something else, then wait for process exit
296	$done->recv;	442	$done->recv;
		443
		444	=head2 IDLE WATCHERS
		445
		446	Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important
		447	to do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This
		448	"nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need
		449	attention by the event loop".
		450
		451	Idle watchers ideally get invoked when the event loop has nothing
		452	better to do, just before it would block the process to wait for new
		453	events. Instead of blocking, the idle watcher is invoked.
		454
		455	Most event loops unfortunately do not really support idle watchers (only
		456	EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent
		457	will simply call the callback "from time to time".
		458
		459	Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the
		460	program is otherwise idle:
		461
		462	my @lines; # read data
		463	my $idle_w;
		464	my $io_w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {
		465	push @lines, scalar <STDIN>;
		466
		467	# start an idle watcher, if not already done
		468	$idle_w ||= AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub {
		469	# handle only one line, when there are lines left
		470	if (my $line = shift @lines) {
		471	print "handled when idle: $line";
		472	} else {
		473	# otherwise disable the idle watcher again
		474	undef $idle_w;
		475	}
		476	});
		477	});
297		478
298	=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES	479	=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES
299		480
300	If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them	481	If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them
301	require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that	482	require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that
302	will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.	483	will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.
303		484
304	AnyEvent is different, it expects somebody else to run the event loop and	485	AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event
305	will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user).	486	loop and will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user).
306		487
307	The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called	488	The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called
308	because they represent a condition that must become true.	489	because they represent a condition that must become true.
		490
		491	Now is probably a good time to look at the examples further below.
309		492
310	Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar	493	Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar
311	>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is	494	>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is
312	C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable	495	C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable
313	becomes true.	496	becomes true, with the condition variable as the first argument (but not
		497	the results).
314		498
315	After creation, the conditon variable is "false" until it becomes "true"	499	After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true"
316	by calling the C<send> method.	500	by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it
		501	were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<<
		502	->send >> method).
317		503
318	Condition variables are similar to callbacks, except that you can	504	Condition variables are similar to callbacks, except that you can
319	optionally wait for them. They can also be called merge points - points	505	optionally wait for them. They can also be called merge points - points
320	in time where multiple outstandign events have been processed. And yet	506	in time where multiple outstanding events have been processed. And yet
321	another way to call them is transations - each condition variable can be	507	another way to call them is transactions - each condition variable can be
322	used to represent a transaction, which finishes at some point and delivers	508	used to represent a transaction, which finishes at some point and delivers
323	a result.	509	a result.
324		510
325	Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished,	511	Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished,
326	for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests,	512	for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests,
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332	you can block your main program until an event occurs - for example, you	518	you can block your main program until an event occurs - for example, you
333	could C<< ->recv >> in your main program until the user clicks the Quit	519	could C<< ->recv >> in your main program until the user clicks the Quit
334	button of your app, which would C<< ->send >> the "quit" event.	520	button of your app, which would C<< ->send >> the "quit" event.
335		521
336	Note that condition variables recurse into the event loop - if you have	522	Note that condition variables recurse into the event loop - if you have
337	two pieces of code that call C<< ->recv >> in a round-robbin fashion, you	523	two pieces of code that call C<< ->recv >> in a round-robin fashion, you
338	lose. Therefore, condition variables are good to export to your caller, but	524	lose. Therefore, condition variables are good to export to your caller, but
339	you should avoid making a blocking wait yourself, at least in callbacks,	525	you should avoid making a blocking wait yourself, at least in callbacks,
340	as this asks for trouble.	526	as this asks for trouble.
341		527
342	Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys	528	Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys
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347		533
348	There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which	534	There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which
349	eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits	535	eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits
350	for the send to occur.	536	for the send to occur.
351		537
352	Example:	538	Example: wait for a timer.
353		539
354	# wait till the result is ready	540	# wait till the result is ready
355	my $result_ready = AnyEvent->condvar;	541	my $result_ready = AnyEvent->condvar;
356		542
357	# do something such as adding a timer	543	# do something such as adding a timer
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362	after => 1,	548	after => 1,
363	cb => sub { $result_ready->send },	549	cb => sub { $result_ready->send },
364	);	550	);
365		551
366	# this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback	552	# this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback
367	# calls send	553	# calls -<send
368	$result_ready->recv;	554	$result_ready->recv;
		555
		556	Example: wait for a timer, but take advantage of the fact that condition
		557	variables are also callable directly.
		558
		559	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
		560	my $delay = AnyEvent->timer (after => 5, cb => $done);
		561	$done->recv;
		562
		563	Example: Imagine an API that returns a condvar and doesn't support
		564	callbacks. This is how you make a synchronous call, for example from
		565	the main program:
		566
		567	use AnyEvent::CouchDB;
		568
		569	...
		570
		571	my @info = $couchdb->info->recv;
		572
		573	And this is how you would just set a callback to be called whenever the
		574	results are available:
		575
		576	$couchdb->info->cb (sub {
		577	my @info = $_[0]->recv;
		578	});
369		579
370	=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS	580	=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS
371		581
372	These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the	582	These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the
373	code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also	583	code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also
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386	immediately from within send.	596	immediately from within send.
387		597
388	Any arguments passed to the C<send> call will be returned by all	598	Any arguments passed to the C<send> call will be returned by all
389	future C<< ->recv >> calls.	599	future C<< ->recv >> calls.
390		600
		601	Condition variables are overloaded so one can call them directly (as if
		602	they were a code reference). Calling them directly is the same as calling
		603	C<send>.
		604
391	=item $cv->croak ($error)	605	=item $cv->croak ($error)
392		606
393	Similar to send, but causes all call's to C<< ->recv >> to invoke	607	Similar to send, but causes all call's to C<< ->recv >> to invoke
394	C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar.	608	C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar.
395		609
396	This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable	610	This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable
397	user/consumer.	611	user/consumer. Doing it this way instead of calling C<croak> directly
		612	delays the error detetcion, but has the overwhelmign advantage that it
		613	diagnoses the error at the place where the result is expected, and not
		614	deep in some event clalback without connection to the actual code causing
		615	the problem.
398		616
399	=item $cv->begin ([group callback])	617	=item $cv->begin ([group callback])
400		618
401	=item $cv->end	619	=item $cv->end
402
403	These two methods are EXPERIMENTAL and MIGHT CHANGE.
404		620
405	These two methods can be used to combine many transactions/events into	621	These two methods can be used to combine many transactions/events into
406	one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want	622	one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want
407	to use a condition variable for the whole process.	623	to use a condition variable for the whole process.
408		624
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410	C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end	626	C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end
411	>>, the (last) callback passed to C<begin> will be executed. That callback	627	>>, the (last) callback passed to C<begin> will be executed. That callback
412	is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send >>, but that is not required. If no	628	is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send >>, but that is not required. If no
413	callback was set, C<send> will be called without any arguments.	629	callback was set, C<send> will be called without any arguments.
414		630
415	Let's clarify this with the ping example:	631	You can think of C<< $cv->send >> giving you an OR condition (one call
		632	sends), while C<< $cv->begin >> and C<< $cv->end >> giving you an AND
		633	condition (all C<begin> calls must be C<end>'ed before the condvar sends).
		634
		635	Let's start with a simple example: you have two I/O watchers (for example,
		636	STDOUT and STDERR for a program), and you want to wait for both streams to
		637	close before activating a condvar:
		638
		639	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
		640
		641	$cv->begin; # first watcher
		642	my $w1 = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh1, cb => sub {
		643	defined sysread $fh1, my $buf, 4096
		644	or $cv->end;
		645	});
		646
		647	$cv->begin; # second watcher
		648	my $w2 = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh2, cb => sub {
		649	defined sysread $fh2, my $buf, 4096
		650	or $cv->end;
		651	});
		652
		653	$cv->recv;
		654
		655	This works because for every event source (EOF on file handle), there is
		656	one call to C<begin>, so the condvar waits for all calls to C<end> before
		657	sending.
		658
		659	The ping example mentioned above is slightly more complicated, as the
		660	there are results to be passwd back, and the number of tasks that are
		661	begung can potentially be zero:
416		662
417	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;	663	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
418		664
419	my %result;	665	my %result;
420	$cv->begin (sub { $cv->send (\%result) });	666	$cv->begin (sub { $cv->send (\%result) });
…		…
440	loop, which serves two important purposes: first, it sets the callback	686	loop, which serves two important purposes: first, it sets the callback
441	to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that	687	to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that
442	C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop	688	C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop
443	doesn't execute once).	689	doesn't execute once).
444		690
445	This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple subrequests:	691	This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple (but
446	use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set the callback and ensure C<end>	692	potentially none) subrequests: use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set
447	is called at least once, and then, for each subrequest you start, call	693	the callback and ensure C<end> is called at least once, and then, for each
448	C<begin> and for eahc subrequest you finish, call C<end>.	694	subrequest you start, call C<begin> and for each subrequest you finish,
		695	call C<end>.
449		696
450	=back	697	=back
451		698
452	=head3 METHODS FOR CONSUMERS	699	=head3 METHODS FOR CONSUMERS
453		700
…		…
469	function will call C<croak>.	716	function will call C<croak>.
470		717
471	In list context, all parameters passed to C<send> will be returned,	718	In list context, all parameters passed to C<send> will be returned,
472	in scalar context only the first one will be returned.	719	in scalar context only the first one will be returned.
473		720
		721	Note that doing a blocking wait in a callback is not supported by any
		722	event loop, that is, recursive invocation of a blocking C<< ->recv
		723	>> is not allowed, and the C<recv> call will C<croak> if such a
		724	condition is detected. This condition can be slightly loosened by using
		725	L<Coro::AnyEvent>, which allows you to do a blocking C<< ->recv >> from
		726	any thread that doesn't run the event loop itself.
		727
474	Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case	728	Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case
475	(programs might want to do that to stay interactive), so I<if you are	729	(programs might want to do that to stay interactive), so I<if you are
476	using this from a module, never require a blocking wait>, but let the	730	using this from a module, never require a blocking wait>. Instead, let the
477	caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling	731	caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling
478	condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting	732	condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting
479	callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block,	733	callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block,
480	while still suppporting blocking waits if the caller so desires).	734	while still supporting blocking waits if the caller so desires).
481
482	Another reason I<never> to C<< ->recv >> in a module is that you cannot
483	sensibly have two C<< ->recv >>'s in parallel, as that would require
484	multiple interpreters or coroutines/threads, none of which C<AnyEvent>
485	can supply.
486
487	The L<Coro> module, however, I<can> and I<does> supply coroutines and, in
488	fact, L<Coro::AnyEvent> replaces AnyEvent's condvars by coroutine-safe
489	versions and also integrates coroutines into AnyEvent, making blocking
490	C<< ->recv >> calls perfectly safe as long as they are done from another
491	coroutine (one that doesn't run the event loop).
492		735
493	You can ensure that C<< -recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and	736	You can ensure that C<< -recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and
494	only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later	737	only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later
495	time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking	738	time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking
496	waits otherwise.	739	waits otherwise.
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498	=item $bool = $cv->ready	741	=item $bool = $cv->ready
499		742
500	Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or	743	Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or
501	C<croak> have been called.	744	C<croak> have been called.
502		745
503	=item $cb = $cv->cb ([new callback])	746	=item $cb = $cv->cb ($cb->($cv))
504		747
505	This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally	748	This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally
506	replaces it before doing so.	749	replaces it before doing so.
507		750
508	The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when	751	The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when
509	C<send> or C<croak> are called. Calling C<recv> inside the callback	752	C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the condition
510	or at any later time is guaranteed not to block.	753	variable itself. Calling C<recv> inside the callback or at any later time
		754	is guaranteed not to block.
511		755
512	=back	756	=back
513		757
		758	=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS
		759
		760	The available backend classes are (every class has its own manpage):
		761
		762	=over 4
		763
		764	=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found.
		765
		766	EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in
		767	use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will try Event, and, failing
		768	that, will fall back to its own pure-perl implementation, which is
		769	available everywhere as it comes with AnyEvent itself.
		770
		771	AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice).
		772	AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
		773	AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable.
		774
		775	=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used.
		776
		777	These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher
		778	is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using
		779	them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend
		780	when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to
		781	create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program.
		782
		783	AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable.
		784	AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken.
		785	AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
		786	AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations.
		787
		788	=item Backends with special needs.
		789
		790	Qt requires the Qt::Application to be instantiated first, but will
		791	otherwise be picked up automatically. As long as the main program
		792	instantiates the application before any AnyEvent watchers are created,
		793	everything should just work.
		794
		795	AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt.
		796
		797	Support for IO::Async can only be partial, as it is too broken and
		798	architecturally limited to even support the AnyEvent API. It also
		799	is the only event loop that needs the loop to be set explicitly, so
		800	it can only be used by a main program knowing about AnyEvent. See
		801	L<AnyEvent::Impl::Async> for the gory details.
		802
		803	AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync based on IO::Async, cannot be autoprobed.
		804
		805	=item Event loops that are indirectly supported via other backends.
		806
		807	Some event loops can be supported via other modules:
		808
		809	There is no direct support for WxWidgets (L<Wx>) or L<Prima>.
		810
		811	B<WxWidgets> has no support for watching file handles. However, you can
		812	use WxWidgets through the POE adaptor, as POE has a Wx backend that simply
		813	polls 20 times per second, which was considered to be too horrible to even
		814	consider for AnyEvent.
		815
		816	B<Prima> is not supported as nobody seems to be using it, but it has a POE
		817	backend, so it can be supported through POE.
		818
		819	AnyEvent knows about both L<Prima> and L<Wx>, however, and will try to
		820	load L<POE> when detecting them, in the hope that POE will pick them up,
		821	in which case everything will be automatic.
		822
		823	=back
		824
514	=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS	825	=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS
515		826
		827	These are not normally required to use AnyEvent, but can be useful to
		828	write AnyEvent extension modules.
		829
516	=over 4	830	=over 4
517		831
518	=item $AnyEvent::MODEL	832	=item $AnyEvent::MODEL
519		833
520	Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created. Then it	834	Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created, before the
		835	backend has been autodetected.
		836
521	contains the event model that is being used, which is the name of the	837	Afterwards it contains the event model that is being used, which is the
522	Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one of the	838	name of the Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one
523	C<AnyEvent::Impl:xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the case	839	of the C<AnyEvent::Impl:xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the
524	AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode>).	840	case AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode> it
525		841	will be C<urxvt::anyevent>).
526	The known classes so far are:
527
528	AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (an interface to libev, best choice).
529	AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, second best choice.
530	AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable.
531	AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, third-best choice.
532	AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very bad choice.
533	AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt, cannot be autoprobed (see its docs).
534	AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
535	AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, not generic enough for full support.
536
537	There is no support for WxWidgets, as WxWidgets has no support for
538	watching file handles. However, you can use WxWidgets through the
539	POE Adaptor, as POE has a Wx backend that simply polls 20 times per
540	second, which was considered to be too horrible to even consider for
541	AnyEvent. Likewise, other POE backends can be used by AnyEvent by using
542	it's adaptor.
543
544	AnyEvent knows about L<Prima> and L<Wx> and will try to use L<POE> when
545	autodetecting them.
546		842
547	=item AnyEvent::detect	843	=item AnyEvent::detect
548		844
549	Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model	845	Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model
550	if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would	846	if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would
551	have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at	847	have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at
552	runtime.	848	runtime, and not e.g. while initialising of your module.
		849
		850	If you need to do some initialisation before AnyEvent watchers are
		851	created, use C<post_detect>.
553		852
554	=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }	853	=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }
555		854
556	Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is	855	Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is
557	autodetected (or immediately if this has already happened).	856	autodetected (or immediately if this has already happened).
		857
		858	The block will be executed I<after> the actual backend has been detected
		859	(C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> is set), but I<before> any watchers have been
		860	created, so it is possible to e.g. patch C<@AnyEvent::ISA> or do
		861	other initialisations - see the sources of L<AnyEvent::Strict> or
		862	L<AnyEvent::AIO> to see how this is used.
		863
		864	The most common usage is to create some global watchers, without forcing
		865	event module detection too early, for example, L<AnyEvent::AIO> creates
		866	and installs the global L<IO::AIO> watcher in a C<post_detect> block to
		867	avoid autodetecting the event module at load time.
558		868
559	If called in scalar or list context, then it creates and returns an object	869	If called in scalar or list context, then it creates and returns an object
560	that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed. See	870	that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed. See
561	L<Coro::BDB> for a case where this is useful.	871	L<Coro::BDB> for a case where this is useful.
562		872
…		…
565	If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it	875	If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it
566	before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will called directly after	876	before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will called directly after
567	the event loop has been chosen.	877	the event loop has been chosen.
568		878
569	You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though:	879	You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though:
570	if it contains a true value then the event loop has already been detected,	880	if it is defined then the event loop has already been detected, and the
571	and the array will be ignored.	881	array will be ignored.
572		882
573	Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> instead.	883	Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> when your application allows
		884	it,as it takes care of these details.
		885
		886	This variable is mainly useful for modules that can do something useful
		887	when AnyEvent is used and thus want to know when it is initialised, but do
		888	not need to even load it by default. This array provides the means to hook
		889	into AnyEvent passively, without loading it.
574		890
575	=back	891	=back
576		892
577	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE	893	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE
578		894
…		…
601		917
602	If it doesn't care, it can just "use AnyEvent" and use it itself, or not	918	If it doesn't care, it can just "use AnyEvent" and use it itself, or not
603	do anything special (it does not need to be event-based) and let AnyEvent	919	do anything special (it does not need to be event-based) and let AnyEvent
604	decide which implementation to chose if some module relies on it.	920	decide which implementation to chose if some module relies on it.
605		921
606	If the main program relies on a specific event model. For example, in	922	If the main program relies on a specific event model - for example, in
607	Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module. You should load the	923	Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module - you should load the
608	event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally	924	event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally
609	speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that	925	speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that
610	modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will	926	modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will
611	decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it	927	decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it
612	might chose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself.	928	might chose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself.
613		929
614	You can chose to use a rather inefficient pure-perl implementation by	930	You can chose to use a pure-perl implementation by loading the
615	loading the C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> module, which gives you similar	931	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> module, which gives you similar behaviour
616	behaviour everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose is generally better.	932	everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose the model is generally better.
		933
		934	=head2 MAINLOOP EMULATION
		935
		936	Sometimes (often for short test scripts, or even standalone programs who
		937	only want to use AnyEvent), you do not want to run a specific event loop.
		938
		939	In that case, you can use a condition variable like this:
		940
		941	AnyEvent->condvar->recv;
		942
		943	This has the effect of entering the event loop and looping forever.
		944
		945	Note that usually your program has some exit condition, in which case
		946	it is better to use the "traditional" approach of storing a condition
		947	variable somewhere, waiting for it, and sending it when the program should
		948	exit cleanly.
		949
617		950
618	=head1 OTHER MODULES	951	=head1 OTHER MODULES
619		952
620	The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use	953	The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use
621	AnyEvent and can therefore be mixed easily with other AnyEvent modules	954	AnyEvent as a client and can therefore be mixed easily with other AnyEvent
622	in the same program. Some of the modules come with AnyEvent, some are	955	modules and other event loops in the same program. Some of the modules
623	available via CPAN.	956	come with AnyEvent, most are available via CPAN.
624		957
625	=over 4	958	=over 4
626		959
627	=item L<AnyEvent::Util>	960	=item L<AnyEvent::Util>
628		961
629	Contains various utility functions that replace often-used but blocking	962	Contains various utility functions that replace often-used but blocking
630	functions such as C<inet_aton> by event-/callback-based versions.	963	functions such as C<inet_aton> by event-/callback-based versions.
631		964
		965	=item L<AnyEvent::Socket>
		966
		967	Provides various utility functions for (internet protocol) sockets,
		968	addresses and name resolution. Also functions to create non-blocking tcp
		969	connections or tcp servers, with IPv6 and SRV record support and more.
		970
632	=item L<AnyEvent::Handle>	971	=item L<AnyEvent::Handle>
633		972
634	Provide read and write buffers and manages watchers for reads and writes.	973	Provide read and write buffers, manages watchers for reads and writes,
		974	supports raw and formatted I/O, I/O queued and fully transparent and
		975	non-blocking SSL/TLS (via L<AnyEvent::TLS>.
		976
		977	=item L<AnyEvent::DNS>
		978
		979	Provides rich asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities.
		980
		981	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTP>
		982
		983	A simple-to-use HTTP library that is capable of making a lot of concurrent
		984	HTTP requests.
635		985
636	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD>	986	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD>
637		987
638	Provides a simple web application server framework.	988	Provides a simple web application server framework.
639		989
640	=item L<AnyEvent::DNS>
641
642	Provides asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities, beyond what
643	L<AnyEvent::Util> offers.
644
645	=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing>	990	=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing>
646		991
647	The fastest ping in the west.	992	The fastest ping in the west.
648		993
		994	=item L<AnyEvent::DBI>
		995
		996	Executes L<DBI> requests asynchronously in a proxy process.
		997
		998	=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>
		999
		1000	Truly asynchronous I/O, should be in the toolbox of every event
		1001	programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses L<IO::AIO> and AnyEvent
		1002	together.
		1003
		1004	=item L<AnyEvent::BDB>
		1005
		1006	Truly asynchronous Berkeley DB access. AnyEvent::BDB transparently fuses
		1007	L<BDB> and AnyEvent together.
		1008
		1009	=item L<AnyEvent::GPSD>
		1010
		1011	A non-blocking interface to gpsd, a daemon delivering GPS information.
		1012
649	=item L<Net::IRC3>	1013	=item L<AnyEvent::IRC>
650		1014
651	AnyEvent based IRC client module family.	1015	AnyEvent based IRC client module family (replacing the older Net::IRC3).
652		1016
653	=item L<Net::XMPP2>	1017	=item L<AnyEvent::XMPP>
654		1018
655	AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family.	1019	AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family (replacing the older
		1020	Net::XMPP2>.
		1021
		1022	=item L<AnyEvent::IGS>
		1023
		1024	A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by
		1025	L<App::IGS>).
656		1026
657	=item L<Net::FCP>	1027	=item L<Net::FCP>
658		1028
659	AnyEvent-based implementation of the Freenet Client Protocol, birthplace	1029	AnyEvent-based implementation of the Freenet Client Protocol, birthplace
660	of AnyEvent.	1030	of AnyEvent.
…		…
665		1035
666	=item L<Coro>	1036	=item L<Coro>
667		1037
668	Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>.	1038	Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>.
669		1039
670	=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>, L<IO::AIO>
671
672	Truly asynchronous I/O, should be in the toolbox of every event
673	programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses IO::AIO and AnyEvent
674	together.
675
676	=item L<AnyEvent::BDB>, L<BDB>
677
678	Truly asynchronous Berkeley DB access. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses
679	IO::AIO and AnyEvent together.
680
681	=item L<IO::Lambda>
682
683	The lambda approach to I/O - don't ask, look there. Can use AnyEvent.
684
685	=back	1040	=back
686		1041
687	=cut	1042	=cut
688		1043
689	package AnyEvent;	1044	package AnyEvent;
690		1045
		1046	# basically a tuned-down version of common::sense
		1047	sub common_sense {
691	no warnings;	1048	# no warnings
692	use strict;	1049	${^WARNING_BITS} ^= ${^WARNING_BITS};
		1050	# use strict vars subs
		1051	$^H |= 0x00000600;
		1052	}
693		1053
		1054	BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
		1055
694	use Carp;	1056	use Carp ();
695		1057
696	our $VERSION = '3.41';	1058	our $VERSION = 4.83;
697	our $MODEL;	1059	our $MODEL;
698		1060
699	our $AUTOLOAD;	1061	our $AUTOLOAD;
700	our @ISA;	1062	our @ISA;
701		1063
702	our $verbose = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1;
703
704	our @REGISTRY;	1064	our @REGISTRY;
		1065
		1066	our $WIN32;
		1067
		1068	our $VERBOSE;
		1069
		1070	BEGIN {
		1071	eval "sub WIN32(){ " . (($^O =~ /mswin32/i)*1) ." }";
		1072	eval "sub TAINT(){ " . (${^TAINT}*1) . " }";
		1073
		1074	delete @ENV{grep /^PERL_ANYEVENT_/, keys %ENV}
		1075	if ${^TAINT};
		1076
		1077	$VERBOSE = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1;
		1078
		1079	}
		1080
		1081	our $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY = 10;
		1082
		1083	our %PROTOCOL; # (ipv4|ipv6) => (1|2), higher numbers are preferred
		1084
		1085	{
		1086	my $idx;
		1087	$PROTOCOL{$_} = ++$idx
		1088	for reverse split /\s*,\s*/,
		1089	$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6";
		1090	}
705		1091
706	my @models = (	1092	my @models = (
707	[EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV::],	1093	[EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV::],
708	[Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::],	1094	[Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::],
		1095	[AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::],
		1096	# everything below here will not be autoprobed
		1097	# as the pureperl backend should work everywhere
		1098	# and is usually faster
		1099	[Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib::], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers
		1100	[Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy
709	[Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::],	1101	[Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles
		1102	[Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program
		1103	[POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza
710	[Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],	1104	[Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
711	[Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],	1105	[Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
712	[AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::],	1106	# IO::Async is just too broken - we would need workarounds for its
713	# everything below here will not be autoprobed as the pureperl backend should work everywhere	1107	# byzantine signal and broken child handling, among others.
714	[Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib::],	1108	# IO::Async is rather hard to detect, as it doesn't have any
715	[Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy	1109	# obvious default class.
716	[Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program	1110	# [IO::Async:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
717	[POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza	1111	# [IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
		1112	# [IO::Async::Notifier:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
718	);	1113	);
719		1114
720	our %method = map +($_ => 1), qw(io timer signal child condvar one_event DESTROY);	1115	our %method = map +($_ => 1),
		1116	qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY);
721		1117
722	our @post_detect;	1118	our @post_detect;
723		1119
724	sub post_detect(&) {	1120	sub post_detect(&) {
725	my ($cb) = @_;	1121	my ($cb) = @_;
…		…
730	1	1126	1
731	} else {	1127	} else {
732	push @post_detect, $cb;	1128	push @post_detect, $cb;
733		1129
734	defined wantarray	1130	defined wantarray
735	? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::Guard"	1131	? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::postdetect"
736	: ()	1132	: ()
737	}	1133	}
738	}	1134	}
739		1135
740	sub AnyEvent::Util::Guard::DESTROY {	1136	sub AnyEvent::Util::postdetect::DESTROY {
741	@post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;	1137	@post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
742	}	1138	}
743		1139
744	sub detect() {	1140	sub detect() {
745	unless ($MODEL) {	1141	unless ($MODEL) {
746	no strict 'refs';	1142	local $SIG{__DIE__};
747		1143
748	if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/) {	1144	if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/) {
749	my $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$1";	1145	my $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$1";
750	if (eval "require $model") {	1146	if (eval "require $model") {
751	$MODEL = $model;	1147	$MODEL = $model;
752	warn "AnyEvent: loaded model '$model' (forced by \$PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL), using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;	1148	warn "AnyEvent: loaded model '$model' (forced by \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}), using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
753	} else {	1149	} else {
754	warn "AnyEvent: unable to load model '$model' (from \$PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL):\n$@" if $verbose;	1150	warn "AnyEvent: unable to load model '$model' (from \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}):\n$@" if $VERBOSE;
755	}	1151	}
756	}	1152	}
757		1153
758	# check for already loaded models	1154	# check for already loaded models
759	unless ($MODEL) {	1155	unless ($MODEL) {
760	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {	1156	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
761	my ($package, $model) = @$_;	1157	my ($package, $model) = @$_;
762	if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) {	1158	if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) {
763	if (eval "require $model") {	1159	if (eval "require $model") {
764	$MODEL = $model;	1160	$MODEL = $model;
765	warn "AnyEvent: autodetected model '$model', using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;	1161	warn "AnyEvent: autodetected model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
766	last;	1162	last;
767	}	1163	}
768	}	1164	}
769	}	1165	}
770		1166
…		…
775	my ($package, $model) = @$_;	1171	my ($package, $model) = @$_;
776	if (eval "require $package"	1172	if (eval "require $package"
777	and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0	1173	and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0
778	and eval "require $model") {	1174	and eval "require $model") {
779	$MODEL = $model;	1175	$MODEL = $model;
780	warn "AnyEvent: autoprobed model '$model', using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;	1176	warn "AnyEvent: autoprobed model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
781	last;	1177	last;
782	}	1178	}
783	}	1179	}
784		1180
785	$MODEL	1181	$MODEL
786	or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.";	1182	or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n";
787	}	1183	}
788	}	1184	}
789		1185
		1186	push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
		1187
790	unshift @ISA, $MODEL;	1188	unshift @ISA, $MODEL;
791	push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";	1189
		1190	require AnyEvent::Strict if $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT};
792		1191
793	(shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;	1192	(shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
794	}	1193	}
795		1194
796	$MODEL	1195	$MODEL
…		…
798		1197
799	sub AUTOLOAD {	1198	sub AUTOLOAD {
800	(my $func = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*://;	1199	(my $func = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*://;
801		1200
802	$method{$func}	1201	$method{$func}
803	or croak "$func: not a valid method for AnyEvent objects";	1202	or Carp::croak "$func: not a valid method for AnyEvent objects";
804		1203
805	detect unless $MODEL;	1204	detect unless $MODEL;
806		1205
807	my $class = shift;	1206	my $class = shift;
808	$class->$func (@_);	1207	$class->$func (@_);
809	}	1208	}
810		1209
		1210	# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends
		1211	# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually
		1212	# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).
		1213	sub _dupfh($$;$$) {
		1214	my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_;
		1215
		1216	# cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't
		1217	my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<&") : ($w, ">&");
		1218
		1219	open my $fh2, $mode, $fh
		1220	or die "AnyEvent->io: cannot dup() filehandle in mode '$poll': $!,";
		1221
		1222	# we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
		1223
		1224	($fh2, $rw)
		1225	}
		1226
811	package AnyEvent::Base;	1227	package AnyEvent::Base;
812		1228
		1229	# default implementations for many methods
		1230
		1231	sub _time {
		1232	# probe for availability of Time::HiRes
		1233	if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); Time::HiRes::time (); 1") {
		1234	warn "AnyEvent: using Time::HiRes for sub-second timing accuracy.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1235	*_time = \&Time::HiRes::time;
		1236	# if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())...
		1237	} else {
		1238	warn "AnyEvent: using built-in time(), WARNING, no sub-second resolution!\n" if $VERBOSE;
		1239	*_time = sub { time }; # epic fail
		1240	}
		1241
		1242	&_time
		1243	}
		1244
		1245	sub time { _time }
		1246	sub now { _time }
		1247	sub now_update { }
		1248
813	# default implementation for ->condvar	1249	# default implementation for ->condvar
814		1250
815	sub condvar {	1251	sub condvar {
816	bless {}, AnyEvent::CondVar::	1252	bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
817	}	1253	}
818		1254
819	# default implementation for ->signal	1255	# default implementation for ->signal
820		1256
821	our %SIG_CB;	1257	our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
		1258	our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
		1259	our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W);
		1260	our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW);
822		1261
		1262	sub _signal_exec {
		1263	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
		1264	? $SIGPIPE_R->drain
		1265	: sysread $SIGPIPE_R, my $dummy, 9;
		1266
		1267	while (%SIG_EV) {
		1268	for (keys %SIG_EV) {
		1269	delete $SIG_EV{$_};
		1270	$_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
		1271	}
		1272	}
		1273	}
		1274
823	sub signal {	1275	sub _signal {
824	my (undef, %arg) = @_;	1276	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
825		1277
826	my $signal = uc $arg{signal}	1278	my $signal = uc $arg{signal}
827	or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";	1279	or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";
828		1280
829	$SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};	1281	$SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
		1282
		1283	if ($HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT) {
		1284	# async::interrupt
		1285
		1286	$SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= do {
		1287	my $asy = new Async::Interrupt
		1288	cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} },
		1289	signal => $signal,
		1290	pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos],
		1291	;
		1292	$asy->pipe_autodrain (0);
		1293
		1294	$asy
		1295	};
		1296
		1297	} else {
		1298	# pure perl
		1299
830	$SIG{$signal} ||= sub {	1300	$SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
831	$_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} || {} };	1301	local $!;
		1302	syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
		1303	undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
		1304	};
		1305
		1306	# can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
		1307	# so limit the signal latency.
		1308	++$SIG_COUNT;
		1309	$SIG_TW ||= AnyEvent->timer (
		1310	after => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY,
		1311	interval => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY,
		1312	cb => sub { }, # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK
		1313	);
832	};	1314	}
833		1315
834	bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal"	1316	bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
835	}	1317	}
836		1318
		1319	sub signal {
		1320	# probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
		1321	if (!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT} && eval "use Async::Interrupt 0.6 (); 1") {
		1322	warn "AnyEvent: using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1323
		1324	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1;
		1325	$SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
		1326	$SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
		1327
		1328	} else {
		1329	warn "AnyEvent: using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1330
		1331	require Fcntl;
		1332
		1333	if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
		1334	require AnyEvent::Util;
		1335
		1336	($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
		1337	AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R;
		1338	AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
		1339	} else {
		1340	pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
		1341	fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
		1342	fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
		1343
		1344	# not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
		1345	fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
		1346	fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
		1347	}
		1348
		1349	$SIGPIPE_R
		1350	or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
		1351
		1352	$SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
		1353	}
		1354
		1355	*signal = \&_signal;
		1356	&signal
		1357	}
		1358
837	sub AnyEvent::Base::Signal::DESTROY {	1359	sub AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY {
838	my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};	1360	my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
839		1361
		1362	undef $SIG_TW
		1363	unless --$SIG_COUNT;
		1364
840	delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};	1365	delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
841		1366
842	$SIG{$signal} = 'DEFAULT' unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };	1367	# delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
		1368	# print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
		1369	# instead of getting the default action.
		1370	undef $SIG{$signal}
		1371	unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
843	}	1372	}
844		1373
845	# default implementation for ->child	1374	# default implementation for ->child
846		1375
847	our %PID_CB;	1376	our %PID_CB;
848	our $CHLD_W;	1377	our $CHLD_W;
849	our $CHLD_DELAY_W;	1378	our $CHLD_DELAY_W;
850	our $PID_IDLE;
851	our $WNOHANG;	1379	our $WNOHANG;
852		1380
853	sub _child_wait {	1381	sub _sigchld {
854	while (0 < (my $pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG)) {	1382	while (0 < (my $pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG)) {
		1383	$_->($pid, $?)
855	$_->($pid, $?) for (values %{ $PID_CB{$pid} || {} }),	1384	for values %{ $PID_CB{$pid} || {} },
856	(values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} });	1385	values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} };
857	}	1386	}
858
859	undef $PID_IDLE;
860	}
861
862	sub _sigchld {
863	# make sure we deliver these changes "synchronous" with the event loop.
864	$CHLD_DELAY_W ||= AnyEvent->timer (after => 0, cb => sub {
865	undef $CHLD_DELAY_W;
866	&_child_wait;
867	});
868	}	1387	}
869		1388
870	sub child {	1389	sub child {
871	my (undef, %arg) = @_;	1390	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
872		1391
873	defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0)	1392	defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0)
874	or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing";	1393	or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing";
875		1394
876	$PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};	1395	$PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
877		1396
878	unless ($WNOHANG) {	1397	# WNOHANG is almost cetrainly 1 everywhere
879	$WNOHANG = eval { require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;	1398	$WNOHANG ||= $^O =~ /^(?:openbsd|netbsd|linux|freebsd|cygwin|MSWin32)$/
880	}	1399	? 1
		1400	: eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;
881		1401
882	unless ($CHLD_W) {	1402	unless ($CHLD_W) {
883	$CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld);	1403	$CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld);
884	# child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round	1404	# child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round
885	&_sigchld;	1405	&_sigchld;
886	}	1406	}
887		1407
888	bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Child"	1408	bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child"
889	}	1409	}
890		1410
891	sub AnyEvent::Base::Child::DESTROY {	1411	sub AnyEvent::Base::child::DESTROY {
892	my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]};	1412	my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
893		1413
894	delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb};	1414	delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb};
895	delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };	1415	delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };
896		1416
897	undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;	1417	undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;
898	}	1418	}
899		1419
		1420	# idle emulation is done by simply using a timer, regardless
		1421	# of whether the process is idle or not, and not letting
		1422	# the callback use more than 50% of the time.
		1423	sub idle {
		1424	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
		1425
		1426	my ($cb, $w, $rcb) = $arg{cb};
		1427
		1428	$rcb = sub {
		1429	if ($cb) {
		1430	$w = _time;
		1431	&$cb;
		1432	$w = _time - $w;
		1433
		1434	# never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher,
		1435	# within some limits
		1436	$w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001;
		1437	$w = 5 if $w > 5;
		1438
		1439	$w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $w, cb => $rcb);
		1440	} else {
		1441	# clean up...
		1442	undef $w;
		1443	undef $rcb;
		1444	}
		1445	};
		1446
		1447	$w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.05, cb => $rcb);
		1448
		1449	bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
		1450	}
		1451
		1452	sub AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY {
		1453	undef $${$_[0]};
		1454	}
		1455
900	package AnyEvent::CondVar;	1456	package AnyEvent::CondVar;
901		1457
902	our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;	1458	our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;
903		1459
904	package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;	1460	package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;
		1461
		1462	#use overload
		1463	# '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } },
		1464	# fallback => 1;
		1465
		1466	# save 300+ kilobytes by dirtily hardcoding overloading
		1467	${"AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::OVERLOAD"}{dummy}++; # Register with magic by touching.
		1468	*{'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::()'} = sub { }; # "Make it findable via fetchmethod."
		1469	*{'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::(&{}'} = sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } }; # &{}
		1470	${'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::()'} = 1; # fallback
		1471
		1472	our $WAITING;
905		1473
906	sub _send {	1474	sub _send {
907	# nop	1475	# nop
908	}	1476	}
909		1477
…		…
922	sub ready {	1490	sub ready {
923	$_[0]{_ae_sent}	1491	$_[0]{_ae_sent}
924	}	1492	}
925		1493
926	sub _wait {	1494	sub _wait {
		1495	$WAITING
		1496	and !$_[0]{_ae_sent}
		1497	and Carp::croak "AnyEvent::CondVar: recursive blocking wait detected";
		1498
		1499	local $WAITING = 1;
927	AnyEvent->one_event while !$_[0]{_ae_sent};	1500	AnyEvent->one_event while !$_[0]{_ae_sent};
928	}	1501	}
929		1502
930	sub recv {	1503	sub recv {
931	$_[0]->_wait;	1504	$_[0]->_wait;
…		…
944	$_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;	1517	$_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
945	}	1518	}
946		1519
947	sub end {	1520	sub end {
948	return if --$_[0]{_ae_counter};	1521	return if --$_[0]{_ae_counter};
949	&{ $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} } if $_[0]{_ae_end_cb};	1522	&{ $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} || sub { $_[0]->send } };
950	}	1523	}
951		1524
952	# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4	1525	# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4
953	*broadcast = \&send;	1526	*broadcast = \&send;
954	*wait = \&_wait;	1527	*wait = \&_wait;
		1528
		1529	=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
		1530
		1531	In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the
		1532	caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also
		1533	the C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> environment variable, below) provides strict
		1534	checking of all AnyEvent methods, however, which is highly useful during
		1535	development.
		1536
		1537	As for exception handling (i.e. runtime errors and exceptions thrown while
		1538	executing a callback), this is not only highly event-loop specific, but
		1539	also not in any way wrapped by this module, as this is the job of the main
		1540	program.
		1541
		1542	The pure perl event loop simply re-throws the exception (usually
		1543	within C<< condvar->recv >>), the L<Event> and L<EV> modules call C<<
		1544	$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and
		1545	so on.
		1546
		1547	=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
		1548
		1549	The following environment variables are used by this module or its
		1550	submodules.
		1551
		1552	Note that AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment variables starting with
		1553	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> when it is loaded while taint mode is
		1554	enabled.
		1555
		1556	=over 4
		1557
		1558	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
		1559
		1560	By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
		1561	conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
		1562	talkative.
		1563
		1564	When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
		1565	conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
		1566	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
		1567
		1568	When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
		1569	model it chooses.
		1570
		1571	When set to C<8> or higher, then AnyEvent will report extra information on
		1572	which optional modules it loads and how it implements certain features.
		1573
		1574	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
		1575
		1576	AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
		1577	argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
		1578	will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
		1579	check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems,
		1580	it will croak.
		1581
		1582	In other words, enables "strict" mode.
		1583
		1584	Unlike C<use strict> (or it's modern cousin, C<< use L<common::sense>
		1585	>>, it is definitely recommended to keep it off in production. Keeping
		1586	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while developing programs
		1587	can be very useful, however.
		1588
		1589	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
		1590
		1591	This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
		1592	auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
		1593	entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
		1594	and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
		1595	used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
		1596	auto detection and -probing.
		1597
		1598	This functionality might change in future versions.
		1599
		1600	For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
		1601	could start your program like this:
		1602
		1603	PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
		1604
		1605	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
		1606
		1607	Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
		1608	for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
		1609	of auto probing).
		1610
		1611	Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
		1612	current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
		1613	used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
		1614	list.
		1615
		1616	This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
		1617	against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
		1618	small, as the program has to handle conenction and other failures anyways.
		1619
		1620	Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
		1621	but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
		1622	- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
		1623	addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
		1624	IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
		1625
		1626	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
		1627
		1628	Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
		1629	for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
		1630	some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
		1631	default.
		1632
		1633	Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
		1634	EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
		1635
		1636	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
		1637
		1638	The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
		1639	will create in parallel.
		1640
		1641	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS>
		1642
		1643	The default value for the C<max_outstanding> parameter for the default DNS
		1644	resolver - this is the maximum number of parallel DNS requests that are
		1645	sent to the DNS server.
		1646
		1647	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF>
		1648
		1649	The file to use instead of F</etc/resolv.conf> (or OS-specific
		1650	configuration) in the default resolver. When set to the empty string, no
		1651	default config will be used.
		1652
		1653	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE>, C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH>.
		1654
		1655	When neither C<ca_file> nor C<ca_path> was specified during
		1656	L<AnyEvent::TLS> context creation, and either of these environment
		1657	variables exist, they will be used to specify CA certificate locations
		1658	instead of a system-dependent default.
		1659
		1660	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_GUARD> and C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT>
		1661
		1662	When these are set to C<1>, then the respective modules are not
		1663	loaded. Mostly good for testing AnyEvent itself.
		1664
		1665	=back
955		1666
956	=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE	1667	=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE
957		1668
958	This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in	1669	This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in
959	a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to	1670	a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to
…		…
993		1704
994	I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to	1705	I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to
995	condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will	1706	condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will
996	C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must	1707	C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must
997	not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.	1708	not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.
998
999	=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1000
1001	The following environment variables are used by this module:
1002
1003	=over 4
1004
1005	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1006
1007	By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1008	conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1009	talkative.
1010
1011	When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1012	conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1013	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1014
1015	When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1016	model it chooses.
1017
1018	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1019
1020	This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1021	autodetection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1022	entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1023	and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1024	used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1025	autodetection and -probing.
1026
1027	This functionality might change in future versions.
1028
1029	For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1030	could start your program like this:
1031
1032	PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1033
1034	=back
1035		1709
1036	=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM	1710	=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM
1037		1711
1038	The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer	1712	The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer
1039	to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the	1713	to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the
…		…
1048	poll => 'r',	1722	poll => 'r',
1049	cb => sub {	1723	cb => sub {
1050	warn "io event <$_[0]>\n"; # will always output <r>	1724	warn "io event <$_[0]>\n"; # will always output <r>
1051	chomp (my $input = <STDIN>); # read a line	1725	chomp (my $input = <STDIN>); # read a line
1052	warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read	1726	warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read
1053	$cv->broadcast if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i	1727	$cv->send if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i
1054	},	1728	},
1055	);	1729	);
1056		1730
1057	my $time_watcher; # can only be used once	1731	my $time_watcher; # can only be used once
1058		1732
…		…
1063	});	1737	});
1064	}	1738	}
1065		1739
1066	new_timer; # create first timer	1740	new_timer; # create first timer
1067		1741
1068	$cv->wait; # wait until user enters /^q/i	1742	$cv->recv; # wait until user enters /^q/i
1069		1743
1070	=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE	1744	=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
1071		1745
1072	Consider the L<Net::FCP> module. It features (among others) the following	1746	Consider the L<Net::FCP> module. It features (among others) the following
1073	API calls, which are to freenet what HTTP GET requests are to http:	1747	API calls, which are to freenet what HTTP GET requests are to http:
…		…
1123	syswrite $txn->{fh}, $txn->{request}	1797	syswrite $txn->{fh}, $txn->{request}
1124	or die "connection or write error";	1798	or die "connection or write error";
1125	$txn->{w} = AnyEvent->io (fh => $txn->{fh}, poll => 'r', cb => sub { $txn->fh_ready_r });	1799	$txn->{w} = AnyEvent->io (fh => $txn->{fh}, poll => 'r', cb => sub { $txn->fh_ready_r });
1126		1800
1127	Again, C<fh_ready_r> waits till all data has arrived, and then stores the	1801	Again, C<fh_ready_r> waits till all data has arrived, and then stores the
1128	result and signals any possible waiters that the request ahs finished:	1802	result and signals any possible waiters that the request has finished:
1129		1803
1130	sysread $txn->{fh}, $txn->{buf}, length $txn->{$buf};	1804	sysread $txn->{fh}, $txn->{buf}, length $txn->{$buf};
1131		1805
1132	if (end-of-file or data complete) {	1806	if (end-of-file or data complete) {
1133	$txn->{result} = $txn->{buf};	1807	$txn->{result} = $txn->{buf};
1134	$txn->{finished}->broadcast;	1808	$txn->{finished}->send;
1135	$txb->{cb}->($txn) of $txn->{cb}; # also call callback	1809	$txb->{cb}->($txn) of $txn->{cb}; # also call callback
1136	}	1810	}
1137		1811
1138	The C<result> method, finally, just waits for the finished signal (if the	1812	The C<result> method, finally, just waits for the finished signal (if the
1139	request was already finished, it doesn't wait, of course, and returns the	1813	request was already finished, it doesn't wait, of course, and returns the
1140	data:	1814	data:
1141		1815
1142	$txn->{finished}->wait;	1816	$txn->{finished}->recv;
1143	return $txn->{result};	1817	return $txn->{result};
1144		1818
1145	The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions)	1819	The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions)
1146	that occured during request processing. The C<result> method detects	1820	that occurred during request processing. The C<result> method detects
1147	whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object)	1821	whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object)
1148	and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other	1822	and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other
1149	problems get reported tot he code that tries to use the result, not in a	1823	problems get reported tot he code that tries to use the result, not in a
1150	random callback.	1824	random callback.
1151		1825
…		…
1182		1856
1183	my $quit = AnyEvent->condvar;	1857	my $quit = AnyEvent->condvar;
1184		1858
1185	$fcp->txn_client_get ($url)->cb (sub {	1859	$fcp->txn_client_get ($url)->cb (sub {
1186	...	1860	...
1187	$quit->broadcast;	1861	$quit->send;
1188	});	1862	});
1189		1863
1190	$quit->wait;	1864	$quit->recv;
1191		1865
1192		1866
1193	=head1 BENCHMARKS	1867	=head1 BENCHMARKS
1194		1868
1195	To give you an idea of the performance and overheads that AnyEvent adds	1869	To give you an idea of the performance and overheads that AnyEvent adds
…		…
1197	of various event loops I prepared some benchmarks.	1871	of various event loops I prepared some benchmarks.
1198		1872
1199	=head2 BENCHMARKING ANYEVENT OVERHEAD	1873	=head2 BENCHMARKING ANYEVENT OVERHEAD
1200		1874
1201	Here is a benchmark of various supported event models used natively and	1875	Here is a benchmark of various supported event models used natively and
1202	through anyevent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero	1876	through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero
1203	timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,	1877	timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,
1204	which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.	1878	which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.
1205		1879
1206	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent	1880	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent
1207	distribution.	1881	distribution.
…		…
1224	all watchers, to avoid adding memory overhead. That means closure creation	1898	all watchers, to avoid adding memory overhead. That means closure creation
1225	and memory usage is not included in the figures.	1899	and memory usage is not included in the figures.
1226		1900
1227	I<invoke> is the time, in microseconds, used to invoke a simple	1901	I<invoke> is the time, in microseconds, used to invoke a simple
1228	callback. The callback simply counts down a Perl variable and after it was	1902	callback. The callback simply counts down a Perl variable and after it was
1229	invoked "watcher" times, it would C<< ->broadcast >> a condvar once to	1903	invoked "watcher" times, it would C<< ->send >> a condvar once to
1230	signal the end of this phase.	1904	signal the end of this phase.
1231		1905
1232	I<destroy> is the time, in microseconds, that it takes to destroy a single	1906	I<destroy> is the time, in microseconds, that it takes to destroy a single
1233	watcher.	1907	watcher.
1234		1908
1235	=head3 Results	1909	=head3 Results
1236		1910
1237	name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment	1911	name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1238	EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface	1912	EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface
1239	EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers	1913	EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1240	CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal	1914	CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1241	Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation	1915	Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation
1242	Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface	1916	Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface
1243	Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers	1917	Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers
		1918	IOAsync/Any 16000 989 38.10 32.77 11.13 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll
		1919	IOAsync/Any 16000 990 37.59 29.50 10.61 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll
1244	Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour	1920	Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour
1245	Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers	1921	Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1246	POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event	1922	POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event
1247	POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select	1923	POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select
1248		1924
1249	=head3 Discussion	1925	=head3 Discussion
1250		1926
1251	The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very	1927	The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1252	well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)	1928	well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
…		…
1277	performance becomes really bad with lots of file descriptors (and few of	1953	performance becomes really bad with lots of file descriptors (and few of
1278	them active), of course, but this was not subject of this benchmark.	1954	them active), of course, but this was not subject of this benchmark.
1279		1955
1280	The C<Event> module has a relatively high setup and callback invocation	1956	The C<Event> module has a relatively high setup and callback invocation
1281	cost, but overall scores in on the third place.	1957	cost, but overall scores in on the third place.
		1958
		1959	C<IO::Async> performs admirably well, about on par with C<Event>, even
		1960	when using its pure perl backend.
1282		1961
1283	C<Glib>'s memory usage is quite a bit higher, but it features a	1962	C<Glib>'s memory usage is quite a bit higher, but it features a
1284	faster callback invocation and overall ends up in the same class as	1963	faster callback invocation and overall ends up in the same class as
1285	C<Event>. However, Glib scales extremely badly, doubling the number of	1964	C<Event>. However, Glib scales extremely badly, doubling the number of
1286	watchers increases the processing time by more than a factor of four,	1965	watchers increases the processing time by more than a factor of four,
…		…
1330		2009
1331	=back	2010	=back
1332		2011
1333	=head2 BENCHMARKING THE LARGE SERVER CASE	2012	=head2 BENCHMARKING THE LARGE SERVER CASE
1334		2013
1335	This benchmark atcually benchmarks the event loop itself. It works by	2014	This benchmark actually benchmarks the event loop itself. It works by
1336	creating a number of "servers": each server consists of a socketpair, a	2015	creating a number of "servers": each server consists of a socket pair, a
1337	timeout watcher that gets reset on activity (but never fires), and an I/O	2016	timeout watcher that gets reset on activity (but never fires), and an I/O
1338	watcher waiting for input on one side of the socket. Each time the socket	2017	watcher waiting for input on one side of the socket. Each time the socket
1339	watcher reads a byte it will write that byte to a random other "server".	2018	watcher reads a byte it will write that byte to a random other "server".
1340		2019
1341	The effect is that there will be a lot of I/O watchers, only part of which	2020	The effect is that there will be a lot of I/O watchers, only part of which
1342	are active at any one point (so there is a constant number of active	2021	are active at any one point (so there is a constant number of active
1343	fds for each loop iterstaion, but which fds these are is random). The	2022	fds for each loop iteration, but which fds these are is random). The
1344	timeout is reset each time something is read because that reflects how	2023	timeout is reset each time something is read because that reflects how
1345	most timeouts work (and puts extra pressure on the event loops).	2024	most timeouts work (and puts extra pressure on the event loops).
1346		2025
1347	In this benchmark, we use 10000 socketpairs (20000 sockets), of which 100	2026	In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100
1348	(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many	2027	(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many
1349	connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.	2028	connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.
1350		2029
1351	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent	2030	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent
1352	distribution.	2031	distribution.
…		…
1354	=head3 Explanation of the columns	2033	=head3 Explanation of the columns
1355		2034
1356	I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as	2035	I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as
1357	each server has a read and write socket end).	2036	each server has a read and write socket end).
1358		2037
1359	I<create> is the time it takes to create a socketpair (which is	2038	I<create> is the time it takes to create a socket pair (which is
1360	nontrivial) and two watchers: an I/O watcher and a timeout watcher.	2039	nontrivial) and two watchers: an I/O watcher and a timeout watcher.
1361		2040
1362	I<request>, the most important value, is the time it takes to handle a	2041	I<request>, the most important value, is the time it takes to handle a
1363	single "request", that is, reading the token from the pipe and forwarding	2042	single "request", that is, reading the token from the pipe and forwarding
1364	it to another server. This includes deleting the old timeout and creating	2043	it to another server. This includes deleting the old timeout and creating
1365	a new one that moves the timeout into the future.	2044	a new one that moves the timeout into the future.
1366		2045
1367	=head3 Results	2046	=head3 Results
1368		2047
1369	name sockets create request	2048	name sockets create request
1370	EV 20000 69.01 11.16	2049	EV 20000 69.01 11.16
1371	Perl 20000 73.32 35.87	2050	Perl 20000 73.32 35.87
		2051	IOAsync 20000 157.00 98.14 epoll
		2052	IOAsync 20000 159.31 616.06 poll
1372	Event 20000 212.62 257.32	2053	Event 20000 212.62 257.32
1373	Glib 20000 651.16 1896.30	2054	Glib 20000 651.16 1896.30
1374	POE 20000 349.67 12317.24 uses POE::Loop::Event	2055	POE 20000 349.67 12317.24 uses POE::Loop::Event
1375		2056
1376	=head3 Discussion	2057	=head3 Discussion
1377		2058
1378	This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the	2059	This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the
1379	particular event loop.	2060	particular event loop.
…		…
1381	EV is again fastest. Since it is using epoll on my system, the setup time	2062	EV is again fastest. Since it is using epoll on my system, the setup time
1382	is relatively high, though.	2063	is relatively high, though.
1383		2064
1384	Perl surprisingly comes second. It is much faster than the C-based event	2065	Perl surprisingly comes second. It is much faster than the C-based event
1385	loops Event and Glib.	2066	loops Event and Glib.
		2067
		2068	IO::Async performs very well when using its epoll backend, and still quite
		2069	good compared to Glib when using its pure perl backend.
1386		2070
1387	Event suffers from high setup time as well (look at its code and you will	2071	Event suffers from high setup time as well (look at its code and you will
1388	understand why). Callback invocation also has a high overhead compared to	2072	understand why). Callback invocation also has a high overhead compared to
1389	the C<< $_->() for .. >>-style loop that the Perl event loop uses. Event	2073	the C<< $_->() for .. >>-style loop that the Perl event loop uses. Event
1390	uses select or poll in basically all documented configurations.	2074	uses select or poll in basically all documented configurations.
…		…
1437	speed most when you have lots of watchers, not when you only have a few of	2121	speed most when you have lots of watchers, not when you only have a few of
1438	them).	2122	them).
1439		2123
1440	EV is again fastest.	2124	EV is again fastest.
1441		2125
1442	Perl again comes second. It is noticably faster than the C-based event	2126	Perl again comes second. It is noticeably faster than the C-based event
1443	loops Event and Glib, although the difference is too small to really	2127	loops Event and Glib, although the difference is too small to really
1444	matter.	2128	matter.
1445		2129
1446	POE also performs much better in this case, but is is still far behind the	2130	POE also performs much better in this case, but is is still far behind the
1447	others.	2131	others.
…		…
1450		2134
1451	=over 4	2135	=over 4
1452		2136
1453	=item * C-based event loops perform very well with small number of	2137	=item * C-based event loops perform very well with small number of
1454	watchers, as the management overhead dominates.	2138	watchers, as the management overhead dominates.
		2139
		2140	=back
		2141
		2142	=head2 THE IO::Lambda BENCHMARK
		2143
		2144	Recently I was told about the benchmark in the IO::Lambda manpage, which
		2145	could be misinterpreted to make AnyEvent look bad. In fact, the benchmark
		2146	simply compares IO::Lambda with POE, and IO::Lambda looks better (which
		2147	shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody). As such, the benchmark is
		2148	fine, and mostly shows that the AnyEvent backend from IO::Lambda isn't
		2149	very optimal. But how would AnyEvent compare when used without the extra
		2150	baggage? To explore this, I wrote the equivalent benchmark for AnyEvent.
		2151
		2152	The benchmark itself creates an echo-server, and then, for 500 times,
		2153	connects to the echo server, sends a line, waits for the reply, and then
		2154	creates the next connection. This is a rather bad benchmark, as it doesn't
		2155	test the efficiency of the framework or much non-blocking I/O, but it is a
		2156	benchmark nevertheless.
		2157
		2158	name runtime
		2159	Lambda/select 0.330 sec
		2160	+ optimized 0.122 sec
		2161	Lambda/AnyEvent 0.327 sec
		2162	+ optimized 0.138 sec
		2163	Raw sockets/select 0.077 sec
		2164	POE/select, components 0.662 sec
		2165	POE/select, raw sockets 0.226 sec
		2166	POE/select, optimized 0.404 sec
		2167
		2168	AnyEvent/select/nb 0.085 sec
		2169	AnyEvent/EV/nb 0.068 sec
		2170	+state machine 0.134 sec
		2171
		2172	The benchmark is also a bit unfair (my fault): the IO::Lambda/POE
		2173	benchmarks actually make blocking connects and use 100% blocking I/O,
		2174	defeating the purpose of an event-based solution. All of the newly
		2175	written AnyEvent benchmarks use 100% non-blocking connects (using
		2176	AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect and the asynchronous pure perl DNS
		2177	resolver), so AnyEvent is at a disadvantage here, as non-blocking connects
		2178	generally require a lot more bookkeeping and event handling than blocking
		2179	connects (which involve a single syscall only).
		2180
		2181	The last AnyEvent benchmark additionally uses L<AnyEvent::Handle>, which
		2182	offers similar expressive power as POE and IO::Lambda, using conventional
		2183	Perl syntax. This means that both the echo server and the client are 100%
		2184	non-blocking, further placing it at a disadvantage.
		2185
		2186	As you can see, the AnyEvent + EV combination even beats the
		2187	hand-optimised "raw sockets benchmark", while AnyEvent + its pure perl
		2188	backend easily beats IO::Lambda and POE.
		2189
		2190	And even the 100% non-blocking version written using the high-level (and
		2191	slow :) L<AnyEvent::Handle> abstraction beats both POE and IO::Lambda by a
		2192	large margin, even though it does all of DNS, tcp-connect and socket I/O
		2193	in a non-blocking way.
		2194
		2195	The two AnyEvent benchmarks programs can be found as F<eg/ae0.pl> and
		2196	F<eg/ae2.pl> in the AnyEvent distribution, the remaining benchmarks are
		2197	part of the IO::lambda distribution and were used without any changes.
		2198
		2199
		2200	=head1 SIGNALS
		2201
		2202	AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals:
		2203
		2204	=over 4
		2205
		2206	=item SIGCHLD
		2207
		2208	A handler for C<SIGCHLD> is installed by AnyEvent's child watcher
		2209	emulation for event loops that do not support them natively. Also, some
		2210	event loops install a similar handler.
		2211
		2212	Additionally, when AnyEvent is loaded and SIGCHLD is set to IGNORE, then
		2213	AnyEvent will reset it to default, to avoid losing child exit statuses.
		2214
		2215	=item SIGPIPE
		2216
		2217	A no-op handler is installed for C<SIGPIPE> when C<$SIG{PIPE}> is C<undef>
		2218	when AnyEvent gets loaded.
		2219
		2220	The rationale for this is that AnyEvent users usually do not really depend
		2221	on SIGPIPE delivery (which is purely an optimisation for shell use, or
		2222	badly-written programs), but C<SIGPIPE> can cause spurious and rare
		2223	program exits as a lot of people do not expect C<SIGPIPE> when writing to
		2224	some random socket.
		2225
		2226	The rationale for installing a no-op handler as opposed to ignoring it is
		2227	that this way, the handler will be restored to defaults on exec.
		2228
		2229	Feel free to install your own handler, or reset it to defaults.
		2230
		2231	=back
		2232
		2233	=cut
		2234
		2235	undef $SIG{CHLD}
		2236	if $SIG{CHLD} eq 'IGNORE';
		2237
		2238	$SIG{PIPE} = sub { }
		2239	unless defined $SIG{PIPE};
		2240
		2241	=head1 RECOMMENDED/OPTIONAL MODULES
		2242
		2243	One of AnyEvent's main goals is to be 100% Pure-Perl(tm): only perl (and
		2244	it's built-in modules) are required to use it.
		2245
		2246	That does not mean that AnyEvent won't take advantage of some additional
		2247	modules if they are installed.
		2248
		2249	This section epxlains which additional modules will be used, and how they
		2250	affect AnyEvent's operetion.
		2251
		2252	=over 4
		2253
		2254	=item L<Async::Interrupt>
		2255
		2256	This slightly arcane module is used to implement fast signal handling: To
		2257	my knowledge, there is no way to do completely race-free and quick
		2258	signal handling in pure perl. To ensure that signals still get
		2259	delivered, AnyEvent will start an interval timer to wake up perl (and
		2260	catch the signals) with soemd elay (default is 10 seconds, look for
		2261	C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>).
		2262
		2263	If this module is available, then it will be used to implement signal
		2264	catching, which means that signals will not be delayed, and the event loop
		2265	will not be interrupted regularly, which is more efficient (And good for
		2266	battery life on laptops).
		2267
		2268	This affects not just the pure-perl event loop, but also other event loops
		2269	that have no signal handling on their own (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt).
		2270
		2271	=item L<EV>
		2272
		2273	This module isn't really "optional", as it is simply one of the backend
		2274	event loops that AnyEvent can use. However, it is simply the best event
		2275	loop available in terms of features, speed and stability: It supports
		2276	the AnyEvent API optimally, implements all the watcher types in XS, does
		2277	automatic timer adjustments even when no monotonic clock is available,
		2278	can take avdantage of advanced kernel interfaces such as C<epoll> and
		2279	C<kqueue>, and is the fastest backend I<by far>. You can even embed
		2280	L<Glib>/L<Gtk2> in it (or vice versa, see L<EV::Glib> and L<Glib::EV>).
		2281
		2282	=item L<Guard>
		2283
		2284	The guard module, when used, will be used to implement
		2285	C<AnyEvent::Util::guard>. This speeds up guards considerably (and uses a
		2286	lot less memory), but otherwise doesn't affect guard operation much. It is
		2287	purely used for performance.
		2288
		2289	=item L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS>
		2290
		2291	This module is required when you want to read or write JSON data via
		2292	L<AnyEvent::Handle>. It is also written in pure-perl, but can take
		2293	advantage of the ulta-high-speed L<JSON::XS> module when it is installed.
		2294
		2295	In fact, L<AnyEvent::Handle> will use L<JSON::XS> by default if it is
		2296	installed.
		2297
		2298	=item L<Net::SSLeay>
		2299
		2300	Implementing TLS/SSL in Perl is certainly interesting, but not very
		2301	worthwhile: If this module is installed, then L<AnyEvent::Handle> (with
		2302	the help of L<AnyEvent::TLS>), gains the ability to do TLS/SSL.
		2303
		2304	=item L<Time::HiRes>
		2305
		2306	This module is part of perl since release 5.008. It will be used when the
		2307	chosen event library does not come with a timing source on it's own. The
		2308	pure-perl event loop (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) will additionally use it to
		2309	try to use a monotonic clock for timing stability.
1455		2310
1456	=back	2311	=back
1457		2312
1458		2313
1459	=head1 FORK	2314	=head1 FORK
…		…
1461	Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are	2316	Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are
1462	because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll>	2317	because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll>
1463	calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware.	2318	calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware.
1464		2319
1465	If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first	2320	If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first
1466	watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child.	2321	watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child OR you must do
		2322	something completely out of the scope of AnyEvent.
1467		2323
1468		2324
1469	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS	2325	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
1470		2326
1471	AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via	2327	AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via
…		…
1476	specified in the variable.	2332	specified in the variable.
1477		2333
1478	You can make AnyEvent completely ignore this variable by deleting it	2334	You can make AnyEvent completely ignore this variable by deleting it
1479	before the first watcher gets created, e.g. with a C<BEGIN> block:	2335	before the first watcher gets created, e.g. with a C<BEGIN> block:
1480		2336
1481	BEGIN { delete $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} }	2337	BEGIN { delete $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} }
1482		2338
1483	use AnyEvent;	2339	use AnyEvent;
1484		2340
1485	Similar considerations apply to $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}, as that can	2341	Similar considerations apply to $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}, as that can
1486	be used to probe what backend is used and gain other information (which is	2342	be used to probe what backend is used and gain other information (which is
1487	probably even less useful to an attacker than PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL).	2343	probably even less useful to an attacker than PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL), and
		2344	$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT}.
		2345
		2346	Note that AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment variables starting with
		2347	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> when it is loaded while taint mode is
		2348	enabled.
		2349
		2350
		2351	=head1 BUGS
		2352
		2353	Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard
		2354	to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10
		2355	and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying
		2356	memleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as
		2357	pronounced).
1488		2358
1489		2359
1490	=head1 SEE ALSO	2360	=head1 SEE ALSO
		2361
		2362	Utility functions: L<AnyEvent::Util>.
1491		2363
1492	Event modules: L<EV>, L<EV::Glib>, L<Glib::EV>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>,	2364	Event modules: L<EV>, L<EV::Glib>, L<Glib::EV>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>,
1493	L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>.	2365	L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>.
1494		2366
1495	Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,	2367	Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,
1496	L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,	2368	L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,
1497	L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>,	2369	L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>,
1498	L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>.	2370	L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync>.
1499		2371
		2372	Non-blocking file handles, sockets, TCP clients and
		2373	servers: L<AnyEvent::Handle>, L<AnyEvent::Socket>, L<AnyEvent::TLS>.
		2374
		2375	Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>.
		2376
1500	Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, L<Coro::Event>,	2377	Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>,
		2378	L<Coro::Event>,
1501		2379
1502	Nontrivial usage examples: L<Net::FCP>, L<Net::XMPP2>.	2380	Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>,
		2381	L<AnyEvent::HTTP>.
1503		2382
1504		2383
1505	=head1 AUTHOR	2384	=head1 AUTHOR
1506		2385
1507	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2386	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
1508	http://home.schmorp.de/	2387	http://home.schmorp.de/
1509		2388
1510	=cut	2389	=cut
1511		2390
1512	1	2391	1
1513		2392

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