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1	=head1 NAME	1	=head1 NAME
2		2
3	AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops	3	AnyEvent - the DBI of event loop programming
4		4
5	EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Qt, POE - various supported event loops	5	EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Irssi, rxvt-unicode, IO::Async, Qt
		6	and POE are various supported event loops/environments.
6		7
7	=head1 SYNOPSIS	8	=head1 SYNOPSIS
8		9
9	use AnyEvent;	10	use AnyEvent;
10		11
		12	# if you prefer function calls, look at the AE manpage for
		13	# an alternative API.
		14
		15	# file handle or descriptor readable
11	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r|w", cb => sub {	16	my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r", cb => sub { ... });
		17
		18	# one-shot or repeating timers
		19	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... });
		20	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ...);
		21
		22	print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time
		23	print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time.
		24
		25	# POSIX signal
		26	my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "TERM", cb => sub { ... });
		27
		28	# child process exit
		29	my $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => $pid, cb => sub {
		30	my ($pid, $status) = @_;
12	...	31	...
13	});	32	});
14		33
15	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub {	34	# called when event loop idle (if applicable)
16	...	35	my $w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub { ... });
17	});
18		36
19	my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged	37	my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # stores whether a condition was flagged
20	$w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's	38	$w->send; # wake up current and all future recv's
21	$w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send	39	$w->recv; # enters "main loop" till $condvar gets ->send
		40	# use a condvar in callback mode:
		41	$w->cb (sub { $_[0]->recv });
22		42
23	=head1 INTRODUCTION/TUTORIAL	43	=head1 INTRODUCTION/TUTORIAL
24		44
25	This manpage is mainly a reference manual. If you are interested	45	This manpage is mainly a reference manual. If you are interested
26	in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the	46	in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the
27	L<AnyEvent::Intro> manpage.	47	L<AnyEvent::Intro> manpage.
		48
		49	=head1 SUPPORT
		50
		51	There is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC
		52	channel, too.
		53
		54	See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software
		55	Repository>, at L<http://anyevent.schmorp.de>, for more info.
28		56
29	=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT)	57	=head1 WHY YOU SHOULD USE THIS MODULE (OR NOT)
30		58
31	Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen	59	Glib, POE, IO::Async, Event... CPAN offers event models by the dozen
32	nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent?	60	nowadays. So what is different about AnyEvent?
…		…
48	module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event	76	module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event
49	model you use.	77	model you use.
50		78
51	For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is	79	For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is
52	actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is	80	actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is
53	like joining a cult: After you joined, you are dependent on them and you	81	like joining a cult: After you join, you are dependent on them and you
54	cannot use anything else, as they are simply incompatible to everything	82	cannot use anything else, as they are simply incompatible to everything
55	that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your	83	that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your
56	module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use.	84	module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use.
57		85
58	AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works	86	AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works
59	fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together	87	fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together
60	with the rest: POE + IO::Async? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if	88	with the rest: POE + IO::Async? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if
61	your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it,	89	your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it,
62	too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all	90	too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all
63	event models it supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those	91	event models it supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those
64	use one of the supported event loops. It is trivial to add new event loops	92	use one of the supported event loops. It is easy to add new event loops
65	to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof).	93	to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof).
66		94
67	In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event	95	In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event
68	model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar	96	model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar
69	modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to	97	modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to
70	follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and up to the point, by only	98	follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and to the point, by only
71	offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as	99	offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as
72	technically possible.	100	technically possible.
73		101
74	Of course, AnyEvent comes with a big (and fully optional!) toolbox	102	Of course, AnyEvent comes with a big (and fully optional!) toolbox
75	of useful functionality, such as an asynchronous DNS resolver, 100%	103	of useful functionality, such as an asynchronous DNS resolver, 100%
…		…
81	useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event	109	useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event
82	model, you should I<not> use this module.	110	model, you should I<not> use this module.
83		111
84	=head1 DESCRIPTION	112	=head1 DESCRIPTION
85		113
86	L<AnyEvent> provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This	114	L<AnyEvent> provides a uniform interface to various event loops. This
87	allows module authors to utilise an event loop without forcing module	115	allows module authors to use event loop functionality without forcing
88	users to use the same event loop (as only a single event loop can coexist	116	module users to use a specific event loop implementation (since more
89	peacefully at any one time).	117	than one event loop cannot coexist peacefully).
90		118
91	The interface itself is vaguely similar, but not identical to the L<Event>	119	The interface itself is vaguely similar, but not identical to the L<Event>
92	module.	120	module.
93		121
94	During the first call of any watcher-creation method, the module tries	122	During the first call of any watcher-creation method, the module tries
95	to detect the currently loaded event loop by probing whether one of the	123	to detect the currently loaded event loop by probing whether one of the
96	following modules is already loaded: L<EV>,	124	following modules is already loaded: L<EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,
97	L<Event>, L<Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>,	125	L<Event>, L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>. The first one
98	L<POE>. The first one found is used. If none are found, the module tries	126	found is used. If none are detected, the module tries to load the first
99	to load these modules (excluding Tk, Event::Lib, Qt and POE as the pure perl	127	four modules in the order given; but note that if L<EV> is not
100	adaptor should always succeed) in the order given. The first one that can	128	available, the pure-perl L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> should always work, so
101	be successfully loaded will be used. If, after this, still none could be	129	the other two are not normally tried.
102	found, AnyEvent will fall back to a pure-perl event loop, which is not
103	very efficient, but should work everywhere.
104		130
105	Because AnyEvent first checks for modules that are already loaded, loading	131	Because AnyEvent first checks for modules that are already loaded, loading
106	an event model explicitly before first using AnyEvent will likely make	132	an event model explicitly before first using AnyEvent will likely make
107	that model the default. For example:	133	that model the default. For example:
108		134
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110	use AnyEvent;	136	use AnyEvent;
111		137
112	# .. AnyEvent will likely default to Tk	138	# .. AnyEvent will likely default to Tk
113		139
114	The I<likely> means that, if any module loads another event model and	140	The I<likely> means that, if any module loads another event model and
115	starts using it, all bets are off. Maybe you should tell their authors to	141	starts using it, all bets are off - this case should be very rare though,
116	use AnyEvent so their modules work together with others seamlessly...	142	as very few modules hardcode event loops without announcing this very
		143	loudly.
117		144
118	The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called	145	The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called
119	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>. Like other event modules you can load it	146	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>. Like other event modules you can load it
120	explicitly and enjoy the high availability of that event loop :)	147	explicitly and enjoy the high availability of that event loop :)
121		148
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128	These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After	155	These watchers are normal Perl objects with normal Perl lifetime. After
129	creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the	156	creating a watcher it will immediately "watch" for events and invoke the
130	callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model	157	callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model
131	is in control).	158	is in control).
132		159
		160	Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables>
		161	potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<<
		162	callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practice in
		163	Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs
		164	widely between event loops.
		165
133	To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the	166	To disable a watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the
134	variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references	167	variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references
135	to it).	168	to it).
136		169
137	All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.	170	All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.
138		171
139	Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for	172	Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for
140	example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways.	173	example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways.
141		174
142	An any way to achieve that is this pattern:	175	One way to achieve that is this pattern:
143		176
144	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub {	177	my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub {
145	# you can use $w here, for example to undef it	178	# you can use $w here, for example to undef it
146	undef $w;	179	undef $w;
147	});	180	});
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150	my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are	183	my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are
151	declared.	184	declared.
152		185
153	=head2 I/O WATCHERS	186	=head2 I/O WATCHERS
154		187
		188	$w = AnyEvent->io (
		189	fh => <filehandle_or_fileno>,
		190	poll => <"r" or "w">,
		191	cb => <callback>,
		192	);
		193
155	You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method	194	You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
156	with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:	195	with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
157		196
158	C<fh> the Perl I<file handle> (I<not> file descriptor) to watch for events	197	C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch
159	(AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file handle). C<poll>	198	for events (AnyEvent might or might not keep a reference to this file
		199	handle). Note that only file handles pointing to things for which
		200	non-blocking operation makes sense are allowed. This includes sockets,
		201	most character devices, pipes, fifos and so on, but not for example files
		202	or block devices.
		203
160	must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a watcher	204	C<poll> must be a string that is either C<r> or C<w>, which creates a
161	waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively. C<cb> is the	205	watcher waiting for "r"eadable or "w"ritable events, respectively.
		206
162	callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready.	207	C<cb> is the callback to invoke each time the file handle becomes ready.
163		208
164	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and	209	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
165	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent	210	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
166	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.	211	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to I/O watcher callbacks.
167		212
168	The I/O watcher might use the underlying file descriptor or a copy of it.	213	The I/O watcher might use the underlying file descriptor or a copy of it.
169	You must not close a file handle as long as any watcher is active on the	214	You must not close a file handle as long as any watcher is active on the
170	underlying file descriptor.	215	underlying file descriptor.
171		216
172	Some event loops issue spurious readyness notifications, so you should	217	Some event loops issue spurious readiness notifications, so you should
173	always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file	218	always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file
174	handles.	219	handles.
175		220
176	Example: wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the	221	Example: wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the
177	watcher.	222	watcher.
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182	undef $w;	227	undef $w;
183	});	228	});
184		229
185	=head2 TIME WATCHERS	230	=head2 TIME WATCHERS
186		231
		232	$w = AnyEvent->timer (after => <seconds>, cb => <callback>);
		233
		234	$w = AnyEvent->timer (
		235	after => <fractional_seconds>,
		236	interval => <fractional_seconds>,
		237	cb => <callback>,
		238	);
		239
187	You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >>	240	You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >>
188	method with the following mandatory arguments:	241	method with the following mandatory arguments:
189		242
190	C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are	243	C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are
191	supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke	244	supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke
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193		246
194	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and	247	Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
195	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent	248	presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
196	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks.	249	callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks.
197		250
198	The callback will normally be invoked once only. If you specify another	251	The callback will normally be invoked only once. If you specify another
199	parameter, C<interval>, as a strictly positive number (> 0), then the	252	parameter, C<interval>, as a strictly positive number (> 0), then the
200	callback will be invoked regularly at that interval (in fractional	253	callback will be invoked regularly at that interval (in fractional
201	seconds) after the first invocation. If C<interval> is specified with a	254	seconds) after the first invocation. If C<interval> is specified with a
202	false value, then it is treated as if it were missing.	255	false value, then it is treated as if it were not specified at all.
203		256
204	The callback will be rescheduled before invoking the callback, but no	257	The callback will be rescheduled before invoking the callback, but no
205	attempt is done to avoid timer drift in most backends, so the interval is	258	attempt is made to avoid timer drift in most backends, so the interval is
206	only approximate.	259	only approximate.
207		260
208	Example: fire an event after 7.7 seconds.	261	Example: fire an event after 7.7 seconds.
209		262
210	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub {	263	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub {
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228		281
229	While most event loops expect timers to specified in a relative way, they	282	While most event loops expect timers to specified in a relative way, they
230	use absolute time internally. This makes a difference when your clock	283	use absolute time internally. This makes a difference when your clock
231	"jumps", for example, when ntp decides to set your clock backwards from	284	"jumps", for example, when ntp decides to set your clock backwards from
232	the wrong date of 2014-01-01 to 2008-01-01, a watcher that is supposed to	285	the wrong date of 2014-01-01 to 2008-01-01, a watcher that is supposed to
233	fire "after" a second might actually take six years to finally fire.	286	fire "after a second" might actually take six years to finally fire.
234		287
235	AnyEvent cannot compensate for this. The only event loop that is conscious	288	AnyEvent cannot compensate for this. The only event loop that is conscious
236	about these issues is L<EV>, which offers both relative (ev_timer, based	289	of these issues is L<EV>, which offers both relative (ev_timer, based
237	on true relative time) and absolute (ev_periodic, based on wallclock time)	290	on true relative time) and absolute (ev_periodic, based on wallclock time)
238	timers.	291	timers.
239		292
240	AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the	293	AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the
241	AnyEvent API.	294	AnyEvent API.
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263	I<In almost all cases (in all cases if you don't care), this is the	316	I<In almost all cases (in all cases if you don't care), this is the
264	function to call when you want to know the current time.>	317	function to call when you want to know the current time.>
265		318
266	This function is also often faster then C<< AnyEvent->time >>, and	319	This function is also often faster then C<< AnyEvent->time >>, and
267	thus the preferred method if you want some timestamp (for example,	320	thus the preferred method if you want some timestamp (for example,
268	L<AnyEvent::Handle> uses this to update it's activity timeouts).	321	L<AnyEvent::Handle> uses this to update its activity timeouts).
269		322
270	The rest of this section is only of relevance if you try to be very exact	323	The rest of this section is only of relevance if you try to be very exact
271	with your timing, you can skip it without bad conscience.	324	with your timing; you can skip it without a bad conscience.
272		325
273	For a practical example of when these times differ, consider L<Event::Lib>	326	For a practical example of when these times differ, consider L<Event::Lib>
274	and L<EV> and the following set-up:	327	and L<EV> and the following set-up:
275		328
276	The event loop is running and has just invoked one of your callback at	329	The event loop is running and has just invoked one of your callbacks at
277	time=500 (assume no other callbacks delay processing). In your callback,	330	time=500 (assume no other callbacks delay processing). In your callback,
278	you wait a second by executing C<sleep 1> (blocking the process for a	331	you wait a second by executing C<sleep 1> (blocking the process for a
279	second) and then (at time=501) you create a relative timer that fires	332	second) and then (at time=501) you create a relative timer that fires
280	after three seconds.	333	after three seconds.
281		334
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299	In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you	352	In either case, if you care (and in most cases, you don't), then you
300	can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the	353	can get whatever behaviour you want with any event loop, by taking the
301	difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into	354	difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into
302	account.	355	account.
303		356
		357	=item AnyEvent->now_update
		358
		359	Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) cache
		360	the current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<<
		361	AnyEvent->now >>, above).
		362
		363	When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then
		364	this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which
		365	might affect timers and time-outs.
		366
		367	When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the
		368	event loop's idea of "current time".
		369
		370	A typical example would be a script in a web server (e.g. C<mod_perl>) -
		371	when mod_perl executes the script, then the event loop will have the wrong
		372	idea about the "current time" (being potentially far in the past, when the
		373	script ran the last time). In that case you should arrange a call to C<<
		374	AnyEvent->now_update >> each time the web server process wakes up again
		375	(e.g. at the start of your script, or in a handler).
		376
		377	Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled.
		378
304	=back	379	=back
305		380
306	=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS	381	=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
		382
		383	$w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => <uppercase_signal_name>, cb => <callback>);
307		384
308	You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal	385	You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
309	I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl	386	I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl
310	callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs.	387	callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs.
311		388
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317	invocation, and callback invocation will be synchronous. Synchronous means	394	invocation, and callback invocation will be synchronous. Synchronous means
318	that it might take a while until the signal gets handled by the process,	395	that it might take a while until the signal gets handled by the process,
319	but it is guaranteed not to interrupt any other callbacks.	396	but it is guaranteed not to interrupt any other callbacks.
320		397
321	The main advantage of using these watchers is that you can share a signal	398	The main advantage of using these watchers is that you can share a signal
322	between multiple watchers.	399	between multiple watchers, and AnyEvent will ensure that signals will not
		400	interrupt your program at bad times.
323		401
324	This watcher might use C<%SIG>, so programs overwriting those signals	402	This watcher might use C<%SIG> (depending on the event loop used),
325	directly will likely not work correctly.	403	so programs overwriting those signals directly will likely not work
		404	correctly.
326		405
327	Example: exit on SIGINT	406	Example: exit on SIGINT
328		407
329	my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });	408	my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });
330		409
		410	=head3 Restart Behaviour
		411
		412	While restart behaviour is up to the event loop implementation, most will
		413	not restart syscalls (that includes L<Async::Interrupt> and AnyEvent's
		414	pure perl implementation).
		415
		416	=head3 Safe/Unsafe Signals
		417
		418	Perl signals can be either "safe" (synchronous to opcode handling) or
		419	"unsafe" (asynchronous) - the former might get delayed indefinitely, the
		420	latter might corrupt your memory.
		421
		422	AnyEvent signal handlers are, in addition, synchronous to the event loop,
		423	i.e. they will not interrupt your running perl program but will only be
		424	called as part of the normal event handling (just like timer, I/O etc.
		425	callbacks, too).
		426
		427	=head3 Signal Races, Delays and Workarounds
		428
		429	Many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not support attaching
		430	callbacks to signals in a generic way, which is a pity, as you cannot
		431	do race-free signal handling in perl, requiring C libraries for
		432	this. AnyEvent will try to do its best, which means in some cases,
		433	signals will be delayed. The maximum time a signal might be delayed is
		434	specified in C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> (default: 10 seconds). This
		435	variable can be changed only before the first signal watcher is created,
		436	and should be left alone otherwise. This variable determines how often
		437	AnyEvent polls for signals (in case a wake-up was missed). Higher values
		438	will cause fewer spurious wake-ups, which is better for power and CPU
		439	saving.
		440
		441	All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional
		442	L<Async::Interrupt> module, which works with most event loops. It will not
		443	work with inherently broken event loops such as L<Event> or L<Event::Lib>
		444	(and not with L<POE> currently, as POE does its own workaround with
		445	one-second latency). For those, you just have to suffer the delays.
		446
331	=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS	447	=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
332		448
		449	$w = AnyEvent->child (pid => <process id>, cb => <callback>);
		450
333	You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status.	451	You can also watch for a child process exit and catch its exit status.
334		452
335	The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (if set to C<0>, it	453	The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (on some backends,
336	watches for any child process exit). The watcher will trigger as often	454	using C<0> watches for any child process exit, on others this will
337	as status change for the child are received. This works by installing a	455	croak). The watcher will be triggered only when the child process has
338	signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>. The callback will be called with the pid	456	finished and an exit status is available, not on any trace events
339	and exit status (as returned by waitpid), so unlike other watcher types,	457	(stopped/continued).
340	you I<can> rely on child watcher callback arguments.	458
		459	The callback will be called with the pid and exit status (as returned by
		460	waitpid), so unlike other watcher types, you I<can> rely on child watcher
		461	callback arguments.
		462
		463	This watcher type works by installing a signal handler for C<SIGCHLD>,
		464	and since it cannot be shared, nothing else should use SIGCHLD or reap
		465	random child processes (waiting for specific child processes, e.g. inside
		466	C<system>, is just fine).
341		467
342	There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them	468	There is a slight catch to child watchers, however: you usually start them
343	I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could	469	I<after> the child process was created, and this means the process could
344	have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).	470	have exited already (and no SIGCHLD will be sent anymore).
345		471
346	Not all event models handle this correctly (POE doesn't), but even for	472	Not all event models handle this correctly (neither POE nor IO::Async do,
		473	see their AnyEvent::Impl manpages for details), but even for event models
347	event models that I<do> handle this correctly, they usually need to be	474	that I<do> handle this correctly, they usually need to be loaded before
348	loaded before the process exits (i.e. before you fork in the first place).	475	the process exits (i.e. before you fork in the first place). AnyEvent's
		476	pure perl event loop handles all cases correctly regardless of when you
		477	start the watcher.
349		478
350	This means you cannot create a child watcher as the very first thing in an	479	This means you cannot create a child watcher as the very first
351	AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one watcher before you	480	thing in an AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one
352	C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call C<AnyEvent::detect>).	481	watcher before you C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call
		482	C<AnyEvent::detect>).
		483
		484	As most event loops do not support waiting for child events, they will be
		485	emulated by AnyEvent in most cases, in which the latency and race problems
		486	mentioned in the description of signal watchers apply.
353		487
354	Example: fork a process and wait for it	488	Example: fork a process and wait for it
355		489
356	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;	490	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
357		491
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367	);	501	);
368		502
369	# do something else, then wait for process exit	503	# do something else, then wait for process exit
370	$done->recv;	504	$done->recv;
371		505
		506	=head2 IDLE WATCHERS
		507
		508	$w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => <callback>);
		509
		510	This will repeatedly invoke the callback after the process becomes idle,
		511	until either the watcher is destroyed or new events have been detected.
		512
		513	Idle watchers are useful when there is a need to do something, but it
		514	is not so important (or wise) to do it instantly. The callback will be
		515	invoked only when there is "nothing better to do", which is usually
		516	defined as "all outstanding events have been handled and no new events
		517	have been detected". That means that idle watchers ideally get invoked
		518	when the event loop has just polled for new events but none have been
		519	detected. Instead of blocking to wait for more events, the idle watchers
		520	will be invoked.
		521
		522	Unfortunately, most event loops do not really support idle watchers (only
		523	EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent
		524	will simply call the callback "from time to time".
		525
		526	Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the
		527	program is otherwise idle:
		528
		529	my @lines; # read data
		530	my $idle_w;
		531	my $io_w = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {
		532	push @lines, scalar <STDIN>;
		533
		534	# start an idle watcher, if not already done
		535	$idle_w ||= AnyEvent->idle (cb => sub {
		536	# handle only one line, when there are lines left
		537	if (my $line = shift @lines) {
		538	print "handled when idle: $line";
		539	} else {
		540	# otherwise disable the idle watcher again
		541	undef $idle_w;
		542	}
		543	});
		544	});
		545
372	=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES	546	=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES
		547
		548	$cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
		549
		550	$cv->send (<list>);
		551	my @res = $cv->recv;
373		552
374	If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them	553	If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them
375	require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that	554	require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that
376	will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.	555	will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.
377		556
378	AnyEvent is different, it expects somebody else to run the event loop and	557	AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event
379	will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user).	558	loop and will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user).
380		559
381	The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called	560	The tool to do that is called a "condition variable", so called because
382	because they represent a condition that must become true.	561	they represent a condition that must become true.
		562
		563	Now is probably a good time to look at the examples further below.
383		564
384	Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar	565	Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar
385	>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is	566	>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is
386	C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable	567	C<cb>, which specifies a callback to be called when the condition variable
387	becomes true.	568	becomes true, with the condition variable as the first argument (but not
		569	the results).
388		570
389	After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true"	571	After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true"
390	by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it	572	by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it
391	were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<<	573	were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<<
392	->send >> method).	574	->send >> method).
393		575
394	Condition variables are similar to callbacks, except that you can	576	Since condition variables are the most complex part of the AnyEvent API, here are
395	optionally wait for them. They can also be called merge points - points	577	some different mental models of what they are - pick the ones you can connect to:
396	in time where multiple outstanding events have been processed. And yet	578
397	another way to call them is transactions - each condition variable can be	579	=over 4
398	used to represent a transaction, which finishes at some point and delivers	580
399	a result.	581	=item * Condition variables are like callbacks - you can call them (and pass them instead
		582	of callbacks). Unlike callbacks however, you can also wait for them to be called.
		583
		584	=item * Condition variables are signals - one side can emit or send them,
		585	the other side can wait for them, or install a handler that is called when
		586	the signal fires.
		587
		588	=item * Condition variables are like "Merge Points" - points in your program
		589	where you merge multiple independent results/control flows into one.
		590
		591	=item * Condition variables represent a transaction - functions that start
		592	some kind of transaction can return them, leaving the caller the choice
		593	between waiting in a blocking fashion, or setting a callback.
		594
		595	=item * Condition variables represent future values, or promises to deliver
		596	some result, long before the result is available.
		597
		598	=back
400		599
401	Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished,	600	Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished,
402	for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests,	601	for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests,
403	then a condition variable would be the ideal candidate to signal the	602	then a condition variable would be the ideal candidate to signal the
404	availability of results. The user can either act when the callback is	603	availability of results. The user can either act when the callback is
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417		616
418	Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys	617	Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys
419	used by AnyEvent itself are all named C<_ae_XXX> to make subclassing	618	used by AnyEvent itself are all named C<_ae_XXX> to make subclassing
420	easy (it is often useful to build your own transaction class on top of	619	easy (it is often useful to build your own transaction class on top of
421	AnyEvent). To subclass, use C<AnyEvent::CondVar> as base class and call	620	AnyEvent). To subclass, use C<AnyEvent::CondVar> as base class and call
422	it's C<new> method in your own C<new> method.	621	its C<new> method in your own C<new> method.
423		622
424	There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which	623	There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which
425	eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits	624	eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits
426	for the send to occur.	625	for the send to occur.
427		626
428	Example: wait for a timer.	627	Example: wait for a timer.
429		628
430	# wait till the result is ready	629	# condition: "wait till the timer is fired"
431	my $result_ready = AnyEvent->condvar;	630	my $timer_fired = AnyEvent->condvar;
432		631
433	# do something such as adding a timer	632	# create the timer - we could wait for, say
434	# or socket watcher the calls $result_ready->send	633	# a handle becomign ready, or even an
435	# when the "result" is ready.	634	# AnyEvent::HTTP request to finish, but
436	# in this case, we simply use a timer:	635	# in this case, we simply use a timer:
437	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (	636	my $w = AnyEvent->timer (
438	after => 1,	637	after => 1,
439	cb => sub { $result_ready->send },	638	cb => sub { $timer_fired->send },
440	);	639	);
441		640
442	# this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback	641	# this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback
443	# calls send	642	# calls ->send
444	$result_ready->recv;	643	$timer_fired->recv;
445		644
446	Example: wait for a timer, but take advantage of the fact that	645	Example: wait for a timer, but take advantage of the fact that condition
447	condition variables are also code references.	646	variables are also callable directly.
448		647
449	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;	648	my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
450	my $delay = AnyEvent->timer (after => 5, cb => $done);	649	my $delay = AnyEvent->timer (after => 5, cb => $done);
451	$done->recv;	650	$done->recv;
		651
		652	Example: Imagine an API that returns a condvar and doesn't support
		653	callbacks. This is how you make a synchronous call, for example from
		654	the main program:
		655
		656	use AnyEvent::CouchDB;
		657
		658	...
		659
		660	my @info = $couchdb->info->recv;
		661
		662	And this is how you would just set a callback to be called whenever the
		663	results are available:
		664
		665	$couchdb->info->cb (sub {
		666	my @info = $_[0]->recv;
		667	});
452		668
453	=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS	669	=head3 METHODS FOR PRODUCERS
454		670
455	These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the	671	These methods should only be used by the producing side, i.e. the
456	code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also	672	code/module that eventually sends the signal. Note that it is also
…		…
469	immediately from within send.	685	immediately from within send.
470		686
471	Any arguments passed to the C<send> call will be returned by all	687	Any arguments passed to the C<send> call will be returned by all
472	future C<< ->recv >> calls.	688	future C<< ->recv >> calls.
473		689
474	Condition variables are overloaded so one can call them directly	690	Condition variables are overloaded so one can call them directly (as if
475	(as a code reference). Calling them directly is the same as calling	691	they were a code reference). Calling them directly is the same as calling
476	C<send>. Note, however, that many C-based event loops do not handle	692	C<send>.
477	overloading, so as tempting as it may be, passing a condition variable
478	instead of a callback does not work. Both the pure perl and EV loops
479	support overloading, however, as well as all functions that use perl to
480	invoke a callback (as in L<AnyEvent::Socket> and L<AnyEvent::DNS> for
481	example).
482		693
483	=item $cv->croak ($error)	694	=item $cv->croak ($error)
484		695
485	Similar to send, but causes all call's to C<< ->recv >> to invoke	696	Similar to send, but causes all calls to C<< ->recv >> to invoke
486	C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar.	697	C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar.
487		698
488	This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable	699	This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable
489	user/consumer.	700	user/consumer. Doing it this way instead of calling C<croak> directly
		701	delays the error detection, but has the overwhelming advantage that it
		702	diagnoses the error at the place where the result is expected, and not
		703	deep in some event callback with no connection to the actual code causing
		704	the problem.
490		705
491	=item $cv->begin ([group callback])	706	=item $cv->begin ([group callback])
492		707
493	=item $cv->end	708	=item $cv->end
494
495	These two methods are EXPERIMENTAL and MIGHT CHANGE.
496		709
497	These two methods can be used to combine many transactions/events into	710	These two methods can be used to combine many transactions/events into
498	one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want	711	one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want
499	to use a condition variable for the whole process.	712	to use a condition variable for the whole process.
500		713
501	Every call to C<< ->begin >> will increment a counter, and every call to	714	Every call to C<< ->begin >> will increment a counter, and every call to
502	C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end	715	C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end
503	>>, the (last) callback passed to C<begin> will be executed. That callback	716	>>, the (last) callback passed to C<begin> will be executed, passing the
504	is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send >>, but that is not required. If no	717	condvar as first argument. That callback is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send
505	callback was set, C<send> will be called without any arguments.	718	>>, but that is not required. If no group callback was set, C<send> will
		719	be called without any arguments.
506		720
507	Let's clarify this with the ping example:	721	You can think of C<< $cv->send >> giving you an OR condition (one call
		722	sends), while C<< $cv->begin >> and C<< $cv->end >> giving you an AND
		723	condition (all C<begin> calls must be C<end>'ed before the condvar sends).
		724
		725	Let's start with a simple example: you have two I/O watchers (for example,
		726	STDOUT and STDERR for a program), and you want to wait for both streams to
		727	close before activating a condvar:
508		728
509	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;	729	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
510		730
		731	$cv->begin; # first watcher
		732	my $w1 = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh1, cb => sub {
		733	defined sysread $fh1, my $buf, 4096
		734	or $cv->end;
		735	});
		736
		737	$cv->begin; # second watcher
		738	my $w2 = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh2, cb => sub {
		739	defined sysread $fh2, my $buf, 4096
		740	or $cv->end;
		741	});
		742
		743	$cv->recv;
		744
		745	This works because for every event source (EOF on file handle), there is
		746	one call to C<begin>, so the condvar waits for all calls to C<end> before
		747	sending.
		748
		749	The ping example mentioned above is slightly more complicated, as the
		750	there are results to be passwd back, and the number of tasks that are
		751	begun can potentially be zero:
		752
		753	my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
		754
511	my %result;	755	my %result;
512	$cv->begin (sub { $cv->send (\%result) });	756	$cv->begin (sub { shift->send (\%result) });
513		757
514	for my $host (@list_of_hosts) {	758	for my $host (@list_of_hosts) {
515	$cv->begin;	759	$cv->begin;
516	ping_host_then_call_callback $host, sub {	760	ping_host_then_call_callback $host, sub {
517	$result{$host} = ...;	761	$result{$host} = ...;
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532	loop, which serves two important purposes: first, it sets the callback	776	loop, which serves two important purposes: first, it sets the callback
533	to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that	777	to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that
534	C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop	778	C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop
535	doesn't execute once).	779	doesn't execute once).
536		780
537	This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple subrequests:	781	This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple (but
538	use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set the callback and ensure C<end>	782	potentially zero) subrequests: use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set
539	is called at least once, and then, for each subrequest you start, call	783	the callback and ensure C<end> is called at least once, and then, for each
540	C<begin> and for each subrequest you finish, call C<end>.	784	subrequest you start, call C<begin> and for each subrequest you finish,
		785	call C<end>.
541		786
542	=back	787	=back
543		788
544	=head3 METHODS FOR CONSUMERS	789	=head3 METHODS FOR CONSUMERS
545		790
…		…
549	=over 4	794	=over 4
550		795
551	=item $cv->recv	796	=item $cv->recv
552		797
553	Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->send >> or C<< ->croak	798	Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->send >> or C<< ->croak
554	>> methods have been called on c<$cv>, while servicing other watchers	799	>> methods have been called on C<$cv>, while servicing other watchers
555	normally.	800	normally.
556		801
557	You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls are valid but	802	You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls are valid but
558	will return immediately.	803	will return immediately.
559		804
…		…
561	function will call C<croak>.	806	function will call C<croak>.
562		807
563	In list context, all parameters passed to C<send> will be returned,	808	In list context, all parameters passed to C<send> will be returned,
564	in scalar context only the first one will be returned.	809	in scalar context only the first one will be returned.
565		810
		811	Note that doing a blocking wait in a callback is not supported by any
		812	event loop, that is, recursive invocation of a blocking C<< ->recv
		813	>> is not allowed, and the C<recv> call will C<croak> if such a
		814	condition is detected. This condition can be slightly loosened by using
		815	L<Coro::AnyEvent>, which allows you to do a blocking C<< ->recv >> from
		816	any thread that doesn't run the event loop itself.
		817
566	Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case	818	Not all event models support a blocking wait - some die in that case
567	(programs might want to do that to stay interactive), so I<if you are	819	(programs might want to do that to stay interactive), so I<if you are
568	using this from a module, never require a blocking wait>, but let the	820	using this from a module, never require a blocking wait>. Instead, let the
569	caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling	821	caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling
570	condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting	822	condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting
571	callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block,	823	callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block,
572	while still supporting blocking waits if the caller so desires).	824	while still supporting blocking waits if the caller so desires).
573		825
574	Another reason I<never> to C<< ->recv >> in a module is that you cannot
575	sensibly have two C<< ->recv >>'s in parallel, as that would require
576	multiple interpreters or coroutines/threads, none of which C<AnyEvent>
577	can supply.
578
579	The L<Coro> module, however, I<can> and I<does> supply coroutines and, in
580	fact, L<Coro::AnyEvent> replaces AnyEvent's condvars by coroutine-safe
581	versions and also integrates coroutines into AnyEvent, making blocking
582	C<< ->recv >> calls perfectly safe as long as they are done from another
583	coroutine (one that doesn't run the event loop).
584
585	You can ensure that C<< -recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and	826	You can ensure that C<< ->recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and
586	only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later	827	only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later
587	time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking	828	time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking
588	waits otherwise.	829	waits otherwise.
589		830
590	=item $bool = $cv->ready	831	=item $bool = $cv->ready
591		832
592	Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or	833	Returns true when the condition is "true", i.e. whether C<send> or
593	C<croak> have been called.	834	C<croak> have been called.
594		835
595	=item $cb = $cv->cb ([new callback])	836	=item $cb = $cv->cb ($cb->($cv))
596		837
597	This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally	838	This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally
598	replaces it before doing so.	839	replaces it before doing so.
599		840
600	The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when	841	The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when
601	C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the condition	842	C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the
602	variable itself. Calling C<recv> inside the callback or at any later time	843	condition variable itself. If the condition is already true, the
603	is guaranteed not to block.	844	callback is called immediately when it is set. Calling C<recv> inside
		845	the callback or at any later time is guaranteed not to block.
604		846
605	=back	847	=back
606		848
		849	=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS
		850
		851	The available backend classes are (every class has its own manpage):
		852
		853	=over 4
		854
		855	=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found.
		856
		857	EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in
		858	use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will fall back to its own
		859	pure-perl implementation, which is available everywhere as it comes with
		860	AnyEvent itself.
		861
		862	AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice).
		863	AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable.
		864
		865	=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used.
		866
		867	These will be used if they are already loaded when the first watcher
		868	is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using
		869	them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend
		870	when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to
		871	create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program.
		872
		873	AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
		874	AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable.
		875	AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken.
		876	AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
		877	AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations.
		878	AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi.
		879
		880	=item Backends with special needs.
		881
		882	Qt requires the Qt::Application to be instantiated first, but will
		883	otherwise be picked up automatically. As long as the main program
		884	instantiates the application before any AnyEvent watchers are created,
		885	everything should just work.
		886
		887	AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt.
		888
		889	Support for IO::Async can only be partial, as it is too broken and
		890	architecturally limited to even support the AnyEvent API. It also
		891	is the only event loop that needs the loop to be set explicitly, so
		892	it can only be used by a main program knowing about AnyEvent. See
		893	L<AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync> for the gory details.
		894
		895	AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync based on IO::Async, cannot be autoprobed.
		896
		897	=item Event loops that are indirectly supported via other backends.
		898
		899	Some event loops can be supported via other modules:
		900
		901	There is no direct support for WxWidgets (L<Wx>) or L<Prima>.
		902
		903	B<WxWidgets> has no support for watching file handles. However, you can
		904	use WxWidgets through the POE adaptor, as POE has a Wx backend that simply
		905	polls 20 times per second, which was considered to be too horrible to even
		906	consider for AnyEvent.
		907
		908	B<Prima> is not supported as nobody seems to be using it, but it has a POE
		909	backend, so it can be supported through POE.
		910
		911	AnyEvent knows about both L<Prima> and L<Wx>, however, and will try to
		912	load L<POE> when detecting them, in the hope that POE will pick them up,
		913	in which case everything will be automatic.
		914
		915	=back
		916
607	=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS	917	=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES AND FUNCTIONS
608		918
		919	These are not normally required to use AnyEvent, but can be useful to
		920	write AnyEvent extension modules.
		921
609	=over 4	922	=over 4
610		923
611	=item $AnyEvent::MODEL	924	=item $AnyEvent::MODEL
612		925
613	Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created. Then it	926	Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created, before the
		927	backend has been autodetected.
		928
614	contains the event model that is being used, which is the name of the	929	Afterwards it contains the event model that is being used, which is the
615	Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one of the	930	name of the Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one
616	C<AnyEvent::Impl:xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the case	931	of the C<AnyEvent::Impl::xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the
617	AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode>).	932	case AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode> it
618		933	will be C<urxvt::anyevent>).
619	The known classes so far are:
620
621	AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (an interface to libev, best choice).
622	AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, second best choice.
623	AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable.
624	AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, third-best choice.
625	AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very bad choice.
626	AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt, cannot be autoprobed (see its docs).
627	AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
628	AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, not generic enough for full support.
629
630	There is no support for WxWidgets, as WxWidgets has no support for
631	watching file handles. However, you can use WxWidgets through the
632	POE Adaptor, as POE has a Wx backend that simply polls 20 times per
633	second, which was considered to be too horrible to even consider for
634	AnyEvent. Likewise, other POE backends can be used by AnyEvent by using
635	it's adaptor.
636
637	AnyEvent knows about L<Prima> and L<Wx> and will try to use L<POE> when
638	autodetecting them.
639		934
640	=item AnyEvent::detect	935	=item AnyEvent::detect
641		936
642	Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model	937	Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model
643	if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would	938	if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would
644	have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at	939	have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at
645	runtime.	940	runtime, and not e.g. during initialisation of your module.
		941
		942	If you need to do some initialisation before AnyEvent watchers are
		943	created, use C<post_detect>.
646		944
647	=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }	945	=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }
648		946
649	Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is	947	Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is
650	autodetected (or immediately if this has already happened).	948	autodetected (or immediately if that has already happened).
		949
		950	The block will be executed I<after> the actual backend has been detected
		951	(C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> is set), but I<before> any watchers have been
		952	created, so it is possible to e.g. patch C<@AnyEvent::ISA> or do
		953	other initialisations - see the sources of L<AnyEvent::Strict> or
		954	L<AnyEvent::AIO> to see how this is used.
		955
		956	The most common usage is to create some global watchers, without forcing
		957	event module detection too early, for example, L<AnyEvent::AIO> creates
		958	and installs the global L<IO::AIO> watcher in a C<post_detect> block to
		959	avoid autodetecting the event module at load time.
651		960
652	If called in scalar or list context, then it creates and returns an object	961	If called in scalar or list context, then it creates and returns an object
653	that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed. See	962	that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed (or
		963	C<undef> when the hook was immediately executed). See L<AnyEvent::AIO> for
654	L<Coro::BDB> for a case where this is useful.	964	a case where this is useful.
		965
		966	Example: Create a watcher for the IO::AIO module and store it in
		967	C<$WATCHER>, but do so only do so after the event loop is initialised.
		968
		969	our WATCHER;
		970
		971	my $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect {
		972	$WATCHER = AnyEvent->io (fh => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, poll => 'r', cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
		973	};
		974
		975	# the ||= is important in case post_detect immediately runs the block,
		976	# as to not clobber the newly-created watcher. assigning both watcher and
		977	# post_detect guard to the same variable has the advantage of users being
		978	# able to just C<undef $WATCHER> if the watcher causes them grief.
		979
		980	$WATCHER ||= $guard;
655		981
656	=item @AnyEvent::post_detect	982	=item @AnyEvent::post_detect
657		983
658	If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it	984	If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it
659	before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will called directly after	985	before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will be called directly
660	the event loop has been chosen.	986	after the event loop has been chosen.
661		987
662	You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though:	988	You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though:
663	if it contains a true value then the event loop has already been detected,	989	if it is defined then the event loop has already been detected, and the
664	and the array will be ignored.	990	array will be ignored.
665		991
666	Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> instead.	992	Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> when your application allows
		993	it, as it takes care of these details.
		994
		995	This variable is mainly useful for modules that can do something useful
		996	when AnyEvent is used and thus want to know when it is initialised, but do
		997	not need to even load it by default. This array provides the means to hook
		998	into AnyEvent passively, without loading it.
		999
		1000	Example: To load Coro::AnyEvent whenever Coro and AnyEvent are used
		1001	together, you could put this into Coro (this is the actual code used by
		1002	Coro to accomplish this):
		1003
		1004	if (defined $AnyEvent::MODEL) {
		1005	# AnyEvent already initialised, so load Coro::AnyEvent
		1006	require Coro::AnyEvent;
		1007	} else {
		1008	# AnyEvent not yet initialised, so make sure to load Coro::AnyEvent
		1009	# as soon as it is
		1010	push @AnyEvent::post_detect, sub { require Coro::AnyEvent };
		1011	}
667		1012
668	=back	1013	=back
669		1014
670	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE	1015	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE
671		1016
…		…
682	because it will stall the whole program, and the whole point of using	1027	because it will stall the whole program, and the whole point of using
683	events is to stay interactive.	1028	events is to stay interactive.
684		1029
685	It is fine, however, to call C<< ->recv >> when the user of your module	1030	It is fine, however, to call C<< ->recv >> when the user of your module
686	requests it (i.e. if you create a http request object ad have a method	1031	requests it (i.e. if you create a http request object ad have a method
687	called C<results> that returns the results, it should call C<< ->recv >>	1032	called C<results> that returns the results, it may call C<< ->recv >>
688	freely, as the user of your module knows what she is doing. always).	1033	freely, as the user of your module knows what she is doing. Always).
689		1034
690	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN THE MAIN PROGRAM	1035	=head1 WHAT TO DO IN THE MAIN PROGRAM
691		1036
692	There will always be a single main program - the only place that should	1037	There will always be a single main program - the only place that should
693	dictate which event model to use.	1038	dictate which event model to use.
694		1039
695	If it doesn't care, it can just "use AnyEvent" and use it itself, or not	1040	If the program is not event-based, it need not do anything special, even
696	do anything special (it does not need to be event-based) and let AnyEvent	1041	when it depends on a module that uses an AnyEvent. If the program itself
697	decide which implementation to chose if some module relies on it.	1042	uses AnyEvent, but does not care which event loop is used, all it needs
		1043	to do is C<use AnyEvent>. In either case, AnyEvent will choose the best
		1044	available loop implementation.
698		1045
699	If the main program relies on a specific event model - for example, in	1046	If the main program relies on a specific event model - for example, in
700	Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module - you should load the	1047	Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module - you should load the
701	event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally	1048	event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally
702	speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that	1049	speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that
703	modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will	1050	modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will
704	decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it	1051	decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it
705	might chose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself.	1052	might choose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself.
706		1053
707	You can chose to use a pure-perl implementation by loading the	1054	You can chose to use a pure-perl implementation by loading the
708	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> module, which gives you similar behaviour	1055	C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> module, which gives you similar behaviour
709	everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose the model is generally better.	1056	everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose the model is generally better.
710		1057
…		…
726		1073
727		1074
728	=head1 OTHER MODULES	1075	=head1 OTHER MODULES
729		1076
730	The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use	1077	The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use
731	AnyEvent and can therefore be mixed easily with other AnyEvent modules	1078	AnyEvent as a client and can therefore be mixed easily with other AnyEvent
732	in the same program. Some of the modules come with AnyEvent, some are	1079	modules and other event loops in the same program. Some of the modules
733	available via CPAN.	1080	come as part of AnyEvent, the others are available via CPAN.
734		1081
735	=over 4	1082	=over 4
736		1083
737	=item L<AnyEvent::Util>	1084	=item L<AnyEvent::Util>
738		1085
739	Contains various utility functions that replace often-used but blocking	1086	Contains various utility functions that replace often-used blocking
740	functions such as C<inet_aton> by event-/callback-based versions.	1087	functions such as C<inet_aton> with event/callback-based versions.
741		1088
742	=item L<AnyEvent::Socket>	1089	=item L<AnyEvent::Socket>
743		1090
744	Provides various utility functions for (internet protocol) sockets,	1091	Provides various utility functions for (internet protocol) sockets,
745	addresses and name resolution. Also functions to create non-blocking tcp	1092	addresses and name resolution. Also functions to create non-blocking tcp
…		…
747		1094
748	=item L<AnyEvent::Handle>	1095	=item L<AnyEvent::Handle>
749		1096
750	Provide read and write buffers, manages watchers for reads and writes,	1097	Provide read and write buffers, manages watchers for reads and writes,
751	supports raw and formatted I/O, I/O queued and fully transparent and	1098	supports raw and formatted I/O, I/O queued and fully transparent and
752	non-blocking SSL/TLS.	1099	non-blocking SSL/TLS (via L<AnyEvent::TLS>).
753		1100
754	=item L<AnyEvent::DNS>	1101	=item L<AnyEvent::DNS>
755		1102
756	Provides rich asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities.	1103	Provides rich asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities.
757		1104
		1105	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTP>, L<AnyEvent::IRC>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>, L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::IGS>, L<AnyEvent::FCP>
		1106
		1107	Implement event-based interfaces to the protocols of the same name (for
		1108	the curious, IGS is the International Go Server and FCP is the Freenet
		1109	Client Protocol).
		1110
		1111	=item L<AnyEvent::Handle::UDP>
		1112
		1113	Here be danger!
		1114
		1115	As Pauli would put it, "Not only is it not right, it's not even wrong!" -
		1116	there are so many things wrong with AnyEvent::Handle::UDP, most notably
		1117	its use of a stream-based API with a protocol that isn't streamable, that
		1118	the only way to improve it is to delete it.
		1119
		1120	It features data corruption (but typically only under load) and general
		1121	confusion. On top, the author is not only clueless about UDP but also
		1122	fact-resistant - some gems of his understanding: "connect doesn't work
		1123	with UDP", "UDP packets are not IP packets", "UDP only has datagrams, not
		1124	packets", "I don't need to implement proper error checking as UDP doesn't
		1125	support error checking" and so on - he doesn't even understand what's
		1126	wrong with his module when it is explained to him.
		1127
758	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTP>	1128	=item L<AnyEvent::DBI>
759		1129
760	A simple-to-use HTTP library that is capable of making a lot of concurrent	1130	Executes L<DBI> requests asynchronously in a proxy process for you,
761	HTTP requests.	1131	notifying you in an event-based way when the operation is finished.
		1132
		1133	=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>
		1134
		1135	Truly asynchronous (as opposed to non-blocking) I/O, should be in the
		1136	toolbox of every event programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses
		1137	L<IO::AIO> and AnyEvent together, giving AnyEvent access to event-based
		1138	file I/O, and much more.
762		1139
763	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD>	1140	=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD>
764		1141
765	Provides a simple web application server framework.	1142	A simple embedded webserver.
766		1143
767	=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing>	1144	=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing>
768		1145
769	The fastest ping in the west.	1146	The fastest ping in the west.
770		1147
771	=item L<AnyEvent::DBI>
772
773	Executes L<DBI> requests asynchronously in a proxy process.
774
775	=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>
776
777	Truly asynchronous I/O, should be in the toolbox of every event
778	programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses L<IO::AIO> and AnyEvent
779	together.
780
781	=item L<AnyEvent::BDB>
782
783	Truly asynchronous Berkeley DB access. AnyEvent::BDB transparently fuses
784	L<BDB> and AnyEvent together.
785
786	=item L<AnyEvent::GPSD>
787
788	A non-blocking interface to gpsd, a daemon delivering GPS information.
789
790	=item L<AnyEvent::IGS>
791
792	A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by
793	L<App::IGS>).
794
795	=item L<Net::IRC3>
796
797	AnyEvent based IRC client module family.
798
799	=item L<Net::XMPP2>
800
801	AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family.
802
803	=item L<Net::FCP>
804
805	AnyEvent-based implementation of the Freenet Client Protocol, birthplace
806	of AnyEvent.
807
808	=item L<Event::ExecFlow>
809
810	High level API for event-based execution flow control.
811
812	=item L<Coro>	1148	=item L<Coro>
813		1149
814	Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>.	1150	Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>.
815		1151
816	=item L<IO::Lambda>
817
818	The lambda approach to I/O - don't ask, look there. Can use AnyEvent.
819
820	=back	1152	=back
821		1153
822	=cut	1154	=cut
823		1155
824	package AnyEvent;	1156	package AnyEvent;
825		1157
826	no warnings;	1158	# basically a tuned-down version of common::sense
827	use strict;	1159	sub common_sense {
		1160	# from common:.sense 3.3
		1161	${^WARNING_BITS} ^= ${^WARNING_BITS} ^ "\x3c\x3f\x33\x00\x0f\xf3\x0f\xc0\xf0\xfc\x33\x00";
		1162	# use strict vars subs - NO UTF-8, as Util.pm doesn't like this atm. (uts46data.pl)
		1163	$^H |= 0x00000600;
		1164	}
828		1165
		1166	BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
		1167
829	use Carp;	1168	use Carp ();
830		1169
831	our $VERSION = 4.2;	1170	our $VERSION = '5.271';
832	our $MODEL;	1171	our $MODEL;
833		1172
834	our $AUTOLOAD;	1173	our $AUTOLOAD;
835	our @ISA;	1174	our @ISA;
836		1175
837	our @REGISTRY;	1176	our @REGISTRY;
838		1177
839	our $WIN32;	1178	our $VERBOSE;
840		1179
841	BEGIN {	1180	BEGIN {
842	my $win32 = ! ! ($^O =~ /mswin32/i);	1181	require "AnyEvent/constants.pl";
843	eval "sub WIN32(){ $win32 }";
844	}
845		1182
		1183	eval "sub TAINT (){" . (${^TAINT}*1) . "}";
		1184
		1185	delete @ENV{grep /^PERL_ANYEVENT_/, keys %ENV}
		1186	if ${^TAINT};
		1187
846	our $verbose = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1;	1188	$VERBOSE = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1;
		1189
		1190	}
		1191
		1192	our $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY = 10;
847		1193
848	our %PROTOCOL; # (ipv4|ipv6) => (1|2), higher numbers are preferred	1194	our %PROTOCOL; # (ipv4|ipv6) => (1|2), higher numbers are preferred
849		1195
850	{	1196	{
851	my $idx;	1197	my $idx;
…		…
853	for reverse split /\s*,\s*/,	1199	for reverse split /\s*,\s*/,
854	$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6";	1200	$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6";
855	}	1201	}
856		1202
857	my @models = (	1203	my @models = (
858	[EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV::],	1204	[EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1],
859	[Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::],
860	[AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::],	1205	[AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1],
861	# everything below here will not be autoprobed	1206	# everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed
862	# as the pureperl backend should work everywhere	1207	# as the pureperl backend should work everywhere
863	# and is usually faster	1208	# and is usually faster
		1209	[Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1],
		1210	[Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers
		1211	[Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy
		1212	[Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package
864	[Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles	1213	[Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles
865	[Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib::], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers
866	[Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy
867	[Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program	1214	[Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program
868	[POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza	1215	[POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza
869	[Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],	1216	[Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
870	[Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],	1217	[Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
		1218	# IO::Async is just too broken - we would need workarounds for its
		1219	# byzantine signal and broken child handling, among others.
		1220	# IO::Async is rather hard to detect, as it doesn't have any
		1221	# obvious default class.
		1222	[IO::Async:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
		1223	[IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
		1224	[IO::Async::Notifier:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
		1225	[AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
871	);	1226	);
872		1227
873	our %method = map +($_ => 1), qw(io timer time now signal child condvar one_event DESTROY);	1228	our %method = map +($_ => 1),
		1229	qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY);
874		1230
875	our @post_detect;	1231	our @post_detect;
876		1232
877	sub post_detect(&) {	1233	sub post_detect(&) {
878	my ($cb) = @_;	1234	my ($cb) = @_;
879		1235
880	if ($MODEL) {
881	$cb->();
882
883	1
884	} else {
885	push @post_detect, $cb;	1236	push @post_detect, $cb;
886		1237
887	defined wantarray	1238	defined wantarray
888	? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::PostDetect"	1239	? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::postdetect"
889	: ()	1240	: ()
		1241	}
		1242
		1243	sub AnyEvent::Util::postdetect::DESTROY {
		1244	@post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
		1245	}
		1246
		1247	sub detect() {
		1248	# free some memory
		1249	*detect = sub () { $MODEL };
		1250
		1251	local $!; # for good measure
		1252	local $SIG{__DIE__};
		1253
		1254	if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/) {
		1255	my $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$1";
		1256	if (eval "require $model") {
		1257	$MODEL = $model;
		1258	warn "AnyEvent: loaded model '$model' (forced by \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}), using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
		1259	} else {
		1260	warn "AnyEvent: unable to load model '$model' (from \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}):\n$@" if $VERBOSE;
		1261	}
890	}	1262	}
891	}
892		1263
893	sub AnyEvent::Util::PostDetect::DESTROY {	1264	# check for already loaded models
894	@post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
895	}
896
897	sub detect() {
898	unless ($MODEL) {	1265	unless ($MODEL) {
899	no strict 'refs';	1266	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
900	local $SIG{__DIE__};	1267	my ($package, $model) = @$_;
901		1268	if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) {
902	if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/) {
903	my $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$1";
904	if (eval "require $model") {	1269	if (eval "require $model") {
905	$MODEL = $model;	1270	$MODEL = $model;
906	warn "AnyEvent: loaded model '$model' (forced by \$PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL), using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;	1271	warn "AnyEvent: autodetected model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
907	} else {	1272	last;
908	warn "AnyEvent: unable to load model '$model' (from \$PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL):\n$@" if $verbose;	1273	}
909	}	1274	}
910	}	1275	}
911		1276
912	# check for already loaded models
913	unless ($MODEL) {	1277	unless ($MODEL) {
		1278	# try to autoload a model
914	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {	1279	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
915	my ($package, $model) = @$_;	1280	my ($package, $model, $autoload) = @$_;
		1281	if (
		1282	$autoload
		1283	and eval "require $package"
916	if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) {	1284	and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0
917	if (eval "require $model") {	1285	and eval "require $model"
		1286	) {
918	$MODEL = $model;	1287	$MODEL = $model;
919	warn "AnyEvent: autodetected model '$model', using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;	1288	warn "AnyEvent: autoloaded model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
920	last;	1289	last;
921	}
922	}	1290	}
923	}	1291	}
924		1292
925	unless ($MODEL) {
926	# try to load a model
927
928	for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
929	my ($package, $model) = @$_;
930	if (eval "require $package"
931	and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0
932	and eval "require $model") {
933	$MODEL = $model;
934	warn "AnyEvent: autoprobed model '$model', using it.\n" if $verbose > 1;
935	last;
936	}
937	}
938
939	$MODEL	1293	$MODEL
940	or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.";	1294	or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n";
941	}
942	}	1295	}
943
944	push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
945
946	unshift @ISA, $MODEL;
947
948	require AnyEvent::Strict if $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT};
949
950	(shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
951	}	1296	}
		1297
		1298	@models = (); # free probe data
		1299
		1300	push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
		1301	unshift @ISA, $MODEL;
		1302
		1303	# now nuke some methods that are overriden by the backend.
		1304	# SUPER is not allowed.
		1305	for (qw(time signal child idle)) {
		1306	undef &{"AnyEvent::Base::$_"}
		1307	if defined &{"$MODEL\::$_"};
		1308	}
		1309
		1310	require AnyEvent::Strict if $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT};
		1311
		1312	(shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
		1313
		1314	*post_detect = sub(&) {
		1315	shift->();
		1316
		1317	undef
		1318	};
952		1319
953	$MODEL	1320	$MODEL
954	}	1321	}
955		1322
956	sub AUTOLOAD {	1323	sub AUTOLOAD {
957	(my $func = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*://;	1324	(my $func = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*://;
958		1325
959	$method{$func}	1326	$method{$func}
960	or croak "$func: not a valid method for AnyEvent objects";	1327	or Carp::croak "$func: not a valid AnyEvent class method";
961		1328
962	detect unless $MODEL;	1329	detect;
963		1330
964	my $class = shift;	1331	my $class = shift;
965	$class->$func (@_);	1332	$class->$func (@_);
966	}	1333	}
967		1334
968	# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends	1335	# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends
969	# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually	1336	# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually
970	# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).	1337	# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).
971	sub _dupfh($$$$) {	1338	sub _dupfh($$;$$) {
972	my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_;	1339	my ($poll, $fh, $r, $w) = @_;
973		1340
974	require Fcntl;
975
976	# cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't	1341	# cygwin requires the fh mode to be matching, unix doesn't
977	my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<")	1342	my ($rw, $mode) = $poll eq "r" ? ($r, "<&") : ($w, ">&");
978	: $poll eq "w" ? ($w, ">")
979	: Carp::croak "AnyEvent->io requires poll set to either 'r' or 'w'";
980		1343
981	open my $fh2, "$mode&" . fileno $fh	1344	open my $fh2, $mode, $fh
982	or die "cannot dup() filehandle: $!";	1345	or die "AnyEvent->io: cannot dup() filehandle in mode '$poll': $!,";
983		1346
984	# we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases	1347	# we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
985		1348
986	($fh2, $rw)	1349	($fh2, $rw)
987	}	1350	}
988		1351
		1352	=head1 SIMPLIFIED AE API
		1353
		1354	Starting with version 5.0, AnyEvent officially supports a second, much
		1355	simpler, API that is designed to reduce the calling, typing and memory
		1356	overhead by using function call syntax and a fixed number of parameters.
		1357
		1358	See the L<AE> manpage for details.
		1359
		1360	=cut
		1361
		1362	package AE;
		1363
		1364	our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
		1365
		1366	# fall back to the main API by default - backends and AnyEvent::Base
		1367	# implementations can overwrite these.
		1368
		1369	sub io($$$) {
		1370	AnyEvent->io (fh => $_[0], poll => $_[1] ? "w" : "r", cb => $_[2])
		1371	}
		1372
		1373	sub timer($$$) {
		1374	AnyEvent->timer (after => $_[0], interval => $_[1], cb => $_[2])
		1375	}
		1376
		1377	sub signal($$) {
		1378	AnyEvent->signal (signal => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
		1379	}
		1380
		1381	sub child($$) {
		1382	AnyEvent->child (pid => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
		1383	}
		1384
		1385	sub idle($) {
		1386	AnyEvent->idle (cb => $_[0])
		1387	}
		1388
		1389	sub cv(;&) {
		1390	AnyEvent->condvar (@_ ? (cb => $_[0]) : ())
		1391	}
		1392
		1393	sub now() {
		1394	AnyEvent->now
		1395	}
		1396
		1397	sub now_update() {
		1398	AnyEvent->now_update
		1399	}
		1400
		1401	sub time() {
		1402	AnyEvent->time
		1403	}
		1404
989	package AnyEvent::Base;	1405	package AnyEvent::Base;
990		1406
991	# default implementation for now and time	1407	# default implementations for many methods
992		1408
993	use Time::HiRes ();	1409	sub time {
		1410	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1411	# probe for availability of Time::HiRes
		1412	if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); Time::HiRes::time (); 1") {
		1413	warn "AnyEvent: using Time::HiRes for sub-second timing accuracy.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1414	*AE::time = \&Time::HiRes::time;
		1415	# if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())...
		1416	} else {
		1417	warn "AnyEvent: using built-in time(), WARNING, no sub-second resolution!\n" if $VERBOSE;
		1418	*AE::time = sub (){ time }; # epic fail
		1419	}
994		1420
995	sub time { Time::HiRes::time }	1421	*time = sub { AE::time }; # different prototypes
996	sub now { Time::HiRes::time }	1422	};
		1423	die if $@;
		1424
		1425	&time
		1426	}
		1427
		1428	*now = \&time;
		1429
		1430	sub now_update { }
997		1431
998	# default implementation for ->condvar	1432	# default implementation for ->condvar
999		1433
1000	sub condvar {	1434	sub condvar {
		1435	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1436	*condvar = sub {
1001	bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, AnyEvent::CondVar::	1437	bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
		1438	};
		1439
		1440	*AE::cv = sub (;&) {
		1441	bless { @_ ? (_ae_cb => shift) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
		1442	};
		1443	};
		1444	die if $@;
		1445
		1446	&condvar
1002	}	1447	}
1003		1448
1004	# default implementation for ->signal	1449	# default implementation for ->signal
1005		1450
1006	our %SIG_CB;	1451	our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
		1452
		1453	sub _have_async_interrupt() {
		1454	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1*(!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT}
		1455	&& eval "use Async::Interrupt 1.02 (); 1")
		1456	unless defined $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
		1457
		1458	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
		1459	}
		1460
		1461	our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
		1462	our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W);
		1463	our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW);
		1464
		1465	# install a dummy wakeup watcher to reduce signal catching latency
		1466	# used by Impls
		1467	sub _sig_add() {
		1468	unless ($SIG_COUNT++) {
		1469	# try to align timer on a full-second boundary, if possible
		1470	my $NOW = AE::now;
		1471
		1472	$SIG_TW = AE::timer
		1473	$MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY - ($NOW - int $NOW),
		1474	$MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY,
		1475	sub { } # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK
		1476	;
		1477	}
		1478	}
		1479
		1480	sub _sig_del {
		1481	undef $SIG_TW
		1482	unless --$SIG_COUNT;
		1483	}
		1484
		1485	our $_sig_name_init; $_sig_name_init = sub {
		1486	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1487	undef $_sig_name_init;
		1488
		1489	if (_have_async_interrupt) {
		1490	*sig2num = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2num;
		1491	*sig2name = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2name;
		1492	} else {
		1493	require Config;
		1494
		1495	my %signame2num;
		1496	@signame2num{ split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_name} }
		1497	= split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_num};
		1498
		1499	my @signum2name;
		1500	@signum2name[values %signame2num] = keys %signame2num;
		1501
		1502	*sig2num = sub($) {
		1503	$_[0] > 0 ? shift : $signame2num{+shift}
		1504	};
		1505	*sig2name = sub ($) {
		1506	$_[0] > 0 ? $signum2name[+shift] : shift
		1507	};
		1508	}
		1509	};
		1510	die if $@;
		1511	};
		1512
		1513	sub sig2num ($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2num }
		1514	sub sig2name($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2name }
1007		1515
1008	sub signal {	1516	sub signal {
		1517	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1518	# probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
		1519	if (_have_async_interrupt) {
		1520	warn "AnyEvent: using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1521
		1522	$SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
		1523	$SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, 0, \&_signal_exec;
		1524
		1525	} else {
		1526	warn "AnyEvent: using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
		1527
		1528	if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
		1529	require AnyEvent::Util;
		1530
		1531	($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
		1532	AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R, 1) if $SIGPIPE_R;
		1533	AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W, 1) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
		1534	} else {
		1535	pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
		1536	fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, AnyEvent::F_SETFL, AnyEvent::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
		1537	fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, AnyEvent::F_SETFL, AnyEvent::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
		1538
		1539	# not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
		1540	fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, AnyEvent::F_SETFD, AnyEvent::FD_CLOEXEC;
		1541	fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, AnyEvent::F_SETFD, AnyEvent::FD_CLOEXEC;
		1542	}
		1543
		1544	$SIGPIPE_R
		1545	or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
		1546
		1547	$SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R, 0, \&_signal_exec;
		1548	}
		1549
		1550	*signal = $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
		1551	? sub {
1009	my (undef, %arg) = @_;	1552	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1010		1553
		1554	# async::interrupt
1011	my $signal = uc $arg{signal}	1555	my $signal = sig2num $arg{signal};
1012	or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing";
1013
1014	$SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};	1556	$SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
		1557
		1558	$SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= new Async::Interrupt
		1559	cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} },
		1560	signal => $signal,
		1561	pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos],
		1562	pipe_autodrain => 0,
		1563	;
		1564
		1565	bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
		1566	}
		1567	: sub {
		1568	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
		1569
		1570	# pure perl
		1571	my $signal = sig2name $arg{signal};
		1572	$SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
		1573
1015	$SIG{$signal} ||= sub {	1574	$SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
		1575	local $!;
		1576	syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
		1577	undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
		1578	};
		1579
		1580	# can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
		1581	# so limit the signal latency.
		1582	_sig_add;
		1583
		1584	bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
		1585	}
		1586	;
		1587
		1588	*AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY = sub {
		1589	my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
		1590
		1591	_sig_del;
		1592
		1593	delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
		1594
		1595	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
		1596	? delete $SIG_ASY{$signal}
		1597	: # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
		1598	# print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
		1599	# instead of getting the default action.
		1600	undef $SIG{$signal}
		1601	unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
		1602	};
		1603
		1604	*_signal_exec = sub {
		1605	$HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
		1606	? $SIGPIPE_R->drain
		1607	: sysread $SIGPIPE_R, (my $dummy), 9;
		1608
		1609	while (%SIG_EV) {
		1610	for (keys %SIG_EV) {
		1611	delete $SIG_EV{$_};
1016	$_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} || {} };	1612	$_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
		1613	}
		1614	}
		1615	};
1017	};	1616	};
		1617	die if $@;
1018		1618
1019	bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Signal"	1619	&signal
1020	}
1021
1022	sub AnyEvent::Base::Signal::DESTROY {
1023	my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1024
1025	delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1026
1027	delete $SIG{$signal} unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1028	}	1620	}
1029		1621
1030	# default implementation for ->child	1622	# default implementation for ->child
1031		1623
1032	our %PID_CB;	1624	our %PID_CB;
1033	our $CHLD_W;	1625	our $CHLD_W;
1034	our $CHLD_DELAY_W;	1626	our $CHLD_DELAY_W;
1035	our $PID_IDLE;
1036	our $WNOHANG;	1627	our $WNOHANG;
1037		1628
1038	sub _child_wait {	1629	# used by many Impl's
1039	while (0 < (my $pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG)) {	1630	sub _emit_childstatus($$) {
		1631	my (undef, $rpid, $rstatus) = @_;
		1632
		1633	$_->($rpid, $rstatus)
1040	$_->($pid, $?) for (values %{ $PID_CB{$pid} || {} }),	1634	for values %{ $PID_CB{$rpid} || {} },
1041	(values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} });	1635	values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} };
1042	}
1043
1044	undef $PID_IDLE;
1045	}
1046
1047	sub _sigchld {
1048	# make sure we deliver these changes "synchronous" with the event loop.
1049	$CHLD_DELAY_W ||= AnyEvent->timer (after => 0, cb => sub {
1050	undef $CHLD_DELAY_W;
1051	&_child_wait;
1052	});
1053	}	1636	}
1054		1637
1055	sub child {	1638	sub child {
		1639	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1640	*_sigchld = sub {
		1641	my $pid;
		1642
		1643	AnyEvent->_emit_childstatus ($pid, $?)
		1644	while ($pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG) > 0;
		1645	};
		1646
		1647	*child = sub {
1056	my (undef, %arg) = @_;	1648	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1057		1649
1058	defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0)	1650	defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0)
1059	or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing";	1651	or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing";
1060		1652
1061	$PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};	1653	$PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1062		1654
1063	unless ($WNOHANG) {	1655	# WNOHANG is almost cetrainly 1 everywhere
		1656	$WNOHANG ||= $^O =~ /^(?:openbsd|netbsd|linux|freebsd|cygwin|MSWin32)$/
		1657	? 1
1064	$WNOHANG = eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;	1658	: eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;
1065	}
1066		1659
1067	unless ($CHLD_W) {	1660	unless ($CHLD_W) {
1068	$CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld);	1661	$CHLD_W = AE::signal CHLD => \&_sigchld;
1069	# child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round	1662	# child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round
1070	&_sigchld;	1663	&_sigchld;
1071	}	1664	}
1072		1665
1073	bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::Child"	1666	bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child"
1074	}	1667	};
1075		1668
1076	sub AnyEvent::Base::Child::DESTROY {	1669	*AnyEvent::Base::child::DESTROY = sub {
1077	my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]};	1670	my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1078		1671
1079	delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb};	1672	delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb};
1080	delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };	1673	delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };
1081		1674
1082	undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;	1675	undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;
		1676	};
		1677	};
		1678	die if $@;
		1679
		1680	&child
		1681	}
		1682
		1683	# idle emulation is done by simply using a timer, regardless
		1684	# of whether the process is idle or not, and not letting
		1685	# the callback use more than 50% of the time.
		1686	sub idle {
		1687	eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
		1688	*idle = sub {
		1689	my (undef, %arg) = @_;
		1690
		1691	my ($cb, $w, $rcb) = $arg{cb};
		1692
		1693	$rcb = sub {
		1694	if ($cb) {
		1695	$w = _time;
		1696	&$cb;
		1697	$w = _time - $w;
		1698
		1699	# never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher,
		1700	# within some limits
		1701	$w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001;
		1702	$w = 5 if $w > 5;
		1703
		1704	$w = AE::timer $w, 0, $rcb;
		1705	} else {
		1706	# clean up...
		1707	undef $w;
		1708	undef $rcb;
		1709	}
		1710	};
		1711
		1712	$w = AE::timer 0.05, 0, $rcb;
		1713
		1714	bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
		1715	};
		1716
		1717	*AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY = sub {
		1718	undef $${$_[0]};
		1719	};
		1720	};
		1721	die if $@;
		1722
		1723	&idle
1083	}	1724	}
1084		1725
1085	package AnyEvent::CondVar;	1726	package AnyEvent::CondVar;
1086		1727
1087	our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;	1728	our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;
1088		1729
		1730	# only to be used for subclassing
		1731	sub new {
		1732	my $class = shift;
		1733	bless AnyEvent->condvar (@_), $class
		1734	}
		1735
1089	package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;	1736	package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;
1090		1737
1091	use overload	1738	#use overload
1092	'&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } },	1739	# '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } },
1093	fallback => 1;	1740	# fallback => 1;
		1741
		1742	# save 300+ kilobytes by dirtily hardcoding overloading
		1743	${"AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::OVERLOAD"}{dummy}++; # Register with magic by touching.
		1744	*{'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::()'} = sub { }; # "Make it findable via fetchmethod."
		1745	*{'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::(&{}'} = sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } }; # &{}
		1746	${'AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::()'} = 1; # fallback
		1747
		1748	our $WAITING;
1094		1749
1095	sub _send {	1750	sub _send {
1096	# nop	1751	# nop
1097	}	1752	}
1098		1753
…		…
1111	sub ready {	1766	sub ready {
1112	$_[0]{_ae_sent}	1767	$_[0]{_ae_sent}
1113	}	1768	}
1114		1769
1115	sub _wait {	1770	sub _wait {
		1771	$WAITING
		1772	and !$_[0]{_ae_sent}
		1773	and Carp::croak "AnyEvent::CondVar: recursive blocking wait detected";
		1774
		1775	local $WAITING = 1;
1116	AnyEvent->one_event while !$_[0]{_ae_sent};	1776	AnyEvent->one_event while !$_[0]{_ae_sent};
1117	}	1777	}
1118		1778
1119	sub recv {	1779	sub recv {
1120	$_[0]->_wait;	1780	$_[0]->_wait;
…		…
1122	Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak} if $_[0]{_ae_croak};	1782	Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak} if $_[0]{_ae_croak};
1123	wantarray ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} } : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0]	1783	wantarray ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} } : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0]
1124	}	1784	}
1125		1785
1126	sub cb {	1786	sub cb {
1127	$_[0]{_ae_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;	1787	my $cv = shift;
		1788
		1789	@_
		1790	and $cv->{_ae_cb} = shift
		1791	and $cv->{_ae_sent}
		1792	and (delete $cv->{_ae_cb})->($cv);
		1793
1128	$_[0]{_ae_cb}	1794	$cv->{_ae_cb}
1129	}	1795	}
1130		1796
1131	sub begin {	1797	sub begin {
1132	++$_[0]{_ae_counter};	1798	++$_[0]{_ae_counter};
1133	$_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;	1799	$_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
…		…
1139	}	1805	}
1140		1806
1141	# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4	1807	# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4
1142	*broadcast = \&send;	1808	*broadcast = \&send;
1143	*wait = \&_wait;	1809	*wait = \&_wait;
		1810
		1811	=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
		1812
		1813	In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the
		1814	caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also
		1815	the C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> environment variable, below) provides strict
		1816	checking of all AnyEvent methods, however, which is highly useful during
		1817	development.
		1818
		1819	As for exception handling (i.e. runtime errors and exceptions thrown while
		1820	executing a callback), this is not only highly event-loop specific, but
		1821	also not in any way wrapped by this module, as this is the job of the main
		1822	program.
		1823
		1824	The pure perl event loop simply re-throws the exception (usually
		1825	within C<< condvar->recv >>), the L<Event> and L<EV> modules call C<<
		1826	$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and
		1827	so on.
		1828
		1829	=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
		1830
		1831	The following environment variables are used by this module or its
		1832	submodules.
		1833
		1834	Note that AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment variables starting with
		1835	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> when it is loaded while taint mode is
		1836	enabled.
		1837
		1838	=over 4
		1839
		1840	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
		1841
		1842	By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
		1843	conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
		1844	talkative.
		1845
		1846	When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
		1847	conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
		1848	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
		1849
		1850	When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
		1851	model it chooses.
		1852
		1853	When set to C<8> or higher, then AnyEvent will report extra information on
		1854	which optional modules it loads and how it implements certain features.
		1855
		1856	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
		1857
		1858	AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
		1859	argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
		1860	will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
		1861	check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems,
		1862	it will croak.
		1863
		1864	In other words, enables "strict" mode.
		1865
		1866	Unlike C<use strict> (or its modern cousin, C<< use L<common::sense>
		1867	>>, it is definitely recommended to keep it off in production. Keeping
		1868	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while developing programs
		1869	can be very useful, however.
		1870
		1871	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
		1872
		1873	This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
		1874	auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
		1875	entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
		1876	and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
		1877	used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
		1878	auto detection and -probing.
		1879
		1880	This functionality might change in future versions.
		1881
		1882	For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
		1883	could start your program like this:
		1884
		1885	PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
		1886
		1887	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
		1888
		1889	Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
		1890	for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
		1891	of auto probing).
		1892
		1893	Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
		1894	current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
		1895	used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
		1896	list.
		1897
		1898	This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
		1899	against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
		1900	small, as the program has to handle conenction and other failures anyways.
		1901
		1902	Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
		1903	but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
		1904	- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
		1905	addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
		1906	IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
		1907
		1908	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
		1909
		1910	Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
		1911	for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
		1912	some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
		1913	default.
		1914
		1915	Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
		1916	EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
		1917
		1918	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
		1919
		1920	The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
		1921	will create in parallel.
		1922
		1923	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS>
		1924
		1925	The default value for the C<max_outstanding> parameter for the default DNS
		1926	resolver - this is the maximum number of parallel DNS requests that are
		1927	sent to the DNS server.
		1928
		1929	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF>
		1930
		1931	The file to use instead of F</etc/resolv.conf> (or OS-specific
		1932	configuration) in the default resolver. When set to the empty string, no
		1933	default config will be used.
		1934
		1935	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE>, C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH>.
		1936
		1937	When neither C<ca_file> nor C<ca_path> was specified during
		1938	L<AnyEvent::TLS> context creation, and either of these environment
		1939	variables exist, they will be used to specify CA certificate locations
		1940	instead of a system-dependent default.
		1941
		1942	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_GUARD> and C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT>
		1943
		1944	When these are set to C<1>, then the respective modules are not
		1945	loaded. Mostly good for testing AnyEvent itself.
		1946
		1947	=back
1144		1948
1145	=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE	1949	=head1 SUPPLYING YOUR OWN EVENT MODEL INTERFACE
1146		1950
1147	This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in	1951	This is an advanced topic that you do not normally need to use AnyEvent in
1148	a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to	1952	a module. This section is only of use to event loop authors who want to
…		…
1182		1986
1183	I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to	1987	I<rxvt-unicode> also cheats a bit by not providing blocking access to
1184	condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will	1988	condition variables: code blocking while waiting for a condition will
1185	C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must	1989	C<die>. This still works with most modules/usages, and blocking calls must
1186	not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.	1990	not be done in an interactive application, so it makes sense.
1187
1188	=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1189
1190	The following environment variables are used by this module:
1191
1192	=over 4
1193
1194	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1195
1196	By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal
1197	conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more
1198	talkative.
1199
1200	When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected
1201	conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1202	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>.
1203
1204	When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event
1205	model it chooses.
1206
1207	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1208
1209	AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1210	argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1211	will cause AnyEvent to load C<AnyEvent::Strict> and then to thoroughly
1212	check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems
1213	it will croak.
1214
1215	In other words, enables "strict" mode.
1216
1217	Unlike C<use strict> it is definitely recommended ot keep it off in
1218	production.
1219
1220	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1221
1222	This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1223	auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting
1224	entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended
1225	and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful,
1226	used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with
1227	auto detection and -probing.
1228
1229	This functionality might change in future versions.
1230
1231	For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you
1232	could start your program like this:
1233
1234	PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
1235
1236	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1237
1238	Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1239	for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1240	of auto probing).
1241
1242	Must be set to a comma-separated list of protocols or address families,
1243	current supported: C<ipv4> and C<ipv6>. Only protocols mentioned will be
1244	used, and preference will be given to protocols mentioned earlier in the
1245	list.
1246
1247	This variable can effectively be used for denial-of-service attacks
1248	against local programs (e.g. when setuid), although the impact is likely
1249	small, as the program has to handle connection errors already-
1250
1251	Examples: C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4,ipv6> - prefer IPv4 over IPv6,
1252	but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1253	- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1254	addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1255	IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1256
1257	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1258
1259	Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension
1260	for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but
1261	some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by
1262	default.
1263
1264	Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1265	EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1266
1267	=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1268
1269	The maximum number of child processes that C<AnyEvent::Util::fork_call>
1270	will create in parallel.
1271
1272	=back
1273		1991
1274	=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM	1992	=head1 EXAMPLE PROGRAM
1275		1993
1276	The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer	1994	The following program uses an I/O watcher to read data from STDIN, a timer
1277	to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the	1995	to display a message once per second, and a condition variable to quit the
…		…
1290	warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read	2008	warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read
1291	$cv->send if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i	2009	$cv->send if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i
1292	},	2010	},
1293	);	2011	);
1294		2012
1295	my $time_watcher; # can only be used once
1296
1297	sub new_timer {
1298	$timer = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, cb => sub {	2013	my $time_watcher = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, interval => 1, cb => sub {
1299	warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' about every second	2014	warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' at most every second
1300	&new_timer; # and restart the time
1301	});	2015	});
1302	}
1303
1304	new_timer; # create first timer
1305		2016
1306	$cv->recv; # wait until user enters /^q/i	2017	$cv->recv; # wait until user enters /^q/i
1307		2018
1308	=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE	2019	=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
1309		2020
…		…
1382		2093
1383	The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions)	2094	The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions)
1384	that occurred during request processing. The C<result> method detects	2095	that occurred during request processing. The C<result> method detects
1385	whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object)	2096	whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object)
1386	and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other	2097	and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other
1387	problems get reported tot he code that tries to use the result, not in a	2098	problems get reported to the code that tries to use the result, not in a
1388	random callback.	2099	random callback.
1389		2100
1390	All of this enables the following usage styles:	2101	All of this enables the following usage styles:
1391		2102
1392	1. Blocking:	2103	1. Blocking:
…		…
1440	through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero	2151	through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero
1441	timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,	2152	timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,
1442	which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.	2153	which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.
1443		2154
1444	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent	2155	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent
1445	distribution.	2156	distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
		2157	for the EV and Perl backends only.
1446		2158
1447	=head3 Explanation of the columns	2159	=head3 Explanation of the columns
1448		2160
1449	I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since	2161	I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since
1450	different event models feature vastly different performances, each event	2162	different event models feature vastly different performances, each event
…		…
1471	watcher.	2183	watcher.
1472		2184
1473	=head3 Results	2185	=head3 Results
1474		2186
1475	name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment	2187	name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1476	EV/EV 400000 244 0.56 0.46 0.31 EV native interface	2188	EV/EV 100000 223 0.47 0.43 0.27 EV native interface
1477	EV/Any 100000 244 2.50 0.46 0.29 EV + AnyEvent watchers	2189	EV/Any 100000 223 0.48 0.42 0.26 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1478	CoroEV/Any 100000 244 2.49 0.44 0.29 coroutines + Coro::Signal	2190	Coro::EV/Any 100000 223 0.47 0.42 0.26 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1479	Perl/Any 100000 513 4.92 0.87 1.12 pure perl implementation	2191	Perl/Any 100000 431 2.70 0.74 0.92 pure perl implementation
1480	Event/Event 16000 516 31.88 31.30 0.85 Event native interface	2192	Event/Event 16000 516 31.16 31.84 0.82 Event native interface
1481	Event/Any 16000 590 35.75 31.42 1.08 Event + AnyEvent watchers	2193	Event/Any 16000 1203 42.61 34.79 1.80 Event + AnyEvent watchers
		2194	IOAsync/Any 16000 1911 41.92 27.45 16.81 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll
		2195	IOAsync/Any 16000 1726 40.69 26.37 15.25 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll
1482	Glib/Any 16000 1357 98.22 12.41 54.00 quadratic behaviour	2196	Glib/Any 16000 1118 89.00 12.57 51.17 quadratic behaviour
1483	Tk/Any 2000 1860 26.97 67.98 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers	2197	Tk/Any 2000 1346 20.96 10.75 8.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1484	POE/Event 2000 6644 108.64 736.02 14.73 via POE::Loop::Event	2198	POE/Any 2000 6951 108.97 795.32 14.24 via POE::Loop::Event
1485	POE/Select 2000 6343 94.13 809.12 565.96 via POE::Loop::Select	2199	POE/Any 2000 6648 94.79 774.40 575.51 via POE::Loop::Select
1486		2200
1487	=head3 Discussion	2201	=head3 Discussion
1488		2202
1489	The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very	2203	The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1490	well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)	2204	well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
…		…
1502	benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with	2216	benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with
1503	EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU	2217	EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU
1504	cycles with POE.	2218	cycles with POE.
1505		2219
1506	C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both	2220	C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both
1507	maximal/minimal, respectively. Even when going through AnyEvent, it uses	2221	maximal/minimal, respectively. When using the L<AE> API there is zero
		2222	overhead (when going through the AnyEvent API create is about 5-6 times
		2223	slower, with other times being equal, so still uses far less memory than
1508	far less memory than any other event loop and is still faster than Event	2224	any other event loop and is still faster than Event natively).
1509	natively.
1510		2225
1511	The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the	2226	The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the
1512	constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl	2227	constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl
1513	interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it	2228	interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it
1514	adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its	2229	adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its
1515	performance becomes really bad with lots of file descriptors (and few of	2230	performance becomes really bad with lots of file descriptors (and few of
1516	them active), of course, but this was not subject of this benchmark.	2231	them active), of course, but this was not subject of this benchmark.
1517		2232
1518	The C<Event> module has a relatively high setup and callback invocation	2233	The C<Event> module has a relatively high setup and callback invocation
1519	cost, but overall scores in on the third place.	2234	cost, but overall scores in on the third place.
		2235
		2236	C<IO::Async> performs admirably well, about on par with C<Event>, even
		2237	when using its pure perl backend.
1520		2238
1521	C<Glib>'s memory usage is quite a bit higher, but it features a	2239	C<Glib>'s memory usage is quite a bit higher, but it features a
1522	faster callback invocation and overall ends up in the same class as	2240	faster callback invocation and overall ends up in the same class as
1523	C<Event>. However, Glib scales extremely badly, doubling the number of	2241	C<Event>. However, Glib scales extremely badly, doubling the number of
1524	watchers increases the processing time by more than a factor of four,	2242	watchers increases the processing time by more than a factor of four,
…		…
1585	In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100	2303	In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100
1586	(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many	2304	(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many
1587	connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.	2305	connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.
1588		2306
1589	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent	2307	Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent
1590	distribution.	2308	distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
		2309	for the EV and Perl backends only.
1591		2310
1592	=head3 Explanation of the columns	2311	=head3 Explanation of the columns
1593		2312
1594	I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as	2313	I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as
1595	each server has a read and write socket end).	2314	each server has a read and write socket end).
…		…
1602	it to another server. This includes deleting the old timeout and creating	2321	it to another server. This includes deleting the old timeout and creating
1603	a new one that moves the timeout into the future.	2322	a new one that moves the timeout into the future.
1604		2323
1605	=head3 Results	2324	=head3 Results
1606		2325
1607	name sockets create request	2326	name sockets create request
1608	EV 20000 69.01 11.16	2327	EV 20000 62.66 7.99
1609	Perl 20000 73.32 35.87	2328	Perl 20000 68.32 32.64
1610	Event 20000 212.62 257.32	2329	IOAsync 20000 174.06 101.15 epoll
1611	Glib 20000 651.16 1896.30	2330	IOAsync 20000 174.67 610.84 poll
		2331	Event 20000 202.69 242.91
		2332	Glib 20000 557.01 1689.52
1612	POE 20000 349.67 12317.24 uses POE::Loop::Event	2333	POE 20000 341.54 12086.32 uses POE::Loop::Event
1613		2334
1614	=head3 Discussion	2335	=head3 Discussion
1615		2336
1616	This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the	2337	This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the
1617	particular event loop.	2338	particular event loop.
…		…
1619	EV is again fastest. Since it is using epoll on my system, the setup time	2340	EV is again fastest. Since it is using epoll on my system, the setup time
1620	is relatively high, though.	2341	is relatively high, though.
1621		2342
1622	Perl surprisingly comes second. It is much faster than the C-based event	2343	Perl surprisingly comes second. It is much faster than the C-based event
1623	loops Event and Glib.	2344	loops Event and Glib.
		2345
		2346	IO::Async performs very well when using its epoll backend, and still quite
		2347	good compared to Glib when using its pure perl backend.
1624		2348
1625	Event suffers from high setup time as well (look at its code and you will	2349	Event suffers from high setup time as well (look at its code and you will
1626	understand why). Callback invocation also has a high overhead compared to	2350	understand why). Callback invocation also has a high overhead compared to
1627	the C<< $_->() for .. >>-style loop that the Perl event loop uses. Event	2351	the C<< $_->() for .. >>-style loop that the Perl event loop uses. Event
1628	uses select or poll in basically all documented configurations.	2352	uses select or poll in basically all documented configurations.
…		…
1691	=item * C-based event loops perform very well with small number of	2415	=item * C-based event loops perform very well with small number of
1692	watchers, as the management overhead dominates.	2416	watchers, as the management overhead dominates.
1693		2417
1694	=back	2418	=back
1695		2419
		2420	=head2 THE IO::Lambda BENCHMARK
		2421
		2422	Recently I was told about the benchmark in the IO::Lambda manpage, which
		2423	could be misinterpreted to make AnyEvent look bad. In fact, the benchmark
		2424	simply compares IO::Lambda with POE, and IO::Lambda looks better (which
		2425	shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody). As such, the benchmark is
		2426	fine, and mostly shows that the AnyEvent backend from IO::Lambda isn't
		2427	very optimal. But how would AnyEvent compare when used without the extra
		2428	baggage? To explore this, I wrote the equivalent benchmark for AnyEvent.
		2429
		2430	The benchmark itself creates an echo-server, and then, for 500 times,
		2431	connects to the echo server, sends a line, waits for the reply, and then
		2432	creates the next connection. This is a rather bad benchmark, as it doesn't
		2433	test the efficiency of the framework or much non-blocking I/O, but it is a
		2434	benchmark nevertheless.
		2435
		2436	name runtime
		2437	Lambda/select 0.330 sec
		2438	+ optimized 0.122 sec
		2439	Lambda/AnyEvent 0.327 sec
		2440	+ optimized 0.138 sec
		2441	Raw sockets/select 0.077 sec
		2442	POE/select, components 0.662 sec
		2443	POE/select, raw sockets 0.226 sec
		2444	POE/select, optimized 0.404 sec
		2445
		2446	AnyEvent/select/nb 0.085 sec
		2447	AnyEvent/EV/nb 0.068 sec
		2448	+state machine 0.134 sec
		2449
		2450	The benchmark is also a bit unfair (my fault): the IO::Lambda/POE
		2451	benchmarks actually make blocking connects and use 100% blocking I/O,
		2452	defeating the purpose of an event-based solution. All of the newly
		2453	written AnyEvent benchmarks use 100% non-blocking connects (using
		2454	AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect and the asynchronous pure perl DNS
		2455	resolver), so AnyEvent is at a disadvantage here, as non-blocking connects
		2456	generally require a lot more bookkeeping and event handling than blocking
		2457	connects (which involve a single syscall only).
		2458
		2459	The last AnyEvent benchmark additionally uses L<AnyEvent::Handle>, which
		2460	offers similar expressive power as POE and IO::Lambda, using conventional
		2461	Perl syntax. This means that both the echo server and the client are 100%
		2462	non-blocking, further placing it at a disadvantage.
		2463
		2464	As you can see, the AnyEvent + EV combination even beats the
		2465	hand-optimised "raw sockets benchmark", while AnyEvent + its pure perl
		2466	backend easily beats IO::Lambda and POE.
		2467
		2468	And even the 100% non-blocking version written using the high-level (and
		2469	slow :) L<AnyEvent::Handle> abstraction beats both POE and IO::Lambda
		2470	higher level ("unoptimised") abstractions by a large margin, even though
		2471	it does all of DNS, tcp-connect and socket I/O in a non-blocking way.
		2472
		2473	The two AnyEvent benchmarks programs can be found as F<eg/ae0.pl> and
		2474	F<eg/ae2.pl> in the AnyEvent distribution, the remaining benchmarks are
		2475	part of the IO::Lambda distribution and were used without any changes.
		2476
		2477
		2478	=head1 SIGNALS
		2479
		2480	AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals:
		2481
		2482	=over 4
		2483
		2484	=item SIGCHLD
		2485
		2486	A handler for C<SIGCHLD> is installed by AnyEvent's child watcher
		2487	emulation for event loops that do not support them natively. Also, some
		2488	event loops install a similar handler.
		2489
		2490	Additionally, when AnyEvent is loaded and SIGCHLD is set to IGNORE, then
		2491	AnyEvent will reset it to default, to avoid losing child exit statuses.
		2492
		2493	=item SIGPIPE
		2494
		2495	A no-op handler is installed for C<SIGPIPE> when C<$SIG{PIPE}> is C<undef>
		2496	when AnyEvent gets loaded.
		2497
		2498	The rationale for this is that AnyEvent users usually do not really depend
		2499	on SIGPIPE delivery (which is purely an optimisation for shell use, or
		2500	badly-written programs), but C<SIGPIPE> can cause spurious and rare
		2501	program exits as a lot of people do not expect C<SIGPIPE> when writing to
		2502	some random socket.
		2503
		2504	The rationale for installing a no-op handler as opposed to ignoring it is
		2505	that this way, the handler will be restored to defaults on exec.
		2506
		2507	Feel free to install your own handler, or reset it to defaults.
		2508
		2509	=back
		2510
		2511	=cut
		2512
		2513	undef $SIG{CHLD}
		2514	if $SIG{CHLD} eq 'IGNORE';
		2515
		2516	$SIG{PIPE} = sub { }
		2517	unless defined $SIG{PIPE};
		2518
		2519	=head1 RECOMMENDED/OPTIONAL MODULES
		2520
		2521	One of AnyEvent's main goals is to be 100% Pure-Perl(tm): only perl (and
		2522	its built-in modules) are required to use it.
		2523
		2524	That does not mean that AnyEvent won't take advantage of some additional
		2525	modules if they are installed.
		2526
		2527	This section explains which additional modules will be used, and how they
		2528	affect AnyEvent's operation.
		2529
		2530	=over 4
		2531
		2532	=item L<Async::Interrupt>
		2533
		2534	This slightly arcane module is used to implement fast signal handling: To
		2535	my knowledge, there is no way to do completely race-free and quick
		2536	signal handling in pure perl. To ensure that signals still get
		2537	delivered, AnyEvent will start an interval timer to wake up perl (and
		2538	catch the signals) with some delay (default is 10 seconds, look for
		2539	C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>).
		2540
		2541	If this module is available, then it will be used to implement signal
		2542	catching, which means that signals will not be delayed, and the event loop
		2543	will not be interrupted regularly, which is more efficient (and good for
		2544	battery life on laptops).
		2545
		2546	This affects not just the pure-perl event loop, but also other event loops
		2547	that have no signal handling on their own (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt).
		2548
		2549	Some event loops (POE, Event, Event::Lib) offer signal watchers natively,
		2550	and either employ their own workarounds (POE) or use AnyEvent's workaround
		2551	(using C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>). Installing L<Async::Interrupt>
		2552	does nothing for those backends.
		2553
		2554	=item L<EV>
		2555
		2556	This module isn't really "optional", as it is simply one of the backend
		2557	event loops that AnyEvent can use. However, it is simply the best event
		2558	loop available in terms of features, speed and stability: It supports
		2559	the AnyEvent API optimally, implements all the watcher types in XS, does
		2560	automatic timer adjustments even when no monotonic clock is available,
		2561	can take avdantage of advanced kernel interfaces such as C<epoll> and
		2562	C<kqueue>, and is the fastest backend I<by far>. You can even embed
		2563	L<Glib>/L<Gtk2> in it (or vice versa, see L<EV::Glib> and L<Glib::EV>).
		2564
		2565	If you only use backends that rely on another event loop (e.g. C<Tk>),
		2566	then this module will do nothing for you.
		2567
		2568	=item L<Guard>
		2569
		2570	The guard module, when used, will be used to implement
		2571	C<AnyEvent::Util::guard>. This speeds up guards considerably (and uses a
		2572	lot less memory), but otherwise doesn't affect guard operation much. It is
		2573	purely used for performance.
		2574
		2575	=item L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS>
		2576
		2577	One of these modules is required when you want to read or write JSON data
		2578	via L<AnyEvent::Handle>. L<JSON> is also written in pure-perl, but can take
		2579	advantage of the ultra-high-speed L<JSON::XS> module when it is installed.
		2580
		2581	=item L<Net::SSLeay>
		2582
		2583	Implementing TLS/SSL in Perl is certainly interesting, but not very
		2584	worthwhile: If this module is installed, then L<AnyEvent::Handle> (with
		2585	the help of L<AnyEvent::TLS>), gains the ability to do TLS/SSL.
		2586
		2587	=item L<Time::HiRes>
		2588
		2589	This module is part of perl since release 5.008. It will be used when the
		2590	chosen event library does not come with a timing source of its own. The
		2591	pure-perl event loop (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) will additionally use it to
		2592	try to use a monotonic clock for timing stability.
		2593
		2594	=back
		2595
1696		2596
1697	=head1 FORK	2597	=head1 FORK
1698		2598
1699	Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are	2599	Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are
1700	because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll>	2600	because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> calls
1701	calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware.	2601	- higher performance APIs such as BSD's kqueue or the dreaded Linux epoll
		2602	are usually badly thought-out hacks that are incompatible with fork in
		2603	one way or another. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware and ensures that you
		2604	continue event-processing in both parent and child (or both, if you know
		2605	what you are doing).
		2606
		2607	This means that, in general, you cannot fork and do event processing in
		2608	the child if the event library was initialised before the fork (which
		2609	usually happens when the first AnyEvent watcher is created, or the library
		2610	is loaded).
1702		2611
1703	If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first	2612	If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first
1704	watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child.	2613	watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child OR you must do
		2614	something completely out of the scope of AnyEvent.
		2615
		2616	The problem of doing event processing in the parent I<and> the child
		2617	is much more complicated: even for backends that I<are> fork-aware or
		2618	fork-safe, their behaviour is not usually what you want: fork clones all
		2619	watchers, that means all timers, I/O watchers etc. are active in both
		2620	parent and child, which is almost never what you want. USing C<exec>
		2621	to start worker children from some kind of manage rprocess is usually
		2622	preferred, because it is much easier and cleaner, at the expense of having
		2623	to have another binary.
1705		2624
1706		2625
1707	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS	2626	=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
1708		2627
1709	AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via	2628	AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via
…		…
1721	use AnyEvent;	2640	use AnyEvent;
1722		2641
1723	Similar considerations apply to $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}, as that can	2642	Similar considerations apply to $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}, as that can
1724	be used to probe what backend is used and gain other information (which is	2643	be used to probe what backend is used and gain other information (which is
1725	probably even less useful to an attacker than PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL), and	2644	probably even less useful to an attacker than PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL), and
1726	$ENV{PERL_ANYEGENT_STRICT}.	2645	$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT}.
		2646
		2647	Note that AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment variables starting with
		2648	C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> when it is loaded while taint mode is
		2649	enabled.
1727		2650
1728		2651
1729	=head1 BUGS	2652	=head1 BUGS
1730		2653
1731	Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard	2654	Perl 5.8 has numerous memleaks that sometimes hit this module and are hard
1732	to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10	2655	to work around. If you suffer from memleaks, first upgrade to Perl 5.10
1733	and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying	2656	and check wether the leaks still show up. (Perl 5.10.0 has other annoying
1734	mamleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as	2657	memleaks, such as leaking on C<map> and C<grep> but it is usually not as
1735	pronounced).	2658	pronounced).
1736		2659
1737		2660
1738	=head1 SEE ALSO	2661	=head1 SEE ALSO
1739		2662
…		…
1743	L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>.	2666	L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>.
1744		2667
1745	Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,	2668	Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,
1746	L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,	2669	L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,
1747	L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>,	2670	L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>,
1748	L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>.	2671	L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync>, L<Anyevent::Impl::Irssi>.
1749		2672
1750	Non-blocking file handles, sockets, TCP clients and	2673	Non-blocking file handles, sockets, TCP clients and
1751	servers: L<AnyEvent::Handle>, L<AnyEvent::Socket>.	2674	servers: L<AnyEvent::Handle>, L<AnyEvent::Socket>, L<AnyEvent::TLS>.
1752		2675
1753	Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>.	2676	Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>.
1754		2677
1755	Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, L<Coro::Event>,	2678	Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>,
		2679	L<Coro::Event>,
1756		2680
1757	Nontrivial usage examples: L<Net::FCP>, L<Net::XMPP2>, L<AnyEvent::DNS>.	2681	Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>,
		2682	L<AnyEvent::HTTP>.
1758		2683
1759		2684
1760	=head1 AUTHOR	2685	=head1 AUTHOR
1761		2686
1762	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>	2687	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>

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