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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3AnyEvent - the DBI of event loop programming 3AnyEvent - the DBI of event loop programming
4 4
5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Irssi, rxvt-unicode, IO::Async, Qt 5EV, Event, Glib, Tk, Perl, Event::Lib, Irssi, rxvt-unicode, IO::Async, Qt,
6and POE are various supported event loops/environments. 6FLTK and POE are various supported event loops/environments.
7 7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS 8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9 9
10 use AnyEvent; 10 use AnyEvent;
11 11
12 # if you prefer function calls, look at the AE manpage for
13 # an alternative API.
14
12 # file descriptor readable 15 # file handle or descriptor readable
13 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r", cb => sub { ... }); 16 my $w = AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "r", cb => sub { ... });
14 17
15 # one-shot or repeating timers 18 # one-shot or repeating timers
16 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... }); 19 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, cb => sub { ... });
17 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ... 20 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $seconds, interval => $seconds, cb => ...);
18 21
19 print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time 22 print AnyEvent->now; # prints current event loop time
20 print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time. 23 print AnyEvent->time; # think Time::HiRes::time or simply CORE::time.
21 24
22 # POSIX signal 25 # POSIX signal
43in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the 46in a tutorial or some gentle introduction, have a look at the
44L<AnyEvent::Intro> manpage. 47L<AnyEvent::Intro> manpage.
45 48
46=head1 SUPPORT 49=head1 SUPPORT
47 50
51An FAQ document is available as L<AnyEvent::FAQ>.
52
48There is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC 53There also is a mailinglist for discussing all things AnyEvent, and an IRC
49channel, too. 54channel, too.
50 55
51See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software 56See the AnyEvent project page at the B<Schmorpforge Ta-Sa Software
52Repository>, at L<http://anyevent.schmorp.de>, for more info. 57Repository>, at L<http://anyevent.schmorp.de>, for more info.
53 58
73module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event 78module users into the same thing by forcing them to use the same event
74model you use. 79model you use.
75 80
76For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is 81For modules like POE or IO::Async (which is a total misnomer as it is
77actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is 82actually doing all I/O I<synchronously>...), using them in your module is
78like joining a cult: After you joined, you are dependent on them and you 83like joining a cult: After you join, you are dependent on them and you
79cannot use anything else, as they are simply incompatible to everything 84cannot use anything else, as they are simply incompatible to everything
80that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your 85that isn't them. What's worse, all the potential users of your
81module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use. 86module are I<also> forced to use the same event loop you use.
82 87
83AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works 88AnyEvent is different: AnyEvent + POE works fine. AnyEvent + Glib works
84fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together 89fine. AnyEvent + Tk works fine etc. etc. but none of these work together
85with the rest: POE + IO::Async? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if 90with the rest: POE + EV? No go. Tk + Event? No go. Again: if your module
86your module uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it, 91uses one of those, every user of your module has to use it, too. But if
87too. But if your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all 92your module uses AnyEvent, it works transparently with all event models it
88event models it supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those 93supports (including stuff like IO::Async, as long as those use one of the
89use one of the supported event loops. It is trivial to add new event loops 94supported event loops. It is easy to add new event loops to AnyEvent, too,
90to AnyEvent, too, so it is future-proof). 95so it is future-proof).
91 96
92In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event 97In addition to being free of having to use I<the one and only true event
93model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar 98model>, AnyEvent also is free of bloat and policy: with POE or similar
94modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to 99modules, you get an enormous amount of code and strict rules you have to
95follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and up to the point, by only 100follow. AnyEvent, on the other hand, is lean and to the point, by only
96offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as 101offering the functionality that is necessary, in as thin as a wrapper as
97technically possible. 102technically possible.
98 103
99Of course, AnyEvent comes with a big (and fully optional!) toolbox 104Of course, AnyEvent comes with a big (and fully optional!) toolbox
100of useful functionality, such as an asynchronous DNS resolver, 100% 105of useful functionality, such as an asynchronous DNS resolver, 100%
106useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event 111useful) and you want to force your users to use the one and only event
107model, you should I<not> use this module. 112model, you should I<not> use this module.
108 113
109=head1 DESCRIPTION 114=head1 DESCRIPTION
110 115
111L<AnyEvent> provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This 116L<AnyEvent> provides a uniform interface to various event loops. This
112allows module authors to utilise an event loop without forcing module 117allows module authors to use event loop functionality without forcing
113users to use the same event loop (as only a single event loop can coexist 118module users to use a specific event loop implementation (since more
114peacefully at any one time). 119than one event loop cannot coexist peacefully).
115 120
116The interface itself is vaguely similar, but not identical to the L<Event> 121The interface itself is vaguely similar, but not identical to the L<Event>
117module. 122module.
118 123
119During the first call of any watcher-creation method, the module tries 124During the first call of any watcher-creation method, the module tries
120to detect the currently loaded event loop by probing whether one of the 125to detect the currently loaded event loop by probing whether one of the
121following modules is already loaded: L<EV>, 126following modules is already loaded: L<EV>, L<AnyEvent::Loop>,
122L<Event>, L<Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, 127L<Event>, L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>. The first one
123L<POE>. The first one found is used. If none are found, the module tries 128found is used. If none are detected, the module tries to load the first
124to load these modules (excluding Tk, Event::Lib, Qt and POE as the pure perl 129four modules in the order given; but note that if L<EV> is not
125adaptor should always succeed) in the order given. The first one that can 130available, the pure-perl L<AnyEvent::Loop> should always work, so
126be successfully loaded will be used. If, after this, still none could be 131the other two are not normally tried.
127found, AnyEvent will fall back to a pure-perl event loop, which is not
128very efficient, but should work everywhere.
129 132
130Because AnyEvent first checks for modules that are already loaded, loading 133Because AnyEvent first checks for modules that are already loaded, loading
131an event model explicitly before first using AnyEvent will likely make 134an event model explicitly before first using AnyEvent will likely make
132that model the default. For example: 135that model the default. For example:
133 136
135 use AnyEvent; 138 use AnyEvent;
136 139
137 # .. AnyEvent will likely default to Tk 140 # .. AnyEvent will likely default to Tk
138 141
139The I<likely> means that, if any module loads another event model and 142The I<likely> means that, if any module loads another event model and
140starts using it, all bets are off. Maybe you should tell their authors to 143starts using it, all bets are off - this case should be very rare though,
141use AnyEvent so their modules work together with others seamlessly... 144as very few modules hardcode event loops without announcing this very
145loudly.
142 146
143The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called 147The pure-perl implementation of AnyEvent is called C<AnyEvent::Loop>. Like
144C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>. Like other event modules you can load it 148other event modules you can load it explicitly and enjoy the high
145explicitly and enjoy the high availability of that event loop :) 149availability of that event loop :)
146 150
147=head1 WATCHERS 151=head1 WATCHERS
148 152
149AnyEvent has the central concept of a I<watcher>, which is an object that 153AnyEvent has the central concept of a I<watcher>, which is an object that
150stores relevant data for each kind of event you are waiting for, such as 154stores relevant data for each kind of event you are waiting for, such as
155callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model 159callback when the event occurs (of course, only when the event model
156is in control). 160is in control).
157 161
158Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables> 162Note that B<callbacks must not permanently change global variables>
159potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<< 163potentially in use by the event loop (such as C<$_> or C<$[>) and that B<<
160callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practise in 164callbacks must not C<die> >>. The former is good programming practice in
161Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs 165Perl and the latter stems from the fact that exception handling differs
162widely between event loops. 166widely between event loops.
163 167
164To disable the watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the 168To disable a watcher you have to destroy it (e.g. by setting the
165variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references 169variable you store it in to C<undef> or otherwise deleting all references
166to it). 170to it).
167 171
168All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class. 172All watchers are created by calling a method on the C<AnyEvent> class.
169 173
170Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for 174Many watchers either are used with "recursion" (repeating timers for
171example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways. 175example), or need to refer to their watcher object in other ways.
172 176
173An any way to achieve that is this pattern: 177One way to achieve that is this pattern:
174 178
175 my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub { 179 my $w; $w = AnyEvent->type (arg => value ..., cb => sub {
176 # you can use $w here, for example to undef it 180 # you can use $w here, for example to undef it
177 undef $w; 181 undef $w;
178 }); 182 });
180Note that C<my $w; $w => combination. This is necessary because in Perl, 184Note that C<my $w; $w => combination. This is necessary because in Perl,
181my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are 185my variables are only visible after the statement in which they are
182declared. 186declared.
183 187
184=head2 I/O WATCHERS 188=head2 I/O WATCHERS
189
190 $w = AnyEvent->io (
191 fh => <filehandle_or_fileno>,
192 poll => <"r" or "w">,
193 cb => <callback>,
194 );
185 195
186You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method 196You can create an I/O watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->io >> method
187with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments: 197with the following mandatory key-value pairs as arguments:
188 198
189C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch 199C<fh> is the Perl I<file handle> (or a naked file descriptor) to watch
204 214
205The I/O watcher might use the underlying file descriptor or a copy of it. 215The I/O watcher might use the underlying file descriptor or a copy of it.
206You must not close a file handle as long as any watcher is active on the 216You must not close a file handle as long as any watcher is active on the
207underlying file descriptor. 217underlying file descriptor.
208 218
209Some event loops issue spurious readyness notifications, so you should 219Some event loops issue spurious readiness notifications, so you should
210always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file 220always use non-blocking calls when reading/writing from/to your file
211handles. 221handles.
212 222
213Example: wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the 223Example: wait for readability of STDIN, then read a line and disable the
214watcher. 224watcher.
219 undef $w; 229 undef $w;
220 }); 230 });
221 231
222=head2 TIME WATCHERS 232=head2 TIME WATCHERS
223 233
234 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => <seconds>, cb => <callback>);
235
236 $w = AnyEvent->timer (
237 after => <fractional_seconds>,
238 interval => <fractional_seconds>,
239 cb => <callback>,
240 );
241
224You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >> 242You can create a time watcher by calling the C<< AnyEvent->timer >>
225method with the following mandatory arguments: 243method with the following mandatory arguments:
226 244
227C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are 245C<after> specifies after how many seconds (fractional values are
228supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke 246supported) the callback should be invoked. C<cb> is the callback to invoke
230 248
231Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and 249Although the callback might get passed parameters, their value and
232presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent 250presence is undefined and you cannot rely on them. Portable AnyEvent
233callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks. 251callbacks cannot use arguments passed to time watcher callbacks.
234 252
235The callback will normally be invoked once only. If you specify another 253The callback will normally be invoked only once. If you specify another
236parameter, C<interval>, as a strictly positive number (> 0), then the 254parameter, C<interval>, as a strictly positive number (> 0), then the
237callback will be invoked regularly at that interval (in fractional 255callback will be invoked regularly at that interval (in fractional
238seconds) after the first invocation. If C<interval> is specified with a 256seconds) after the first invocation. If C<interval> is specified with a
239false value, then it is treated as if it were missing. 257false value, then it is treated as if it were not specified at all.
240 258
241The callback will be rescheduled before invoking the callback, but no 259The callback will be rescheduled before invoking the callback, but no
242attempt is done to avoid timer drift in most backends, so the interval is 260attempt is made to avoid timer drift in most backends, so the interval is
243only approximate. 261only approximate.
244 262
245Example: fire an event after 7.7 seconds. 263Example: fire an event after 7.7 seconds.
246 264
247 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub { 265 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 7.7, cb => sub {
265 283
266While most event loops expect timers to specified in a relative way, they 284While most event loops expect timers to specified in a relative way, they
267use absolute time internally. This makes a difference when your clock 285use absolute time internally. This makes a difference when your clock
268"jumps", for example, when ntp decides to set your clock backwards from 286"jumps", for example, when ntp decides to set your clock backwards from
269the wrong date of 2014-01-01 to 2008-01-01, a watcher that is supposed to 287the wrong date of 2014-01-01 to 2008-01-01, a watcher that is supposed to
270fire "after" a second might actually take six years to finally fire. 288fire "after a second" might actually take six years to finally fire.
271 289
272AnyEvent cannot compensate for this. The only event loop that is conscious 290AnyEvent cannot compensate for this. The only event loop that is conscious
273about these issues is L<EV>, which offers both relative (ev_timer, based 291of these issues is L<EV>, which offers both relative (ev_timer, based
274on true relative time) and absolute (ev_periodic, based on wallclock time) 292on true relative time) and absolute (ev_periodic, based on wallclock time)
275timers. 293timers.
276 294
277AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the 295AnyEvent always prefers relative timers, if available, matching the
278AnyEvent API. 296AnyEvent API.
300I<In almost all cases (in all cases if you don't care), this is the 318I<In almost all cases (in all cases if you don't care), this is the
301function to call when you want to know the current time.> 319function to call when you want to know the current time.>
302 320
303This function is also often faster then C<< AnyEvent->time >>, and 321This function is also often faster then C<< AnyEvent->time >>, and
304thus the preferred method if you want some timestamp (for example, 322thus the preferred method if you want some timestamp (for example,
305L<AnyEvent::Handle> uses this to update it's activity timeouts). 323L<AnyEvent::Handle> uses this to update its activity timeouts).
306 324
307The rest of this section is only of relevance if you try to be very exact 325The rest of this section is only of relevance if you try to be very exact
308with your timing, you can skip it without bad conscience. 326with your timing; you can skip it without a bad conscience.
309 327
310For a practical example of when these times differ, consider L<Event::Lib> 328For a practical example of when these times differ, consider L<Event::Lib>
311and L<EV> and the following set-up: 329and L<EV> and the following set-up:
312 330
313The event loop is running and has just invoked one of your callback at 331The event loop is running and has just invoked one of your callbacks at
314time=500 (assume no other callbacks delay processing). In your callback, 332time=500 (assume no other callbacks delay processing). In your callback,
315you wait a second by executing C<sleep 1> (blocking the process for a 333you wait a second by executing C<sleep 1> (blocking the process for a
316second) and then (at time=501) you create a relative timer that fires 334second) and then (at time=501) you create a relative timer that fires
317after three seconds. 335after three seconds.
318 336
338difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into 356difference between C<< AnyEvent->time >> and C<< AnyEvent->now >> into
339account. 357account.
340 358
341=item AnyEvent->now_update 359=item AnyEvent->now_update
342 360
343Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) cache 361Some event loops (such as L<EV> or L<AnyEvent::Loop>) cache the current
344the current time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<< 362time for each loop iteration (see the discussion of L<< AnyEvent->now >>,
345AnyEvent->now >>, above). 363above).
346 364
347When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then 365When a callback runs for a long time (or when the process sleeps), then
348this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which 366this "current" time will differ substantially from the real time, which
349might affect timers and time-outs. 367might affect timers and time-outs.
350 368
351When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the 369When this is the case, you can call this method, which will update the
352event loop's idea of "current time". 370event loop's idea of "current time".
353 371
372A typical example would be a script in a web server (e.g. C<mod_perl>) -
373when mod_perl executes the script, then the event loop will have the wrong
374idea about the "current time" (being potentially far in the past, when the
375script ran the last time). In that case you should arrange a call to C<<
376AnyEvent->now_update >> each time the web server process wakes up again
377(e.g. at the start of your script, or in a handler).
378
354Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled. 379Note that updating the time I<might> cause some events to be handled.
355 380
356=back 381=back
357 382
358=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS 383=head2 SIGNAL WATCHERS
384
385 $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => <uppercase_signal_name>, cb => <callback>);
359 386
360You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal 387You can watch for signals using a signal watcher, C<signal> is the signal
361I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl 388I<name> in uppercase and without any C<SIG> prefix, C<cb> is the Perl
362callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs. 389callback to be invoked whenever a signal occurs.
363 390
380 407
381Example: exit on SIGINT 408Example: exit on SIGINT
382 409
383 my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 }); 410 my $w = AnyEvent->signal (signal => "INT", cb => sub { exit 1 });
384 411
412=head3 Restart Behaviour
413
414While restart behaviour is up to the event loop implementation, most will
415not restart syscalls (that includes L<Async::Interrupt> and AnyEvent's
416pure perl implementation).
417
418=head3 Safe/Unsafe Signals
419
420Perl signals can be either "safe" (synchronous to opcode handling)
421or "unsafe" (asynchronous) - the former might delay signal delivery
422indefinitely, the latter might corrupt your memory.
423
424AnyEvent signal handlers are, in addition, synchronous to the event loop,
425i.e. they will not interrupt your running perl program but will only be
426called as part of the normal event handling (just like timer, I/O etc.
427callbacks, too).
428
385=head3 Signal Races, Delays and Workarounds 429=head3 Signal Races, Delays and Workarounds
386 430
387Many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not support attaching 431Many event loops (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt, IO::Async) do not support
388callbacks to signals in a generic way, which is a pity, as you cannot do 432attaching callbacks to signals in a generic way, which is a pity,
389race-free signal handling in perl. AnyEvent will try to do it's best, but 433as you cannot do race-free signal handling in perl, requiring
434C libraries for this. AnyEvent will try to do its best, which
390in some cases, signals will be delayed. The maximum time a signal might 435means in some cases, signals will be delayed. The maximum time
391be delayed is specified in C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> (default: 10 436a signal might be delayed is 10 seconds by default, but can
392seconds). This variable can be changed only before the first signal 437be overriden via C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY}> or
393watcher is created, and should be left alone otherwise. Higher values 438C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> - see the L<ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES>
394will cause fewer spurious wake-ups, which is better for power and CPU 439section for details.
440
395saving. All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional 441All these problems can be avoided by installing the optional
396L<Async::Interrupt> module. This will not work with inherently broken 442L<Async::Interrupt> module, which works with most event loops. It will not
397event loops such as L<Event> or L<Event::Lib> (and not with L<POE> 443work with inherently broken event loops such as L<Event> or L<Event::Lib>
398currently, as POE does it's own workaround with one-second latency). With 444(and not with L<POE> currently). For those, you just have to suffer the
399those, you just have to suffer the delays. 445delays.
400 446
401=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS 447=head2 CHILD PROCESS WATCHERS
402 448
449 $w = AnyEvent->child (pid => <process id>, cb => <callback>);
450
403You can also watch on a child process exit and catch its exit status. 451You can also watch for a child process exit and catch its exit status.
404 452
405The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (one some backends, 453The child process is specified by the C<pid> argument (on some backends,
406using C<0> watches for any child process exit, on others this will 454using C<0> watches for any child process exit, on others this will
407croak). The watcher will be triggered only when the child process has 455croak). The watcher will be triggered only when the child process has
408finished and an exit status is available, not on any trace events 456finished and an exit status is available, not on any trace events
409(stopped/continued). 457(stopped/continued).
410 458
432thing in an AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one 480thing in an AnyEvent program, you I<have> to create at least one
433watcher before you C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call 481watcher before you C<fork> the child (alternatively, you can call
434C<AnyEvent::detect>). 482C<AnyEvent::detect>).
435 483
436As most event loops do not support waiting for child events, they will be 484As most event loops do not support waiting for child events, they will be
437emulated by AnyEvent in most cases, in which the latency and race problems 485emulated by AnyEvent in most cases, in which case the latency and race
438mentioned in the description of signal watchers apply. 486problems mentioned in the description of signal watchers apply.
439 487
440Example: fork a process and wait for it 488Example: fork a process and wait for it
441 489
442 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar; 490 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
443 491
455 # do something else, then wait for process exit 503 # do something else, then wait for process exit
456 $done->recv; 504 $done->recv;
457 505
458=head2 IDLE WATCHERS 506=head2 IDLE WATCHERS
459 507
460Sometimes there is a need to do something, but it is not so important 508 $w = AnyEvent->idle (cb => <callback>);
461to do it instantly, but only when there is nothing better to do. This
462"nothing better to do" is usually defined to be "no other events need
463attention by the event loop".
464 509
465Idle watchers ideally get invoked when the event loop has nothing 510This will repeatedly invoke the callback after the process becomes idle,
466better to do, just before it would block the process to wait for new 511until either the watcher is destroyed or new events have been detected.
467events. Instead of blocking, the idle watcher is invoked.
468 512
469Most event loops unfortunately do not really support idle watchers (only 513Idle watchers are useful when there is a need to do something, but it
514is not so important (or wise) to do it instantly. The callback will be
515invoked only when there is "nothing better to do", which is usually
516defined as "all outstanding events have been handled and no new events
517have been detected". That means that idle watchers ideally get invoked
518when the event loop has just polled for new events but none have been
519detected. Instead of blocking to wait for more events, the idle watchers
520will be invoked.
521
522Unfortunately, most event loops do not really support idle watchers (only
470EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent 523EV, Event and Glib do it in a usable fashion) - for the rest, AnyEvent
471will simply call the callback "from time to time". 524will simply call the callback "from time to time".
472 525
473Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the 526Example: read lines from STDIN, but only process them when the
474program is otherwise idle: 527program is otherwise idle:
490 }); 543 });
491 }); 544 });
492 545
493=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES 546=head2 CONDITION VARIABLES
494 547
548 $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
549
550 $cv->send (<list>);
551 my @res = $cv->recv;
552
495If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them 553If you are familiar with some event loops you will know that all of them
496require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that 554require you to run some blocking "loop", "run" or similar function that
497will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks. 555will actively watch for new events and call your callbacks.
498 556
499AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event 557AnyEvent is slightly different: it expects somebody else to run the event
500loop and will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user). 558loop and will only block when necessary (usually when told by the user).
501 559
502The instrument to do that is called a "condition variable", so called 560The tool to do that is called a "condition variable", so called because
503because they represent a condition that must become true. 561they represent a condition that must become true.
504 562
505Now is probably a good time to look at the examples further below. 563Now is probably a good time to look at the examples further below.
506 564
507Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar 565Condition variables can be created by calling the C<< AnyEvent->condvar
508>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is 566>> method, usually without arguments. The only argument pair allowed is
513After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true" 571After creation, the condition variable is "false" until it becomes "true"
514by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it 572by calling the C<send> method (or calling the condition variable as if it
515were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<< 573were a callback, read about the caveats in the description for the C<<
516->send >> method). 574->send >> method).
517 575
518Condition variables are similar to callbacks, except that you can 576Since condition variables are the most complex part of the AnyEvent API, here are
519optionally wait for them. They can also be called merge points - points 577some different mental models of what they are - pick the ones you can connect to:
520in time where multiple outstanding events have been processed. And yet 578
521another way to call them is transactions - each condition variable can be 579=over 4
522used to represent a transaction, which finishes at some point and delivers 580
523a result. And yet some people know them as "futures" - a promise to 581=item * Condition variables are like callbacks - you can call them (and pass them instead
524compute/deliver something that you can wait for. 582of 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,
585the other side can wait for them, or install a handler that is called when
586the signal fires.
587
588=item * Condition variables are like "Merge Points" - points in your program
589where you merge multiple independent results/control flows into one.
590
591=item * Condition variables represent a transaction - functions that start
592some kind of transaction can return them, leaving the caller the choice
593between waiting in a blocking fashion, or setting a callback.
594
595=item * Condition variables represent future values, or promises to deliver
596some result, long before the result is available.
597
598=back
525 599
526Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished, 600Condition variables are very useful to signal that something has finished,
527for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests, 601for example, if you write a module that does asynchronous http requests,
528then a condition variable would be the ideal candidate to signal the 602then a condition variable would be the ideal candidate to signal the
529availability of results. The user can either act when the callback is 603availability of results. The user can either act when the callback is
542 616
543Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys 617Condition variables are represented by hash refs in perl, and the keys
544used by AnyEvent itself are all named C<_ae_XXX> to make subclassing 618used by AnyEvent itself are all named C<_ae_XXX> to make subclassing
545easy (it is often useful to build your own transaction class on top of 619easy (it is often useful to build your own transaction class on top of
546AnyEvent). To subclass, use C<AnyEvent::CondVar> as base class and call 620AnyEvent). To subclass, use C<AnyEvent::CondVar> as base class and call
547it's C<new> method in your own C<new> method. 621its C<new> method in your own C<new> method.
548 622
549There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which 623There are two "sides" to a condition variable - the "producer side" which
550eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits 624eventually calls C<< -> send >>, and the "consumer side", which waits
551for the send to occur. 625for the send to occur.
552 626
553Example: wait for a timer. 627Example: wait for a timer.
554 628
555 # wait till the result is ready 629 # condition: "wait till the timer is fired"
556 my $result_ready = AnyEvent->condvar; 630 my $timer_fired = AnyEvent->condvar;
557 631
558 # do something such as adding a timer 632 # create the timer - we could wait for, say
559 # or socket watcher the calls $result_ready->send 633 # a handle becomign ready, or even an
560 # when the "result" is ready. 634 # AnyEvent::HTTP request to finish, but
561 # in this case, we simply use a timer: 635 # in this case, we simply use a timer:
562 my $w = AnyEvent->timer ( 636 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (
563 after => 1, 637 after => 1,
564 cb => sub { $result_ready->send }, 638 cb => sub { $timer_fired->send },
565 ); 639 );
566 640
567 # this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback 641 # this "blocks" (while handling events) till the callback
568 # calls -<send 642 # calls ->send
569 $result_ready->recv; 643 $timer_fired->recv;
570 644
571Example: wait for a timer, but take advantage of the fact that condition 645Example: wait for a timer, but take advantage of the fact that condition
572variables are also callable directly. 646variables are also callable directly.
573 647
574 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar; 648 my $done = AnyEvent->condvar;
617they were a code reference). Calling them directly is the same as calling 691they were a code reference). Calling them directly is the same as calling
618C<send>. 692C<send>.
619 693
620=item $cv->croak ($error) 694=item $cv->croak ($error)
621 695
622Similar to send, but causes all call's to C<< ->recv >> to invoke 696Similar to send, but causes all calls to C<< ->recv >> to invoke
623C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar. 697C<Carp::croak> with the given error message/object/scalar.
624 698
625This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable 699This can be used to signal any errors to the condition variable
626user/consumer. Doing it this way instead of calling C<croak> directly 700user/consumer. Doing it this way instead of calling C<croak> directly
627delays the error detetcion, but has the overwhelmign advantage that it 701delays the error detection, but has the overwhelming advantage that it
628diagnoses the error at the place where the result is expected, and not 702diagnoses the error at the place where the result is expected, and not
629deep in some event clalback without connection to the actual code causing 703deep in some event callback with no connection to the actual code causing
630the problem. 704the problem.
631 705
632=item $cv->begin ([group callback]) 706=item $cv->begin ([group callback])
633 707
634=item $cv->end 708=item $cv->end
637one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want 711one. For example, a function that pings many hosts in parallel might want
638to use a condition variable for the whole process. 712to use a condition variable for the whole process.
639 713
640Every call to C<< ->begin >> will increment a counter, and every call to 714Every call to C<< ->begin >> will increment a counter, and every call to
641C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end 715C<< ->end >> will decrement it. If the counter reaches C<0> in C<< ->end
642>>, 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
643is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send >>, but that is not required. If no 717condvar as first argument. That callback is I<supposed> to call C<< ->send
644callback 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
719be called without any arguments.
645 720
646You can think of C<< $cv->send >> giving you an OR condition (one call 721You can think of C<< $cv->send >> giving you an OR condition (one call
647sends), while C<< $cv->begin >> and C<< $cv->end >> giving you an AND 722sends), while C<< $cv->begin >> and C<< $cv->end >> giving you an AND
648condition (all C<begin> calls must be C<end>'ed before the condvar sends). 723condition (all C<begin> calls must be C<end>'ed before the condvar sends).
649 724
671one call to C<begin>, so the condvar waits for all calls to C<end> before 746one call to C<begin>, so the condvar waits for all calls to C<end> before
672sending. 747sending.
673 748
674The ping example mentioned above is slightly more complicated, as the 749The ping example mentioned above is slightly more complicated, as the
675there are results to be passwd back, and the number of tasks that are 750there are results to be passwd back, and the number of tasks that are
676begung can potentially be zero: 751begun can potentially be zero:
677 752
678 my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar; 753 my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
679 754
680 my %result; 755 my %result;
681 $cv->begin (sub { $cv->send (\%result) }); 756 $cv->begin (sub { shift->send (\%result) });
682 757
683 for my $host (@list_of_hosts) { 758 for my $host (@list_of_hosts) {
684 $cv->begin; 759 $cv->begin;
685 ping_host_then_call_callback $host, sub { 760 ping_host_then_call_callback $host, sub {
686 $result{$host} = ...; 761 $result{$host} = ...;
688 }; 763 };
689 } 764 }
690 765
691 $cv->end; 766 $cv->end;
692 767
768 ...
769
770 my $results = $cv->recv;
771
693This code fragment supposedly pings a number of hosts and calls 772This code fragment supposedly pings a number of hosts and calls
694C<send> after results for all then have have been gathered - in any 773C<send> after results for all then have have been gathered - in any
695order. To achieve this, the code issues a call to C<begin> when it starts 774order. To achieve this, the code issues a call to C<begin> when it starts
696each ping request and calls C<end> when it has received some result for 775each ping request and calls C<end> when it has received some result for
697it. Since C<begin> and C<end> only maintain a counter, the order in which 776it. Since C<begin> and C<end> only maintain a counter, the order in which
702to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that 781to be called once the counter reaches C<0>, and second, it ensures that
703C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop 782C<send> is called even when C<no> hosts are being pinged (the loop
704doesn't execute once). 783doesn't execute once).
705 784
706This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple (but 785This is the general pattern when you "fan out" into multiple (but
707potentially none) subrequests: use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set 786potentially zero) subrequests: use an outer C<begin>/C<end> pair to set
708the callback and ensure C<end> is called at least once, and then, for each 787the callback and ensure C<end> is called at least once, and then, for each
709subrequest you start, call C<begin> and for each subrequest you finish, 788subrequest you start, call C<begin> and for each subrequest you finish,
710call C<end>. 789call C<end>.
711 790
712=back 791=back
719=over 4 798=over 4
720 799
721=item $cv->recv 800=item $cv->recv
722 801
723Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->send >> or C<< ->croak 802Wait (blocking if necessary) until the C<< ->send >> or C<< ->croak
724>> methods have been called on c<$cv>, while servicing other watchers 803>> methods have been called on C<$cv>, while servicing other watchers
725normally. 804normally.
726 805
727You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls are valid but 806You can only wait once on a condition - additional calls are valid but
728will return immediately. 807will return immediately.
729 808
746caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling 825caller decide whether the call will block or not (for example, by coupling
747condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting 826condition variables with some kind of request results and supporting
748callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block, 827callbacks so the caller knows that getting the result will not block,
749while still supporting blocking waits if the caller so desires). 828while still supporting blocking waits if the caller so desires).
750 829
751You can ensure that C<< -recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and 830You can ensure that C<< ->recv >> never blocks by setting a callback and
752only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later 831only calling C<< ->recv >> from within that callback (or at a later
753time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking 832time). This will work even when the event loop does not support blocking
754waits otherwise. 833waits otherwise.
755 834
756=item $bool = $cv->ready 835=item $bool = $cv->ready
762 841
763This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally 842This is a mutator function that returns the callback set and optionally
764replaces it before doing so. 843replaces it before doing so.
765 844
766The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when 845The callback will be called when the condition becomes "true", i.e. when
767C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the condition 846C<send> or C<croak> are called, with the only argument being the
768variable itself. Calling C<recv> inside the callback or at any later time 847condition variable itself. If the condition is already true, the
769is guaranteed not to block. 848callback is called immediately when it is set. Calling C<recv> inside
849the callback or at any later time is guaranteed not to block.
770 850
771=back 851=back
772 852
773=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS 853=head1 SUPPORTED EVENT LOOPS/BACKENDS
774 854
777=over 4 857=over 4
778 858
779=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found. 859=item Backends that are autoprobed when no other event loop can be found.
780 860
781EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in 861EV is the preferred backend when no other event loop seems to be in
782use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will try Event, and, failing 862use. If EV is not installed, then AnyEvent will fall back to its own
783that, will fall back to its own pure-perl implementation, which is 863pure-perl implementation, which is available everywhere as it comes with
784available everywhere as it comes with AnyEvent itself. 864AnyEvent itself.
785 865
786 AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice). 866 AnyEvent::Impl::EV based on EV (interface to libev, best choice).
787 AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
788 AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl implementation, fast and portable. 867 AnyEvent::Impl::Perl pure-perl AnyEvent::Loop, fast and portable.
789 868
790=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used. 869=item Backends that are transparently being picked up when they are used.
791 870
792These will be used when they are currently loaded when the first watcher 871These will be used if they are already loaded when the first watcher
793is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using 872is created, in which case it is assumed that the application is using
794them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend 873them. This means that AnyEvent will automatically pick the right backend
795when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to 874when the main program loads an event module before anything starts to
796create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program. 875create watchers. Nothing special needs to be done by the main program.
797 876
877 AnyEvent::Impl::Event based on Event, very stable, few glitches.
798 AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable. 878 AnyEvent::Impl::Glib based on Glib, slow but very stable.
799 AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken. 879 AnyEvent::Impl::Tk based on Tk, very broken.
800 AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse. 880 AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib based on Event::Lib, leaks memory and worse.
801 AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations. 881 AnyEvent::Impl::POE based on POE, very slow, some limitations.
802 AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi. 882 AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi used when running within irssi.
883 AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync based on IO::Async.
884 AnyEvent::Impl::Cocoa based on Cocoa::EventLoop.
885 AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK based on FLTK (fltk 2 binding).
803 886
804=item Backends with special needs. 887=item Backends with special needs.
805 888
806Qt requires the Qt::Application to be instantiated first, but will 889Qt requires the Qt::Application to be instantiated first, but will
807otherwise be picked up automatically. As long as the main program 890otherwise be picked up automatically. As long as the main program
808instantiates the application before any AnyEvent watchers are created, 891instantiates the application before any AnyEvent watchers are created,
809everything should just work. 892everything should just work.
810 893
811 AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt. 894 AnyEvent::Impl::Qt based on Qt.
812 895
813Support for IO::Async can only be partial, as it is too broken and
814architecturally limited to even support the AnyEvent API. It also
815is the only event loop that needs the loop to be set explicitly, so
816it can only be used by a main program knowing about AnyEvent. See
817L<AnyEvent::Impl::Async> for the gory details.
818
819 AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync based on IO::Async, cannot be autoprobed.
820
821=item Event loops that are indirectly supported via other backends. 896=item Event loops that are indirectly supported via other backends.
822 897
823Some event loops can be supported via other modules: 898Some event loops can be supported via other modules:
824 899
825There is no direct support for WxWidgets (L<Wx>) or L<Prima>. 900There is no direct support for WxWidgets (L<Wx>) or L<Prima>.
850Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created, before the 925Contains C<undef> until the first watcher is being created, before the
851backend has been autodetected. 926backend has been autodetected.
852 927
853Afterwards it contains the event model that is being used, which is the 928Afterwards it contains the event model that is being used, which is the
854name of the Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one 929name of the Perl class implementing the model. This class is usually one
855of the C<AnyEvent::Impl:xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the 930of the C<AnyEvent::Impl::xxx> modules, but can be any other class in the
856case AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode> it 931case AnyEvent has been extended at runtime (e.g. in I<rxvt-unicode> it
857will be C<urxvt::anyevent>). 932will be C<urxvt::anyevent>).
858 933
859=item AnyEvent::detect 934=item AnyEvent::detect
860 935
861Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model 936Returns C<$AnyEvent::MODEL>, forcing autodetection of the event model
862if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would 937if necessary. You should only call this function right before you would
863have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at 938have created an AnyEvent watcher anyway, that is, as late as possible at
864runtime, and not e.g. while initialising of your module. 939runtime, and not e.g. during initialisation of your module.
940
941The effect of calling this function is as if a watcher had been created
942(specifically, actions that happen "when the first watcher is created"
943happen when calling detetc as well).
865 944
866If you need to do some initialisation before AnyEvent watchers are 945If you need to do some initialisation before AnyEvent watchers are
867created, use C<post_detect>. 946created, use C<post_detect>.
868 947
869=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK } 948=item $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }
870 949
871Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is 950Arranges for the code block to be executed as soon as the event model is
872autodetected (or immediately if this has already happened). 951autodetected (or immediately if that has already happened).
873 952
874The block will be executed I<after> the actual backend has been detected 953The block will be executed I<after> the actual backend has been detected
875(C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> is set), but I<before> any watchers have been 954(C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> is set), but I<before> any watchers have been
876created, so it is possible to e.g. patch C<@AnyEvent::ISA> or do 955created, so it is possible to e.g. patch C<@AnyEvent::ISA> or do
877other initialisations - see the sources of L<AnyEvent::Strict> or 956other initialisations - see the sources of L<AnyEvent::Strict> or
886that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed (or 965that automatically removes the callback again when it is destroyed (or
887C<undef> when the hook was immediately executed). See L<AnyEvent::AIO> for 966C<undef> when the hook was immediately executed). See L<AnyEvent::AIO> for
888a case where this is useful. 967a case where this is useful.
889 968
890Example: Create a watcher for the IO::AIO module and store it in 969Example: Create a watcher for the IO::AIO module and store it in
891C<$WATCHER>. Only do so after the event loop is initialised, though. 970C<$WATCHER>, but do so only do so after the event loop is initialised.
892 971
893 our WATCHER; 972 our WATCHER;
894 973
895 my $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect { 974 my $guard = AnyEvent::post_detect {
896 $WATCHER = AnyEvent->io (fh => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, poll => 'r', cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb); 975 $WATCHER = AnyEvent->io (fh => IO::AIO::poll_fileno, poll => 'r', cb => \&IO::AIO::poll_cb);
904 $WATCHER ||= $guard; 983 $WATCHER ||= $guard;
905 984
906=item @AnyEvent::post_detect 985=item @AnyEvent::post_detect
907 986
908If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it 987If there are any code references in this array (you can C<push> to it
909before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will called directly after 988before or after loading AnyEvent), then they will be called directly
910the event loop has been chosen. 989after the event loop has been chosen.
911 990
912You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though: 991You should check C<$AnyEvent::MODEL> before adding to this array, though:
913if it is defined then the event loop has already been detected, and the 992if it is defined then the event loop has already been detected, and the
914array will be ignored. 993array will be ignored.
915 994
916Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> when your application allows 995Best use C<AnyEvent::post_detect { BLOCK }> when your application allows
917it,as it takes care of these details. 996it, as it takes care of these details.
918 997
919This variable is mainly useful for modules that can do something useful 998This variable is mainly useful for modules that can do something useful
920when AnyEvent is used and thus want to know when it is initialised, but do 999when AnyEvent is used and thus want to know when it is initialised, but do
921not need to even load it by default. This array provides the means to hook 1000not need to even load it by default. This array provides the means to hook
922into AnyEvent passively, without loading it. 1001into AnyEvent passively, without loading it.
923 1002
1003Example: To load Coro::AnyEvent whenever Coro and AnyEvent are used
1004together, you could put this into Coro (this is the actual code used by
1005Coro to accomplish this):
1006
1007 if (defined $AnyEvent::MODEL) {
1008 # AnyEvent already initialised, so load Coro::AnyEvent
1009 require Coro::AnyEvent;
1010 } else {
1011 # AnyEvent not yet initialised, so make sure to load Coro::AnyEvent
1012 # as soon as it is
1013 push @AnyEvent::post_detect, sub { require Coro::AnyEvent };
1014 }
1015
1016=item AnyEvent::postpone { BLOCK }
1017
1018Arranges for the block to be executed as soon as possible, but not before
1019the call itself returns. In practise, the block will be executed just
1020before the event loop polls for new events, or shortly afterwards.
1021
1022This function never returns anything (to make the C<return postpone { ...
1023}> idiom more useful.
1024
1025To understand the usefulness of this function, consider a function that
1026asynchronously does something for you and returns some transaction
1027object or guard to let you cancel the operation. For example,
1028C<AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect>:
1029
1030 # start a conenction attempt unless one is active
1031 $self->{connect_guard} ||= AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect "www.example.net", 80, sub {
1032 delete $self->{connect_guard};
1033 ...
1034 };
1035
1036Imagine that this function could instantly call the callback, for
1037example, because it detects an obvious error such as a negative port
1038number. Invoking the callback before the function returns causes problems
1039however: the callback will be called and will try to delete the guard
1040object. But since the function hasn't returned yet, there is nothing to
1041delete. When the function eventually returns it will assign the guard
1042object to C<< $self->{connect_guard} >>, where it will likely never be
1043deleted, so the program thinks it is still trying to connect.
1044
1045This is where C<AnyEvent::postpone> should be used. Instead of calling the
1046callback directly on error:
1047
1048 $cb->(undef), return # signal error to callback, BAD!
1049 if $some_error_condition;
1050
1051It should use C<postpone>:
1052
1053 AnyEvent::postpone { $cb->(undef) }, return # signal error to callback, later
1054 if $some_error_condition;
1055
1056=item AnyEvent::log $level, $msg[, @args]
1057
1058Log the given C<$msg> at the given C<$level>.
1059
1060If L<AnyEvent::Log> is not loaded then this function makes a simple test
1061to see whether the message will be logged. If the test succeeds it will
1062load AnyEvent::Log and call C<AnyEvent::Log::log> - consequently, look at
1063the L<AnyEvent::Log> documentation for details.
1064
1065If the test fails it will simply return. Right now this happens when a
1066numerical loglevel is used and it is larger than the level specified via
1067C<$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}>.
1068
1069If you want to sprinkle loads of logging calls around your code, consider
1070creating a logger callback with the C<AnyEvent::Log::logger> function,
1071which can reduce typing, codesize and can reduce the logging overhead
1072enourmously.
1073
924=back 1074=back
925 1075
926=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE 1076=head1 WHAT TO DO IN A MODULE
927 1077
928As a module author, you should C<use AnyEvent> and call AnyEvent methods 1078As a module author, you should C<use AnyEvent> and call AnyEvent methods
938because it will stall the whole program, and the whole point of using 1088because it will stall the whole program, and the whole point of using
939events is to stay interactive. 1089events is to stay interactive.
940 1090
941It is fine, however, to call C<< ->recv >> when the user of your module 1091It is fine, however, to call C<< ->recv >> when the user of your module
942requests it (i.e. if you create a http request object ad have a method 1092requests it (i.e. if you create a http request object ad have a method
943called C<results> that returns the results, it should call C<< ->recv >> 1093called C<results> that returns the results, it may call C<< ->recv >>
944freely, as the user of your module knows what she is doing. always). 1094freely, as the user of your module knows what she is doing. Always).
945 1095
946=head1 WHAT TO DO IN THE MAIN PROGRAM 1096=head1 WHAT TO DO IN THE MAIN PROGRAM
947 1097
948There will always be a single main program - the only place that should 1098There will always be a single main program - the only place that should
949dictate which event model to use. 1099dictate which event model to use.
950 1100
951If it doesn't care, it can just "use AnyEvent" and use it itself, or not 1101If the program is not event-based, it need not do anything special, even
952do anything special (it does not need to be event-based) and let AnyEvent 1102when it depends on a module that uses an AnyEvent. If the program itself
953decide which implementation to chose if some module relies on it. 1103uses AnyEvent, but does not care which event loop is used, all it needs
1104to do is C<use AnyEvent>. In either case, AnyEvent will choose the best
1105available loop implementation.
954 1106
955If the main program relies on a specific event model - for example, in 1107If the main program relies on a specific event model - for example, in
956Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module - you should load the 1108Gtk2 programs you have to rely on the Glib module - you should load the
957event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally 1109event module before loading AnyEvent or any module that uses it: generally
958speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that 1110speaking, you should load it as early as possible. The reason is that
959modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will 1111modules might create watchers when they are loaded, and AnyEvent will
960decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it 1112decide on the event model to use as soon as it creates watchers, and it
961might chose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself. 1113might choose the wrong one unless you load the correct one yourself.
962 1114
963You can chose to use a pure-perl implementation by loading the 1115You can chose to use a pure-perl implementation by loading the
964C<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl> module, which gives you similar behaviour 1116C<AnyEvent::Loop> module, which gives you similar behaviour
965everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose the model is generally better. 1117everywhere, but letting AnyEvent chose the model is generally better.
966 1118
967=head2 MAINLOOP EMULATION 1119=head2 MAINLOOP EMULATION
968 1120
969Sometimes (often for short test scripts, or even standalone programs who 1121Sometimes (often for short test scripts, or even standalone programs who
982 1134
983 1135
984=head1 OTHER MODULES 1136=head1 OTHER MODULES
985 1137
986The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use 1138The following is a non-exhaustive list of additional modules that use
987AnyEvent as a client and can therefore be mixed easily with other AnyEvent 1139AnyEvent as a client and can therefore be mixed easily with other
988modules and other event loops in the same program. Some of the modules 1140AnyEvent modules and other event loops in the same program. Some of the
989come with AnyEvent, most are available via CPAN. 1141modules come as part of AnyEvent, the others are available via CPAN (see
1142L<http://search.cpan.org/search?m=module&q=anyevent%3A%3A*> for
1143a longer non-exhaustive list), and the list is heavily biased towards
1144modules of the AnyEvent author himself :)
990 1145
991=over 4 1146=over 4
992 1147
993=item L<AnyEvent::Util> 1148=item L<AnyEvent::Util>
994 1149
995Contains various utility functions that replace often-used but blocking 1150Contains various utility functions that replace often-used blocking
996functions such as C<inet_aton> by event-/callback-based versions. 1151functions such as C<inet_aton> with event/callback-based versions.
997 1152
998=item L<AnyEvent::Socket> 1153=item L<AnyEvent::Socket>
999 1154
1000Provides various utility functions for (internet protocol) sockets, 1155Provides various utility functions for (internet protocol) sockets,
1001addresses and name resolution. Also functions to create non-blocking tcp 1156addresses and name resolution. Also functions to create non-blocking tcp
1003 1158
1004=item L<AnyEvent::Handle> 1159=item L<AnyEvent::Handle>
1005 1160
1006Provide read and write buffers, manages watchers for reads and writes, 1161Provide read and write buffers, manages watchers for reads and writes,
1007supports raw and formatted I/O, I/O queued and fully transparent and 1162supports raw and formatted I/O, I/O queued and fully transparent and
1008non-blocking SSL/TLS (via L<AnyEvent::TLS>. 1163non-blocking SSL/TLS (via L<AnyEvent::TLS>).
1009 1164
1010=item L<AnyEvent::DNS> 1165=item L<AnyEvent::DNS>
1011 1166
1012Provides rich asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities. 1167Provides rich asynchronous DNS resolver capabilities.
1013 1168
1169=item L<AnyEvent::HTTP>, L<AnyEvent::IRC>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>, L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::IGS>, L<AnyEvent::FCP>
1170
1171Implement event-based interfaces to the protocols of the same name (for
1172the curious, IGS is the International Go Server and FCP is the Freenet
1173Client Protocol).
1174
1014=item L<AnyEvent::HTTP> 1175=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>
1015 1176
1016A simple-to-use HTTP library that is capable of making a lot of concurrent 1177Truly asynchronous (as opposed to non-blocking) I/O, should be in the
1017HTTP requests. 1178toolbox of every event programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses
1179L<IO::AIO> and AnyEvent together, giving AnyEvent access to event-based
1180file I/O, and much more.
1181
1182=item L<AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify>
1183
1184AnyEvent is good for non-blocking stuff, but it can't detect file or
1185path changes (e.g. "watch this directory for new files", "watch this
1186file for changes"). The L<AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify> module promises to
1187do just that in a portbale fashion, supporting inotify on GNU/Linux and
1188some weird, without doubt broken, stuff on OS X to monitor files. It can
1189fall back to blocking scans at regular intervals transparently on other
1190platforms, so it's about as portable as it gets.
1191
1192(I haven't used it myself, but I haven't heard anybody complaining about
1193it yet).
1194
1195=item L<AnyEvent::DBI>
1196
1197Executes L<DBI> requests asynchronously in a proxy process for you,
1198notifying you in an event-based way when the operation is finished.
1018 1199
1019=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD> 1200=item L<AnyEvent::HTTPD>
1020 1201
1021Provides a simple web application server framework. 1202A simple embedded webserver.
1022 1203
1023=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing> 1204=item L<AnyEvent::FastPing>
1024 1205
1025The fastest ping in the west. 1206The fastest ping in the west.
1026 1207
1027=item L<AnyEvent::DBI>
1028
1029Executes L<DBI> requests asynchronously in a proxy process.
1030
1031=item L<AnyEvent::AIO>
1032
1033Truly asynchronous I/O, should be in the toolbox of every event
1034programmer. AnyEvent::AIO transparently fuses L<IO::AIO> and AnyEvent
1035together.
1036
1037=item L<AnyEvent::BDB>
1038
1039Truly asynchronous Berkeley DB access. AnyEvent::BDB transparently fuses
1040L<BDB> and AnyEvent together.
1041
1042=item L<AnyEvent::GPSD>
1043
1044A non-blocking interface to gpsd, a daemon delivering GPS information.
1045
1046=item L<AnyEvent::IRC>
1047
1048AnyEvent based IRC client module family (replacing the older Net::IRC3).
1049
1050=item L<AnyEvent::XMPP>
1051
1052AnyEvent based XMPP (Jabber protocol) module family (replacing the older
1053Net::XMPP2>.
1054
1055=item L<AnyEvent::IGS>
1056
1057A non-blocking interface to the Internet Go Server protocol (used by
1058L<App::IGS>).
1059
1060=item L<Net::FCP>
1061
1062AnyEvent-based implementation of the Freenet Client Protocol, birthplace
1063of AnyEvent.
1064
1065=item L<Event::ExecFlow>
1066
1067High level API for event-based execution flow control.
1068
1069=item L<Coro> 1208=item L<Coro>
1070 1209
1071Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>. 1210Has special support for AnyEvent via L<Coro::AnyEvent>, which allows you
1211to simply invert the flow control - don't call us, we will call you:
1212
1213 async {
1214 Coro::AnyEvent::sleep 5; # creates a 5s timer and waits for it
1215 print "5 seconds later!\n";
1216
1217 Coro::AnyEvent::readable *STDIN; # uses an I/O watcher
1218 my $line = <STDIN>; # works for ttys
1219
1220 AnyEvent::HTTP::http_get "url", Coro::rouse_cb;
1221 my ($body, $hdr) = Coro::rouse_wait;
1222 };
1072 1223
1073=back 1224=back
1074 1225
1075=cut 1226=cut
1076 1227
1077package AnyEvent; 1228package AnyEvent;
1078 1229
1079# basically a tuned-down version of common::sense 1230# basically a tuned-down version of common::sense
1080sub common_sense { 1231sub common_sense {
1081 # no warnings 1232 # from common:.sense 3.5
1082 ${^WARNING_BITS} ^= ${^WARNING_BITS}; 1233 local $^W;
1083 # use strict vars subs 1234 ${^WARNING_BITS} ^= ${^WARNING_BITS} ^ "\x3c\x3f\x33\x00\x0f\xf0\x0f\xc0\xf0\xfc\x33\x00";
1235 # use strict vars subs - NO UTF-8, as Util.pm doesn't like this atm. (uts46data.pl)
1084 $^H |= 0x00000600; 1236 $^H |= 0x00000600;
1085} 1237}
1086 1238
1087BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense } 1239BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
1088 1240
1089use Carp (); 1241use Carp ();
1090 1242
1091our $VERSION = 4.88; 1243our $VERSION = '7.04';
1092our $MODEL; 1244our $MODEL;
1093
1094our $AUTOLOAD;
1095our @ISA; 1245our @ISA;
1096
1097our @REGISTRY; 1246our @REGISTRY;
1098
1099our $WIN32;
1100
1101our $VERBOSE; 1247our $VERBOSE;
1248our %PROTOCOL; # (ipv4|ipv6) => (1|2), higher numbers are preferred
1249our $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY} || 10; # executes after the BEGIN block below (tainting!)
1102 1250
1103BEGIN { 1251BEGIN {
1104 eval "sub WIN32(){ " . (($^O =~ /mswin32/i)*1) ." }"; 1252 require "AnyEvent/constants.pl";
1253
1105 eval "sub TAINT(){ " . (${^TAINT}*1) . " }"; 1254 eval "sub TAINT (){" . (${^TAINT}*1) . "}";
1106 1255
1107 delete @ENV{grep /^PERL_ANYEVENT_/, keys %ENV} 1256 delete @ENV{grep /^PERL_ANYEVENT_/, keys %ENV}
1108 if ${^TAINT}; 1257 if ${^TAINT};
1109 1258
1110 $VERBOSE = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1; 1259 $ENV{"PERL_ANYEVENT_$_"} = $ENV{"AE_$_"}
1260 for grep s/^AE_// && !exists $ENV{"PERL_ANYEVENT_$_"}, keys %ENV;
1111 1261
1112} 1262 @ENV{grep /^PERL_ANYEVENT_/, keys %ENV} = ()
1263 if ${^TAINT};
1113 1264
1114our $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY = 10; 1265 # $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_xxx} now valid
1115 1266
1116our %PROTOCOL; # (ipv4|ipv6) => (1|2), higher numbers are preferred 1267 $VERBOSE = length $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE} ? $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE}*1 : 4;
1117 1268
1118{
1119 my $idx; 1269 my $idx;
1120 $PROTOCOL{$_} = ++$idx 1270 $PROTOCOL{$_} = ++$idx
1121 for reverse split /\s*,\s*/, 1271 for reverse split /\s*,\s*/,
1122 $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6"; 1272 $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS} || "ipv4,ipv6";
1123} 1273}
1124 1274
1275our @post_detect;
1276
1277sub post_detect(&) {
1278 my ($cb) = @_;
1279
1280 push @post_detect, $cb;
1281
1282 defined wantarray
1283 ? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::postdetect"
1284 : ()
1285}
1286
1287sub AnyEvent::Util::postdetect::DESTROY {
1288 @post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
1289}
1290
1291our $POSTPONE_W;
1292our @POSTPONE;
1293
1294sub _postpone_exec {
1295 undef $POSTPONE_W;
1296
1297 &{ shift @POSTPONE }
1298 while @POSTPONE;
1299}
1300
1301sub postpone(&) {
1302 push @POSTPONE, shift;
1303
1304 $POSTPONE_W ||= AE::timer (0, 0, \&_postpone_exec);
1305
1306 ()
1307}
1308
1309sub log($$;@) {
1310 # only load the big bloated module when we actually are about to log something
1311 if ($_[0] <= ($VERBOSE || 1)) { # also catches non-numeric levels(!) and fatal
1312 local ($!, $@);
1313 require AnyEvent::Log; # among other things, sets $VERBOSE to 9
1314 # AnyEvent::Log overwrites this function
1315 goto &log;
1316 }
1317
1318 0 # not logged
1319}
1320
1321sub _logger($;$) {
1322 my ($level, $renabled) = @_;
1323
1324 $$renabled = $level <= $VERBOSE;
1325
1326 my $logger = [(caller)[0], $level, $renabled];
1327
1328 $AnyEvent::Log::LOGGER{$logger+0} = $logger;
1329
1330# return unless defined wantarray;
1331#
1332# require AnyEvent::Util;
1333# my $guard = AnyEvent::Util::guard (sub {
1334# # "clean up"
1335# delete $LOGGER{$logger+0};
1336# });
1337#
1338# sub {
1339# return 0 unless $$renabled;
1340#
1341# $guard if 0; # keep guard alive, but don't cause runtime overhead
1342# require AnyEvent::Log unless $AnyEvent::Log::VERSION;
1343# package AnyEvent::Log;
1344# _log ($logger->[0], $level, @_) # logger->[0] has been converted at load time
1345# }
1346}
1347
1348if (length $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG}) {
1349 require AnyEvent::Log; # AnyEvent::Log does the thing for us
1350}
1351
1125my @models = ( 1352our @models = (
1126 [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV:: , 1], 1353 [EV:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EV::],
1127 [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::, 1], 1354 [AnyEvent::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::],
1128 [AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Perl:: , 1],
1129 # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed 1355 # everything below here will not (normally) be autoprobed
1130 # as the pureperl backend should work everywhere 1356 # as the pure perl backend should work everywhere
1131 # and is usually faster 1357 # and is usually faster
1358 [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package, so msut be near the top
1359 [Event:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Event::], # slow, stable
1132 [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib:: , 1], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers 1360 [Glib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Glib::], # becomes extremely slow with many watchers
1361 # everything below here should not be autoloaded
1133 [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy 1362 [Event::Lib:: => AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib::], # too buggy
1134 [Irssi:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi::], # Irssi has a bogus "Event" package
1135 [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles 1363 [Tk:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Tk::], # crashes with many handles
1136 [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program 1364 [Qt:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Qt::], # requires special main program
1137 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza 1365 [POE::Kernel:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], # lasciate ogni speranza
1138 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 1366 [Wx:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
1139 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::], 1367 [Prima:: => AnyEvent::Impl::POE::],
1140 # IO::Async is just too broken - we would need workarounds for its 1368 [IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # a bitch to autodetect
1141 # byzantine signal and broken child handling, among others. 1369 [Cocoa::EventLoop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::Cocoa::],
1142 # IO::Async is rather hard to detect, as it doesn't have any 1370 [FLTK:: => AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK::],
1143 # obvious default class.
1144# [0, IO::Async:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1145# [0, IO::Async::Loop:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1146# [0, IO::Async::Notifier:: => AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync::], # requires special main program
1147); 1371);
1148 1372
1149our %method = map +($_ => 1), 1373our @isa_hook;
1374
1375sub _isa_set {
1376 my @pkg = ("AnyEvent", (map $_->[0], grep defined, @isa_hook), $MODEL);
1377
1378 @{"$pkg[$_-1]::ISA"} = $pkg[$_]
1379 for 1 .. $#pkg;
1380
1381 grep $_ && $_->[1], @isa_hook
1382 and AE::_reset ();
1383}
1384
1385# used for hooking AnyEvent::Strict and AnyEvent::Debug::Wrap into the class hierarchy
1386sub _isa_hook($$;$) {
1387 my ($i, $pkg, $reset_ae) = @_;
1388
1389 $isa_hook[$i] = $pkg ? [$pkg, $reset_ae] : undef;
1390
1391 _isa_set;
1392}
1393
1394# all autoloaded methods reserve the complete glob, not just the method slot.
1395# due to bugs in perls method cache implementation.
1150 qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar one_event DESTROY); 1396our @methods = qw(io timer time now now_update signal child idle condvar);
1151 1397
1152our @post_detect;
1153
1154sub post_detect(&) { 1398sub detect() {
1155 my ($cb) = @_; 1399 return $MODEL if $MODEL; # some programs keep references to detect
1156 1400
1157 if ($MODEL) { 1401 # IO::Async::Loop::AnyEvent is extremely evil, refuse to work with it
1158 $cb->(); 1402 # the author knows about the problems and what it does to AnyEvent as a whole
1403 # (and the ability of others to use AnyEvent), but simply wants to abuse AnyEvent
1404 # anyway.
1405 AnyEvent::log fatal => "IO::Async::Loop::AnyEvent detected - that module is broken by\n"
1406 . "design, abuses internals and breaks AnyEvent - will not continue."
1407 if exists $INC{"IO/Async/Loop/AnyEvent.pm"};
1159 1408
1160 undef 1409 local $!; # for good measure
1410 local $SIG{__DIE__}; # we use eval
1411
1412 # free some memory
1413 *detect = sub () { $MODEL };
1414 # undef &func doesn't correctly update the method cache. grmbl.
1415 # so we delete the whole glob. grmbl.
1416 # otoh, perl doesn't let me undef an active usb, but it lets me free
1417 # a glob with an active sub. hrm. i hope it works, but perl is
1418 # usually buggy in this department. sigh.
1419 delete @{"AnyEvent::"}{@methods};
1420 undef @methods;
1421
1422 if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9:]+)$/) {
1423 my $model = $1;
1424 $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$model" unless $model =~ s/::$//;
1425 if (eval "require $model") {
1426 AnyEvent::log 7 => "Loaded model '$model' (forced by \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}), using it.";
1427 $MODEL = $model;
1161 } else { 1428 } else {
1162 push @post_detect, $cb; 1429 AnyEvent::log 4 => "Unable to load model '$model' (from \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}):\n$@";
1163 1430 }
1164 defined wantarray
1165 ? bless \$cb, "AnyEvent::Util::postdetect"
1166 : ()
1167 } 1431 }
1168}
1169 1432
1170sub AnyEvent::Util::postdetect::DESTROY { 1433 # check for already loaded models
1171 @post_detect = grep $_ != ${$_[0]}, @post_detect;
1172}
1173
1174sub detect() {
1175 unless ($MODEL) { 1434 unless ($MODEL) {
1176 local $SIG{__DIE__}; 1435 for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
1177 1436 my ($package, $model) = @$_;
1178 if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL} =~ /^([a-zA-Z]+)$/) { 1437 if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) {
1179 my $model = "AnyEvent::Impl::$1";
1180 if (eval "require $model") { 1438 if (eval "require $model") {
1439 AnyEvent::log 7 => "Autodetected model '$model', using it.";
1181 $MODEL = $model; 1440 $MODEL = $model;
1182 warn "AnyEvent: loaded model '$model' (forced by \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}), using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2; 1441 last;
1183 } else { 1442 } else {
1184 warn "AnyEvent: unable to load model '$model' (from \$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL}):\n$@" if $VERBOSE; 1443 AnyEvent::log 8 => "Detected event loop $package, but cannot load '$model', skipping: $@";
1444 }
1185 } 1445 }
1186 } 1446 }
1187 1447
1188 # check for already loaded models
1189 unless ($MODEL) { 1448 unless ($MODEL) {
1449 # try to autoload a model
1190 for (@REGISTRY, @models) { 1450 for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
1191 my ($package, $model) = @$_; 1451 my ($package, $model) = @$_;
1452 if (
1453 eval "require $package"
1192 if (${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0) { 1454 and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0
1193 if (eval "require $model") { 1455 and eval "require $model"
1456 ) {
1457 AnyEvent::log 7 => "Autoloaded model '$model', using it.";
1194 $MODEL = $model; 1458 $MODEL = $model;
1195 warn "AnyEvent: autodetected model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
1196 last; 1459 last;
1197 }
1198 } 1460 }
1199 } 1461 }
1200 1462
1201 unless ($MODEL) {
1202 # try to autoload a model
1203 for (@REGISTRY, @models) {
1204 my ($package, $model, $autoload) = @$_;
1205 if (
1206 $autoload
1207 and eval "require $package"
1208 and ${"$package\::VERSION"} > 0
1209 and eval "require $model"
1210 ) {
1211 $MODEL = $model;
1212 warn "AnyEvent: autoloaded model '$model', using it.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 2;
1213 last;
1214 }
1215 }
1216
1217 $MODEL 1463 $MODEL
1218 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: EV, Event or Glib.\n"; 1464 or AnyEvent::log fatal => "Backend autodetection failed - did you properly install AnyEvent?";
1219 }
1220 } 1465 }
1221
1222 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
1223
1224 unshift @ISA, $MODEL;
1225
1226 require AnyEvent::Strict if $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT};
1227
1228 (shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
1229 } 1466 }
1230 1467
1468 # free memory only needed for probing
1469 undef @models;
1470 undef @REGISTRY;
1471
1472 push @{"$MODEL\::ISA"}, "AnyEvent::Base";
1473
1474 # now nuke some methods that are overridden by the backend.
1475 # SUPER usage is not allowed in these.
1476 for (qw(time signal child idle)) {
1477 undef &{"AnyEvent::Base::$_"}
1478 if defined &{"$MODEL\::$_"};
1479 }
1480
1481 _isa_set;
1482
1483 # we're officially open!
1484
1485 if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT}) {
1486 require AnyEvent::Strict;
1487 }
1488
1489 if ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP}) {
1490 require AnyEvent::Debug;
1491 AnyEvent::Debug::wrap ($ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP});
1492 }
1493
1494 if (length $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL}) {
1495 require AnyEvent::Socket;
1496 require AnyEvent::Debug;
1497
1498 my $shell = $ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL};
1499 $shell =~ s/\$\$/$$/g;
1500
1501 my ($host, $service) = AnyEvent::Socket::parse_hostport ($shell);
1502 $AnyEvent::Debug::SHELL = AnyEvent::Debug::shell ($host, $service);
1503 }
1504
1505 # now the anyevent environment is set up as the user told us to, so
1506 # call the actual user code - post detects
1507
1508 (shift @post_detect)->() while @post_detect;
1509 undef @post_detect;
1510
1511 *post_detect = sub(&) {
1512 shift->();
1513
1514 undef
1515 };
1516
1231 $MODEL 1517 $MODEL
1232} 1518}
1233 1519
1234sub AUTOLOAD { 1520for my $name (@methods) {
1235 (my $func = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*://; 1521 *$name = sub {
1236 1522 detect;
1237 $method{$func} 1523 # we use goto because
1238 or Carp::croak "$func: not a valid method for AnyEvent objects"; 1524 # a) it makes the thunk more transparent
1239 1525 # b) it allows us to delete the thunk later
1240 detect unless $MODEL; 1526 goto &{ UNIVERSAL::can AnyEvent => "SUPER::$name" }
1241 1527 };
1242 my $class = shift;
1243 $class->$func (@_);
1244} 1528}
1245 1529
1246# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends 1530# utility function to dup a filehandle. this is used by many backends
1247# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually 1531# to support binding more than one watcher per filehandle (they usually
1248# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one). 1532# allow only one watcher per fd, so we dup it to get a different one).
1258 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases 1542 # we assume CLOEXEC is already set by perl in all important cases
1259 1543
1260 ($fh2, $rw) 1544 ($fh2, $rw)
1261} 1545}
1262 1546
1547=head1 SIMPLIFIED AE API
1548
1549Starting with version 5.0, AnyEvent officially supports a second, much
1550simpler, API that is designed to reduce the calling, typing and memory
1551overhead by using function call syntax and a fixed number of parameters.
1552
1553See the L<AE> manpage for details.
1554
1555=cut
1556
1557package AE;
1558
1559our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
1560
1561sub _reset() {
1562 eval q{
1563 # fall back to the main API by default - backends and AnyEvent::Base
1564 # implementations can overwrite these.
1565
1566 sub io($$$) {
1567 AnyEvent->io (fh => $_[0], poll => $_[1] ? "w" : "r", cb => $_[2])
1568 }
1569
1570 sub timer($$$) {
1571 AnyEvent->timer (after => $_[0], interval => $_[1], cb => $_[2])
1572 }
1573
1574 sub signal($$) {
1575 AnyEvent->signal (signal => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
1576 }
1577
1578 sub child($$) {
1579 AnyEvent->child (pid => $_[0], cb => $_[1])
1580 }
1581
1582 sub idle($) {
1583 AnyEvent->idle (cb => $_[0]);
1584 }
1585
1586 sub cv(;&) {
1587 AnyEvent->condvar (@_ ? (cb => $_[0]) : ())
1588 }
1589
1590 sub now() {
1591 AnyEvent->now
1592 }
1593
1594 sub now_update() {
1595 AnyEvent->now_update
1596 }
1597
1598 sub time() {
1599 AnyEvent->time
1600 }
1601
1602 *postpone = \&AnyEvent::postpone;
1603 *log = \&AnyEvent::log;
1604 };
1605 die if $@;
1606}
1607
1608BEGIN { _reset }
1609
1263package AnyEvent::Base; 1610package AnyEvent::Base;
1264 1611
1265# default implementations for many methods 1612# default implementations for many methods
1266 1613
1267sub _time { 1614sub time {
1615 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1268 # probe for availability of Time::HiRes 1616 # probe for availability of Time::HiRes
1269 if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); Time::HiRes::time (); 1") { 1617 if (eval "use Time::HiRes (); Time::HiRes::time (); 1") {
1270 warn "AnyEvent: using Time::HiRes for sub-second timing accuracy.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8; 1618 *time = sub { Time::HiRes::time () };
1271 *_time = \&Time::HiRes::time; 1619 *AE::time = \& Time::HiRes::time ;
1620 *now = \&time;
1621 AnyEvent::log 8 => "using Time::HiRes for sub-second timing accuracy.";
1272 # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())... 1622 # if (eval "use POSIX (); (POSIX::times())...
1273 } else { 1623 } else {
1274 warn "AnyEvent: using built-in time(), WARNING, no sub-second resolution!\n" if $VERBOSE; 1624 *time = sub { CORE::time };
1275 *_time = sub { time }; # epic fail 1625 *AE::time = sub (){ CORE::time };
1626 *now = \&time;
1627 AnyEvent::log 3 => "Using built-in time(), no sub-second resolution!";
1628 }
1276 } 1629 };
1630 die if $@;
1277 1631
1278 &_time 1632 &time
1279} 1633}
1280 1634
1281sub time { _time } 1635*now = \&time;
1282sub now { _time }
1283sub now_update { } 1636sub now_update { }
1284 1637
1638sub _poll {
1639 Carp::croak "$AnyEvent::MODEL does not support blocking waits. Caught";
1640}
1641
1285# default implementation for ->condvar 1642# default implementation for ->condvar
1643# in fact, the default should not be overwritten
1286 1644
1287sub condvar { 1645sub condvar {
1646 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1647 *condvar = sub {
1288 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar" 1648 bless { @_ == 3 ? (_ae_cb => $_[2]) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
1649 };
1650
1651 *AE::cv = sub (;&) {
1652 bless { @_ ? (_ae_cb => shift) : () }, "AnyEvent::CondVar"
1653 };
1654 };
1655 die if $@;
1656
1657 &condvar
1289} 1658}
1290 1659
1291# default implementation for ->signal 1660# default implementation for ->signal
1292 1661
1293our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT; 1662our $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
1663
1664sub _have_async_interrupt() {
1665 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1*(!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT}
1666 && eval "use Async::Interrupt 1.02 (); 1")
1667 unless defined $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT;
1668
1669 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1670}
1671
1294our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO); 1672our ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W, %SIG_CB, %SIG_EV, $SIG_IO);
1295our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W); 1673our (%SIG_ASY, %SIG_ASY_W);
1296our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW); 1674our ($SIG_COUNT, $SIG_TW);
1297 1675
1298sub _signal_exec {
1299 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1300 ? $SIGPIPE_R->drain
1301 : sysread $SIGPIPE_R, my $dummy, 9;
1302
1303 while (%SIG_EV) {
1304 for (keys %SIG_EV) {
1305 delete $SIG_EV{$_};
1306 $_->() for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
1307 }
1308 }
1309}
1310
1311# install a dumym wakeupw atcher to reduce signal catching latency 1676# install a dummy wakeup watcher to reduce signal catching latency
1677# used by Impls
1312sub _sig_add() { 1678sub _sig_add() {
1313 unless ($SIG_COUNT++) { 1679 unless ($SIG_COUNT++) {
1314 # try to align timer on a full-second boundary, if possible 1680 # try to align timer on a full-second boundary, if possible
1315 my $NOW = AnyEvent->now; 1681 my $NOW = AE::now;
1316 1682
1317 $SIG_TW = AnyEvent->timer ( 1683 $SIG_TW = AE::timer
1318 after => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY - ($NOW - int $NOW), 1684 $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY - ($NOW - int $NOW),
1319 interval => $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY, 1685 $MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY,
1320 cb => sub { }, # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK 1686 sub { } # just for the PERL_ASYNC_CHECK
1321 ); 1687 ;
1322 } 1688 }
1323} 1689}
1324 1690
1325sub _sig_del { 1691sub _sig_del {
1326 undef $SIG_TW 1692 undef $SIG_TW
1327 unless --$SIG_COUNT; 1693 unless --$SIG_COUNT;
1328} 1694}
1329 1695
1696our $_sig_name_init; $_sig_name_init = sub {
1697 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1698 undef $_sig_name_init;
1699
1700 if (_have_async_interrupt) {
1701 *sig2num = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2num;
1702 *sig2name = \&Async::Interrupt::sig2name;
1703 } else {
1704 require Config;
1705
1706 my %signame2num;
1707 @signame2num{ split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_name} }
1708 = split ' ', $Config::Config{sig_num};
1709
1710 my @signum2name;
1711 @signum2name[values %signame2num] = keys %signame2num;
1712
1713 *sig2num = sub($) {
1714 $_[0] > 0 ? shift : $signame2num{+shift}
1715 };
1716 *sig2name = sub ($) {
1717 $_[0] > 0 ? $signum2name[+shift] : shift
1718 };
1719 }
1720 };
1721 die if $@;
1722};
1723
1724sub sig2num ($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2num }
1725sub sig2name($) { &$_sig_name_init; &sig2name }
1726
1330sub _signal { 1727sub signal {
1331 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1728 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1729 # probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
1730 if (_have_async_interrupt) {
1731 AnyEvent::log 8 => "Using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.";
1332 1732
1333 my $signal = uc $arg{signal} 1733 $SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
1334 or Carp::croak "required option 'signal' is missing"; 1734 $SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, 0, \&_signal_exec;
1335 1735
1336 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; 1736 } else {
1737 AnyEvent::log 8 => "Using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.";
1337 1738
1338 if ($HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT) { 1739 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1339 # async::interrupt 1740 require AnyEvent::Util;
1340 1741
1341 $SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= do { 1742 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1342 my $asy = new Async::Interrupt 1743 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R, 1) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1343 cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} }, 1744 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W, 1) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1344 signal => $signal, 1745 } else {
1345 pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos], 1746 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1747 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, AnyEvent::F_SETFL, AnyEvent::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1748 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, AnyEvent::F_SETFL, AnyEvent::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1749
1750 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1751 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, AnyEvent::F_SETFD, AnyEvent::FD_CLOEXEC;
1752 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, AnyEvent::F_SETFD, AnyEvent::FD_CLOEXEC;
1346 ; 1753 }
1347 $asy->pipe_autodrain (0);
1348 1754
1349 $asy 1755 $SIGPIPE_R
1756 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1757
1758 $SIG_IO = AE::io $SIGPIPE_R, 0, \&_signal_exec;
1759 }
1760
1761 *signal = $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1762 ? sub {
1763 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1764
1765 # async::interrupt
1766 my $signal = sig2num $arg{signal};
1767 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1768
1769 $SIG_ASY{$signal} ||= new Async::Interrupt
1770 cb => sub { undef $SIG_EV{$signal} },
1771 signal => $signal,
1772 pipe => [$SIGPIPE_R->filenos],
1773 pipe_autodrain => 0,
1774 ;
1775
1776 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
1777 }
1778 : sub {
1779 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1780
1781 # pure perl
1782 my $signal = sig2name $arg{signal};
1783 $SIG_CB{$signal}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb};
1784
1785 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub {
1786 local $!;
1787 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV;
1788 undef $SIG_EV{$signal};
1789 };
1790
1791 # can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
1792 # so limit the signal latency.
1793 _sig_add;
1794
1795 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
1796 }
1797 ;
1798
1799 *AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY = sub {
1800 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1801
1802 _sig_del;
1803
1804 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1805
1806 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1807 ? delete $SIG_ASY{$signal}
1808 : # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
1809 # print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
1810 # instead of getting the default action.
1811 undef $SIG{$signal}
1812 unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1350 }; 1813 };
1351 1814
1352 } else { 1815 *_signal_exec = sub {
1353 # pure perl 1816 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1817 ? $SIGPIPE_R->drain
1818 : sysread $SIGPIPE_R, (my $dummy), 9;
1354 1819
1355 $SIG{$signal} ||= sub { 1820 while (%SIG_EV) {
1356 local $!; 1821 for (keys %SIG_EV) {
1357 syswrite $SIGPIPE_W, "\x00", 1 unless %SIG_EV; 1822 delete $SIG_EV{$_};
1358 undef $SIG_EV{$signal}; 1823 &$_ for values %{ $SIG_CB{$_} || {} };
1824 }
1825 }
1359 }; 1826 };
1360
1361 # can't do signal processing without introducing races in pure perl,
1362 # so limit the signal latency.
1363 _sig_add;
1364 } 1827 };
1828 die if $@;
1365 1829
1366 bless [$signal, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::signal"
1367}
1368
1369sub signal {
1370 # probe for availability of Async::Interrupt
1371 if (!$ENV{PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT} && eval "use Async::Interrupt 0.6 (); 1") {
1372 warn "AnyEvent: using Async::Interrupt for race-free signal handling.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1373
1374 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT = 1;
1375 $SIGPIPE_R = new Async::Interrupt::EventPipe;
1376 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R->fileno, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1377
1378 } else {
1379 warn "AnyEvent: using emulated perl signal handling with latency timer.\n" if $VERBOSE >= 8;
1380
1381 require Fcntl;
1382
1383 if (AnyEvent::WIN32) {
1384 require AnyEvent::Util;
1385
1386 ($SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W) = AnyEvent::Util::portable_pipe ();
1387 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_R) if $SIGPIPE_R;
1388 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking ($SIGPIPE_W) if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1389 } else {
1390 pipe $SIGPIPE_R, $SIGPIPE_W;
1391 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_R;
1392 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFL, &Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK if $SIGPIPE_W; # just in case
1393
1394 # not strictly required, as $^F is normally 2, but let's make sure...
1395 fcntl $SIGPIPE_R, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1396 fcntl $SIGPIPE_W, &Fcntl::F_SETFD, &Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC;
1397 }
1398
1399 $SIGPIPE_R
1400 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent: unable to create a signal reporting pipe: $!\n";
1401
1402 $SIG_IO = AnyEvent->io (fh => $SIGPIPE_R, poll => "r", cb => \&_signal_exec);
1403 }
1404
1405 *signal = \&_signal;
1406 &signal 1830 &signal
1407}
1408
1409sub AnyEvent::Base::signal::DESTROY {
1410 my ($signal, $cb) = @{$_[0]};
1411
1412 _sig_del;
1413
1414 delete $SIG_CB{$signal}{$cb};
1415
1416 $HAVE_ASYNC_INTERRUPT
1417 ? delete $SIG_ASY{$signal}
1418 : # delete doesn't work with older perls - they then
1419 # print weird messages, or just unconditionally exit
1420 # instead of getting the default action.
1421 undef $SIG{$signal}
1422 unless keys %{ $SIG_CB{$signal} };
1423} 1831}
1424 1832
1425# default implementation for ->child 1833# default implementation for ->child
1426 1834
1427our %PID_CB; 1835our %PID_CB;
1428our $CHLD_W; 1836our $CHLD_W;
1429our $CHLD_DELAY_W; 1837our $CHLD_DELAY_W;
1430our $WNOHANG;
1431 1838
1839# used by many Impl's
1432sub _emit_childstatus($$) { 1840sub _emit_childstatus($$) {
1433 my (undef, $rpid, $rstatus) = @_; 1841 my (undef, $rpid, $rstatus) = @_;
1434 1842
1435 $_->($rpid, $rstatus) 1843 $_->($rpid, $rstatus)
1436 for values %{ $PID_CB{$rpid} || {} }, 1844 for values %{ $PID_CB{$rpid} || {} },
1437 values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} }; 1845 values %{ $PID_CB{0} || {} };
1438} 1846}
1439 1847
1440sub _sigchld {
1441 my $pid;
1442
1443 AnyEvent->_emit_childstatus ($pid, $?)
1444 while ($pid = waitpid -1, $WNOHANG) > 0;
1445}
1446
1447sub child { 1848sub child {
1849 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1850 *_sigchld = sub {
1851 my $pid;
1852
1853 AnyEvent->_emit_childstatus ($pid, $?)
1854 while ($pid = waitpid -1, WNOHANG) > 0;
1855 };
1856
1857 *child = sub {
1448 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1858 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1449 1859
1450 defined (my $pid = $arg{pid} + 0) 1860 my $pid = $arg{pid};
1451 or Carp::croak "required option 'pid' is missing"; 1861 my $cb = $arg{cb};
1452 1862
1453 $PID_CB{$pid}{$arg{cb}} = $arg{cb}; 1863 $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb+0} = $cb;
1454 1864
1455 # WNOHANG is almost cetrainly 1 everywhere
1456 $WNOHANG ||= $^O =~ /^(?:openbsd|netbsd|linux|freebsd|cygwin|MSWin32)$/
1457 ? 1
1458 : eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; require POSIX; &POSIX::WNOHANG } || 1;
1459
1460 unless ($CHLD_W) { 1865 unless ($CHLD_W) {
1461 $CHLD_W = AnyEvent->signal (signal => 'CHLD', cb => \&_sigchld); 1866 $CHLD_W = AE::signal CHLD => \&_sigchld;
1462 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round 1867 # child could be a zombie already, so make at least one round
1463 &_sigchld; 1868 &_sigchld;
1464 } 1869 }
1465 1870
1466 bless [$pid, $arg{cb}], "AnyEvent::Base::child" 1871 bless [$pid, $cb+0], "AnyEvent::Base::child"
1467} 1872 };
1468 1873
1469sub AnyEvent::Base::child::DESTROY { 1874 *AnyEvent::Base::child::DESTROY = sub {
1470 my ($pid, $cb) = @{$_[0]}; 1875 my ($pid, $icb) = @{$_[0]};
1471 1876
1472 delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$cb}; 1877 delete $PID_CB{$pid}{$icb};
1473 delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} }; 1878 delete $PID_CB{$pid} unless keys %{ $PID_CB{$pid} };
1474 1879
1475 undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB; 1880 undef $CHLD_W unless keys %PID_CB;
1881 };
1882 };
1883 die if $@;
1884
1885 &child
1476} 1886}
1477 1887
1478# idle emulation is done by simply using a timer, regardless 1888# idle emulation is done by simply using a timer, regardless
1479# of whether the process is idle or not, and not letting 1889# of whether the process is idle or not, and not letting
1480# the callback use more than 50% of the time. 1890# the callback use more than 50% of the time.
1481sub idle { 1891sub idle {
1892 eval q{ # poor man's autoloading {}
1893 *idle = sub {
1482 my (undef, %arg) = @_; 1894 my (undef, %arg) = @_;
1483 1895
1484 my ($cb, $w, $rcb) = $arg{cb}; 1896 my ($cb, $w, $rcb) = $arg{cb};
1485 1897
1486 $rcb = sub { 1898 $rcb = sub {
1487 if ($cb) { 1899 if ($cb) {
1488 $w = _time; 1900 $w = AE::time;
1489 &$cb; 1901 &$cb;
1490 $w = _time - $w; 1902 $w = AE::time - $w;
1491 1903
1492 # never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher, 1904 # never use more then 50% of the time for the idle watcher,
1493 # within some limits 1905 # within some limits
1494 $w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001; 1906 $w = 0.0001 if $w < 0.0001;
1495 $w = 5 if $w > 5; 1907 $w = 5 if $w > 5;
1496 1908
1497 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => $w, cb => $rcb); 1909 $w = AE::timer $w, 0, $rcb;
1498 } else { 1910 } else {
1499 # clean up... 1911 # clean up...
1500 undef $w; 1912 undef $w;
1501 undef $rcb; 1913 undef $rcb;
1914 }
1915 };
1916
1917 $w = AE::timer 0.05, 0, $rcb;
1918
1919 bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
1502 } 1920 };
1921
1922 *AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY = sub {
1923 undef $${$_[0]};
1924 };
1503 }; 1925 };
1926 die if $@;
1504 1927
1505 $w = AnyEvent->timer (after => 0.05, cb => $rcb); 1928 &idle
1506
1507 bless \\$cb, "AnyEvent::Base::idle"
1508}
1509
1510sub AnyEvent::Base::idle::DESTROY {
1511 undef $${$_[0]};
1512} 1929}
1513 1930
1514package AnyEvent::CondVar; 1931package AnyEvent::CondVar;
1515 1932
1516our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::; 1933our @ISA = AnyEvent::CondVar::Base::;
1934
1935# only to be used for subclassing
1936sub new {
1937 my $class = shift;
1938 bless AnyEvent->condvar (@_), $class
1939}
1517 1940
1518package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base; 1941package AnyEvent::CondVar::Base;
1519 1942
1520#use overload 1943#use overload
1521# '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } }, 1944# '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; sub { $self->send (@_) } },
1531 1954
1532sub _send { 1955sub _send {
1533 # nop 1956 # nop
1534} 1957}
1535 1958
1959sub _wait {
1960 AnyEvent->_poll until $_[0]{_ae_sent};
1961}
1962
1536sub send { 1963sub send {
1537 my $cv = shift; 1964 my $cv = shift;
1538 $cv->{_ae_sent} = [@_]; 1965 $cv->{_ae_sent} = [@_];
1539 (delete $cv->{_ae_cb})->($cv) if $cv->{_ae_cb}; 1966 (delete $cv->{_ae_cb})->($cv) if $cv->{_ae_cb};
1540 $cv->_send; 1967 $cv->_send;
1547 1974
1548sub ready { 1975sub ready {
1549 $_[0]{_ae_sent} 1976 $_[0]{_ae_sent}
1550} 1977}
1551 1978
1552sub _wait {
1553 $WAITING
1554 and !$_[0]{_ae_sent}
1555 and Carp::croak "AnyEvent::CondVar: recursive blocking wait detected";
1556
1557 local $WAITING = 1;
1558 AnyEvent->one_event while !$_[0]{_ae_sent};
1559}
1560
1561sub recv { 1979sub recv {
1980 unless ($_[0]{_ae_sent}) {
1981 $WAITING
1982 and Carp::croak "AnyEvent::CondVar: recursive blocking wait attempted";
1983
1984 local $WAITING = 1;
1562 $_[0]->_wait; 1985 $_[0]->_wait;
1986 }
1563 1987
1564 Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak} if $_[0]{_ae_croak}; 1988 $_[0]{_ae_croak}
1565 wantarray ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} } : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0] 1989 and Carp::croak $_[0]{_ae_croak};
1990
1991 wantarray
1992 ? @{ $_[0]{_ae_sent} }
1993 : $_[0]{_ae_sent}[0]
1566} 1994}
1567 1995
1568sub cb { 1996sub cb {
1569 $_[0]{_ae_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1; 1997 my $cv = shift;
1998
1999 @_
2000 and $cv->{_ae_cb} = shift
2001 and $cv->{_ae_sent}
2002 and (delete $cv->{_ae_cb})->($cv);
2003
1570 $_[0]{_ae_cb} 2004 $cv->{_ae_cb}
1571} 2005}
1572 2006
1573sub begin { 2007sub begin {
1574 ++$_[0]{_ae_counter}; 2008 ++$_[0]{_ae_counter};
1575 $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1; 2009 $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
1580 &{ $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} || sub { $_[0]->send } }; 2014 &{ $_[0]{_ae_end_cb} || sub { $_[0]->send } };
1581} 2015}
1582 2016
1583# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4 2017# undocumented/compatibility with pre-3.4
1584*broadcast = \&send; 2018*broadcast = \&send;
1585*wait = \&_wait; 2019*wait = \&recv;
1586 2020
1587=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING 2021=head1 ERROR AND EXCEPTION HANDLING
1588 2022
1589In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the 2023In general, AnyEvent does not do any error handling - it relies on the
1590caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also 2024caller to do that if required. The L<AnyEvent::Strict> module (see also
1602$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and 2036$Event/EV::DIED->() >>, L<Glib> uses C<< install_exception_handler >> and
1603so on. 2037so on.
1604 2038
1605=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 2039=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
1606 2040
1607The following environment variables are used by this module or its 2041AnyEvent supports a number of environment variables that tune the
1608submodules. 2042runtime behaviour. They are usually evaluated when AnyEvent is
2043loaded, initialised, or a submodule that uses them is loaded. Many of
2044them also cause AnyEvent to load additional modules - for example,
2045C<PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP> causes the L<AnyEvent::Debug> module to be
2046loaded.
1609 2047
1610Note that AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment variables starting with 2048All the environment variables documented here start with
1611C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> when it is loaded while taint mode is 2049C<PERL_ANYEVENT_>, which is what AnyEvent considers its own
1612enabled. 2050namespace. Other modules are encouraged (but by no means required) to use
2051C<PERL_ANYEVENT_SUBMODULE> if they have registered the AnyEvent::Submodule
2052namespace on CPAN, for any submodule. For example, L<AnyEvent::HTTP> could
2053be expected to use C<PERL_ANYEVENT_HTTP_PROXY> (it should not access env
2054variables starting with C<AE_>, see below).
2055
2056All variables can also be set via the C<AE_> prefix, that is, instead
2057of setting C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> you can also set C<AE_VERBOSE>. In
2058case there is a clash btween anyevent and another program that uses
2059C<AE_something> you can set the corresponding C<PERL_ANYEVENT_something>
2060variable to the empty string, as those variables take precedence.
2061
2062When AnyEvent is first loaded, it copies all C<AE_xxx> env variables
2063to their C<PERL_ANYEVENT_xxx> counterpart unless that variable already
2064exists. If taint mode is on, then AnyEvent will remove I<all> environment
2065variables starting with C<PERL_ANYEVENT_> from C<%ENV> (or replace them
2066with C<undef> or the empty string, if the corresaponding C<AE_> variable
2067is set).
2068
2069The exact algorithm is currently:
2070
2071 1. if taint mode enabled, delete all PERL_ANYEVENT_xyz variables from %ENV
2072 2. copy over AE_xyz to PERL_ANYEVENT_xyz unless the latter alraedy exists
2073 3. if taint mode enabled, set all PERL_ANYEVENT_xyz variables to undef.
2074
2075This ensures that child processes will not see the C<AE_> variables.
2076
2077The following environment variables are currently known to AnyEvent:
1613 2078
1614=over 4 2079=over 4
1615 2080
1616=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> 2081=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE>
1617 2082
1618By default, AnyEvent will be completely silent except in fatal 2083By default, AnyEvent will log messages with loglevel C<4> (C<error>) or
1619conditions. You can set this environment variable to make AnyEvent more 2084higher (see L<AnyEvent::Log>). You can set this environment variable to a
1620talkative. 2085numerical loglevel to make AnyEvent more (or less) talkative.
1621 2086
2087If you want to do more than just set the global logging level
2088you should have a look at C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>, which allows much more
2089complex specifications.
2090
2091When set to C<0> (C<off>), then no messages whatsoever will be logged with
2092everything else at defaults.
2093
1622When set to C<1> or higher, causes AnyEvent to warn about unexpected 2094When set to C<5> or higher (C<warn>), AnyEvent warns about unexpected
1623conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by 2095conditions, such as not being able to load the event model specified by
1624C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>. 2096C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>, or a guard callback throwing an exception - this
2097is the minimum recommended level for use during development.
1625 2098
1626When set to C<2> or higher, cause AnyEvent to report to STDERR which event 2099When set to C<7> or higher (info), AnyEvent reports which event model it
1627model it chooses. 2100chooses.
1628 2101
1629When set to C<8> or higher, then AnyEvent will report extra information on 2102When set to C<8> or higher (debug), then AnyEvent will report extra
1630which optional modules it loads and how it implements certain features. 2103information on which optional modules it loads and how it implements
2104certain features.
2105
2106=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG>
2107
2108Accepts rather complex logging specifications. For example, you could log
2109all C<debug> messages of some module to stderr, warnings and above to
2110stderr, and errors and above to syslog, with:
2111
2112 PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG=Some::Module=debug,+log:filter=warn,+%syslog:%syslog=error,syslog
2113
2114For the rather extensive details, see L<AnyEvent::Log>.
2115
2116This variable is evaluated when AnyEvent (or L<AnyEvent::Log>) is loaded,
2117so will take effect even before AnyEvent has initialised itself.
2118
2119Note that specifying this environment variable causes the L<AnyEvent::Log>
2120module to be loaded, while C<PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE> does not, so only
2121using the latter saves a few hundred kB of memory unless a module
2122explicitly needs the extra features of AnyEvent::Log.
1631 2123
1632=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT> 2124=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT>
1633 2125
1634AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough 2126AnyEvent does not do much argument checking by default, as thorough
1635argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value 2127argument checking is very costly. Setting this variable to a true value
1637check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems, 2129check the arguments passed to most method calls. If it finds any problems,
1638it will croak. 2130it will croak.
1639 2131
1640In other words, enables "strict" mode. 2132In other words, enables "strict" mode.
1641 2133
1642Unlike C<use strict> (or it's modern cousin, C<< use L<common::sense> 2134Unlike C<use strict> (or its modern cousin, C<< use L<common::sense>
1643>>, it is definitely recommended to keep it off in production. Keeping 2135>>, it is definitely recommended to keep it off in production. Keeping
1644C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while developing programs 2136C<PERL_ANYEVENT_STRICT=1> in your environment while developing programs
1645can be very useful, however. 2137can be very useful, however.
1646 2138
2139=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL>
2140
2141If this env variable is nonempty, then its contents will be interpreted by
2142C<AnyEvent::Socket::parse_hostport> and C<AnyEvent::Debug::shell> (after
2143replacing every occurance of C<$$> by the process pid). The shell object
2144is saved in C<$AnyEvent::Debug::SHELL>.
2145
2146This happens when the first watcher is created.
2147
2148For example, to bind a debug shell on a unix domain socket in
2149F<< /tmp/debug<pid>.sock >>, you could use this:
2150
2151 PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL=/tmp/debug\$\$.sock perlprog
2152 # connect with e.g.: socat readline /tmp/debug123.sock
2153
2154Or to bind to tcp port 4545 on localhost:
2155
2156 PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL=127.0.0.1:4545 perlprog
2157 # connect with e.g.: telnet localhost 4545
2158
2159Note that creating sockets in F</tmp> or on localhost is very unsafe on
2160multiuser systems.
2161
2162=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP>
2163
2164Can be set to C<0>, C<1> or C<2> and enables wrapping of all watchers for
2165debugging purposes. See C<AnyEvent::Debug::wrap> for details.
2166
1647=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL> 2167=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL>
1648 2168
1649This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before 2169This can be used to specify the event model to be used by AnyEvent, before
1650auto detection and -probing kicks in. It must be a string consisting 2170auto detection and -probing kicks in.
1651entirely of ASCII letters. The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended 2171
2172It normally is a string consisting entirely of ASCII letters (e.g. C<EV>
2173or C<IOAsync>). The string C<AnyEvent::Impl::> gets prepended and the
1652and the resulting module name is loaded and if the load was successful, 2174resulting module name is loaded and - if the load was successful - used as
1653used as event model. If it fails to load AnyEvent will proceed with 2175event model backend. If it fails to load then AnyEvent will proceed with
1654auto detection and -probing. 2176auto detection and -probing.
1655 2177
1656This functionality might change in future versions. 2178If the string ends with C<::> instead (e.g. C<AnyEvent::Impl::EV::>) then
2179nothing gets prepended and the module name is used as-is (hint: C<::> at
2180the end of a string designates a module name and quotes it appropriately).
1657 2181
1658For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) you 2182For example, to force the pure perl model (L<AnyEvent::Loop::Perl>) you
1659could start your program like this: 2183could start your program like this:
1660 2184
1661 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ... 2185 PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL=Perl perl ...
2186
2187=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_IO_MODEL>
2188
2189The current file I/O model - see L<AnyEvent::IO> for more info.
2190
2191At the moment, only C<Perl> (small, pure-perl, synchronous) and
2192C<IOAIO> (truly asynchronous) are supported. The default is C<IOAIO> if
2193L<AnyEvent::AIO> can be loaded, otherwise it is C<Perl>.
1662 2194
1663=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS> 2195=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS>
1664 2196
1665Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences 2197Used by both L<AnyEvent::DNS> and L<AnyEvent::Socket> to determine preferences
1666for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result 2198for IPv4 or IPv6. The default is unspecified (and might change, or be the result
1679but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4> 2211but support both and try to use both. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv4>
1680- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6 2212- only support IPv4, never try to resolve or contact IPv6
1681addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or 2213addresses. C<PERL_ANYEVENT_PROTOCOLS=ipv6,ipv4> support either IPv4 or
1682IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4. 2214IPv6, but prefer IPv6 over IPv4.
1683 2215
2216=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_HOSTS>
2217
2218This variable, if specified, overrides the F</etc/hosts> file used by
2219L<AnyEvent::Socket>C<::resolve_sockaddr>, i.e. hosts aliases will be read
2220from that file instead.
2221
1684=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0> 2222=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_EDNS0>
1685 2223
1686Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension 2224Used by L<AnyEvent::DNS> to decide whether to use the EDNS0 extension for
1687for DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, but 2225DNS. This extension is generally useful to reduce DNS traffic, especially
1688some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS packets, which is why it is off by 2226when DNSSEC is involved, but some (broken) firewalls drop such DNS
1689default. 2227packets, which is why it is off by default.
1690 2228
1691Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce 2229Setting this variable to C<1> will cause L<AnyEvent::DNS> to announce
1692EDNS0 in its DNS requests. 2230EDNS0 in its DNS requests.
1693 2231
1694=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS> 2232=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_FORKS>
1700 2238
1701The default value for the C<max_outstanding> parameter for the default DNS 2239The default value for the C<max_outstanding> parameter for the default DNS
1702resolver - this is the maximum number of parallel DNS requests that are 2240resolver - this is the maximum number of parallel DNS requests that are
1703sent to the DNS server. 2241sent to the DNS server.
1704 2242
2243=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>
2244
2245Perl has inherently racy signal handling (you can basically choose between
2246losing signals and memory corruption) - pure perl event loops (including
2247C<AnyEvent::Loop>, when C<Async::Interrupt> isn't available) therefore
2248have to poll regularly to avoid losing signals.
2249
2250Some event loops are racy, but don't poll regularly, and some event loops
2251are written in C but are still racy. For those event loops, AnyEvent
2252installs a timer that regularly wakes up the event loop.
2253
2254By default, the interval for this timer is C<10> seconds, but you can
2255override this delay with this environment variable (or by setting
2256the C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY> variable before creating signal
2257watchers).
2258
2259Lower values increase CPU (and energy) usage, higher values can introduce
2260long delays when reaping children or waiting for signals.
2261
2262The L<AnyEvent::Async> module, if available, will be used to avoid this
2263polling (with most event loops).
2264
1705=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF> 2265=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF>
1706 2266
1707The file to use instead of F</etc/resolv.conf> (or OS-specific 2267The absolute path to a F<resolv.conf>-style file to use instead of
1708configuration) in the default resolver. When set to the empty string, no 2268F</etc/resolv.conf> (or the OS-specific configuration) in the default
1709default config will be used. 2269resolver, or the empty string to select the default configuration.
1710 2270
1711=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE>, C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH>. 2271=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE>, C<PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH>.
1712 2272
1713When neither C<ca_file> nor C<ca_path> was specified during 2273When neither C<ca_file> nor C<ca_path> was specified during
1714L<AnyEvent::TLS> context creation, and either of these environment 2274L<AnyEvent::TLS> context creation, and either of these environment
1715variables exist, they will be used to specify CA certificate locations 2275variables are nonempty, they will be used to specify CA certificate
1716instead of a system-dependent default. 2276locations instead of a system-dependent default.
1717 2277
1718=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_GUARD> and C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT> 2278=item C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_GUARD> and C<PERL_ANYEVENT_AVOID_ASYNC_INTERRUPT>
1719 2279
1720When these are set to C<1>, then the respective modules are not 2280When these are set to C<1>, then the respective modules are not
1721loaded. Mostly good for testing AnyEvent itself. 2281loaded. Mostly good for testing AnyEvent itself.
1784 warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read 2344 warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read
1785 $cv->send if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i 2345 $cv->send if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i
1786 }, 2346 },
1787 ); 2347 );
1788 2348
1789 my $time_watcher; # can only be used once
1790
1791 sub new_timer {
1792 $timer = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, cb => sub { 2349 my $time_watcher = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, interval => 1, cb => sub {
1793 warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' about every second 2350 warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' at most every second
1794 &new_timer; # and restart the time
1795 }); 2351 });
1796 }
1797
1798 new_timer; # create first timer
1799 2352
1800 $cv->recv; # wait until user enters /^q/i 2353 $cv->recv; # wait until user enters /^q/i
1801 2354
1802=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE 2355=head1 REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
1803 2356
1876 2429
1877The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions) 2430The actual code goes further and collects all errors (C<die>s, exceptions)
1878that occurred during request processing. The C<result> method detects 2431that occurred during request processing. The C<result> method detects
1879whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object) 2432whether an exception as thrown (it is stored inside the $txn object)
1880and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other 2433and just throws the exception, which means connection errors and other
1881problems get reported tot he code that tries to use the result, not in a 2434problems get reported to the code that tries to use the result, not in a
1882random callback. 2435random callback.
1883 2436
1884All of this enables the following usage styles: 2437All of this enables the following usage styles:
1885 2438
18861. Blocking: 24391. Blocking:
1934through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero 2487through AnyEvent. The benchmark creates a lot of timers (with a zero
1935timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable, 2488timeout) and I/O watchers (watching STDOUT, a pty, to become writable,
1936which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again. 2489which it is), lets them fire exactly once and destroys them again.
1937 2490
1938Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent 2491Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench> in the AnyEvent
1939distribution. 2492distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
2493for the EV and Perl backends only.
1940 2494
1941=head3 Explanation of the columns 2495=head3 Explanation of the columns
1942 2496
1943I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since 2497I<watcher> is the number of event watchers created/destroyed. Since
1944different event models feature vastly different performances, each event 2498different event models feature vastly different performances, each event
1965watcher. 2519watcher.
1966 2520
1967=head3 Results 2521=head3 Results
1968 2522
1969 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment 2523 name watchers bytes create invoke destroy comment
1970 EV/EV 400000 224 0.47 0.35 0.27 EV native interface 2524 EV/EV 100000 223 0.47 0.43 0.27 EV native interface
1971 EV/Any 100000 224 2.88 0.34 0.27 EV + AnyEvent watchers 2525 EV/Any 100000 223 0.48 0.42 0.26 EV + AnyEvent watchers
1972 CoroEV/Any 100000 224 2.85 0.35 0.28 coroutines + Coro::Signal 2526 Coro::EV/Any 100000 223 0.47 0.42 0.26 coroutines + Coro::Signal
1973 Perl/Any 100000 452 4.13 0.73 0.95 pure perl implementation 2527 Perl/Any 100000 431 2.70 0.74 0.92 pure perl implementation
1974 Event/Event 16000 517 32.20 31.80 0.81 Event native interface 2528 Event/Event 16000 516 31.16 31.84 0.82 Event native interface
1975 Event/Any 16000 590 35.85 31.55 1.06 Event + AnyEvent watchers 2529 Event/Any 16000 1203 42.61 34.79 1.80 Event + AnyEvent watchers
1976 IOAsync/Any 16000 989 38.10 32.77 11.13 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll 2530 IOAsync/Any 16000 1911 41.92 27.45 16.81 via IO::Async::Loop::IO_Poll
1977 IOAsync/Any 16000 990 37.59 29.50 10.61 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll 2531 IOAsync/Any 16000 1726 40.69 26.37 15.25 via IO::Async::Loop::Epoll
1978 Glib/Any 16000 1357 102.33 12.31 51.00 quadratic behaviour 2532 Glib/Any 16000 1118 89.00 12.57 51.17 quadratic behaviour
1979 Tk/Any 2000 1860 27.20 66.31 14.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers 2533 Tk/Any 2000 1346 20.96 10.75 8.00 SEGV with >> 2000 watchers
1980 POE/Event 2000 6328 109.99 751.67 14.02 via POE::Loop::Event 2534 POE/Any 2000 6951 108.97 795.32 14.24 via POE::Loop::Event
1981 POE/Select 2000 6027 94.54 809.13 579.80 via POE::Loop::Select 2535 POE/Any 2000 6648 94.79 774.40 575.51 via POE::Loop::Select
1982 2536
1983=head3 Discussion 2537=head3 Discussion
1984 2538
1985The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very 2539The benchmark does I<not> measure scalability of the event loop very
1986well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one) 2540well. For example, a select-based event loop (such as the pure perl one)
1998benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with 2552benchmark machine, handling an event takes roughly 1600 CPU cycles with
1999EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU 2553EV, 3100 CPU cycles with AnyEvent's pure perl loop and almost 3000000 CPU
2000cycles with POE. 2554cycles with POE.
2001 2555
2002C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both 2556C<EV> is the sole leader regarding speed and memory use, which are both
2003maximal/minimal, respectively. Even when going through AnyEvent, it uses 2557maximal/minimal, respectively. When using the L<AE> API there is zero
2558overhead (when going through the AnyEvent API create is about 5-6 times
2559slower, with other times being equal, so still uses far less memory than
2004far less memory than any other event loop and is still faster than Event 2560any other event loop and is still faster than Event natively).
2005natively.
2006 2561
2007The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the 2562The pure perl implementation is hit in a few sweet spots (both the
2008constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl 2563constant timeout and the use of a single fd hit optimisations in the perl
2009interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it 2564interpreter and the backend itself). Nevertheless this shows that it
2010adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its 2565adds very little overhead in itself. Like any select-based backend its
2058(even when used without AnyEvent), but most event loops have acceptable 2613(even when used without AnyEvent), but most event loops have acceptable
2059performance with or without AnyEvent. 2614performance with or without AnyEvent.
2060 2615
2061=item * The overhead AnyEvent adds is usually much smaller than the overhead of 2616=item * The overhead AnyEvent adds is usually much smaller than the overhead of
2062the actual event loop, only with extremely fast event loops such as EV 2617the actual event loop, only with extremely fast event loops such as EV
2063adds AnyEvent significant overhead. 2618does AnyEvent add significant overhead.
2064 2619
2065=item * You should avoid POE like the plague if you want performance or 2620=item * You should avoid POE like the plague if you want performance or
2066reasonable memory usage. 2621reasonable memory usage.
2067 2622
2068=back 2623=back
2084In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100 2639In this benchmark, we use 10000 socket pairs (20000 sockets), of which 100
2085(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many 2640(1%) are active. This mirrors the activity of large servers with many
2086connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time. 2641connections, most of which are idle at any one point in time.
2087 2642
2088Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent 2643Source code for this benchmark is found as F<eg/bench2> in the AnyEvent
2089distribution. 2644distribution. It uses the L<AE> interface, which makes a real difference
2645for the EV and Perl backends only.
2090 2646
2091=head3 Explanation of the columns 2647=head3 Explanation of the columns
2092 2648
2093I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as 2649I<sockets> is the number of sockets, and twice the number of "servers" (as
2094each server has a read and write socket end). 2650each server has a read and write socket end).
2102a new one that moves the timeout into the future. 2658a new one that moves the timeout into the future.
2103 2659
2104=head3 Results 2660=head3 Results
2105 2661
2106 name sockets create request 2662 name sockets create request
2107 EV 20000 69.01 11.16 2663 EV 20000 62.66 7.99
2108 Perl 20000 73.32 35.87 2664 Perl 20000 68.32 32.64
2109 IOAsync 20000 157.00 98.14 epoll 2665 IOAsync 20000 174.06 101.15 epoll
2110 IOAsync 20000 159.31 616.06 poll 2666 IOAsync 20000 174.67 610.84 poll
2111 Event 20000 212.62 257.32 2667 Event 20000 202.69 242.91
2112 Glib 20000 651.16 1896.30 2668 Glib 20000 557.01 1689.52
2113 POE 20000 349.67 12317.24 uses POE::Loop::Event 2669 POE 20000 341.54 12086.32 uses POE::Loop::Event
2114 2670
2115=head3 Discussion 2671=head3 Discussion
2116 2672
2117This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the 2673This benchmark I<does> measure scalability and overall performance of the
2118particular event loop. 2674particular event loop.
2244As you can see, the AnyEvent + EV combination even beats the 2800As you can see, the AnyEvent + EV combination even beats the
2245hand-optimised "raw sockets benchmark", while AnyEvent + its pure perl 2801hand-optimised "raw sockets benchmark", while AnyEvent + its pure perl
2246backend easily beats IO::Lambda and POE. 2802backend easily beats IO::Lambda and POE.
2247 2803
2248And even the 100% non-blocking version written using the high-level (and 2804And even the 100% non-blocking version written using the high-level (and
2249slow :) L<AnyEvent::Handle> abstraction beats both POE and IO::Lambda by a 2805slow :) L<AnyEvent::Handle> abstraction beats both POE and IO::Lambda
2250large margin, even though it does all of DNS, tcp-connect and socket I/O 2806higher level ("unoptimised") abstractions by a large margin, even though
2251in a non-blocking way. 2807it does all of DNS, tcp-connect and socket I/O in a non-blocking way.
2252 2808
2253The two AnyEvent benchmarks programs can be found as F<eg/ae0.pl> and 2809The two AnyEvent benchmarks programs can be found as F<eg/ae0.pl> and
2254F<eg/ae2.pl> in the AnyEvent distribution, the remaining benchmarks are 2810F<eg/ae2.pl> in the AnyEvent distribution, the remaining benchmarks are
2255part of the IO::lambda distribution and were used without any changes. 2811part of the IO::Lambda distribution and were used without any changes.
2256 2812
2257 2813
2258=head1 SIGNALS 2814=head1 SIGNALS
2259 2815
2260AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals: 2816AnyEvent currently installs handlers for these signals:
2297 unless defined $SIG{PIPE}; 2853 unless defined $SIG{PIPE};
2298 2854
2299=head1 RECOMMENDED/OPTIONAL MODULES 2855=head1 RECOMMENDED/OPTIONAL MODULES
2300 2856
2301One of AnyEvent's main goals is to be 100% Pure-Perl(tm): only perl (and 2857One of AnyEvent's main goals is to be 100% Pure-Perl(tm): only perl (and
2302it's built-in modules) are required to use it. 2858its built-in modules) are required to use it.
2303 2859
2304That does not mean that AnyEvent won't take advantage of some additional 2860That does not mean that AnyEvent won't take advantage of some additional
2305modules if they are installed. 2861modules if they are installed.
2306 2862
2307This section epxlains which additional modules will be used, and how they 2863This section explains which additional modules will be used, and how they
2308affect AnyEvent's operetion. 2864affect AnyEvent's operation.
2309 2865
2310=over 4 2866=over 4
2311 2867
2312=item L<Async::Interrupt> 2868=item L<Async::Interrupt>
2313 2869
2318catch the signals) with some delay (default is 10 seconds, look for 2874catch the signals) with some delay (default is 10 seconds, look for
2319C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>). 2875C<$AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY>).
2320 2876
2321If this module is available, then it will be used to implement signal 2877If this module is available, then it will be used to implement signal
2322catching, which means that signals will not be delayed, and the event loop 2878catching, which means that signals will not be delayed, and the event loop
2323will not be interrupted regularly, which is more efficient (And good for 2879will not be interrupted regularly, which is more efficient (and good for
2324battery life on laptops). 2880battery life on laptops).
2325 2881
2326This affects not just the pure-perl event loop, but also other event loops 2882This affects not just the pure-perl event loop, but also other event loops
2327that have no signal handling on their own (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt). 2883that have no signal handling on their own (e.g. Glib, Tk, Qt).
2328 2884
2340automatic timer adjustments even when no monotonic clock is available, 2896automatic timer adjustments even when no monotonic clock is available,
2341can take avdantage of advanced kernel interfaces such as C<epoll> and 2897can take avdantage of advanced kernel interfaces such as C<epoll> and
2342C<kqueue>, and is the fastest backend I<by far>. You can even embed 2898C<kqueue>, and is the fastest backend I<by far>. You can even embed
2343L<Glib>/L<Gtk2> in it (or vice versa, see L<EV::Glib> and L<Glib::EV>). 2899L<Glib>/L<Gtk2> in it (or vice versa, see L<EV::Glib> and L<Glib::EV>).
2344 2900
2901If you only use backends that rely on another event loop (e.g. C<Tk>),
2902then this module will do nothing for you.
2903
2345=item L<Guard> 2904=item L<Guard>
2346 2905
2347The guard module, when used, will be used to implement 2906The guard module, when used, will be used to implement
2348C<AnyEvent::Util::guard>. This speeds up guards considerably (and uses a 2907C<AnyEvent::Util::guard>. This speeds up guards considerably (and uses a
2349lot less memory), but otherwise doesn't affect guard operation much. It is 2908lot less memory), but otherwise doesn't affect guard operation much. It is
2350purely used for performance. 2909purely used for performance.
2351 2910
2352=item L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS> 2911=item L<JSON> and L<JSON::XS>
2353 2912
2354This module is required when you want to read or write JSON data via 2913One of these modules is required when you want to read or write JSON data
2355L<AnyEvent::Handle>. It is also written in pure-perl, but can take 2914via L<AnyEvent::Handle>. L<JSON> is also written in pure-perl, but can take
2356advantage of the ultra-high-speed L<JSON::XS> module when it is installed. 2915advantage of the ultra-high-speed L<JSON::XS> module when it is installed.
2357
2358In fact, L<AnyEvent::Handle> will use L<JSON::XS> by default if it is
2359installed.
2360 2916
2361=item L<Net::SSLeay> 2917=item L<Net::SSLeay>
2362 2918
2363Implementing TLS/SSL in Perl is certainly interesting, but not very 2919Implementing TLS/SSL in Perl is certainly interesting, but not very
2364worthwhile: If this module is installed, then L<AnyEvent::Handle> (with 2920worthwhile: If this module is installed, then L<AnyEvent::Handle> (with
2365the help of L<AnyEvent::TLS>), gains the ability to do TLS/SSL. 2921the help of L<AnyEvent::TLS>), gains the ability to do TLS/SSL.
2366 2922
2367=item L<Time::HiRes> 2923=item L<Time::HiRes>
2368 2924
2369This module is part of perl since release 5.008. It will be used when the 2925This module is part of perl since release 5.008. It will be used when the
2370chosen event library does not come with a timing source on it's own. The 2926chosen event library does not come with a timing source of its own. The
2371pure-perl event loop (L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>) will additionally use it to 2927pure-perl event loop (L<AnyEvent::Loop>) will additionally load it to
2372try to use a monotonic clock for timing stability. 2928try to use a monotonic clock for timing stability.
2373 2929
2374=back 2930=back
2375 2931
2376 2932
2377=head1 FORK 2933=head1 FORK
2378 2934
2379Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are 2935Most event libraries are not fork-safe. The ones who are usually are
2380because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> 2936because they rely on inefficient but fork-safe C<select> or C<poll> calls
2381calls. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware. 2937- higher performance APIs such as BSD's kqueue or the dreaded Linux epoll
2938are usually badly thought-out hacks that are incompatible with fork in
2939one way or another. Only L<EV> is fully fork-aware and ensures that you
2940continue event-processing in both parent and child (or both, if you know
2941what you are doing).
2942
2943This means that, in general, you cannot fork and do event processing in
2944the child if the event library was initialised before the fork (which
2945usually happens when the first AnyEvent watcher is created, or the library
2946is loaded).
2382 2947
2383If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first 2948If you have to fork, you must either do so I<before> creating your first
2384watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child OR you must do 2949watcher OR you must not use AnyEvent at all in the child OR you must do
2385something completely out of the scope of AnyEvent. 2950something completely out of the scope of AnyEvent.
2951
2952The problem of doing event processing in the parent I<and> the child
2953is much more complicated: even for backends that I<are> fork-aware or
2954fork-safe, their behaviour is not usually what you want: fork clones all
2955watchers, that means all timers, I/O watchers etc. are active in both
2956parent and child, which is almost never what you want. USing C<exec>
2957to start worker children from some kind of manage rprocess is usually
2958preferred, because it is much easier and cleaner, at the expense of having
2959to have another binary.
2386 2960
2387 2961
2388=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS 2962=head1 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
2389 2963
2390AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via 2964AnyEvent can be forced to load any event model via
2420pronounced). 2994pronounced).
2421 2995
2422 2996
2423=head1 SEE ALSO 2997=head1 SEE ALSO
2424 2998
2425Utility functions: L<AnyEvent::Util>. 2999Tutorial/Introduction: L<AnyEvent::Intro>.
2426 3000
2427Event modules: L<EV>, L<EV::Glib>, L<Glib::EV>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>, 3001FAQ: L<AnyEvent::FAQ>.
2428L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>, L<Qt>, L<POE>. 3002
3003Utility functions: L<AnyEvent::Util> (misc. grab-bag), L<AnyEvent::Log>
3004(simply logging).
3005
3006Development/Debugging: L<AnyEvent::Strict> (stricter checking),
3007L<AnyEvent::Debug> (interactive shell, watcher tracing).
3008
3009Supported event modules: L<AnyEvent::Loop>, L<EV>, L<EV::Glib>,
3010L<Glib::EV>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>, L<Glib>, L<Tk>, L<Event::Lib>,
3011L<Qt>, L<POE>, L<FLTK>.
2429 3012
2430Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>, 3013Implementations: L<AnyEvent::Impl::EV>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,
2431L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>, 3014L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Perl>,
2432L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>, 3015L<AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::Qt>,
2433L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync>, L<Anyevent::Impl::Irssi>. 3016L<AnyEvent::Impl::POE>, L<AnyEvent::Impl::IOAsync>, L<Anyevent::Impl::Irssi>,
3017L<AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK>.
2434 3018
2435Non-blocking file handles, sockets, TCP clients and 3019Non-blocking handles, pipes, stream sockets, TCP clients and
2436servers: L<AnyEvent::Handle>, L<AnyEvent::Socket>, L<AnyEvent::TLS>. 3020servers: L<AnyEvent::Handle>, L<AnyEvent::Socket>, L<AnyEvent::TLS>.
2437 3021
3022Asynchronous File I/O: L<AnyEvent::IO>.
3023
2438Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>. 3024Asynchronous DNS: L<AnyEvent::DNS>.
2439 3025
2440Coroutine support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, 3026Thread support: L<Coro>, L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, L<Coro::Event>.
2441L<Coro::Event>,
2442 3027
2443Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::XMPP>, 3028Nontrivial usage examples: L<AnyEvent::GPSD>, L<AnyEvent::IRC>,
2444L<AnyEvent::HTTP>. 3029L<AnyEvent::HTTP>.
2445 3030
2446 3031
2447=head1 AUTHOR 3032=head1 AUTHOR
2448 3033
2449 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 3034 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
2450 http://home.schmorp.de/ 3035 http://anyevent.schmorp.de
2451 3036
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