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8		8
9	async {	9	async {
10	# some asynchronous thread of execution	10	# some asynchronous thread of execution
11	};	11	};
12		12
13	# alternatively create an async process like this:	13	# alternatively create an async coroutine like this:
14		14
15	sub some_func : Coro {	15	sub some_func : Coro {
16	# some more async code	16	# some more async code
17	}	17	}
18		18
19	cede;	19	cede;
20		20
21	=head1 DESCRIPTION	21	=head1 DESCRIPTION
22		22
23	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to	23	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar
24	Threads but don't run in parallel.	24	to threads but don't run in parallel at the same time even on SMP
		25	machines. The specific flavor of coroutine use din this module also
		26	guarentees you that it will not switch between coroutines unless
		27	necessary, at easily-identified points in your program, so locking and
		28	parallel access are rarely an issue, making coroutine programming much
		29	safer than threads programming.
25		30
26	This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.	31	(Perl, however, does not natively support real threads but instead does a
		32	very slow and memory-intensive emulation of processes using threads. This
		33	is a performance win on Windows machines, and a loss everywhere else).
27		34
28	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables	35	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables +
29	+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own	36	@_ + $_ + $@ + $/ + C stack), that is, a coroutine has its own callchain,
30	callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most	37	its own set of lexicals and its own set of perls most important global
31	important global variables.	38	variables.
32		39
33	=cut	40	=cut
34		41
35	package Coro;	42	package Coro;
36		43
		44	use strict;
		45	no warnings "uninitialized";
		46
37	use Coro::State;	47	use Coro::State;
38		48
39	use base Exporter;	49	use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
40		50
		51	our $idle; # idle handler
		52	our $main; # main coroutine
		53	our $current; # current coroutine
		54
41	$VERSION = 0.13;	55	our $VERSION = '3.3';
42		56
43	@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);	57	our @EXPORT = qw(async async_pool cede schedule terminate current unblock_sub);
44	@EXPORT_OK = qw($current);	58	our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
		59	prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
		60	);
		61	our @EXPORT_OK = (@{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}}, qw(nready));
45		62
46	{	63	{
47	my @async;	64	my @async;
48	my $init;	65	my $init;
49		66
50	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()	67	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
51	sub import {	68	sub import {
		69	no strict 'refs';
		70
52	Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);	71	Coro->export_to_level (1, @_);
		72
53	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};	73	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
54	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {	74	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
55	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);	75	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
56	my @attrs;	76	my @attrs;
57	for (@_) {	77	for (@_) {
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72	};	92	};
73	}	93	}
74		94
75	}	95	}
76		96
		97	=over 4
		98
77	=item $main	99	=item $main
78		100
79	This coroutine represents the main program.	101	This coroutine represents the main program.
80		102
81	=cut	103	=cut
82		104
83	our $main = new Coro;	105	$main = new Coro;
84		106
85	=item $current (or as function: current)	107	=item $current (or as function: current)
86		108
87	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).	109	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
		110	is C<$main> (of course).
		111
		112	This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
		113	reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
		114	C<Coro::current> function instead.
88		115
89	=cut	116	=cut
90		117
91	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...	118	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
92	if ($current) {
93	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific};	119	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific}
94	}	120	if $current;
95		121
96	our $current = $main;	122	_set_current $main;
97		123
98	sub current() { $current }	124	sub current() { $current }
99		125
100	=item $idle	126	=item $idle
101		127
102	The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default	128	A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
103	implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.	129	to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
		130	exits, because the program has no other way to continue.
104		131
105	=cut	132	This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
		133	C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wake up a
		134	coroutine so the scheduler can run it.
106		135
107	# should be done using priorities :(	136	Please note that if your callback recursively invokes perl (e.g. for event
108	our $idle = new Coro sub {	137	handlers), then it must be prepared to be called recursively.
109	print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";	138
110	exit(51);	139	=cut
		140
		141	$idle = sub {
		142	require Carp;
		143	Carp::croak ("FATAL: deadlock detected");
111	};	144	};
		145
		146	sub _cancel {
		147	my ($self) = @_;
		148
		149	# free coroutine data and mark as destructed
		150	$self->_destroy
		151	or return;
		152
		153	# call all destruction callbacks
		154	$_->(@{$self->{status}})
		155	for @{(delete $self->{destroy_cb}) \|\| []};
		156	}
112		157
113	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine	158	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
114	# cannot destroy itself.	159	# cannot destroy itself.
115	my @destroy;	160	my @destroy;
		161	my $manager;
		162
116	my $manager = new Coro sub {	163	$manager = new Coro sub {
117	while() {	164	while () {
118	delete ((pop @destroy)->{_coro_state}) while @destroy;	165	(shift @destroy)->_cancel
		166	while @destroy;
		167
119	&schedule;	168	&schedule;
120	}	169	}
121	};	170	};
122		171
123	# we really need priorities...	172	$manager->prio (PRIO_MAX);
124	my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;)
125		173
126	# static methods. not really.	174	# static methods. not really.
127		175
		176	=back
		177
128	=head2 STATIC METHODS	178	=head2 STATIC METHODS
129		179
130	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.	180	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current coroutine only.
131		181
132	=over 4	182	=over 4
133		183
134	=item async { ... } [@args...]	184	=item async { ... } [@args...]
135		185
136	Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object	186	Create a new asynchronous coroutine and return it's coroutine object
137	(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically	187	(usually unused). When the sub returns the new coroutine is automatically
138	terminated.	188	terminated.
		189
		190	Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
		191
		192	When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
		193	program.
139		194
140	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments	195	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
141	async {	196	async {
142	print "@_\n";	197	print "@_\n";
143	} 1,2,3,4;	198	} 1,2,3,4;
144		199
145	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
146	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
147
148	=cut	200	=cut
149		201
150	sub async(&@) {	202	sub async(&@) {
151	my $pid = new Coro @_;	203	my $coro = new Coro @_;
152	$manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
153	$pid->ready;	204	$coro->ready;
154	$pid;	205	$coro
		206	}
		207
		208	=item async_pool { ... } [@args...]
		209
		210	Similar to C<async>, but uses a coroutine pool, so you should not call
		211	terminate or join (although you are allowed to), and you get a coroutine
		212	that might have executed other code already (which can be good or bad :).
		213
		214	Also, the block is executed in an C<eval> context and a warning will be
		215	issued in case of an exception instead of terminating the program, as C<async> does.
		216
		217	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each job, otherwise the coroutine
		218	will be re-used "as-is".
		219
		220	The pool size is limited to 8 idle coroutines (this can be adjusted by
		221	changing $Coro::POOL_SIZE), and there can be as many non-idle coros as
		222	required.
		223
		224	If you are concerned about pooled coroutines growing a lot because a
		225	single C<async_pool> used a lot of stackspace you can e.g. C<async_pool {
		226	terminate }> once per second or so to slowly replenish the pool.
		227
		228	=cut
		229
		230	our $POOL_SIZE = 8;
		231	our @pool;
		232
		233	sub pool_handler {
		234	while () {
		235	my ($cb, @arg) = @{ delete $current->{_invoke} };
		236
		237	eval {
		238	$cb->(@arg);
		239	};
		240	warn $@ if $@;
		241
		242	last if @pool >= $POOL_SIZE;
		243	push @pool, $current;
		244
		245	$current->prio (0);
		246	schedule;
		247	}
		248	}
		249
		250	sub async_pool(&@) {
		251	# this is also inlined into the unlock_scheduler
		252	my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler);
		253
		254	$coro->{_invoke} = [@_];
		255	$coro->ready;
		256
		257	$coro
155	}	258	}
156		259
157	=item schedule	260	=item schedule
158		261
159	Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put	262	Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current coroutine will not be put
160	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will	263	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
161	never be called again.	264	never be called again unless something else (e.g. an event handler) calls
		265	ready.
162		266
163	=cut	267	The canonical way to wait on external events is this:
164		268
165	my $prev;	269	{
		270	# remember current coroutine
		271	my $current = $Coro::current;
166		272
167	sub schedule {	273	# register a hypothetical event handler
168	# should be done using priorities :(	274	on_event_invoke sub {
169	($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready \|\| $idle);	275	# wake up sleeping coroutine
170	Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);	276	$current->ready;
171	}	277	undef $current;
		278	};
		279
		280	# call schedule until event occured.
		281	# in case we are woken up for other reasons
		282	# (current still defined), loop.
		283	Coro::schedule while $current;
		284	}
172		285
173	=item cede	286	=item cede
174		287
175	"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the	288	"Cede" to other coroutines. This function puts the current coroutine into the
176	ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the	289	ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
177	current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.	290	current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
178		291
179	=cut	292	Returns true if at least one coroutine switch has happened.
180		293
181	sub cede {	294	=item Coro::cede_notself
182	$current->ready;
183	&schedule;
184	}
185		295
		296	Works like cede, but is not exported by default and will cede to any
		297	coroutine, regardless of priority, once.
		298
		299	Returns true if at least one coroutine switch has happened.
		300
186	=item terminate	301	=item terminate [arg...]
187		302
188	Terminates the current process.	303	Terminates the current coroutine with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
189
190	Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
191		304
192	=cut	305	=cut
193		306
194	sub terminate {	307	sub terminate {
195	push @destroy, $current;	308	$current->cancel (@_);
196	$manager->ready;
197	&schedule;
198	# NORETURN
199	}	309	}
200		310
201	=back	311	=back
202		312
203	# dynamic methods	313	# dynamic methods
204		314
205	=head2 PROCESS METHODS	315	=head2 COROUTINE METHODS
206		316
207	These are the methods you can call on process objects.	317	These are the methods you can call on coroutine objects.
208		318
209	=over 4	319	=over 4
210		320
211	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]	321	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
212		322
213	Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process	323	Create a new coroutine and return it. When the sub returns the coroutine
214	automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into	324	automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
		325	called. To make the coroutine run you must first put it into the ready queue
215	the ready queue by calling the ready method.	326	by calling the ready method.
216		327
217	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables	328	Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
218	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
219		329
220	=cut	330	=cut
221		331
222	sub _newcoro {	332	sub _run_coro {
223	terminate &{+shift};	333	terminate &{+shift};
224	}	334	}
225		335
226	sub new {	336	sub new {
227	my $class = shift;	337	my $class = shift;
228	bless {
229	_coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
230	}, $class;
231	}
232		338
233	=item $process->ready	339	$class->SUPER::new (\&_run_coro, @_)
		340	}
234		341
235	Put the current process into the ready queue.	342	=item $success = $coroutine->ready
236		343
237	=cut	344	Put the given coroutine into the ready queue (according to it's priority)
		345	and return true. If the coroutine is already in the ready queue, do nothing
		346	and return false.
238		347
239	sub ready {	348	=item $is_ready = $coroutine->is_ready
240	push @ready, $_[0];	349
		350	Return wether the coroutine is currently the ready queue or not,
		351
		352	=item $coroutine->cancel (arg...)
		353
		354	Terminates the given coroutine and makes it return the given arguments as
		355	status (default: the empty list). Never returns if the coroutine is the
		356	current coroutine.
		357
		358	=cut
		359
		360	sub cancel {
		361	my $self = shift;
		362	$self->{status} = [@_];
		363
		364	if ($current == $self) {
		365	push @destroy, $self;
		366	$manager->ready;
		367	&schedule while 1;
		368	} else {
		369	$self->_cancel;
		370	}
		371	}
		372
		373	=item $coroutine->join
		374
		375	Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
		376	C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
		377	from multiple coroutine.
		378
		379	=cut
		380
		381	sub join {
		382	my $self = shift;
		383
		384	unless ($self->{status}) {
		385	my $current = $current;
		386
		387	push @{$self->{destroy_cb}}, sub {
		388	$current->ready;
		389	undef $current;
		390	};
		391
		392	&schedule while $current;
		393	}
		394
		395	wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
		396	}
		397
		398	=item $coroutine->on_destroy (\&cb)
		399
		400	Registers a callback that is called when this coroutine gets destroyed,
		401	but before it is joined. The callback gets passed the terminate arguments,
		402	if any.
		403
		404	=cut
		405
		406	sub on_destroy {
		407	my ($self, $cb) = @_;
		408
		409	push @{ $self->{destroy_cb} }, $cb;
		410	}
		411
		412	=item $oldprio = $coroutine->prio ($newprio)
		413
		414	Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
		415	coroutine. Higher priority coroutines get run before lower priority
		416	coroutines. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
		417	that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
		418	to get then):
		419
		420	PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
		421	3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
		422
		423	# set priority to HIGH
		424	current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
		425
		426	The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
		427	existing coroutine.
		428
		429	Changing the priority of the current coroutine will take effect immediately,
		430	but changing the priority of coroutines in the ready queue (but not
		431	running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
		432	coroutine). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
		433
		434	=item $newprio = $coroutine->nice ($change)
		435
		436	Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
		437	higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
		438
		439	=item $olddesc = $coroutine->desc ($newdesc)
		440
		441	Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
		442	coroutine. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a coroutine.
		443
		444	=cut
		445
		446	sub desc {
		447	my $old = $_[0]{desc};
		448	$_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
		449	$old;
241	}	450	}
242		451
243	=back	452	=back
244		453
		454	=head2 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
		455
		456	=over 4
		457
		458	=item Coro::nready
		459
		460	Returns the number of coroutines that are currently in the ready state,
		461	i.e. that can be swicthed to. The value C<0> means that the only runnable
		462	coroutine is the currently running one, so C<cede> would have no effect,
		463	and C<schedule> would cause a deadlock unless there is an idle handler
		464	that wakes up some coroutines.
		465
		466	=item my $guard = Coro::guard { ... }
		467
		468	This creates and returns a guard object. Nothing happens until the objetc
		469	gets destroyed, in which case the codeblock given as argument will be
		470	executed. This is useful to free locks or other resources in case of a
		471	runtime error or when the coroutine gets canceled, as in both cases the
		472	guard block will be executed. The guard object supports only one method,
		473	C<< ->cancel >>, which will keep the codeblock from being executed.
		474
		475	Example: set some flag and clear it again when the coroutine gets canceled
		476	or the function returns:
		477
		478	sub do_something {
		479	my $guard = Coro::guard { $busy = 0 };
		480	$busy = 1;
		481
		482	# do something that requires $busy to be true
		483	}
		484
		485	=cut
		486
		487	sub guard(&) {
		488	bless \(my $cb = $_[0]), "Coro::guard"
		489	}
		490
		491	sub Coro::guard::cancel {
		492	${$_[0]} = sub { };
		493	}
		494
		495	sub Coro::guard::DESTROY {
		496	${$_[0]}->();
		497	}
		498
		499
		500	=item unblock_sub { ... }
		501
		502	This utility function takes a BLOCK or code reference and "unblocks" it,
		503	returning the new coderef. This means that the new coderef will return
		504	immediately without blocking, returning nothing, while the original code
		505	ref will be called (with parameters) from within its own coroutine.
		506
		507	The reason this fucntion exists is that many event libraries (such as the
		508	venerable L<Event\|Event> module) are not coroutine-safe (a weaker form
		509	of thread-safety). This means you must not block within event callbacks,
		510	otherwise you might suffer from crashes or worse.
		511
		512	This function allows your callbacks to block by executing them in another
		513	coroutine where it is safe to block. One example where blocking is handy
		514	is when you use the L<Coro::AIO\|Coro::AIO> functions to save results to
		515	disk.
		516
		517	In short: simply use C<unblock_sub { ... }> instead of C<sub { ... }> when
		518	creating event callbacks that want to block.
		519
		520	=cut
		521
		522	our @unblock_queue;
		523
		524	# we create a special coro because we want to cede,
		525	# to reduce pressure on the coro pool (because most callbacks
		526	# return immediately and can be reused) and because we cannot cede
		527	# inside an event callback.
		528	our $unblock_scheduler = async {
		529	while () {
		530	while (my $cb = pop @unblock_queue) {
		531	# this is an inlined copy of async_pool
		532	my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler);
		533
		534	$coro->{_invoke} = $cb;
		535	$coro->ready;
		536	cede; # for short-lived callbacks, this reduces pressure on the coro pool
		537	}
		538	schedule; # sleep well
		539	}
		540	};
		541
		542	sub unblock_sub(&) {
		543	my $cb = shift;
		544
		545	sub {
		546	unshift @unblock_queue, [$cb, @_];
		547	$unblock_scheduler->ready;
		548	}
		549	}
		550
		551	=back
		552
245	=cut	553	=cut
246		554
247	1;	555	1;
248		556
249	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS	557	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
250		558
251	- could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special	559	- you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
252	support for coroutines (like it does for threads).	560	destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
253	- there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not	561
254	identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
255	- this module is not well-tested.
256	- if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
257	corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
258	remaining bugs.
259	- this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from	562	- this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
260	the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to	563	from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
261	allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this).	564	to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
		565	this).
262		566
263	=head1 SEE ALSO	567	=head1 SEE ALSO
264		568
265	L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,	569	Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
266	L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::RWLock>,	570
267	L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.	571	Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
		572
		573	Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
		574
		575	Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
268		576
269	=head1 AUTHOR	577	=head1 AUTHOR
270		578
271	Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>	579	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
272	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/	580	http://home.schmorp.de/
273		581
274	=cut	582	=cut
275		583

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