--- Coro/Coro.pm	2003/11/30 22:49:25	1.57
+++ Coro/Coro.pm	2006/01/25 21:43:58	1.75
@@ -32,21 +32,24 @@
 
 package Coro;
 
-BEGIN { eval { require warnings } && warnings->unimport ("uninitialized") }
+use strict;
+no warnings "uninitialized";
 
 use Coro::State;
 
-use vars qw($idle $main $current);
+use base Exporter::;
 
-use base Exporter;
+our $idle;    # idle coroutine
+our $main;    # main coroutine
+our $current; # current coroutine
 
-$VERSION = "0.9";
+our $VERSION = 1.8;
 
-@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
-%EXPORT_TAGS = (
+our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
+our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
       prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
 );
-@EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
+our @EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
 
 {
    my @async;
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@
 
    # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
    sub import {
+      no strict 'refs';
+
       Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
+
       my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
       *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
          my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
@@ -132,6 +138,11 @@
          my $coro = pop @destroy;
          $coro->{status} ||= [];
          $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
+
+         # the next line destroys the _coro_state, but keeps the
+         # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
+         # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
+         # to transfer() to this process).
          $coro->{_coro_state} = $manager->{_coro_state};
       }
       &schedule;
@@ -186,17 +197,12 @@
 
 =item terminate [arg...]
 
-Terminates the current process.
-
-Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
+Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
 
 =cut
 
 sub terminate {
-   $current->{status} = [@_];
-   $current->cancel;
-   &schedule;
-   die; # NORETURN
+   $current->cancel (@_);
 }
 
 =back
@@ -235,23 +241,26 @@
 
 =cut
 
-=item $process->cancel
+=item $process->cancel (arg...)
 
-Like C<terminate>, but terminates the specified process instead.
+Temrinates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
+status (default: the empty list).
 
 =cut
 
 sub cancel {
-   push @destroy, $_[0];
+   my $self = shift;
+   $self->{status} = [@_];
+   push @destroy, $self;
    $manager->ready;
-   &schedule if $current == $_[0];
+   &schedule if $current == $self;
 }
 
 =item $process->join
 
 Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
-C<terminate> function. C<join> can be called multiple times from multiple
-processes.
+C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
+from multiple processes.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -336,14 +345,18 @@
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,
-L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>,
-L<Coro::L<Coro::RWLock>, Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.
+Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
+
+Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
+
+Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
+
+Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
- Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
- http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/
+ Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
+ http://home.schmorp.de/
 
 =cut