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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3Coro - create an manage coroutines 3Coro - coroutine process abstraction
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use Coro; 7 use Coro;
8 8
9 async {
10 # some asynchronous thread of execution
11 };
12
13 # alternatively create an async process like this:
14
15 sub some_func : Coro {
16 # some more async code
17 }
18
19 cede;
20
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 21=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 22
23This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to
24Threads but don't run in parallel.
25
26This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.
27
28In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables
29+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
30callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
31important global variables.
32
33=cut
34
35package Coro;
36
37no warnings qw(uninitialized);
38
39use Coro::State;
40
41use base Exporter;
42
43$VERSION = 0.51;
44
45@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
46%EXPORT_TAGS = (
47 prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
48);
49@EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
50
51{
52 my @async;
53 my $init;
54
55 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
56 sub import {
57 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
58 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
59 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
60 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
61 my @attrs;
62 for (@_) {
63 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
64 push @async, $ref;
65 unless ($init++) {
66 eval q{
67 sub INIT {
68 &async(pop @async) while @async;
69 }
70 };
71 }
72 } else {
73 push @attrs, $_;
74 }
75 }
76 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
77 };
78 }
79
80}
81
82=item $main
83
84This coroutine represents the main program.
85
86=cut
87
88our $main = new Coro;
89
90=item $current (or as function: current)
91
92The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).
93
94=cut
95
96# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
97if ($current) {
98 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
99}
100
101our $current = $main;
102
103sub current() { $current }
104
105=item $idle
106
107The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default
108implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.
109
110=cut
111
112# should be done using priorities :(
113our $idle = new Coro sub {
114 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
115 exit(51);
116};
117
118# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
119# cannot destroy itself.
120my @destroy;
121my $manager;
122$manager = new Coro sub {
123 while() {
124 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
125 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
126 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
127 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
128 # remove itself from the runqueue
129 (pop @destroy)->{_coro_state} = $manager->{_coro_state} while @destroy;
130 &schedule;
131 }
132};
133
134# static methods. not really.
135
136=head2 STATIC METHODS
137
138Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
139
11=over 4 140=over 4
12 141
13=cut 142=item async { ... } [@args...]
14 143
15package Coro; 144Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
145(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
146terminated.
16 147
17BEGIN { 148 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
18 $VERSION = 0.01; 149 async {
150 print "@_\n";
151 } 1,2,3,4;
19 152
20 require XSLoader; 153The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
21 XSLoader::load Coro, $VERSION; 154in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
22}
23 155
24=item $main
25
26This coroutine represents the main program.
27
28=item $current
29
30The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).
31
32=cut 156=cut
33 157
34$main = $current = _newprocess { 158sub async(&@) {
35 # never being called 159 my $pid = new Coro @_;
36}; 160 $manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
161 $pid->ready;
162 $pid;
163}
37 164
38=item $error, $error_msg, $error_coro 165=item schedule
39 166
40This coroutine will be called on fatal errors. C<$error_msg> and 167Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put
41C<$error_coro> return the error message and the error-causing coroutine, 168into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
42respectively. 169never be called again.
43 170
44=cut 171=cut
45 172
46$error_msg = 173=item cede
47$error_coro = undef;
48 174
49$error = _newprocess { 175"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
50 print STDERR "FATAL: $error_msg, program aborted\n"; 176ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
51 exit 250; 177current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
52};
53 178
54=item $coro = new $coderef [, @args]
55
56Create a new coroutine and return it. The first C<resume> call to this
57coroutine will start execution at the given coderef. If it returns it
58should return a coroutine to switch to. If, after returning, the coroutine
59is C<resume>d again it starts execution again at the givne coderef.
60
61=cut 179=cut
180
181=item terminate
182
183Terminates the current process.
184
185Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
186
187=cut
188
189sub terminate {
190 $current->cancel;
191 &schedule;
192 die; # NORETURN
193}
194
195=back
196
197# dynamic methods
198
199=head2 PROCESS METHODS
200
201These are the methods you can call on process objects.
202
203=over 4
204
205=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
206
207Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
208automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into
209the ready queue by calling the ready method.
210
211The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
212in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
213
214=cut
215
216sub _newcoro {
217 terminate &{+shift};
218}
62 219
63sub new { 220sub new {
64 my $class = $_[0]; 221 my $class = shift;
65 my $proc = $_[1]; 222 bless {
66 bless _newprocess { 223 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
67 do {
68 eval { &$proc->resume };
69 if ($@) {
70 ($error_msg, $error_coro) = ($@, $current);
71 $error->resume;
72 }
73 } while ();
74 }, $class; 224 }, $class;
75} 225}
76 226
77=item $coro->resume 227=item $process->ready
78 228
79Resume execution at the given coroutine. 229Put the given process into the ready queue.
80 230
81=cut 231=cut
82 232
83my $prev; 233=item $process->cancel
84 234
85sub resume { 235Like C<terminate>, but terminates the specified process instead.
86 $prev = $current; $current = $_[0]; 236
87 _transfer($prev, $current); 237=cut
238
239sub cancel {
240 push @destroy, $_[0];
241 $manager->ready;
242 &schedule if $current == $_[0];
88} 243}
244
245=item $oldprio = $process->prio($newprio)
246
247Sets the priority of the process. Higher priority processes get run before
248lower priority processes. Priorities are smalled signed integer (currently
249-4 .. +3), that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import
250tag :prio to get then):
251
252 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
253 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
254
255 # set priority to HIGH
256 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
257
258The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
259existing coroutine.
260
261Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
262but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
263running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
264process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
265
266=cut
267
268sub prio {
269 my $old = $_[0]{prio};
270 $_[0]{prio} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
271 $old;
272}
273
274=item $newprio = $process->nice($change)
275
276Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
277higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
278
279=cut
280
281sub nice {
282 $_[0]{prio} -= $_[1];
283}
284
285=back
286
287=cut
89 288
901; 2891;
91 290
92=back 291=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
93 292
94=head1 BUGS 293 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global destruction.
294 very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
295 - this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from
296 the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to
297 allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this).
95 298
96This module has not yet been extensively tested. 299=head1 SEE ALSO
300
301L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,
302L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::RWLock>,
303L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.
97 304
98=head1 AUTHOR 305=head1 AUTHOR
99 306
100 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 307 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
101 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 308 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/

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