--- Coro/Coro.pm 2001/07/17 00:24:14 1.13 +++ Coro/Coro.pm 2001/07/21 03:44:06 1.19 @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION +This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to +Threads but don't run in parallel. + +This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below. + =cut package Coro; @@ -28,9 +33,9 @@ use base Exporter; -$VERSION = 0.05; +$VERSION = 0.09; -@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate); +@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate current); @EXPORT_OK = qw($current); { @@ -49,10 +54,10 @@ if ($_ eq "Coro") { push @async, $ref; } else { - push @attrs, @_; + push @attrs, $_; } } - return $old ? $old->($package, $name, @attrs) : @attrs; + return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs; }; } @@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ our $main = new Coro; -=item $current +=item $current (or as function: current) The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). @@ -82,6 +87,8 @@ our $current = $main; +sub current() { $current } + =item $idle The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default @@ -96,8 +103,7 @@ }; # we really need priorities... -## my @ready; #d# -our @ready = (); # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) +my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) # static methods. not really. @@ -218,6 +224,20 @@ 1; +=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS + + - could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special + support for coroutines (like it does for threads). + - there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not + identify. Could be as small as a single SV. + - this module is not well-tested. + - if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become + corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the + remaining bugs. + - this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from + the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to + allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::Satte does not yet allow this). + =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L,