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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 yield; 19 cede;
20 20
21=head1 DESCRIPTION 21=head1 DESCRIPTION
22 22
23This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to
24threads but don't run in parallel.
25
26In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables
27+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
29important global variables.
30
23=cut 31=cut
24 32
25package Coro; 33package Coro;
26 34
35use strict;
36no warnings "uninitialized";
37
27use Coro::State; 38use Coro::State;
28 39
29use base Exporter; 40use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
30 41
42our $idle; # idle handler
43our $main; # main coroutine
44our $current; # current coroutine
45
31$VERSION = 0.05; 46our $VERSION = '2.5';
32 47
33@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate); 48our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
34@EXPORT_OK = qw($current); 49our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
50 prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
51);
52our @EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
35 53
36{ 54{
37 use subs 'async';
38
39 my @async; 55 my @async;
56 my $init;
40 57
41 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() 58 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
42 sub import { 59 sub import {
60 no strict 'refs';
61
43 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_); 62 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
63
44 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; 64 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
45 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub { 65 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
46 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); 66 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
47 my @attrs; 67 my @attrs;
48 for (@_) { 68 for (@_) {
49 if ($_ eq "Coro") { 69 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
50 push @async, $ref; 70 push @async, $ref;
71 unless ($init++) {
72 eval q{
73 sub INIT {
74 &async(pop @async) while @async;
75 }
76 };
77 }
51 } else { 78 } else {
52 push @attrs, @_; 79 push @attrs, $_;
53 } 80 }
54 } 81 }
55 return $old ? $old->($package, $name, @attrs) : @attrs; 82 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
56 }; 83 };
57 } 84 }
58 85
59 sub INIT {
60 async pop @async while @async;
61 }
62} 86}
87
88=over 4
63 89
64=item $main 90=item $main
65 91
66This coroutine represents the main program. 92This coroutine represents the main program.
67 93
68=cut 94=cut
69 95
70our $main = new Coro; 96$main = new Coro;
71 97
72=item $current 98=item $current (or as function: current)
73 99
74The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 100The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
101is C<$main> (of course).
102
103This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
104reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
105C<Coro::current> function instead.
75 106
76=cut 107=cut
77 108
78# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... 109# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
79if ($current) { 110if ($current) {
80 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific}; 111 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
81} 112}
82 113
83our $current = $main; 114$current = $main;
115
116sub current() { $current }
84 117
85=item $idle 118=item $idle
86 119
87The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default 120A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
88implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits. 121to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
122exits.
89 123
90=cut 124This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
125C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wakes up some
126coroutine.
91 127
92# should be done using priorities :( 128=cut
93our $idle = new Coro sub { 129
130$idle = sub {
94 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n"; 131 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
95 exit(51); 132 exit (51);
96}; 133};
97 134
98# we really need priorities... 135# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
99## my @ready; #d# 136# cannot destroy itself.
100our @ready = (); # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) 137my @destroy;
138my $manager;
139$manager = new Coro sub {
140 while () {
141 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
142 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
143 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
144 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
145 # remove itself from the runqueue
146 while (@destroy) {
147 my $coro = pop @destroy;
148 $coro->{status} ||= [];
149 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
150
151 # the next line destroys the coro state, but keeps the
152 # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
153 # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
154 # to transfer() to this process).
155 $coro->_clone_state_from ($manager);
156 }
157 &schedule;
158 }
159};
101 160
102# static methods. not really. 161# static methods. not really.
162
163=back
103 164
104=head2 STATIC METHODS 165=head2 STATIC METHODS
105 166
106Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only. 167Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
107 168
110=item async { ... } [@args...] 171=item async { ... } [@args...]
111 172
112Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object 173Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
113(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically 174(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
114terminated. 175terminated.
176
177When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
178program.
115 179
116 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments 180 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
117 async { 181 async {
118 print "@_\n"; 182 print "@_\n";
119 } 1,2,3,4; 183 } 1,2,3,4;
120 184
121The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
122in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
123
124=cut 185=cut
125 186
126sub async(&@) { 187sub async(&@) {
127 my $pid = new Coro @_; 188 my $pid = new Coro @_;
189 $manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
128 $pid->ready; 190 $pid->ready;
129 $pid; 191 $pid;
130} 192}
131 193
132=item schedule 194=item schedule
135into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will 197into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
136never be called again. 198never be called again.
137 199
138=cut 200=cut
139 201
140my $prev;
141
142sub schedule {
143 # should be done using priorities :(
144 ($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready || $idle);
145 Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);
146}
147
148=item yield 202=item cede
149 203
150Yield to other processes. This function puts the current process into the 204"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
151ready queue and calls C<schedule>. 205ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
206current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
152 207
153=cut 208=cut
154 209
155sub yield {
156 $current->ready;
157 &schedule;
158}
159
160=item terminate 210=item terminate [arg...]
161 211
162Terminates the current process. 212Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
163
164Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
165 213
166=cut 214=cut
167 215
168sub terminate { 216sub terminate {
169 $current->{_results} = [@_]; 217 $current->cancel (@_);
170 &schedule;
171} 218}
172 219
173=back 220=back
174 221
175# dynamic methods 222# dynamic methods
181=over 4 228=over 4
182 229
183=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] 230=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
184 231
185Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process 232Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
186automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into 233automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
234called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
187the ready queue by calling the ready method. 235by calling the ready method.
188
189The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
190in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
191 236
192=cut 237=cut
193 238
194sub _newcoro { 239sub _newcoro {
195 terminate &{+shift}; 240 terminate &{+shift};
196} 241}
197 242
198sub new { 243sub new {
199 my $class = shift; 244 my $class = shift;
200 bless { 245
201 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_), 246 $class->SUPER::new (\&_newcoro, @_)
202 }, $class;
203} 247}
204 248
205=item $process->ready 249=item $process->ready
206 250
207Put the current process into the ready queue. 251Put the given process into the ready queue.
208 252
209=cut 253=cut
210 254
211sub ready { 255=item $process->cancel (arg...)
212 push @ready, $_[0]; 256
257Terminates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
258status (default: the empty list).
259
260=cut
261
262sub cancel {
263 my $self = shift;
264 $self->{status} = [@_];
265 push @destroy, $self;
266 $manager->ready;
267 &schedule if $current == $self;
268}
269
270=item $process->join
271
272Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
273C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
274from multiple processes.
275
276=cut
277
278sub join {
279 my $self = shift;
280 unless ($self->{status}) {
281 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
282 &schedule;
283 }
284 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
285}
286
287=item $oldprio = $process->prio ($newprio)
288
289Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
290process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
291processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
292that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
293to get then):
294
295 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
296 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
297
298 # set priority to HIGH
299 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
300
301The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
302existing coroutine.
303
304Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
305but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
306running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
307process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
308
309=item $newprio = $process->nice ($change)
310
311Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
312higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
313
314=item $olddesc = $process->desc ($newdesc)
315
316Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
317process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
318
319=cut
320
321sub desc {
322 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
323 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
324 $old;
213} 325}
214 326
215=back 327=back
216 328
217=cut 329=cut
218 330
2191; 3311;
220 332
333=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
334
335 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
336 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
337
338 - this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
339 from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
340 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
341 this).
342
221=head1 SEE ALSO 343=head1 SEE ALSO
222 344
223L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, 345Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
224L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>. 346
347Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
348
349Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
350
351Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
225 352
226=head1 AUTHOR 353=head1 AUTHOR
227 354
228 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 355 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
229 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 356 http://home.schmorp.de/
230 357
231=cut 358=cut
232 359

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