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| 613 | Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this |
613 | Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this |
| 614 | coro. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a |
614 | coro. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a |
| 615 | coro. |
615 | coro. |
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616 | |
| 617 | This method simply sets the C<< $coro->{desc} >> member to the given |
617 | This method simply sets the C<< $coro->{desc} >> member to the given |
| 618 | string. You can modify this member directly if you wish. |
618 | string. You can modify this member directly if you wish, and in fact, this |
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619 | is often preferred to indicate major processing states that cna then be |
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620 | seen for example in a L<Coro::Debug> session: |
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622 | sub my_long_function { |
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623 | local $Coro::current->{desc} = "now in my_long_function"; |
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624 | ... |
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625 | $Coro::current->{desc} = "my_long_function: phase 1"; |
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626 | ... |
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627 | $Coro::current->{desc} = "my_long_function: phase 2"; |
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628 | ... |
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629 | } |
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630 | |
| 620 | =cut |
631 | =cut |
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632 | |
| 622 | sub desc { |
633 | sub desc { |
| 623 | my $old = $_[0]{desc}; |
634 | my $old = $_[0]{desc}; |
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| 857 | ithreads (for example, that memory or files would be shared), showing his |
868 | ithreads (for example, that memory or files would be shared), showing his |
| 858 | lack of understanding of this area - if it is hard to understand for Chip, |
869 | lack of understanding of this area - if it is hard to understand for Chip, |
| 859 | it is probably not obvious to everybody). |
870 | it is probably not obvious to everybody). |
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871 | |
| 861 | What follows is an ultra-condensed version of my talk about threads in |
872 | What follows is an ultra-condensed version of my talk about threads in |
| 862 | scripting languages given onthe perl workshop 2009: |
873 | scripting languages given on the perl workshop 2009: |
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874 | |
| 864 | The so-called "ithreads" were originally implemented for two reasons: |
875 | The so-called "ithreads" were originally implemented for two reasons: |
| 865 | first, to (badly) emulate unix processes on native win32 perls, and |
876 | first, to (badly) emulate unix processes on native win32 perls, and |
| 866 | secondly, to replace the older, real thread model ("5.005-threads"). |
877 | secondly, to replace the older, real thread model ("5.005-threads"). |
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