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8		8
9	async {	9	async {
10	# some asynchronous thread of execution	10	# some asynchronous thread of execution
11	};	11	};
12		12
13	# alternatively create an async process like this:	13	# alternatively create an async coroutine like this:
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	cede;	19	cede;
20		20
21	=head1 DESCRIPTION	21	=head1 DESCRIPTION
22		22
23	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to	23	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar
24	Threads but don't run in parallel.	24	to threads but don't run in parallel at the same time even on SMP
		25	machines. The specific flavor of coroutine use din this module also
		26	guarentees you that it will not switch between coroutines unless
		27	necessary, at easily-identified points in your program, so locking and
		28	parallel access are rarely an issue, making coroutine programming much
		29	safer than threads programming.
25		30
26	This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.	31	(Perl, however, does not natively support real threads but instead does a
		32	very slow and memory-intensive emulation of processes using threads. This
		33	is a performance win on Windows machines, and a loss everywhere else).
27		34
28	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables	35	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables +
29	+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own	36	@_ + $_ + $@ + $/ + C stack), that is, a coroutine has its own callchain,
30	callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most	37	its own set of lexicals and its own set of perls most important global
31	important global variables.	38	variables.
32		39
33	=cut	40	=cut
34		41
35	package Coro;	42	package Coro;
36		43
		44	use strict;
		45	no warnings "uninitialized";
		46
37	use Coro::State;	47	use Coro::State;
38		48
39	use base Exporter;	49	use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
40		50
41	$VERSION = 0.13;	51	our $idle; # idle handler
		52	our $main; # main coroutine
		53	our $current; # current coroutine
42		54
		55	our $VERSION = '3.5';
		56
43	@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);	57	our @EXPORT = qw(async async_pool cede schedule terminate current unblock_sub);
44	@EXPORT_OK = qw($current);	58	our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
		59	prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
		60	);
		61	our @EXPORT_OK = (@{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}}, qw(nready));
45		62
46	{	63	{
47	my @async;	64	my @async;
48	my $init;	65	my $init;
49		66
50	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()	67	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
51	sub import {	68	sub import {
		69	no strict 'refs';
		70
52	Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);	71	Coro->export_to_level (1, @_);
		72
53	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};	73	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
54	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {	74	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
55	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);	75	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
56	my @attrs;	76	my @attrs;
57	for (@_) {	77	for (@_) {
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72	};	92	};
73	}	93	}
74		94
75	}	95	}
76		96
		97	=over 4
		98
77	=item $main	99	=item $main
78		100
79	This coroutine represents the main program.	101	This coroutine represents the main program.
80		102
81	=cut	103	=cut
82		104
83	our $main = new Coro;	105	$main = new Coro;
84		106
85	=item $current (or as function: current)	107	=item $current (or as function: current)
86		108
87	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).	109	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
		110	is C<$main> (of course).
		111
		112	This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
		113	reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
		114	C<Coro::current> function instead.
88		115
89	=cut	116	=cut
90		117
91	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...	118	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
92	if ($current) {
93	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific};	119	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific}
94	}	120	if $current;
95		121
96	our $current = $main;	122	_set_current $main;
97		123
98	sub current() { $current }	124	sub current() { $current }
99		125
100	=item $idle	126	=item $idle
101		127
102	The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default	128	A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
103	implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.	129	to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
		130	exits, because the program has no other way to continue.
104		131
105	=cut	132	This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
		133	C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wake up a
		134	coroutine so the scheduler can run it.
106		135
107	# should be done using priorities :(	136	Please note that if your callback recursively invokes perl (e.g. for event
108	our $idle = new Coro sub {	137	handlers), then it must be prepared to be called recursively.
109	print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";	138
110	exit(51);	139	=cut
		140
		141	$idle = sub {
		142	require Carp;
		143	Carp::croak ("FATAL: deadlock detected");
111	};	144	};
		145
		146	sub _cancel {
		147	my ($self) = @_;
		148
		149	# free coroutine data and mark as destructed
		150	$self->_destroy
		151	or return;
		152
		153	# call all destruction callbacks
		154	$_->(@{$self->{status}})
		155	for @{(delete $self->{destroy_cb}) \|\| []};
		156	}
112		157
113	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine	158	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
114	# cannot destroy itself.	159	# cannot destroy itself.
115	my @destroy;	160	my @destroy;
		161	my $manager;
		162
116	my $manager = new Coro sub {	163	$manager = new Coro sub {
117	while() {	164	while () {
118	delete ((pop @destroy)->{_coro_state}) while @destroy;	165	(shift @destroy)->_cancel
		166	while @destroy;
		167
119	&schedule;	168	&schedule;
120	}	169	}
121	};	170	};
122		171
123	# we really need priorities...	172	$manager->prio (PRIO_MAX);
124	my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;)
125		173
126	# static methods. not really.	174	# static methods. not really.
127		175
		176	=back
		177
128	=head2 STATIC METHODS	178	=head2 STATIC METHODS
129		179
130	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.	180	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current coroutine only.
131		181
132	=over 4	182	=over 4
133		183
134	=item async { ... } [@args...]	184	=item async { ... } [@args...]
135		185
136	Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object	186	Create a new asynchronous coroutine and return it's coroutine object
137	(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically	187	(usually unused). When the sub returns the new coroutine is automatically
138	terminated.	188	terminated.
		189
		190	Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
		191
		192	When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
		193	program.
139		194
140	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments	195	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
141	async {	196	async {
142	print "@_\n";	197	print "@_\n";
143	} 1,2,3,4;	198	} 1,2,3,4;
144		199
145	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
146	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
147
148	=cut	200	=cut
149		201
150	sub async(&@) {	202	sub async(&@) {
151	my $pid = new Coro @_;	203	my $coro = new Coro @_;
152	$manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
153	$pid->ready;	204	$coro->ready;
154	$pid;	205	$coro
		206	}
		207
		208	=item async_pool { ... } [@args...]
		209
		210	Similar to C<async>, but uses a coroutine pool, so you should not call
		211	terminate or join (although you are allowed to), and you get a coroutine
		212	that might have executed other code already (which can be good or bad :).
		213
		214	Also, the block is executed in an C<eval> context and a warning will be
		215	issued in case of an exception instead of terminating the program, as
		216	C<async> does. As the coroutine is being reused, stuff like C<on_destroy>
		217	will not work in the expected way, unless you call terminate or cancel,
		218	which somehow defeats the purpose of pooling.
		219
		220	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each job, otherwise the coroutine
		221	will be re-used "as-is".
		222
		223	The pool size is limited to 8 idle coroutines (this can be adjusted by
		224	changing $Coro::POOL_SIZE), and there can be as many non-idle coros as
		225	required.
		226
		227	If you are concerned about pooled coroutines growing a lot because a
		228	single C<async_pool> used a lot of stackspace you can e.g. C<async_pool {
		229	terminate }> once per second or so to slowly replenish the pool.
		230
		231	=cut
		232
		233	our $POOL_SIZE = 8;
		234	our @pool;
		235
		236	sub pool_handler {
		237	while () {
		238	eval {
		239	my ($cb, @arg) = @{ delete $current->{_invoke} or return };
		240	$cb->(@arg);
		241	};
		242	warn $@ if $@;
		243
		244	last if @pool >= $POOL_SIZE;
		245	push @pool, $current;
		246
		247	$current->prio (0);
		248	schedule;
		249	}
		250	}
		251
		252	sub async_pool(&@) {
		253	# this is also inlined into the unlock_scheduler
		254	my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler);
		255
		256	$coro->{_invoke} = [@_];
		257	$coro->ready;
		258
		259	$coro
155	}	260	}
156		261
157	=item schedule	262	=item schedule
158		263
159	Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put	264	Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current coroutine will not be put
160	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will	265	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
161	never be called again.	266	never be called again unless something else (e.g. an event handler) calls
		267	ready.
162		268
163	=cut	269	The canonical way to wait on external events is this:
164		270
165	my $prev;	271	{
		272	# remember current coroutine
		273	my $current = $Coro::current;
166		274
167	sub schedule {	275	# register a hypothetical event handler
168	# should be done using priorities :(	276	on_event_invoke sub {
169	($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready \|\| $idle);	277	# wake up sleeping coroutine
170	Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);	278	$current->ready;
171	}	279	undef $current;
		280	};
		281
		282	# call schedule until event occured.
		283	# in case we are woken up for other reasons
		284	# (current still defined), loop.
		285	Coro::schedule while $current;
		286	}
172		287
173	=item cede	288	=item cede
174		289
175	"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the	290	"Cede" to other coroutines. This function puts the current coroutine into the
176	ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the	291	ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
177	current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.	292	current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
178		293
179	=cut	294	Returns true if at least one coroutine switch has happened.
180		295
181	sub cede {	296	=item Coro::cede_notself
182	$current->ready;
183	&schedule;
184	}
185		297
		298	Works like cede, but is not exported by default and will cede to any
		299	coroutine, regardless of priority, once.
		300
		301	Returns true if at least one coroutine switch has happened.
		302
186	=item terminate	303	=item terminate [arg...]
187		304
188	Terminates the current process.	305	Terminates the current coroutine with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
189
190	Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
191		306
192	=cut	307	=cut
193		308
194	sub terminate {	309	sub terminate {
195	$current->cancel;	310	$current->cancel (@_);
196	&schedule;
197	die; # NORETURN
198	}	311	}
199		312
200	=back	313	=back
201		314
202	# dynamic methods	315	# dynamic methods
203		316
204	=head2 PROCESS METHODS	317	=head2 COROUTINE METHODS
205		318
206	These are the methods you can call on process objects.	319	These are the methods you can call on coroutine objects.
207		320
208	=over 4	321	=over 4
209		322
210	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]	323	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
211		324
212	Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process	325	Create a new coroutine and return it. When the sub returns the coroutine
213	automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into	326	automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
		327	called. To make the coroutine run you must first put it into the ready queue
214	the ready queue by calling the ready method.	328	by calling the ready method.
215		329
216	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables	330	Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
217	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
218		331
219	=cut	332	=cut
220		333
221	sub _newcoro {	334	sub _run_coro {
222	terminate &{+shift};	335	terminate &{+shift};
223	}	336	}
224		337
225	sub new {	338	sub new {
226	my $class = shift;	339	my $class = shift;
227	bless {
228	_coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
229	}, $class;
230	}
231		340
232	=item $process->ready	341	$class->SUPER::new (\&_run_coro, @_)
233
234	Put the current process into the ready queue.
235
236	=cut
237
238	sub ready {
239	push @ready, $_[0];
240	}	342	}
241		343
242	=item $process->cancel	344	=item $success = $coroutine->ready
243		345
244	Like C<terminate>, but terminates the specified process instead.	346	Put the given coroutine into the ready queue (according to it's priority)
		347	and return true. If the coroutine is already in the ready queue, do nothing
		348	and return false.
		349
		350	=item $is_ready = $coroutine->is_ready
		351
		352	Return wether the coroutine is currently the ready queue or not,
		353
		354	=item $coroutine->cancel (arg...)
		355
		356	Terminates the given coroutine and makes it return the given arguments as
		357	status (default: the empty list). Never returns if the coroutine is the
		358	current coroutine.
245		359
246	=cut	360	=cut
247		361
248	sub cancel {	362	sub cancel {
		363	my $self = shift;
		364	$self->{status} = [@_];
		365
		366	if ($current == $self) {
249	push @destroy, $_[0];	367	push @destroy, $self;
250	$manager->ready;	368	$manager->ready;
		369	&schedule while 1;
		370	} else {
		371	$self->_cancel;
		372	}
		373	}
		374
		375	=item $coroutine->join
		376
		377	Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
		378	C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
		379	from multiple coroutine.
		380
		381	=cut
		382
		383	sub join {
		384	my $self = shift;
		385
		386	unless ($self->{status}) {
		387	my $current = $current;
		388
		389	push @{$self->{destroy_cb}}, sub {
		390	$current->ready;
		391	undef $current;
		392	};
		393
		394	&schedule while $current;
		395	}
		396
		397	wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
		398	}
		399
		400	=item $coroutine->on_destroy (\&cb)
		401
		402	Registers a callback that is called when this coroutine gets destroyed,
		403	but before it is joined. The callback gets passed the terminate arguments,
		404	if any.
		405
		406	=cut
		407
		408	sub on_destroy {
		409	my ($self, $cb) = @_;
		410
		411	push @{ $self->{destroy_cb} }, $cb;
		412	}
		413
		414	=item $oldprio = $coroutine->prio ($newprio)
		415
		416	Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
		417	coroutine. Higher priority coroutines get run before lower priority
		418	coroutines. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
		419	that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
		420	to get then):
		421
		422	PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
		423	3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
		424
		425	# set priority to HIGH
		426	current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
		427
		428	The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
		429	existing coroutine.
		430
		431	Changing the priority of the current coroutine will take effect immediately,
		432	but changing the priority of coroutines in the ready queue (but not
		433	running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
		434	coroutine). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
		435
		436	=item $newprio = $coroutine->nice ($change)
		437
		438	Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
		439	higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
		440
		441	=item $olddesc = $coroutine->desc ($newdesc)
		442
		443	Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
		444	coroutine. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a coroutine.
		445
		446	=cut
		447
		448	sub desc {
		449	my $old = $_[0]{desc};
		450	$_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
		451	$old;
251	}	452	}
252		453
253	=back	454	=back
254		455
		456	=head2 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
		457
		458	=over 4
		459
		460	=item Coro::nready
		461
		462	Returns the number of coroutines that are currently in the ready state,
		463	i.e. that can be swicthed to. The value C<0> means that the only runnable
		464	coroutine is the currently running one, so C<cede> would have no effect,
		465	and C<schedule> would cause a deadlock unless there is an idle handler
		466	that wakes up some coroutines.
		467
		468	=item my $guard = Coro::guard { ... }
		469
		470	This creates and returns a guard object. Nothing happens until the objetc
		471	gets destroyed, in which case the codeblock given as argument will be
		472	executed. This is useful to free locks or other resources in case of a
		473	runtime error or when the coroutine gets canceled, as in both cases the
		474	guard block will be executed. The guard object supports only one method,
		475	C<< ->cancel >>, which will keep the codeblock from being executed.
		476
		477	Example: set some flag and clear it again when the coroutine gets canceled
		478	or the function returns:
		479
		480	sub do_something {
		481	my $guard = Coro::guard { $busy = 0 };
		482	$busy = 1;
		483
		484	# do something that requires $busy to be true
		485	}
		486
		487	=cut
		488
		489	sub guard(&) {
		490	bless \(my $cb = $_[0]), "Coro::guard"
		491	}
		492
		493	sub Coro::guard::cancel {
		494	${$_[0]} = sub { };
		495	}
		496
		497	sub Coro::guard::DESTROY {
		498	${$_[0]}->();
		499	}
		500
		501
		502	=item unblock_sub { ... }
		503
		504	This utility function takes a BLOCK or code reference and "unblocks" it,
		505	returning the new coderef. This means that the new coderef will return
		506	immediately without blocking, returning nothing, while the original code
		507	ref will be called (with parameters) from within its own coroutine.
		508
		509	The reason this fucntion exists is that many event libraries (such as the
		510	venerable L<Event\|Event> module) are not coroutine-safe (a weaker form
		511	of thread-safety). This means you must not block within event callbacks,
		512	otherwise you might suffer from crashes or worse.
		513
		514	This function allows your callbacks to block by executing them in another
		515	coroutine where it is safe to block. One example where blocking is handy
		516	is when you use the L<Coro::AIO\|Coro::AIO> functions to save results to
		517	disk.
		518
		519	In short: simply use C<unblock_sub { ... }> instead of C<sub { ... }> when
		520	creating event callbacks that want to block.
		521
		522	=cut
		523
		524	our @unblock_queue;
		525
		526	# we create a special coro because we want to cede,
		527	# to reduce pressure on the coro pool (because most callbacks
		528	# return immediately and can be reused) and because we cannot cede
		529	# inside an event callback.
		530	our $unblock_scheduler = async {
		531	while () {
		532	while (my $cb = pop @unblock_queue) {
		533	# this is an inlined copy of async_pool
		534	my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler);
		535
		536	$coro->{_invoke} = $cb;
		537	$coro->ready;
		538	cede; # for short-lived callbacks, this reduces pressure on the coro pool
		539	}
		540	schedule; # sleep well
		541	}
		542	};
		543
		544	sub unblock_sub(&) {
		545	my $cb = shift;
		546
		547	sub {
		548	unshift @unblock_queue, [$cb, @_];
		549	$unblock_scheduler->ready;
		550	}
		551	}
		552
		553	=back
		554
255	=cut	555	=cut
256		556
257	1;	557	1;
258		558
259	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS	559	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
260		560
261	- could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special	561	- you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
262	support for coroutines (like it does for threads).	562	destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
263	- there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not	563
264	identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
265	- this module is not well-tested.
266	- if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
267	corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
268	remaining bugs.
269	- this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from	564	- this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
270	the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to	565	from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
271	allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this).	566	to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
		567	this).
272		568
273	=head1 SEE ALSO	569	=head1 SEE ALSO
274		570
275	L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,	571	Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
276	L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::RWLock>,	572
277	L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.	573	Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
		574
		575	Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
		576
		577	Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
278		578
279	=head1 AUTHOR	579	=head1 AUTHOR
280		580
281	Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>	581	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
282	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/	582	http://home.schmorp.de/
283		583
284	=cut	584	=cut
285		585

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