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2		2
3	Coro - coroutine process abstraction	3	Coro - coroutine process abstraction
4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use Coro;	7	use Coro;
8		8
9	async {	9	async {
10	# some asynchronous thread of execution	10	# some asynchronous thread of execution
		11	print "2\n";
		12	cede; # yield back to main
		13	print "4\n";
11	};	14	};
12		15	print "1\n";
13	# alternatively create an async process like this:	16	cede; # yield to coroutine
14		17	print "3\n";
15	sub some_func : Coro {	18	cede; # and again
16	# some more async code	19
17	}	20	# use locking
18		21	my $lock = new Coro::Semaphore;
19	yield;	22	my $locked;
		23
		24	$lock->down;
		25	$locked = 1;
		26	$lock->up;
20		27
21	=head1 DESCRIPTION	28	=head1 DESCRIPTION
22		29
23	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to	30	This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to
24	Threads but don't run in parallel.	31	threads but don't (in general) run in parallel at the same time even
		32	on SMP machines. The specific flavor of coroutine used in this module
		33	also guarantees you that it will not switch between coroutines unless
		34	necessary, at easily-identified points in your program, so locking and
		35	parallel access are rarely an issue, making coroutine programming much
		36	safer and easier than threads programming.
25		37
26	This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.	38	Unlike a normal perl program, however, coroutines allow you to have
		39	multiple running interpreters that share data, which is especially useful
		40	to code pseudo-parallel processes and for event-based programming, such as
		41	multiple HTTP-GET requests running concurrently. See L<Coro::AnyEvent> to
		42	learn more.
27		43
		44	Coroutines are also useful because Perl has no support for threads (the so
		45	called "threads" that perl offers are nothing more than the (bad) process
		46	emulation coming from the Windows platform: On standard operating systems
		47	they serve no purpose whatsoever, except by making your programs slow and
		48	making them use a lot of memory. Best disable them when building perl, or
		49	aks your software vendor/distributor to do it for you).
		50
28	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables	51	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables +
29	+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W), that is, a coroutine has it's own callchain, it's	52	@_ + $_ + $@ + $/ + C stack), that is, a coroutine has its own callchain,
30	own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most important global	53	its own set of lexicals and its own set of perls most important global
31	variables.	54	variables (see L<Coro::State> for more configuration).
32		55
33	=cut	56	=cut
34		57
35	package Coro;	58	package Coro;
36		59
		60	use strict;
		61	no warnings "uninitialized";
		62
37	use Coro::State;	63	use Coro::State;
38		64
39	use base Exporter;	65	use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
40		66
41	$VERSION = 0.10;	67	our $idle; # idle handler
		68	our $main; # main coroutine
		69	our $current; # current coroutine
42		70
		71	our $VERSION = 4.745;
		72
43	@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate current);	73	our @EXPORT = qw(async async_pool cede schedule terminate current unblock_sub);
44	@EXPORT_OK = qw($current);	74	our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
		75	prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
		76	);
		77	our @EXPORT_OK = (@{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}}, qw(nready));
45		78
46	{	79	=over 4
47	my @async;
48		80
49	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
50	sub import {
51	Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
52	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
53	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
54	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
55	my @attrs;
56	for (@_) {
57	if ($_ eq "Coro") {
58	push @async, $ref;
59	} else {
60	push @attrs, $_;
61	}
62	}
63	return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
64	};
65	}
66
67	sub INIT {
68	&async(pop @async) while @async;
69	}
70	}
71
72	=item $main	81	=item $Coro::main
73		82
74	This coroutine represents the main program.	83	This variable stores the coroutine object that represents the main
		84	program. While you cna C<ready> it and do most other things you can do to
		85	coroutines, it is mainly useful to compare again C<$Coro::current>, to see
		86	whether you are running in the main program or not.
75		87
76	=cut	88	=cut
77		89
78	our $main = new Coro;	90	$main = new Coro;
79		91
80	=item $current (or as function: current)	92	=item $Coro::current
81		93
82	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).	94	The coroutine object representing the current coroutine (the last
		95	coroutine that the Coro scheduler switched to). The initial value is
		96	C<$main> (of course).
83		97
		98	This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. You can take copies of the
		99	value stored in it and use it as any other coroutine object, but you must
		100	not otherwise modify the variable itself.
		101
84	=cut	102	=cut
		103
		104	$main->{desc} = "[main::]";
85		105
86	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...	106	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
87	if ($current) {
88	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific};	107	$main->{_specific} = $current->{_specific}
89	}	108	if $current;
90		109
91	our $current = $main;	110	_set_current $main;
92		111
93	sub current() { $current }	112	sub current() { $current } # [DEPRECATED]
94		113
95	=item $idle	114	=item $Coro::idle
96		115
97	The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default	116	This variable is mainly useful to integrate Coro into event loops. It is
98	implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.	117	usually better to rely on L<Coro::AnyEvent> or LC<Coro::EV>, as this is
		118	pretty low-level functionality.
99		119
100	=cut	120	This variable stores a callback that is called whenever the scheduler
		121	finds no ready coroutines to run. The default implementation prints
		122	"FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits, because the program has no other way
		123	to continue.
101		124
102	# should be done using priorities :(	125	This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
103	our $idle = new Coro sub {	126	C<Coro::AnyEvent> to wait on an external event that hopefully wake up a
104	print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";	127	coroutine so the scheduler can run it.
105	exit(51);	128
		129	Note that the callback I<must not>, under any circumstances, block
		130	the current coroutine. Normally, this is achieved by having an "idle
		131	coroutine" that calls the event loop and then blocks again, and then
		132	readying that coroutine in the idle handler.
		133
		134	See L<Coro::Event> or L<Coro::AnyEvent> for examples of using this
		135	technique.
		136
		137	Please note that if your callback recursively invokes perl (e.g. for event
		138	handlers), then it must be prepared to be called recursively itself.
		139
		140	=cut
		141
		142	$idle = sub {
		143	require Carp;
		144	Carp::croak ("FATAL: deadlock detected");
106	};	145	};
107		146
108	# we really need priorities...	147	sub _cancel {
109	my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;)	148	my ($self) = @_;
110		149
111	# static methods. not really.	150	# free coroutine data and mark as destructed
		151	$self->_destroy
		152	or return;
112		153
113	=head2 STATIC METHODS	154	# call all destruction callbacks
		155	$_->(@{$self->{_status}})
		156	for @{(delete $self->{_on_destroy}) \|\| []};
		157	}
114		158
115	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.	159	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
		160	# cannot destroy itself.
		161	my @destroy;
		162	my $manager;
		163
		164	$manager = new Coro sub {
		165	while () {
		166	(shift @destroy)->_cancel
		167	while @destroy;
		168
		169	&schedule;
		170	}
		171	};
		172	$manager->desc ("[coro manager]");
		173	$manager->prio (PRIO_MAX);
		174
		175	=back
		176
		177	=head2 SIMPLE COROUTINE CREATION
116		178
117	=over 4	179	=over 4
118		180
119	=item async { ... } [@args...]	181	=item async { ... } [@args...]
120		182
121	Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object	183	Create a new coroutine and return it's coroutine object (usually
122	(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically	184	unused). The coroutine will be put into the ready queue, so
		185	it will start running automatically on the next scheduler run.
		186
		187	The first argument is a codeblock/closure that should be executed in the
		188	coroutine. When it returns argument returns the coroutine is automatically
123	terminated.	189	terminated.
124		190
		191	The remaining arguments are passed as arguments to the closure.
		192
		193	See the C<Coro::State::new> constructor for info about the coroutine
		194	environment in which coroutines are executed.
		195
		196	Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will do the same as calling exit outside
		197	the coroutine. Likewise, when the coroutine dies, the program will exit,
		198	just as it would in the main program.
		199
		200	If you do not want that, you can provide a default C<die> handler, or
		201	simply avoid dieing (by use of C<eval>).
		202
125	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments	203	Example: Create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments.
		204
126	async {	205	async {
127	print "@_\n";	206	print "@_\n";
128	} 1,2,3,4;	207	} 1,2,3,4;
129		208
130	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
131	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
132
133	=cut	209	=cut
134		210
135	sub async(&@) {	211	sub async(&@) {
136	my $pid = new Coro @_;	212	my $coro = new Coro @_;
137	$pid->ready;	213	$coro->ready;
138	$pid;	214	$coro
139	}	215	}
		216
		217	=item async_pool { ... } [@args...]
		218
		219	Similar to C<async>, but uses a coroutine pool, so you should not call
		220	terminate or join on it (although you are allowed to), and you get a
		221	coroutine that might have executed other code already (which can be good
		222	or bad :).
		223
		224	On the plus side, this function is faster than creating (and destroying)
		225	a completely new coroutine, so if you need a lot of generic coroutines in
		226	quick successsion, use C<async_pool>, not C<async>.
		227
		228	The code block is executed in an C<eval> context and a warning will be
		229	issued in case of an exception instead of terminating the program, as
		230	C<async> does. As the coroutine is being reused, stuff like C<on_destroy>
		231	will not work in the expected way, unless you call terminate or cancel,
		232	which somehow defeats the purpose of pooling (but is fine in the
		233	exceptional case).
		234
		235	The priority will be reset to C<0> after each run, tracing will be
		236	disabled, the description will be reset and the default output filehandle
		237	gets restored, so you can change all these. Otherwise the coroutine will
		238	be re-used "as-is": most notably if you change other per-coroutine global
		239	stuff such as C<$/> you I<must needs> to revert that change, which is most
		240	simply done by using local as in: C< local $/ >.
		241
		242	The pool size is limited to C<8> idle coroutines (this can be adjusted by
		243	changing $Coro::POOL_SIZE), and there can be as many non-idle coros as
		244	required.
		245
		246	If you are concerned about pooled coroutines growing a lot because a
		247	single C<async_pool> used a lot of stackspace you can e.g. C<async_pool
		248	{ terminate }> once per second or so to slowly replenish the pool. In
		249	addition to that, when the stacks used by a handler grows larger than 16kb
		250	(adjustable via $Coro::POOL_RSS) it will also be destroyed.
		251
		252	=cut
		253
		254	our $POOL_SIZE = 8;
		255	our $POOL_RSS = 16 * 1024;
		256	our @async_pool;
		257
		258	sub pool_handler {
		259	my $cb;
		260
		261	while () {
		262	eval {
		263	while () {
		264	_pool_1 $cb;
		265	&$cb;
		266	_pool_2 $cb;
		267	&schedule;
		268	}
		269	};
		270
		271	if ($@) {
		272	last if $@ eq "\3async_pool terminate\2\n";
		273	warn $@;
		274	}
		275	}
		276	}
		277
		278	sub async_pool(&@) {
		279	# this is also inlined into the unlock_scheduler
		280	my $coro = (pop @async_pool) \|\| new Coro \&pool_handler;
		281
		282	$coro->{_invoke} = [@_];
		283	$coro->ready;
		284
		285	$coro
		286	}
		287
		288	=back
		289
		290	=head2 STATIC METHODS
		291
		292	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current coroutine.
		293
		294	=over 4
140		295
141	=item schedule	296	=item schedule
142		297
143	Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put	298	Calls the scheduler. The scheduler will find the next coroutine that is
		299	to be run from the ready queue and switches to it. The next coroutine
		300	to be run is simply the one with the highest priority that is longest
		301	in its ready queue. If there is no coroutine ready, it will clal the
		302	C<$Coro::idle> hook.
		303
		304	Please note that the current coroutine will I<not> be put into the ready
144	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will	305	queue, so calling this function usually means you will never be called
145	never be called again.	306	again unless something else (e.g. an event handler) calls C<< ->ready >>,
		307	thus waking you up.
146		308
147	=cut	309	This makes C<schedule> I<the> generic method to use to block the current
		310	coroutine and wait for events: first you remember the current coroutine in
		311	a variable, then arrange for some callback of yours to call C<< ->ready
		312	>> on that once some event happens, and last you call C<schedule> to put
		313	yourself to sleep. Note that a lot of things can wake your coroutine up,
		314	so you need to check whether the event indeed happened, e.g. by storing the
		315	status in a variable.
148		316
149	my $prev;	317	The canonical way to wait on external events is this:
150		318
151	sub schedule {	319	{
152	# should be done using priorities :(	320	# remember current coroutine
153	($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready \|\| $idle);	321	my $current = $Coro::current;
154	Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);
155	}
156		322
157	=item yield	323	# register a hypothetical event handler
158		324	on_event_invoke sub {
159	Yield to other processes. This function puts the current process into the	325	# wake up sleeping coroutine
160	ready queue and calls C<schedule>.
161
162	=cut
163
164	sub yield {
165	$current->ready;	326	$current->ready;
166	&schedule;	327	undef $current;
167	}	328	};
168		329
		330	# call schedule until event occurred.
		331	# in case we are woken up for other reasons
		332	# (current still defined), loop.
		333	Coro::schedule while $current;
		334	}
		335
		336	=item cede
		337
		338	"Cede" to other coroutines. This function puts the current coroutine into
		339	the ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving
		340	up the current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher
		341	priority. Once your coroutine gets its turn again it will automatically be
		342	resumed.
		343
		344	This function is often called C<yield> in other languages.
		345
		346	=item Coro::cede_notself
		347
		348	Works like cede, but is not exported by default and will cede to I<any>
		349	coroutine, regardless of priority. This is useful sometimes to ensure
		350	progress is made.
		351
169	=item terminate	352	=item terminate [arg...]
170		353
171	Terminates the current process.	354	Terminates the current coroutine with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
172		355
173	Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.	356	=item killall
		357
		358	Kills/terminates/cancels all coroutines except the currently running
		359	one. This is useful after a fork, either in the child or the parent, as
		360	usually only one of them should inherit the running coroutines.
		361
		362	Note that while this will try to free some of the main programs resources,
		363	you cannot free all of them, so if a coroutine that is not the main
		364	program calls this function, there will be some one-time resource leak.
174		365
175	=cut	366	=cut
176		367
177	sub terminate {	368	sub terminate {
178	$current->{_results} = [@_];	369	$current->cancel (@_);
179	&schedule;	370	}
		371
		372	sub killall {
		373	for (Coro::State::list) {
		374	$_->cancel
		375	if $_ != $current && UNIVERSAL::isa $_, "Coro";
		376	}
180	}	377	}
181		378
182	=back	379	=back
183		380
184	# dynamic methods
185
186	=head2 PROCESS METHODS	381	=head2 COROUTINE METHODS
187		382
188	These are the methods you can call on process objects.	383	These are the methods you can call on coroutine objects (or to create
		384	them).
189		385
190	=over 4	386	=over 4
191		387
192	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]	388	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
193		389
194	Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process	390	Create a new coroutine and return it. When the sub returns, the coroutine
195	automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into	391	automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
		392	called. To make the coroutine run you must first put it into the ready
196	the ready queue by calling the ready method.	393	queue by calling the ready method.
197		394
198	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables	395	See C<async> and C<Coro::State::new> for additional info about the
199	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.	396	coroutine environment.
200		397
201	=cut	398	=cut
202		399
203	sub _newcoro {	400	sub _run_coro {
204	terminate &{+shift};	401	terminate &{+shift};
205	}	402	}
206		403
207	sub new {	404	sub new {
208	my $class = shift;	405	my $class = shift;
209	bless {
210	_coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
211	}, $class;
212	}
213		406
214	=item $process->ready	407	$class->SUPER::new (\&_run_coro, @_)
		408	}
215		409
216	Put the current process into the ready queue.	410	=item $success = $coroutine->ready
217		411
218	=cut	412	Put the given coroutine into the end of its ready queue (there is one
		413	queue for each priority) and return true. If the coroutine is already in
		414	the ready queue, do nothing and return false.
219		415
220	sub ready {	416	This ensures that the scheduler will resume this coroutine automatically
221	push @ready, $_[0];	417	once all the coroutines of higher priority and all coroutines of the same
		418	priority that were put into the ready queue earlier have been resumed.
		419
		420	=item $is_ready = $coroutine->is_ready
		421
		422	Return whether the coroutine is currently the ready queue or not,
		423
		424	=item $coroutine->cancel (arg...)
		425
		426	Terminates the given coroutine and makes it return the given arguments as
		427	status (default: the empty list). Never returns if the coroutine is the
		428	current coroutine.
		429
		430	=cut
		431
		432	sub cancel {
		433	my $self = shift;
		434	$self->{_status} = [@_];
		435
		436	if ($current == $self) {
		437	push @destroy, $self;
		438	$manager->ready;
		439	&schedule while 1;
		440	} else {
		441	$self->_cancel;
		442	}
		443	}
		444
		445	=item $coroutine->join
		446
		447	Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
		448	C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called concurrently
		449	from multiple coroutines, and all will be resumed and given the status
		450	return once the C<$coroutine> terminates.
		451
		452	=cut
		453
		454	sub join {
		455	my $self = shift;
		456
		457	unless ($self->{_status}) {
		458	my $current = $current;
		459
		460	push @{$self->{_on_destroy}}, sub {
		461	$current->ready;
		462	undef $current;
		463	};
		464
		465	&schedule while $current;
		466	}
		467
		468	wantarray ? @{$self->{_status}} : $self->{_status}[0];
		469	}
		470
		471	=item $coroutine->on_destroy (\&cb)
		472
		473	Registers a callback that is called when this coroutine gets destroyed,
		474	but before it is joined. The callback gets passed the terminate arguments,
		475	if any, and I<must not> die, under any circumstances.
		476
		477	=cut
		478
		479	sub on_destroy {
		480	my ($self, $cb) = @_;
		481
		482	push @{ $self->{_on_destroy} }, $cb;
		483	}
		484
		485	=item $oldprio = $coroutine->prio ($newprio)
		486
		487	Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
		488	coroutine. Higher priority coroutines get run before lower priority
		489	coroutines. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
		490	that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
		491	to get then):
		492
		493	PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
		494	3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
		495
		496	# set priority to HIGH
		497	current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
		498
		499	The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
		500	existing coroutine.
		501
		502	Changing the priority of the current coroutine will take effect immediately,
		503	but changing the priority of coroutines in the ready queue (but not
		504	running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
		505	coroutine). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
		506
		507	=item $newprio = $coroutine->nice ($change)
		508
		509	Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
		510	higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
		511
		512	=item $olddesc = $coroutine->desc ($newdesc)
		513
		514	Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
		515	coroutine. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a coroutine.
		516
		517	This method simply sets the C<< $coroutine->{desc} >> member to the given string. You
		518	can modify this member directly if you wish.
		519
		520	=item $coroutine->throw ([$scalar])
		521
		522	If C<$throw> is specified and defined, it will be thrown as an exception
		523	inside the coroutine at the next convinient point in time (usually after
		524	it gains control at the next schedule/transfer/cede). Otherwise clears the
		525	exception object.
		526
		527	The exception object will be thrown "as is" with the specified scalar in
		528	C<$@>, i.e. if it is a string, no line number or newline will be appended
		529	(unlike with C<die>).
		530
		531	This can be used as a softer means than C<cancel> to ask a coroutine to
		532	end itself, although there is no guarentee that the exception will lead to
		533	termination, and if the exception isn't caught it might well end the whole
		534	program.
		535
		536	=cut
		537
		538	sub desc {
		539	my $old = $_[0]{desc};
		540	$_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
		541	$old;
222	}	542	}
223		543
224	=back	544	=back
225		545
		546	=head2 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
		547
		548	=over 4
		549
		550	=item Coro::nready
		551
		552	Returns the number of coroutines that are currently in the ready state,
		553	i.e. that can be switched to by calling C<schedule> directory or
		554	indirectly. The value C<0> means that the only runnable coroutine is the
		555	currently running one, so C<cede> would have no effect, and C<schedule>
		556	would cause a deadlock unless there is an idle handler that wakes up some
		557	coroutines.
		558
		559	=item my $guard = Coro::guard { ... }
		560
		561	This creates and returns a guard object. Nothing happens until the object
		562	gets destroyed, in which case the codeblock given as argument will be
		563	executed. This is useful to free locks or other resources in case of a
		564	runtime error or when the coroutine gets canceled, as in both cases the
		565	guard block will be executed. The guard object supports only one method,
		566	C<< ->cancel >>, which will keep the codeblock from being executed.
		567
		568	Example: set some flag and clear it again when the coroutine gets canceled
		569	or the function returns:
		570
		571	sub do_something {
		572	my $guard = Coro::guard { $busy = 0 };
		573	$busy = 1;
		574
		575	# do something that requires $busy to be true
		576	}
		577
		578	=cut
		579
		580	sub guard(&) {
		581	bless \(my $cb = $_[0]), "Coro::guard"
		582	}
		583
		584	sub Coro::guard::cancel {
		585	${$_[0]} = sub { };
		586	}
		587
		588	sub Coro::guard::DESTROY {
		589	${$_[0]}->();
		590	}
		591
		592
		593	=item unblock_sub { ... }
		594
		595	This utility function takes a BLOCK or code reference and "unblocks" it,
		596	returning a new coderef. Unblocking means that calling the new coderef
		597	will return immediately without blocking, returning nothing, while the
		598	original code ref will be called (with parameters) from within another
		599	coroutine.
		600
		601	The reason this function exists is that many event libraries (such as the
		602	venerable L<Event\|Event> module) are not coroutine-safe (a weaker form
		603	of thread-safety). This means you must not block within event callbacks,
		604	otherwise you might suffer from crashes or worse. The only event library
		605	currently known that is safe to use without C<unblock_sub> is L<EV>.
		606
		607	This function allows your callbacks to block by executing them in another
		608	coroutine where it is safe to block. One example where blocking is handy
		609	is when you use the L<Coro::AIO\|Coro::AIO> functions to save results to
		610	disk, for example.
		611
		612	In short: simply use C<unblock_sub { ... }> instead of C<sub { ... }> when
		613	creating event callbacks that want to block.
		614
		615	If your handler does not plan to block (e.g. simply sends a message to
		616	another coroutine, or puts some other coroutine into the ready queue),
		617	there is no reason to use C<unblock_sub>.
		618
		619	Note that you also need to use C<unblock_sub> for any other callbacks that
		620	are indirectly executed by any C-based event loop. For example, when you
		621	use a module that uses L<AnyEvent> (and you use L<Coro::AnyEvent>) and it
		622	provides callbacks that are the result of some event callback, then you
		623	must not block either, or use C<unblock_sub>.
		624
		625	=cut
		626
		627	our @unblock_queue;
		628
		629	# we create a special coro because we want to cede,
		630	# to reduce pressure on the coro pool (because most callbacks
		631	# return immediately and can be reused) and because we cannot cede
		632	# inside an event callback.
		633	our $unblock_scheduler = new Coro sub {
		634	while () {
		635	while (my $cb = pop @unblock_queue) {
		636	# this is an inlined copy of async_pool
		637	my $coro = (pop @async_pool) \|\| new Coro \&pool_handler;
		638
		639	$coro->{_invoke} = $cb;
		640	$coro->ready;
		641	cede; # for short-lived callbacks, this reduces pressure on the coro pool
		642	}
		643	schedule; # sleep well
		644	}
		645	};
		646	$unblock_scheduler->desc ("[unblock_sub scheduler]");
		647
		648	sub unblock_sub(&) {
		649	my $cb = shift;
		650
		651	sub {
		652	unshift @unblock_queue, [$cb, @_];
		653	$unblock_scheduler->ready;
		654	}
		655	}
		656
		657	=back
		658
226	=cut	659	=cut
227		660
228	1;	661	1;
229		662
230	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS	663	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
231		664
232	- could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special	665	This module is not perl-pseudo-thread-safe. You should only ever use this
233	support for coroutines (like it does for threads).
234	- there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not
235	identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
236	- this module is not well-tested.
237	- if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
238	corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
239	remaining bugs.
240	- this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from
241	the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to	666	module from the same thread (this requirement might be removed in the
242	allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this).	667	future to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
		668	this). I recommend disabling thread support and using processes, as this
		669	is much faster and uses less memory.
243		670
244	=head1 SEE ALSO	671	=head1 SEE ALSO
245		672
246	L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,	673	Event-Loop integration: L<Coro::AnyEvent>, L<Coro::EV>, L<Coro::Event>.
247	L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>.	674
		675	Debugging: L<Coro::Debug>.
		676
		677	Support/Utility: L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Util>.
		678
		679	Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
		680
		681	IO/Timers: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::AIO>.
		682
		683	Compatibility: L<Coro::LWP>, L<Coro::BDB>, L<Coro::Storable>, L<Coro::Select>.
		684
		685	XS API: L<Coro::MakeMaker>.
		686
		687	Low level Configuration, Coroutine Environment: L<Coro::State>.
248		688
249	=head1 AUTHOR	689	=head1 AUTHOR
250		690
251	Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>	691	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
252	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/	692	http://home.schmorp.de/
253		693
254	=cut	694	=cut
255		695

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