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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3Coro - create an manage coroutines 3Coro - coroutine process abstraction
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use Coro; 7 use Coro;
8 8
9 async {
10 # some asynchronous thread of execution
11 };
12
13 # alternatively create an async process like this:
14
15 sub some_func : Coro {
16 # some more async code
17 }
18
19 cede;
20
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 21=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 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+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
29important global variables.
30
31=cut
32
33package Coro;
34
35BEGIN { eval { require warnings } && warnings->unimport ("uninitialized") }
36
37use Coro::State;
38
39use vars qw($idle $main $current);
40
41use base Exporter;
42
43$VERSION = 0.95;
44
45@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
46%EXPORT_TAGS = (
47 prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
48);
49@EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
50
51{
52 my @async;
53 my $init;
54
55 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
56 sub import {
57 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
58 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
59 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
60 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
61 my @attrs;
62 for (@_) {
63 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
64 push @async, $ref;
65 unless ($init++) {
66 eval q{
67 sub INIT {
68 &async(pop @async) while @async;
69 }
70 };
71 }
72 } else {
73 push @attrs, $_;
74 }
75 }
76 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
77 };
78 }
79
80}
81
11=over 4 82=over 4
12 83
13=cut
14
15package Coro;
16
17BEGIN {
18 $VERSION = 0.01;
19
20 require XSLoader;
21 XSLoader::load Coro, $VERSION;
22}
23
24=item $main 84=item $main
25 85
26This coroutine represents the main program. 86This coroutine represents the main program.
27 87
28=item $current 88=cut
89
90$main = new Coro;
91
92=item $current (or as function: current)
29 93
30The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 94The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).
31 95
32=cut 96=cut
33 97
34$main = $current = _newprocess { 98# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
35 # never being called 99if ($current) {
100 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
101}
102
103$current = $main;
104
105sub current() { $current }
106
107=item $idle
108
109The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default
110implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.
111
112=cut
113
114# should be done using priorities :(
115$idle = new Coro sub {
116 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
117 exit(51);
36}; 118};
37 119
38=item $error, $error_msg, $error_coro 120# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
39 121# cannot destroy itself.
40This coroutine will be called on fatal errors. C<$error_msg> and 122my @destroy;
41C<$error_coro> return the error message and the error-causing coroutine, 123my $manager;
42respectively. 124$manager = new Coro sub {
43 125 while () {
44=cut 126 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
45 127 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
46$error_msg = 128 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
47$error_coro = undef; 129 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
48 130 # remove itself from the runqueue
49$error = _newprocess { 131 while (@destroy) {
50 print STDERR "FATAL: $error_msg, program aborted\n"; 132 my $coro = pop @destroy;
51 exit 250; 133 $coro->{status} ||= [];
134 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
135 $coro->{_coro_state} = $manager->{_coro_state};
136 }
137 &schedule;
138 }
52}; 139};
53 140
54=item $coro = new $coderef [, @args] 141# static methods. not really.
55 142
56Create a new coroutine and return it. The first C<resume> call to this 143=back
57coroutine will start execution at the given coderef. If it returns it
58should return a coroutine to switch to. If, after returning, the coroutine
59is C<resume>d again it starts execution again at the givne coderef.
60 144
145=head2 STATIC METHODS
146
147Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
148
149=over 4
150
151=item async { ... } [@args...]
152
153Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
154(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
155terminated.
156
157 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
158 async {
159 print "@_\n";
160 } 1,2,3,4;
161
61=cut 162=cut
163
164sub async(&@) {
165 my $pid = new Coro @_;
166 $manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
167 $pid->ready;
168 $pid;
169}
170
171=item schedule
172
173Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put
174into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
175never be called again.
176
177=cut
178
179=item cede
180
181"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
182ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
183current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
184
185=cut
186
187=item terminate [arg...]
188
189Terminates the current process.
190
191Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
192
193=cut
194
195sub terminate {
196 $current->{status} = [@_];
197 $current->cancel;
198 &schedule;
199 die; # NORETURN
200}
201
202=back
203
204# dynamic methods
205
206=head2 PROCESS METHODS
207
208These are the methods you can call on process objects.
209
210=over 4
211
212=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
213
214Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
215automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
216called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
217by calling the ready method.
218
219=cut
220
221sub _newcoro {
222 terminate &{+shift};
223}
62 224
63sub new { 225sub new {
64 my $class = $_[0]; 226 my $class = shift;
65 my $proc = $_[1]; 227 bless {
66 bless _newprocess { 228 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
67 do {
68 eval { &$proc->resume };
69 if ($@) {
70 ($error_msg, $error_coro) = ($@, $current);
71 $error->resume;
72 }
73 } while ();
74 }, $class; 229 }, $class;
75} 230}
76 231
77=item $coro->resume 232=item $process->ready
78 233
79Resume execution at the given coroutine. 234Put the given process into the ready queue.
80 235
81=cut 236=cut
82 237
83my $prev; 238=item $process->cancel
84 239
85sub resume { 240Like C<terminate>, but terminates the specified process instead.
86 $prev = $current; $current = $_[0]; 241
87 _transfer($prev, $current); 242=cut
243
244sub cancel {
245 push @destroy, $_[0];
246 $manager->ready;
247 &schedule if $current == $_[0];
88} 248}
249
250=item $process->join
251
252Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
253C<terminate> function. C<join> can be called multiple times from multiple
254processes.
255
256=cut
257
258sub join {
259 my $self = shift;
260 unless ($self->{status}) {
261 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
262 &schedule;
263 }
264 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
265}
266
267=item $oldprio = $process->prio($newprio)
268
269Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
270process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
271processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
272that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
273to get then):
274
275 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
276 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
277
278 # set priority to HIGH
279 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
280
281The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
282existing coroutine.
283
284Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
285but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
286running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
287process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
288
289=cut
290
291sub prio {
292 my $old = $_[0]{prio};
293 $_[0]{prio} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
294 $old;
295}
296
297=item $newprio = $process->nice($change)
298
299Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
300higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
301
302=cut
303
304sub nice {
305 $_[0]{prio} -= $_[1];
306}
307
308=item $olddesc = $process->desc($newdesc)
309
310Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
311process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
312
313=cut
314
315sub desc {
316 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
317 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
318 $old;
319}
320
321=back
322
323=cut
89 324
901; 3251;
91 326
92=back 327=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
93 328
94=head1 BUGS 329 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
330 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
95 331
96This module has not yet been extensively tested. 332 - this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
333 from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
334 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
335 this).
336
337=head1 SEE ALSO
338
339L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,
340L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>,
341L<Coro::L<Coro::RWLock>, Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.
97 342
98=head1 AUTHOR 343=head1 AUTHOR
99 344
100 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 345 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
101 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 346 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/

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