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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 to
24	Threads but don't run in parallel.	24	threads but don't run in parallel.
25
26	This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.
27		25
28	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables	26	In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables
29	+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own	27	+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
30	callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most	28	callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
31	important global variables.	29	important global variables.
32		30
33	=cut	31	=cut
34		32
35	package Coro;	33	package Coro;
36		34
		35	use strict;
		36	no warnings "uninitialized";
		37
37	use Coro::State;	38	use Coro::State;
38		39
39	use base Exporter;	40	use base Exporter::;
40		41
		42	our $idle; # idle coroutine
		43	our $main; # main coroutine
		44	our $current; # current coroutine
		45
41	$VERSION = 0.13;	46	our $VERSION = '2.1';
42		47
43	@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);	48	our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
44	@EXPORT_OK = qw($current);	49	our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
		50	prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
		51	);
		52	our @EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
45		53
46	{	54	{
47	my @async;	55	my @async;
48	my $init;	56	my $init;
49		57
50	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()	58	# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
51	sub import {	59	sub import {
		60	no strict 'refs';
		61
52	Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);	62	Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
		63
53	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};	64	my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
54	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {	65	*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
55	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);	66	my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
56	my @attrs;	67	my @attrs;
57	for (@_) {	68	for (@_) {
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72	};	83	};
73	}	84	}
74		85
75	}	86	}
76		87
		88	=over 4
		89
77	=item $main	90	=item $main
78		91
79	This coroutine represents the main program.	92	This coroutine represents the main program.
80		93
81	=cut	94	=cut
82		95
83	our $main = new Coro;	96	$main = new Coro;
84		97
85	=item $current (or as function: current)	98	=item $current (or as function: current)
86		99
87	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).	100	The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).
88		101
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91	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...	104	# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
92	if ($current) {	105	if ($current) {
93	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific};	106	$main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
94	}	107	}
95		108
96	our $current = $main;	109	$current = $main;
97		110
98	sub current() { $current }	111	sub current() { $current }
99		112
100	=item $idle	113	=item $idle
101		114
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103	implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.	116	implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.
104		117
105	=cut	118	=cut
106		119
107	# should be done using priorities :(	120	# should be done using priorities :(
108	our $idle = new Coro sub {	121	$idle = new Coro sub {
109	print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";	122	print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
110	exit(51);	123	exit(51);
111	};	124	};
112		125
113	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine	126	# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
114	# cannot destroy itself.	127	# cannot destroy itself.
115	my @destroy;	128	my @destroy;
		129	my $manager;
116	my $manager = new Coro sub {	130	$manager = new Coro sub {
117	while() {	131	while () {
118	delete ((pop @destroy)->{_coro_state}) while @destroy;	132	# by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
		133	# while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
		134	# been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
		135	# can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
		136	# remove itself from the runqueue
		137	while (@destroy) {
		138	my $coro = pop @destroy;
		139	$coro->{status} \|\|= [];
		140	$_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} \|\| []};
		141
		142	# the next line destroys the _coro_state, but keeps the
		143	# process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
		144	# process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
		145	# to transfer() to this process).
		146	$coro->{_coro_state} = $manager->{_coro_state};
		147	}
119	&schedule;	148	&schedule;
120	}	149	}
121	};	150	};
122		151
123	# we really need priorities...
124	my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;)
125
126	# static methods. not really.	152	# static methods. not really.
		153
		154	=back
127		155
128	=head2 STATIC METHODS	156	=head2 STATIC METHODS
129		157
130	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.	158	Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
131		159
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139		167
140	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments	168	# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
141	async {	169	async {
142	print "@_\n";	170	print "@_\n";
143	} 1,2,3,4;	171	} 1,2,3,4;
144
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		172
148	=cut	173	=cut
149		174
150	sub async(&@) {	175	sub async(&@) {
151	my $pid = new Coro @_;	176	my $pid = new Coro @_;
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160	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will	185	into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
161	never be called again.	186	never be called again.
162		187
163	=cut	188	=cut
164		189
165	my $prev;
166
167	sub schedule {
168	# should be done using priorities :(
169	($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready \|\| $idle);
170	Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);
171	}
172
173	=item cede	190	=item cede
174		191
175	"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the	192	"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
176	ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the	193	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.	194	current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
178		195
179	=cut	196	=cut
180		197
181	sub cede {
182	$current->ready;
183	&schedule;
184	}
185
186	=item terminate	198	=item terminate [arg...]
187		199
188	Terminates the current process.	200	Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
189
190	Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
191		201
192	=cut	202	=cut
193		203
194	sub terminate {	204	sub terminate {
195	$current->cancel;	205	$current->cancel (@_);
196	&schedule;
197	die; # NORETURN
198	}	206	}
199		207
200	=back	208	=back
201		209
202	# dynamic methods	210	# dynamic methods
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208	=over 4	216	=over 4
209		217
210	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]	218	=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
211		219
212	Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process	220	Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
213	automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into	221	automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
		222	called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
214	the ready queue by calling the ready method.	223	by calling the ready method.
215
216	The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
217	in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
218		224
219	=cut	225	=cut
220		226
221	sub _newcoro {	227	sub _newcoro {
222	terminate &{+shift};	228	terminate &{+shift};
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229	}, $class;	235	}, $class;
230	}	236	}
231		237
232	=item $process->ready	238	=item $process->ready
233		239
234	Put the current process into the ready queue.	240	Put the given process into the ready queue.
235		241
236	=cut	242	=cut
237		243
238	sub ready {
239	push @ready, $_[0];
240	}
241
242	=item $process->cancel	244	=item $process->cancel (arg...)
243		245
244	Like C<terminate>, but terminates the specified process instead.	246	Temrinates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
		247	status (default: the empty list).
245		248
246	=cut	249	=cut
247		250
248	sub cancel {	251	sub cancel {
		252	my $self = shift;
		253	$self->{status} = [@_];
249	push @destroy, $_[0];	254	push @destroy, $self;
250	$manager->ready;	255	$manager->ready;
		256	&schedule if $current == $self;
		257	}
		258
		259	=item $process->join
		260
		261	Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
		262	C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
		263	from multiple processes.
		264
		265	=cut
		266
		267	sub join {
		268	my $self = shift;
		269	unless ($self->{status}) {
		270	push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
		271	&schedule;
		272	}
		273	wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
		274	}
		275
		276	=item $oldprio = $process->prio($newprio)
		277
		278	Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
		279	process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
		280	processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
		281	that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
		282	to get then):
		283
		284	PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
		285	3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
		286
		287	# set priority to HIGH
		288	current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
		289
		290	The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
		291	existing coroutine.
		292
		293	Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
		294	but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
		295	running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
		296	process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
		297
		298	=cut
		299
		300	sub prio {
		301	my $old = $_[0]{prio};
		302	$_[0]{prio} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
		303	$old;
		304	}
		305
		306	=item $newprio = $process->nice($change)
		307
		308	Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
		309	higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
		310
		311	=cut
		312
		313	sub nice {
		314	$_[0]{prio} -= $_[1];
		315	}
		316
		317	=item $olddesc = $process->desc($newdesc)
		318
		319	Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
		320	process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
		321
		322	=cut
		323
		324	sub desc {
		325	my $old = $_[0]{desc};
		326	$_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
		327	$old;
251	}	328	}
252		329
253	=back	330	=back
254		331
255	=cut	332	=cut
256		333
257	1;	334	1;
258		335
259	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS	336	=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
260		337
261	- could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special	338	- you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
262	support for coroutines (like it does for threads).	339	destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
263	- there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not	340
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	341	- 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	342	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).	343	to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
		344	this).
272		345
273	=head1 SEE ALSO	346	=head1 SEE ALSO
274		347
275	L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,	348	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>,	349
277	L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.	350	Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
		351
		352	Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
		353
		354	Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
278		355
279	=head1 AUTHOR	356	=head1 AUTHOR
280		357
281	Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>	358	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
282	http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/	359	http://home.schmorp.de/
283		360
284	=cut	361	=cut
285		362

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