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# Content
1 =head1 NAME
2
3 Coro::Signal - thread signals (binary semaphores)
4
5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 use Coro::Signal;
8
9 $sig = new Coro::Signal;
10
11 $sig->wait; # wait for signal
12
13 # ... some other "thread"
14
15 $sig->send;
16
17 =head1 DESCRIPTION
18
19 This module implements signals/binary semaphores/condition variables
20 (basically all the same thing). You can wait for a signal to occur or send
21 it, in which case it will wake up one waiter, or it can be broadcast,
22 waking up all waiters.
23
24 It is recommended not to mix C<send> and C<broadcast> calls on the same
25 C<Coro::Signal> - it should work as documented, but it can easily confuse
26 you :->
27
28 =over 4
29
30 =cut
31
32 package Coro::Signal;
33
34 use common::sense;
35
36 use Coro::Semaphore ();
37
38 our $VERSION = 5.2;
39
40 =item $sig = new Coro::Signal;
41
42 Create a new signal.
43
44 =item $sig->wait
45
46 Wait for the signal to occur (via either C<send> or C<broadcast>). Returns
47 immediately if the signal has been sent before.
48
49 =item $sem->wait ($callback)
50
51 If you pass a callback argument to C<wait>, it will not wait, but
52 immediately return. The callback will be called under the same conditions
53 as C<wait> without arguments would continue the thrad.
54
55 The callback might wake up any number of threads, but is I<NOT> allowed to
56 block (switch to other threads).
57
58 =item $sig->send
59
60 Send the signal, waking up I<one> waiting process or remember the signal
61 if no process is waiting.
62
63 =item $sig->broadcast
64
65 Send the signal, waking up I<all> waiting process. If no process is
66 waiting the signal is lost.
67
68 =item $sig->awaited
69
70 Return true when the signal is being awaited by some process.
71
72 =cut
73
74 #=item $status = $s->timed_wait ($timeout)
75 #
76 #Like C<wait>, but returns false if no signal happens within $timeout
77 #seconds, otherwise true.
78 #
79 #See C<wait> for some reliability concerns.
80 #
81 #=cut
82
83 #ub timed_wait {
84 # require Coro::Timer;
85 # my $timeout = Coro::Timer::timeout($_[1]);
86 #
87 # unless (delete $_[0][0]) {
88 # push @{$_[0][1]}, $Coro::current;
89 # &Coro::schedule;
90 #
91 # return 0 if $timeout;
92 # }
93 #
94 # 1
95 #
96
97 1;
98
99 =back
100
101 =head1 AUTHOR
102
103 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
104 http://home.schmorp.de/
105
106 =cut
107