=head1 NAME Coro::Event - do events the coro-way =head1 SYNOPSIS use Coro; use Coro::Event; sub keyboard : Coro { my $w = Coro::Event->io(fd => \*STDIN, poll => 'r'); while() { print "cmd> "; my $ev = $w->next; my $cmd = ; unloop unless $cmd ne ""; print "data> "; my $ev = $w->next; my $data = ; } } loop; # wait for input on stdin for one second Coro::Event::do_io (fd => \*STDIN, timeout => 1) & Event::Watcher::R or die "no input received"; # use a separate coroutine for event processing, if impossible in main: Coro::async { Event::loop }; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module enables you to create programs using the powerful Event model (and module), while retaining the linear style known from simple or threaded programs. This module provides a method and a function for every watcher type (I) (see L). The only difference between these and the watcher constructors from Event is that you do not specify a callback function - it will be managed by this module. Your application should just create all necessary coroutines and then call Coro::Event::loop. Please note that even programs or modules (such as L) that use "traditional" event-based/continuation style will run more efficient with this module then when using only Event. =head1 WARNING Please note that Event does not support coroutines or threads. That means that you B block in an event callback. Again: In Event callbacks, you I call a Coroutine function that blocks the current coroutine. While this seems to work superficially, it will eventually cause memory corruption and often results in deadlocks. Best practise is to always use B for your callbacks. =head1 SEMANTICS Whenever Event blocks (e.g. in a call to C, C etc.), this module cede's to all other coroutines with the same or higher priority. When any coroutines of lower priority are ready, it will not block but run one of them and then check for events. The effect is that coroutines with the same or higher priority than the blocking coroutine will keep Event from checking for events, while coroutines with lower priority are being run, but Event checks for new events after every cede. =head1 FUNCTIONS =over 4 =cut package Coro::Event; no warnings; use Carp; no warnings; use Coro; use Event qw(loop unloop); # we are re-exporting this, cooool! use XSLoader; use base Exporter::; our @EXPORT = qw(loop unloop sweep); BEGIN { our $VERSION = 4.747; local $^W = 0; # avoid redefine warning for Coro::ready; XSLoader::load __PACKAGE__, $VERSION; } =item $w = Coro::Event->flavour (args...) Create and return a watcher of the given type. Examples: my $reader = Coro::Event->io(fd => $filehandle, poll => 'r'); $reader->next; =cut =item $w->next Wait for and return the next event of the event queue of the watcher. The returned event objects support two methods only: C and C, both of which return integers: the number this watcher was hit for this event, and the mask of poll events received. =cut =item do_flavour args... Create a watcher of the given type and immediately call it's next method, returning the event. This is less efficient then calling the constructor once and the next method often, but it does save typing sometimes. =cut for my $flavour (qw(idle var timer io signal)) { push @EXPORT, "do_$flavour"; my $new = \&{"Event::$flavour"}; my $class = "Coro::Event::$flavour"; my $type = $flavour eq "io" ? 1 : 0; @{"${class}::ISA"} = (Coro::Event::, "Event::$flavour"); my $coronew = sub { # how does one do method-call-by-name? # my $w = $class->SUPER::$flavour(@_); shift eq Coro::Event:: or croak "event constructor \"Coro::Event->$flavour\" must be called as a static method"; my $w = $new->($class, desc => $flavour, @_, parked => 1, ); _install_std_cb $w, $type; # reblessing due to Event being broken bless $w, $class }; *{ $flavour } = $coronew; *{"do_$flavour"} = sub { unshift @_, Coro::Event::; @_ = &$coronew; &Coro::schedule while &_next; $_[0]->cancel; &_event }; } # do schedule in perl to avoid forcing a stack allocation. # this is about 10% slower, though. sub next($) { &Coro::schedule while &_next; &_event } sub Coro::Event::Event::hits { $_[0][3] } sub Coro::Event::Event::got { $_[0][4] } =item sweep Similar to Event::one_event and Event::sweep: The idle task is called once (this has the effect of jumping back into the Event loop once to serve new events). The reason this function exists is that you sometimes want to serve events while doing other work. Calling C does not work because C implies that the current coroutine is runnable and does not call into the Event dispatcher. =cut sub sweep { Event::one_event 0; # for now } =item $result = loop([$timeout]) This is the version of C you should use instead of C when using this module - it will ensure correct scheduling in the presence of events. =item unloop([$result]) Same as Event::unloop (provided here for your convinience only). =cut # very inefficient our $event_idle = new Coro sub { while () { &Event::one_event; &Coro::schedule; } }; $event_idle->{desc} = "[Event idle process]"; $Coro::idle = sub { $event_idle->ready }; 1; =back =head1 AUTHOR Marc Lehmann http://home.schmorp.de/ =cut