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               Coro::on_enter {
                  # on entering the thread, we set an VTALRM handler to cede
                  $SIG{VTALRM} = sub { cede };
                  # and then start the interval timer
                  Time::HiRes::setitimer &Time::HiRes::ITIMER_VIRTUAL, 0.01, 0.01;
               };
               Coro::on_leave {
                  # on leaving the thread, we stop the interval timer again
                  Time::HiRes::setitimer &Time::HiRes::ITIMER_VIRTUAL, 0, 0;
               };
               &{+shift};
            }
            # use like this:
            timeslice {
               # The following is an endless loop that would normally
               # monopolise the process. Since it runs in a timesliced
         if the thread is inside a C callback that doesn't expect to be
         canceled, bad things can happen, or if the cancelled thread insists
         on running complicated cleanup handlers that rely on its thread
         context, things will not work.
-        Any cleanup code being run (e.g. from "guard" blocks) will be run
+        Any cleanup code being run (e.g. from "guard" blocks, destructors
-        without a thread context, and is not allowed to switch to other
+        and so on) will be run without a thread context, and is not allowed
+        to switch to other threads. A common mistake is to call "->cancel"
+        from a destructor called by die'ing inside the thread to be
+        cancelled for example.
-        threads. On the plus side, "->cancel" will always clean up the
+        On the plus side, "->cancel" will always clean up the thread, no
-        thread, no matter what. If your cleanup code is complex or you want
+        matter what. If your cleanup code is complex or you want to avoid
-        to avoid cancelling a C-thread that doesn't know how to clean up
+        cancelling a C-thread that doesn't know how to clean up itself, it
-        itself, it can be better to "->throw" an exception, or use
+        can be better to "->throw" an exception, or use "->safe_cancel".
-        "->safe_cancel".
         The arguments to "->cancel" are not copied, but instead will be
         referenced directly (e.g. if you pass $var and after the call change
         that variable, then you might change the return values passed to
         e.g. "join", so don't do that).
         actually destruct the Coro object.
     $coro->safe_cancel ($arg...)
         Works mostly like "->cancel", but is inherently "safer", and
         consequently, can fail with an exception in cases the thread is not
-        in a cancellable state.
+        in a cancellable state. Essentially, "->safe_cancel" is a "->cancel"
+        with extra checks before canceling.
-        This method works a bit like throwing an exception that cannot be
+        It works a bit like throwing an exception that cannot be caught -
-        caught - specifically, it will clean up the thread from within
+        specifically, it will clean up the thread from within itself, so all
-        itself, so all cleanup handlers (e.g. "guard" blocks) are run with
+        cleanup handlers (e.g. "guard" blocks) are run with full thread
-        full thread context and can block if they wish. The downside is that
+        context and can block if they wish. The downside is that there is no
-        there is no guarantee that the thread can be cancelled when you call
+        guarantee that the thread can be cancelled when you call this
-        this method, and therefore, it might fail. It is also considerably
+        method, and therefore, it might fail. It is also considerably slower
-        slower than "cancel" or "terminate".
+        than "cancel" or "terminate".
         A thread is in a safe-cancellable state if it either hasn't been run
         yet, or it has no C context attached and is inside an SLF function.
         The latter two basically mean that the thread isn't currently inside
         destroyed, that is, after it's resources have been freed but before
         it is joined. The callback gets passed the terminate/cancel
         arguments, if any, and *must not* die, under any circumstances.
         There can be any number of "on_destroy" callbacks per coro, and
-        there is no way currently to remove a callback once added.
+        there is currently no way to remove a callback once added.
     $oldprio = $coro->prio ($newprio)
         Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the coro
         thread. Higher priority coro get run before lower priority coros.
         Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3), that you
         otherwise you might suffer from crashes or worse. The only event
         library currently known that is safe to use without "unblock_sub" is
         EV (but you might still run into deadlocks if all event loops are
         blocked).
-        Coro will try to catch you when you block in the event loop
+        Coro will try to catch you when you block in the event loop ("FATAL:
-        ("FATAL:$Coro::IDLE blocked itself"), but this is just best effort
+        $Coro::idle blocked itself"), but this is just best effort and only
-        and only works when you do not run your own event loop.
+        works when you do not run your own event loop.
         This function allows your callbacks to block by executing them in
         another coro where it is safe to block. One example where blocking
         is handy is when you use the Coro::AIO functions to save results to
         disk, for example.
     XS API: Coro::MakeMaker.
     Low level Configuration, Thread Environment, Continuations: Coro::State.
-AUTHOR
+AUTHOR/SUPPORT/CONTACT
-     Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
+       Marc A. Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
-     http://home.schmorp.de/
+       http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/Coro.html

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