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Util(3)		      User Contributed Perl Documentation	       Util(3)

NAME
       Coro::Util - various utility functions.

SYNOPSIS
	use Coro::Util;

DESCRIPTION
       This module implements various utility functions, mostly replacing perl
       functions by non-blocking counterparts.

       Many of these functions exist for the sole purpose of emulating
       existing interfaces, no matter how bad or limited they are (e.g. no
       IPv6 support).

       This module is an AnyEvent user. Refer to the AnyEvent documentation to
       see how to integrate it into your own programs.

       $ipn = Coro::Util::inet_aton $hostname || $ip
	   Works almost exactly like its "Socket::inet_aton" counterpart,
	   except that it does not block other coroutines.

	   Does not handle multihomed hosts or IPv6 - consider using
	   "AnyEvent::Socket::resolve_sockaddr" with the Coro rouse functions
	   instead.

       gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr
	   Work similarly to their Perl counterparts, but do not block. Uses
	   "AnyEvent::Util::inet_aton" internally.

	   Does not handle multihomed hosts or IPv6 - consider using
	   "AnyEvent::Socket::resolve_sockaddr" or
	   "AnyEvent::DNS::reverse_lookup" with the Coro rouse functions
	   instead.

       @result = Coro::Util::fork_eval { ... }, @args
	   Executes the given code block or code reference with the given
	   arguments in a separate process, returning the results. The return
	   values must be serialisable with Coro::Storable. It may, of course,
	   block.

	   Note that using event handling in the sub is not usually a good
	   idea as you will inherit a mixed set of watchers from the parent.

	   Exceptions will be correctly forwarded to the caller.

	   This function is useful for pushing cpu-intensive computations into
	   a different process, for example to take advantage of multiple
	   CPU's. Its also useful if you want to simply run some blocking
	   functions (such as "system()") and do not care about the overhead
	   enough to code your own pid watcher etc.

	   This function might keep a pool of processes in some future
	   version, as fork can be rather slow in large processes.

	   You should also look at "AnyEvent::Util::fork_eval", which is newer
	   and more compatible to totally broken Perl implementations such as
	   the one from ActiveState.

	   Example: execute some external program (convert image to rgba raw
	   form) and add a long computation (extract the alpha channel) in a
	   separate process, making sure that never more then $NUMCPUS
	   processes are being run.

	      my $cpulock = new Coro::Semaphore $NUMCPUS;

	      sub do_it {
		 my ($path) = @_;

		 my $guard = $cpulock->guard;

		 Coro::Util::fork_eval {
		    open my $fh, "convert -depth 8 \Q$path\E rgba:"
		       or die "$path: $!";

		    local $/;
		    # make my eyes hurt
		    pack "C*", unpack "(xxxC)*", <$fh>
		 }
	      }

	      my $alphachannel = do_it "/tmp/img.png";

AUTHOR
	Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
	http://home.schmorp.de/

perl v5.14.2			  2011-11-11			       Util(3)
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