Coro::Signal - thread signals (binary semaphores)
use Coro;
my $sig = new Coro::Signal;
$sig->wait; # wait for signal
# ... some other "thread"
$sig->send;
This module implements signals/binary semaphores/condition variables (basically
all the same thing). You can wait for a signal to occur or send it, in which
case it will wake up one waiter, or it can be broadcast, waking up all
waiters.
It is recommended not to mix
"send" and
"broadcast" calls on the same
"Coro::Signal" without some deep thinking:
while it should work as documented, it can easily confuse you :->
You don't have to load
"Coro::Signal" manually, it will be loaded
automatically when you "use Coro" and call
the "new" constructor.
- $sig = new Coro::Signal;
- Create a new signal.
- $sig->wait
- Wait for the signal to occur (via either
"send" or
"broadcast"). Returns immediately if the
signal has been sent before.
- $sig->wait ($callback)
- If you pass a callback argument to
"wait", it will not wait, but
immediately return. The callback will be called under the same conditions
as "wait" without arguments would
continue the thrad.
The callback might wake up any number of threads, but is
NOT allowed to block (switch to other threads).
- $sig->send
- Send the signal, waking up one waiting process or remember the
signal if no process is waiting.
- $sig->broadcast
- Send the signal, waking up all waiting process. If no process is
waiting the signal is lost.
- $sig->awaited
- Return true when the signal is being awaited by some process.
Marc A. Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/Coro.html