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#!/usr/bin/perl --
## perltidy -olq  -csc -csci=10 -cscl="sub : BEGIN END" -otr -opr -ce 
+-nibc -i=4 -pt=0   "-nsak=*"
use strict;
use warnings;
use threads stack_size => 4096;
use Thread::Queue;

Main( @ARGV );
exit( 0 );

sub Main {
    my $qin  = Thread::Queue->new(); ## jobs to do in background
    my $qout = Thread::Queue->new(); ## results for gui in foreground

    my $guithread = threads->create( \&tkgui, $qin, $qout );

## don't wait for background downloading service workers / mechtitles
    threads->create( \&mechtitles, $qin, $qout ) for 1 .. 2;

    $guithread->join;    ## wait for gui to finish

    return;
} ## end sub Main

sub mechtitles {
    my( $qin, $qout ) = @_;

    threads->detach();    ## can't join this thread it returns nothing
+ :)

    require WWW::Mechanize;
    require Time::HiRes;
    my $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 0 );

    while( 1 ) {
#~         if( defined( my $url = $qin->popnow ) ) {
        if( defined( my $url = $qin->pop ) ) {
            $ua->get( $url );

            my $title = eval { $ua->title };
            $title ||= $ua->res->status_line;
            my $worker = sprintf 'worker(%s)', threads->tid;
            $qout->push( "$worker $url =>\n   $title\n" );
        }
        Time::HiRes::usleep( 33 * 1000 );
## sleep microseconds
## be "nice" give other thread a time slice
    }
} ## end sub mechtitles

sub tkgui {
    my( $qin, $qout ) = @_;

    require Tk;
#~     require Tk::ROText;

    my $mw = Tk::tkinit();

    my $pending = "";
    my $l = $mw->Label( -textvariable => \$pending )->pack;

#~     my $t = $mw->ROText()->pack;
    my $t = $mw->Text()->pack;

    my $b = $mw->Button( -text => 'enqueue another 3 example.com', )->
+pack;

    $b->configure( -command => [ \&q_pusher, $b, $qin, ], );

    $b->focus;

    $mw->repeat(
        500,    ## millisecond
        [ \&pop_to_pending, $t, \$pending, $qin, $qout, ],
    );

    $mw->MainLoop;

    return;
} ## end sub tkgui

sub q_pusher {
    my( $b, $qin ) = @_;
    $qin->push( 'http://example.com' ) for 1 .. 4;
#~     $b->configure( -state => "disabled" );
    return;
}

sub pop_to_pending {
    my( $t, $pending, $qin, $qout ) = @_;
    if( defined( my $item = $qout->popnow ) ) {
        $t->insert( q!end!, join( '', $item ) );
    }
    $$pending = 'Jobs awaiting workers ' . $qin->pending;
    $t->update;
    return;
}

sub Thread::Queue::append { goto &Thread::Queue::enqueue }
sub Thread::Queue::remove { goto &Thread::Queue::dequeue }
sub Thread::Queue::push   { goto &Thread::Queue::enqueue }
sub Thread::Queue::shift  { goto &Thread::Queue::dequeue }
sub Thread::Queue::popnow { goto &Thread::Queue::dequeue_nb }
sub Thread::Queue::pop    { goto &Thread::Queue::dequeue }

__END__
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