Updated on August 23, 2017.

Greetings, rockyurock.

The following are cross-platform templates I share with folks, requesting how to compile a Perl script to an executable for MCE and MCE::Hobo. Making an executable is possible with the PAR::Packer module. On the Windows platform, threads, threads::shared, and exiting via threads are necessary for the binary to exit successfully.

In regards to module dependencies, one way is to include them at the top of the script.

# https://metacpan.org/pod/PAR::Packer
# https://metacpan.org/pod/pp
#
#   pp -o demo.exe demo.pl
#   ./demo.exe

use strict;
use warnings;

use if $^O eq "MSWin32", "threads";
use if $^O eq "MSWin32", "threads::shared";

# Include minimum dependencies for MCE.
# Add other modules required by your application here.

use Storable ();
use Time::HiRes ();

# use Sereal ();     # optional, for faster serialization

use MCE;

my $mce = MCE->new(
   max_workers => 4,
   user_func => sub {
      print "hello there from ", MCE->wid(), "\n";
   }
);

$mce->run();

threads->exit(0) if $INC{"threads.pm"};
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MCE workers above spawn as threads whenever threads is present. Unlike MCE, MCE::Hobo workers can only run as child processes, spawned via fork. To work around PAR or a dependency not being multi-process safe, one must run inside a thread on the Windows platform or the exe will crash.

# https://metacpan.org/pod/PAR::Packer
# https://metacpan.org/pod/pp
#
#   pp -o demo.exe demo.pl
#   ./demo.exe

use strict;
use warnings;

use if $^O eq "MSWin32", "threads";
use if $^O eq "MSWin32", "threads::shared";

# Include minimum dependencies for MCE::Hobo.
# Add other modules required by your application here.

use Storable ();
use Time::HiRes ();

# use IO::FDPass ();  # optional: for condvar, handle, queue
# use Sereal ();      # optional: for faster serialization

use MCE::Hobo;
use MCE::Shared;

# For PAR to work on the Windows platform, one must include manually
# any shared modules used by the application.

# use MCE::Shared::Array;    # for MCE::Shared->array
# use MCE::Shared::Cache;    # for MCE::Shared->cache
# use MCE::Shared::Condvar;  # for MCE::Shared->condvar
# use MCE::Shared::Handle;   # for MCE::Shared->handle, mce_open
# use MCE::Shared::Hash;     # for MCE::Shared->hash
# use MCE::Shared::Minidb;   # for MCE::Shared->minidb
# use MCE::Shared::Ordhash;  # for MCE::Shared->ordhash
# use MCE::Shared::Queue;    # for MCE::Shared->queue
# use MCE::Shared::Scalar;   # for MCE::Shared->scalar

# Et cetera. Only load modules needed for your application.

use MCE::Shared::Sequence;   # for MCE::Shared->sequence

my $seq = MCE::Shared->sequence( 1, 9 );

sub task {
    my ( $id ) = @_;
    while ( defined ( my $num = $seq->next() ) ) {
        print "$id: $num\n";
        sleep 1;
    }
}

sub main {
    MCE::Hobo->new( \&task, $_ ) for 1 .. 3;
    MCE::Hobo->waitall();
}

# Main must run inside a thread on the Windows platform or workers
# will fail duing exiting, causing the exe to crash. The reason is
# that PAR or a dependency isn't multi-process safe.

( $^O eq "MSWin32" ) ? threads->create(\&main)->join() : main();

threads->exit(0) if $INC{"threads.pm"};
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Kind regards, Mario.