#!/usr/bin/perl
#Script to test out the Parallel::ForkManager module
use strict;
use Parallel::ForkManager;

%Test_hash=("A",1,"B",2,"C",3,"D",4);

#Start the Parrel Fork Manager
my $pfm = new Parallel::ForkManager($max_threads);
# Setup a callback for when a child finishes up so we can
# get it's exit code
$pfm->run_on_finish(
    sub {
    		my ($pid, $exit_code, $ident) = @_;
		print $pid . "\n";
#      		print "** $ident just got out of the pool ".
#      		"with PID $pid and exit code: $exit_code\n";
  	}

  );
my $line="";
my $child="";
my %Values=();
foreach $line(keys %Test_hash)
{
    # Forks and returns the pid for the child:
    my $pid = $pfm->start($line) and next;
    $Values{$pid}=&Test_fork($line, $Test_hash{$line});
    $pfm->finish($child); # Terminates the child proces
}

sub Test_function
{
  my ($a,$b)=@_
  my $c = $a * $b;
  return $c;
}