I am at best a part time perl sophmore and may be barking up the wrong tree, but...
I was hoping to "add" a network interface to some existing code. I found Net::Server (specifically Net::Server::Multiplex) and thought it'd be the perfect solution. I still suspect it may be but I'm stumped at the moment.

My fundamental issue is - how do I periodically get CPU cycles away from Net::Server to run my code? I assumed that what I needed to do was define "sub loop" and insert my code there, however this is either not the right answer or there is more to do.

So here's what I have (not sure if I should repost all the code here?). I started with samplechat.pl included with Net::Server. I added the following at the end:
sub loop {
  my ($self, @args) = @_;
#  sleep 1;
  print STDERR "Execute my code here...?\n";
  $self->SUPER::loop(@args);

}

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My (most likely incorrect) assumption was that the net effect of this was to execute my code then "$self->SUPER::loop(@args);" would return control to the main loop. However The print statement is only executed once. Yet the chat server continues to run.

Anyone care to throw me a bone?

-- Thanks, Mike

In reply to How to use Net::Server by azmike

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