Re: non-blocking listen on a tcp server

while(<$connection>) { # waits for data
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I think you want select, or the easier to use IO::Select.

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Re^2: non-blocking listen on a tcp server by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 09, 2010 at 18:43 UTC
I'd avoid this route. Basically, it involves implementing a limited form of cooperative multitasking from scratch. Here are some examples: Example with sentinel ("\n") terminated messages Example with length-prefixed messages Update: I've added replies to the examples linked above that show simpler alternatives to using `select`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: non-blocking listen on a tcp server by monkeyfish (Initiate) on Jun 09, 2010 at 22:57 UTC
Thanks alot folks. You're giving me good ideas. ikegami, I like the Coro option - the code is neat. I'm still trying to get my head around it though. The example doesn't appear to have the forking server but I need my server to handle multiple client connection simultaneously. Is that still an option when using Coro?	[reply]
Re^4: non-blocking listen on a tcp server by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 09, 2010 at 23:40 UTC
forks also provides `async`, but forks instead of creating threads.	[reply] [d/l]