Re^4: Doing an Input->process->Output cycle with AnyEvent? (was: error: "recursive blocking wait detected")

[isync]

in reply to Re^3: Doing an Input->process->Output cycle with AnyEvent? (was: error: "recursive blocking wait detected")
in thread Doing an Input->process->Output cycle with AnyEvent? (was: error: "recursive blocking wait detected")

Thanks for your opinionated post! So far, I've only taken a few steps into the event-framework-world. After reading a bit of POE docs I soon tripped about more and more comments which said "avoid POE". AE promised to master them all. And when I started to dive into AE, exactly what you've described began to happen: I found myself writing a while loop again AND event triggers and listeners etc.

An old-fashioned serial loop structure plus some threading might not have the bells and whistles of events, but your post convinced me to try the "pragmatic path" first. Keep it simple stupid, once again. I think I need to re-think my design...

[james2vegas]

Yes, from your description you seem to be trying to shoehorn a sequential program into an event loop. AnyEvent (or POE, or IO::Async, or whatever) is not a hammer for every nail, it is not always appropriate, but I'm not certain I'd recommend threads either, perhaps a combination of fork and some form of IPC (using one of the fine modules on CPAN, such as Parallel::ForkManager) might be better. It would definitely make good use of your pre-emptive, multi-tasking operating system.

[BrowserUk]

I think I need to re-think my design...

If you are able to post a description of the application, I'd be more than willing to offer suggestions on how you might tackle it with threads.

Maybe we could even get one of the events guys to knock up a solution also and then compare results.

[isync]

I think I will now revert to doing more actual development on the system after all the input, to find out where the real challenges lie.
...before I begin to post gory details which might turn out as being sideshows... ;)

Thanks everyone!

[BrowserUk]

..before I begin to post gory details which might turn out as being sideshows..

Fair enough.

I originally started out writing a short, pithy reply here, but it turned into another long-winded "opinion piece". So, in respect of your wish for no more sideshows, I'm posting it as a meditation instead.