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Changes for version 0.37

  • Handle->close_read, ->close_write
  • Stream on_read_eof event
  • extract_addrinfo conveniences for 'inet', 'inet6' and 'unix'
  • CHANGES:
    • Allow Process filehandles to set up plain pipes without read/write behaviour on the associated Stream
    • Renamed Loop->unpack_addrinfo to ->extract_addrinfo
    • Prepare for Socket::getaddrinfo() in core; prefer it to Socket::GetAddrInfo::getaddrinfo()

Modules

Asynchronous event-driven programming
facilitates the execution of child processes
perform non-blocking socket connections
execute code asynchronously in child processes
event callbacks for a non-blocking file descriptor
listen on network sockets for incoming connections
core loop of the IO::Async framework
use IO::Async with poll(2)
use IO::Async with select(2)
acceptance testing for IO::Async::Loop subclasses
resynchronise diverged control flow
base class for IO::Async event objects
event callback on exit of a child process
start and manage a child process
base class for transport-based protocols
stream-based protocols using lines of text
base class for stream-based protocols
performing name resolutions asynchronously
handle a serial pipeline of requests / responses (EXPERIMENTAL)
event callback on receipt of a POSIX signal
event callbacks and send buffering for a socket filehandle
event callbacks and write bufering for a stream filehandle
utility functions for use in test scripts
base class for Notifiers that use timed delays
event callback at a fixed future time
event callback after a fixed delay
event callback at regular intervals