Testing

[Michael Fung]

It seems Mojo::IOLoop->delay can do something similar. And it can use EV 
as backend.


Rgds,
Michael

On 4/20/2013 4:55 PM, Konstantin S. Uvarin wrote:
> Hello, Dirk.
>
>> The main issue, I suppose, is the need to have rendezvous between more
>> than one output and to declare success or failure dependent not just on
>> each output being correct but all outputs having appeared.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
> 1) It looks like Async::MergePoint
> (http://search.cpan.org/~pevans/Async-MergePoint-0.04/lib/Async/MergePoint.pm)
> provides exactly what you're asking for - "a rendezvous between more
> than one output".
>
> I haven't tried it out myself yet, but I'm planning to.
>
> 2) I would also dare to suggest my own module AE::AdHoc. It's a beta
> product at best, but it's designed specifically for tests like yours.
>
> The syntax is like
>
> use Ae::AdHoc;
>
> my $data = ae_recv {
>      do_domething_1( when_done => ae_goal("one");
>      do_something_2( when_done => ae_goal("two");
> } timeout => 10;
>
> # here $data is { one => result_of_do_smth_1, two =>
> result_of_do_smth_2 }
>
> ae_recv{} just sets up a AE::condvar and a timer that croak()s after
> time has expired (I *hate* when tests hang).
>
> ae_goal() returns a callback that puts its arguments into the hash,
> calling $cv->send when no unfinished tasks are left.
>
> Hope that's interesting enough.
>