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Changes for version 1.841 - 2019-07-07

  • Disabled t/04_channel_threads testing on Unix platforms for Perl less than 5.10.1. Basically, the MCE::Channel::Threads implementation is not supported on older Perls unless the OS vendor applied upstream patches (i.e. works on RedHat/CentOS 5.x running Perl 5.8.x).
  • Added LIMITATIONS section to MCE::Channel::Threads.

Documentation

Documentation describing the core MCE API
Various examples and demonstrations

Modules

MCE
Many-Core Engine for Perl providing parallel processing capabilities
Sugar methods and output iterators
Queue-like and two-way communication capability
Channel for producer(s) and many consumers
Channel tuned for one producer and one consumer
Channel for producer(s) and many consumers
A threads-like parallelization module compatible with Perl 5.8
Parallel flow model for building creative applications
Parallel grep model similar to the native grep function
MCE model for building parallel loops
Parallel map model similar to the native map function
Locking for Many-Core Engine
Mutex locking via a pipe or socket
Provides two mutexes using a single channel
Mutex locking via Fcntl
Hybrid (normal and priority) queues
Extends Many-Core Engine with relay capabilities
Temporary directory creation/cleanup and signal handling
Parallel step model for building creative steps
Parallel stream model for chaining multiple maps and greps
Exports functions mapped directly to MCE methods
Utility functions

Provides

in lib/MCE/Core/Input/Generator.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Input/Handle.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Input/Iterator.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Input/Request.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Input/Sequence.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Manager.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Validation.pm
in lib/MCE/Core/Worker.pm