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use strict;
use Config qw/%Config/;
use Carp qw/croak/;
sub import {
my $class = shift;
my $caller = caller;
for my $check (@_) {
croak "'$check' is not a known capability"
unless $check =~ m/^CAN_/ && $class->can("$check");
my $const = get_const($check);
no strict 'refs';
*{"$caller\::$check"} = $const;
}
}
my %LOOKUP;
sub get_const {
my $check = shift;
unless ($LOOKUP{$check}) {
my $bool = __PACKAGE__->$check;
$LOOKUP{$check} = sub() { $bool };
}
return $LOOKUP{$check};
}
sub CAN_REALLY_FORK {
return 1 if $Config{d_fork};
return 0;
}
sub CAN_FORK {
return 1 if $Config{d_fork};
return 0 unless $^O eq 'MSWin32' || $^O eq 'NetWare';
return 0 unless $Config{useithreads};
return 0 unless $Config{ccflags} =~ /-DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS/;
my $thread_const = get_const('CAN_THREAD');
return $thread_const->();
}
sub CAN_THREAD {
return 0 unless $] >= 5.008001;
return 0 unless $Config{'useithreads'};
# Threads are broken on perl 5.10.0 built with gcc 4.8+
if ($] == 5.010000 && $Config{'ccname'} eq 'gcc' && $Config{'gccversion'}) {
my @parts = split /\./, $Config{'gccversion'};
return 0 if $parts[0] >= 4 && $parts[1] >= 8;
}
# Change to a version check if this ever changes
return 0 if $INC{'Devel/Cover.pm'};
return 1;
}
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Test::Stream::Capabilities - Check if the current system has various
capabilities.
=head1 DEPRECATED
B<This distribution is deprecated> in favor of L<Test2>, L<Test2::Suite>, and
L<Test2::Workflow>.
See L<Test::Stream::Manual::ToTest2> for a conversion guide.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Test::Stream::Capabilities qw/CAN_FORK CAN_REALLY_FORK CAN_THREAD/;
if (CAN_FORK) {
my $pid = fork();
...
}
if (CAN_REALLY_FORK) {
my $pid = fork();
...
}
if (CAN_THREAD) {
threads->new(sub { ... });
}
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module will export requested constants which will always be a boolean true
or false.
=head1 AVAILABLE CHECKS
=over 4
=item CAN_FORK
True if this system is capable of true or psuedo-fork.
=item CAN_REALLY_FORK
True if the system can really fork. This will be false for systems where fork
is emulated.
=item CAN_THREAD
True if this system is capable of using threads.
=back
=head1 NOTES && CAVEATS
=over 4
=item 5.10.0
Perl 5.10.0 has a bug when compiled with newer gcc versions. This bug causes a
segfault whenever a new thread is launched. Test::Stream will attempt to detect
this, and note that the system is not capable of forking when it is detected.
=item Devel::Cover
Devel::Cover does not support threads. CAN_THREAD will return false if
Devel::Cover is loaded before the check is first run.
=back
=head1 SOURCE
The source code repository for Test::Stream can be found at
=head1 MAINTAINERS
=over 4
=item Chad Granum E<lt>exodist@cpan.orgE<gt>
=back
=head1 AUTHORS
=over 4
=item Chad Granum E<lt>exodist@cpan.orgE<gt>
=back
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2015 Chad Granum E<lt>exodist7@gmail.comE<gt>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut