NAME
App::mirai - debugging for Future-based code
VERSION
Version 0.002
SYNOPSIS
# Run the Tickit interface, and have it load the script as a separate process, directing
# STDOUT/STDERR to windows in the UI and communicating via pipepair
mirai script.pl
# eventually, the following options may also be added:
# start an IO::Async::Listener on the given port/socket file. Means the event loop needs to
# be running, but should be able to hook into an existing application without too much trouble.
# Some complications around Future nesting (Futures are created by the debugger itself) but
# that's easy enough to work around
perl -d:Mirai=localhost:1234 script.pl
perl -d:Mirai=/tmp/mirai.sock script.pl
# Run Tickit interface directly, presuming that the code itself is silent - everything is
# in-process, so no need for debugging to go via pipes
perl -Mirai script.plDESCRIPTION
Provides a basic debugging interface for tracing and interacting with Futures. This should allow you to see the Future instances currently in use in a piece of code, and what their current status is.
The UI is currently Tickit-based.
Early preview screenshot:
There's a web interface in the works as well.
The name "mirai" (未来) was chosen because it's short and somewhat related to the concept of the code, plus it seemed like a better option than chigiri (契り) at the time.
SERIALISATION
Defines the serialisation format to use.
Prefers Sereal if available, will fall back to JSON via JSON::MaybeXS. Set MIRAI_SERIALISATION in the environment to override:
Sereal
JSON
METHODS
fork_child
Starts the child process for running the code-under-test.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Tom Molesworth <cpan@perlsite.co.uk>
LICENSE
Copyright Tom Molesworth 2014. Licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.