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NAME

6       AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi - AnyEvent adaptor for Irssi
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SYNOPSIS

9          use AnyEvent;
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11          # this module gets loaded automatically when running under irssi
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DESCRIPTION

14       This module provides transparent support for AnyEvent. You don't have
15       to do anything to make Irssi scripts work with AnyEvent.
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17       Limitations of this backend and implementation details:
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19       •   This backend does not support blocking waits.
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21           That means you must set a callback on any condvars, or otherwise
22           make sure to never call "recv" on a condvar that hasn't been
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25       •   Child exits will be handled by AnyEvent.
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27           AnyEvent will take over child handling, as Irssi only polls for
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30           This should have no negative effect, as AnyEvent will emit a
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33       •   Artificial timer delays.
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35           Irssi artificially enforces timers to have at least a 10ms delay
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38           This means that some applications will be limited to a rate of
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41       •   Irssi leaks memory like hell.
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45       Apart from that, documentation is notoriously wrong (e.g. file handles
46       are not supported by "input_add", contrary to documentation), hooking
47       into irssi has to be done in... weird... ways, but otherwise, Irssi is
48       surprisingly full-featured (for basically being a hack).
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SEE ALSO

51       AnyEvent, Irssi.
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AUTHOR

54        Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
55        http://anyevent.schmorp.de
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59perl v5.36.0                      2022-07-22          AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi(3)