>>>>> "DS" == Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DS> I would *really* like perl's I/O system to do async reads and
DS> writes to disk files whenever possible. That'd let us get another
DS> burst of speed in some spots, particularly when slurping through
DS> files sequentially (which is what's done maybe 95% of the time).
i proposed some of that in my rfc47 (universal async i/o). at the perl
level you need a delivery interface as with events. internally i see it
being useful too for the speedup of sequential files. but how do you
know a file is sequential? most unix kernels do readahead blocks anyway
but if you seek, you waste that. maybe a file can be designated as
sequential with async readahead by extra arguments to a smarter
open. others have proposed a better OO open and i second that. these
async options can be added easily and not be in the way of newbies.
in any case async i/o is a big win and should be in p6. we need to
clarify it more.
uri
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