BDB(3)

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version 1.1 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 BDB — the manual page, but make it a group chat 💖

okay so this is BDB(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the universe, and bestie, it's short, it's sweet, and it's lowkey a whole vibe. Let's get into it. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

AnyEvent::BDB — truly asynchronous berkeley db access 🦋

Like, not fake-async, not "we'll get to it eventually"-async. truly asynchronous. The audacity. The icon behavior. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use AnyEvent::BDB;
use BDB;

# can now use any of the requests your BDB module supports
# as long as you use an event loop supported by AnyEvent.

That's it. That's the whole setup. Two use lines and you're thriving. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So here's the tea, bestie. 🍓

This module is an AnyEvent user, which means you gotta make sure you use and run a supported event loop. No event loop, no magic. That's the deal. It's giving "you have to show up to the party to be at the party." 💀

Loading this module will install all the necessary magic to seamlessly integrate BDB into AnyEvent. Which means — and this is the best part — you no longer need to concern yourself with calling BDB::poll_cb or any of that stuff. 😭 You still can if that's your thing, no one's stopping you, but this module will do it for you in case you don't. It's got you. It's the friend who orders for the table. 🎀

⚠️ Heads up, queen: the AnyEvent watcher can be disabled by executing undef $AnyEvent::BDB::WATCHER. And if you do that, the author politely asks that you please notify them of when and why you think this was necessary. Like, they wanna know. They're invested. 🙈

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • AnyEvent — the whole ecosystem this lives inside, iykyk
  • Coro::BDB — for a more natural syntax, if you want the prettier version of this vibe ✨

💖 AUTHOR 💖

Give them their flowers. 🌸 They wrote the thing. Periodt. 💅

And that's the whole page, bestie! This one shipped as perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, so go forth, run a supported event loop, and let the watcher handle your poll_cb drama for you. 🌈🦋✨ slay, no cap, bye! 💜

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