Proc::ForkSafe(3pm)

💖 Proc::ForkSafe(3pm) 💖

okay so this is Proc::ForkSafe(3pm), straight out of User Contributed Perl Documentation — let’s get into it, bestie 💅

✨ NAME ✨

Proc::ForkSafe — help make objects fork safe 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here’s the whole vibe, commands and all:

use Proc::ForkSafe;

package MyPersistentTCPClient {
  sub new {
    ...
  }
  sub request {
    ...
  }
}

my $client = Proc::ForkSafe->wrap(sub { MyPersistentTCPClient->new });
my $res = $client->call(request => @some_argv);

my $pid = fork // die;
if ($pid == 0) {
  # in child process, $client will be reinitialized
  my $res2 = $client->call(request => @some_argv);
  ...
  exit;
}
waitpid $pid, 0;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Proc::ForkSafe helps make objects fork safe. that’s the whole point, and honestly? iconic behavior ✨

🎀 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🎀

Copyright 2023 Shoichi Kaji <skaji@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 💖

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okay that’s the page, bestie 🫶 — cute little footer shoutout: source/version is perl v5.40.2, dated 2025-01-18. bye! 💅