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#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Test::More;

BEGIN {
   use_ok 'MCE::Step';
}

##  preparation

my $in_file = MCE->tmp_dir . '/input.txt';
my $fh_data = \*DATA;

open my $fh, '>', $in_file;
binmode $fh;
print {$fh} "1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n";
close $fh;

##  output iterator to ensure output order

sub output_iterator {

   my ($gather_ref) = @_;
   my %tmp; my $order_id = 1;

   @{ $gather_ref } = ();     ## reset array

   return sub {
      my ($data_ref, $chunk_id) = @_;
      $tmp{ $chunk_id } = $data_ref;

      while (1) {
         last unless exists $tmp{$order_id};
         push @{ $gather_ref }, @{ $tmp{$order_id} };
         delete $tmp{$order_id++};
      }

      return;
   };
}

##  sub-tasks

sub task_a {

   my ($mce, $chunk_ref, $chunk_id) = @_;
   my @ans; chomp @{ $chunk_ref };

   push @ans, map { $_ * 2 } @{ $chunk_ref };

   MCE->step(\@ans, $chunk_id);           # forward to task_b
}

sub task_b {

   my ($mce, $chunk_ref, $chunk_id) = @_;
   my @ans;

   push @ans, map { $_ * 3 } @{ $chunk_ref };

   MCE->gather(\@ans, $chunk_id);         # send to output_iterator
}

##  Reminder; MCE::Step processes sub-tasks from left-to-right

my $answers = '6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54';
my @a;

MCE::Step::init {
   max_workers => [  2  ,  2  ],   # run with 2 workers for both sub-tasks
   task_name   => [ 'a' , 'b' ]
};

mce_step { gather => output_iterator(\@a) }, \&task_a, \&task_b, ( 1..9 );
is( join(' ', @a), $answers, 'check results for array' );

mce_step_f { gather => output_iterator(\@a) }, \&task_a, \&task_b, $in_file;
is( join(' ', @a), $answers, 'check results for path' );

mce_step_f { gather => output_iterator(\@a) }, \&task_a, \&task_b, $fh_data;
is( join(' ', @a), $answers, 'check results for glob' );

mce_step_s { gather => output_iterator(\@a) }, \&task_a, \&task_b, 1, 9;
is( join(' ', @a), $answers, 'check results for sequence' );

MCE::Step::finish;

##  cleanup

unlink $in_file;

done_testing;

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