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#!/usr/bin/perl

# the classical producer/consumer example.
# one process produces items, send s a signal.
# another process waits for that signal and
# consumed the item.

use Coro;
use Coro::Signal;

my $produced = new Coro::Signal;
my $consumed = new Coro::Signal;
my $finished = new Coro::Signal;

async {
   for (0..9) {
      print "produced something\n";
      $produced->send;
      $consumed->wait;
   }
   print "work done\n";
   $finished->send;
};

async {
   while () {
      $produced->wait;
      print "consuming something\n";
      $consumed->send;
   }
};

$finished->wait;

print "job finished\n";