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=head1 NAME

K - Perl bindings for k (aka q, aka kdb, aka kx)

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    my $k = K->new(
        host     => 'kserver.example.com',
        port     => 5000,
        user     => 'awhitney',
        password => 'kdb4eva',
        timeout  => 1000,
    );

    $k->cmd( '4 + 4' );                         # 8
    $k->cmd( q/"abc"/ );                        # ['a', 'b', 'c']
    $k->cmd( q/`foo`bar!(1;2)/ );               # { foo => 1, bar => 2 }
    $k->cmd( q/2012.03.24D12:13:14.15161728/ ); # 385906394151617280

    # table
    $k->cmd( q/([] foo: (`a;`b); bar: (`c;`d))/ );
    # {
    #   foo => ['a', 'b'],
    #   bar => ['c', 'd'],
    # }

    # table w/ primary key
    $k->cmd( q/([p: (`a;`b)] foo: (`b;`c); bar: (`d;`e))/ );
    # {
    #   p   => ['a', 'b'],
    #   foo => ['b', 'c'],
    #   bar => ['d', 'e'],
    # },

    # execute a command asynchronously
    $k->async_cmd( q/.u.upd[`t; (`foo; 2012.03.27D13:14:15.161718; 1.23)]/ );

    # receive incoming message
    my $msg = $k->recv;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Connect to a remote K or Q instance.  Execute commands.  Read replies.

C<K> wraps the C library defined by
L<k.h|http://code.kx.com/wsvn/code/kx/kdb%2B/c/c/k.h>  and described here
L<http://code.kx.com/wiki/Cookbook/InterfacingWithC> .

C<K>'s OO interface is a thin layer of sugar on top of L<K::Raw> which mimics
the C library as faithfully as possible.

C<K> returns simple Perl representations of k values.  For example, inside k
timestamps are 64-bit ints where the value is the number of nanoseconds since
2000.01.01D00:00:00.000 .  For such values, C<K> returns the int value (ex:
385906394151617280).

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new

The constructor takes the following optional arguments:

=over 4

=item host (default: 'localhost')

=item port (default: '5000')

=item user (default: undef)

=item password (default: undef)

=item timeout (default: undef)

If a timeout is given then C<K> will throw an exception if it's unable to
connect in the provided number of milliseconds.

=back

=head2 cmd

Takes a string containing a q command and executes it synchronously on the
remote q instance.  Returns the perlified result of the command.

=head2 async_cmd

Takes a string containing a q command and executes it asynchronously on the
remote q instance.

=head2 recv

Listens for a message from the remote q instance.  When a message arrives it's
returned.

=head1 32-bit Perl

Several K datatypes are repesented as longs (64-bit ints).  These include
timestamps, timespans, and actual longs.  Such values become native Perl ints
if your Perl supports 64-bit ints.  If your Perl doesn't support native 64-bit
ints then K longs are represented as Math::Int64 objects.  This should be
transparent but there may be performance or other implications.  The author of
this module tests almost exclusively with a 64-bit Perl.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<K::Raw>, L<Kx>, L<http://kx.com>

=head1 REPOSITORY

L<http://github.com/wjackson/k-perl>

=head1 AUTHORS

Whitney Jackson C<< <whitney@cpan.org> >>

=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

    Copyright (c) 2011 Whitney Jackson. All rights reserved This program is
    free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
    terms as Perl itself.


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