MCE 1.506

on Perl CPAN

[BUG FIXES]

• Fixed issue with all 5 models croaking for an internal '_file' option.
  This has been broken since the 1.502 release. Methods impacted were:
  mce_flow_f, mce_grep_f, mce_loop_f, mce_map_f, and mce_stream_f

• Specifying a different value for gather on subsequent runs is now taking
  effect for when workers persist after running. The models impacted are
  MCE::Flow and MCE::Loop.

• Updated _parse_chunk_size in MCE::Util to compute chunk_size correctly
  for new edge cases. One may call either mce_grep or mce_grep_f for a
  GLOB or scalar reference as input data. The same also applies for the
  other models; mce_flow, mce_loop, mce_map and mce_stream.

[ENHANCEMENTS]

• Updates to MCE::Grep and MCE::Map. The logic is now aware of wantarray
  for faster processing when storing to a scalar value. In addition, the
  use_slurpio option is enabled for efficient IO when processing large
  files.

• The task_end option can now be specified for MCE::Stream, although being
  used internally.

• The interval option can take a decimal number. Previously, this
  wanted a hash reference with up to 3 key/value pairs. Most often, all
  one needed was delay and not max_nodes or node_id.

  interval => { delay => 0.05 } ## Choose either format for specifying
  interval => 0.05 ## delay in 1.506 and above. MCE will

                               ## translate 0.05 to { delay => 0.05 }
                               ## automatically.
  

• Slight optimization to get_ncpu (public method) in MCE::Util.

• Tweak to _parse_chunk_size (private method) in MCE::Util.

[NEW FEATURES]

• Added a new model MCE::Step for transparent use of MCE::Queue when passing
  data among sub-tasks. MCE::Step is basically a spin off from MCE::Flow
  with a touch of MCE::Stream.
  

This new model is crazy :)