EventMachine or GServer?

Ruby
1

I wrote my nifty server in GServer, but just stumbled on EventMachine.
Is EM better than my GServer implementation (i guess it is :))

class GameServer < GServer
def initialize(*args)
super(*args)
end

def serve(io)
log “Registering #{io} to Dispatcher.”
dispatcher = Dispatcher.singleton
dispatcher.register io

loop do
  begin
    log "Reading from #{io}"
    str = nil
    Timeout.timeout(CONFIG['read_timeout']) { str = io.gets }
    until str.nil?
      str.strip!
      dispatcher.receive io, JSON.load(str)

      Timeout.timeout(CONFIG['read_timeout']) { str = io.gets }
    end
  rescue Timeout::Error
  end

  log "Dispatching outgoing messages..."
  dispatcher.each_outgoing_for(io) do |message|
    io.write JSON.dump(message)
    io.write "\n"
    io.flush
  end

  log "Sleeping..."
  sleep CONFIG['sleep_timeout']
end

rescue JSON::ParserError
io.write “Unknown protocol, aborting.\n”
rescue Exception => e
log “Exception for #{io}: #{e.inspect}”
end
end

2

Hm, the EM implementation…

module GameServer
def post_init
puts “Registering #{self} to Dispatcher.”
Dispatcher.singleton.register self
end

def receive_data(data)
Dispatcher.singleton.receive self, JSON.load(data) if data != “”
rescue JSON::ParserError
send_data “Unknown protocol, aborting.\n”
close_connection_after_writing
end

def send_message(message)
send_data “%s\n” % JSON.dump(message)
end

def unbind
Dispatcher.singleton.unregister self
end
end

So I guess EM handles loads better (as it’s C) and is easier to use?

3

On May 17, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Artūras Šlajus wrote:

rescue JSON::ParserError
end
end

So I guess EM handles loads better (as it’s C) and is easier to use?

EM is certainly very fast but I don’t know if it is easier to use. The
documentation is hard to understand and the examples are all so
simplistic it is often difficult to see how to write a complex client
or server.

I suggest downloading projects that have used EM (like Thin) and
learning good techniques from that code.

cr

4

Chuck R. wrote:

EM is certainly very fast but I don’t know if it is easier to use. The
documentation is hard to understand and the examples are all so
simplistic it is often difficult to see how to write a complex client
or server.
Well, it’s good enough for me. I guess I’ll stick to EM then :slight_smile:

5

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Chuck R. [email protected]
wrote:

it is often difficult to see how to write a complex client or server.

I suggest downloading projects that have used EM (like Thin) and learning
good techniques from that code.

cr

I’d be very open to hearing suggestions on how to improve the EM
documentation. Feel free to email me directly.