Index: head/devel/p5-Async-MergePoint/pkg-descr =================================================================== --- head/devel/p5-Async-MergePoint/pkg-descr (revision 426821) +++ head/devel/p5-Async-MergePoint/pkg-descr (revision 426822) @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ Often in program logic, multiple different steps need to be taken that are independent of each other, but their total result is needed before -the next step can be taken. In synchonous code, the usual approach is -to do them sequentially. +the next step can be taken. In synchronous code, the usual approach is +to perform them sequentially. An asynchronous or event-based program could do this, but if each step -involves some IO idle time, better overall performance can often be -gained by running the steps in parallel. A Async::MergePoint object -can then be used to wait for all of the steps to complete, before -passing the combined result of each step on to the next stage. +involves some I/O idle time, better overall performance can often be +gained by running the steps in parallel. Async::MergePoint object can +then be used to wait for all of the steps to complete, before passing +the combined result of each step on to the next stage. This module was originally part of the IO::Async distribution, but was -removed under the inspiration of Pedro Melo's Async::Hooks -distribution, because it doesn't itself contain anything IO-specific. +removed under the inspiration of Pedro Melo's Async::Hooks distribution, +because it does not itself contain anything I/O-specific. -WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Async-MergePoint/ +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Async-MergePoint/