RSJob on PSv2

[MVKozlov]

Jobs can't set it's state on powershell v2

PS C:\> import-module poshrsjob
PS C:\> (get-module poshrsjob).version
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
1      7      3      5
PS C:\> 1..3|start-rsjob { $_ }

Id       Name                 State           HasMoreData  HasErrors    Command
--       ----                 -----           -----------  ---------    -------
1        Job1                                              {}            $_
2        Job2                                              {}            $_
3        Job3                                              {}            $_

What is the expected behavior?

PS C:\> import-module poshrsjob
PS C:\> (get-module poshrsjob).version
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
1      7      3      4
PS C:\> 1..3|start-rsjob { $_ }
Id       Name                 State           HasMoreData  HasErrors    Command
--       ----                 -----           -----------  ---------    -------
1        Job1                 Running         False        {}            $_
2        Job2                 Running         False        {}            $_
3        Job3                 Running         False        {}            $_

actually Jobs a running but it's State not set, so Wait-RSJob does not exit

[MVKozlov]

hmm... Everything is much worse than I thought even in v1.7.2.4

import-module poshrsjob
1..3|start-rsjob { start-sleep -sec 15; $_ }

take 45 sec to exit to prompt while measure-command { 1..3|start-rsjob { start-sleep -sec 15; $_ } } or $jobs = 1..3 | start-rsjob { $_ } takes milliseconds to run, get-rsjob or $jobs right after that take 15 sec to display job list

sorry, have no time to check earlier versions today :(

[proxb]

I really need to figure out and fix the issue with AppVeyor that broke my V2 tests. I think I saw a PR over at @RamblingCookieMonster Invoke-Parallel (https://github.com/RamblingCookieMonster/Invoke-Parallel/pull/41) that I might steal from to get it working again.

In the meantime, it looks like some background stuff that uses reflection for the Types may not be V2 compatible (https://github.com/proxb/PoshRSJob/blob/master/PoshRSJob/TypeData/PoshRSJob.Types.ps1xml). I'll have to test more in V2 and figure out the best way to handle that. I don't really want to lose this functionality due to V2 as it provides better state tracking of RSJobs.

[MVKozlov]

Just did another test v2 with 1..3|start-rsjob { start-sleep -sec 15; $_ } seems that delay exists when job object outputs it's values to host If I do

$j = 1..3 | Start-RSJob { start-sleep -sec 15; $_ }
start-sleep -sec 14
$j

delay while outputting jobs from $j does not appear, so it's really .Types related. but disappearing the State's for v2 is the real problem because of suspended Wait-RSJob

[proxb]

I found the issue with the disappearing states which was due to one of the techniques that I use for reflection was missing some of the other parameters that exists in V3+. Luckily it was a simple fix by adding $Null as the second parameter and it supports V2+.

Before PowerShell $CRP = $_CRP.GetValue($Worker)

After PowerShell $CRP = $_CRP.GetValue($Worker,$Null)

I couldn't reproduce the delay either after making that change so this may solve both items. I'll add this to the list of things when I upload the next version tonight or tomorrow.

[MVKozlov]

Another v2 error (I continue to report here) ConvertScriptBlockV2 does not support $v -is [type] syntax

PS D:\> $a = 1; $a -is [array]
False
PS D:\> $a | Start-RSJob { $_ -is [array] }
Create : Exception calling "Create" with "1" argument(s): "You must provide a value expression on the right-hand side o
f the '-is' operator."
At PoshRSJob\Private\ConvertScriptBlockV2.ps1:88 char:26

debug show that scriptblock converted to Param($_)$_ -is array workaround: $_ -is "array"

[MVKozlov]

start-sleep issue not fixed, but I fix all other in my fork latest commit

42 too

[MVKozlov]

About Start-Sleep inside scriptblock on PSv2 Seems I found a fix

--- a/PoshRSJob/TypeData/PoshRSJob.Types.ps1xml
+++ b/PoshRSJob/TypeData/PoshRSJob.Types.ps1xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             $this.innerjob.HadErrors
          }
          Else {
-            ($this.innerjob.Streams.Error -ne $null)
+            ($this.innerjob.Streams.Error.Count -ne 0)
          }
         </GetScriptBlock>
       </ScriptProperty>

let it be here until widely tested