--- AnyEvent/Changes 2008/04/16 14:58:17 1.42 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2008/04/26 04:19:02 1.59 @@ -1,7 +1,54 @@ Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. + - fix a bug in the pure perl backend that kept watchers alive + when multiple watchers were registered for the same fh/poll combo. + - add a benchmark section showing AnyEvent overhead and comparing + the different event loops with each other. + - prefer pure perl over tk when autoprobing, as it's about as fast, + but doesn't crash with many watchers. + - make Qt support non-experimental. + - clarify the confusing section about the file descriptor being + kept alive. + - document the race between loading of an event module and + child processes exiting. + - support POE as "backend" (with some caveats, POE is not generic + enough, and darn slow). + - support Wx and Prima through POE. + - optimise perl backend to use 20% less memory and to be roughly + 2-3 times faster in the common case of sparsely-active file + descriptors. It can now compete with select/poll-based C event + loops in most cases (it is usually faster than Event and Glib :). + - roughly cut EV memory use in half and increase its speed by 30%, + by removing undocumented functionality. + +3.2 Thu Apr 24 10:10:40 CEST 2008 + - do not die when anyevent watchers are destroyed while running callbacks + in the pureperl backend (could only happen when two watchers are registered + for the same fh/poll combo). + - support autoloading for child watchers, was broken in all versions. + - implement PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL env variable. + - (experimental) implement interface to the (very crashy/buggy) Event::Lib module. + - (experimental) implement interface to the Qt module (cannot be autoprobed). + - this release is IO:AnyEvent-proof. + +3.12 Tue Apr 22 07:11:46 CEST 2008 + - reinstate AUTHOR section that got lost somehow. + - do not hang in the testsuite with badly broken perls (activestate, + strawberry...), but instead diagnose the problem and continue. + - use INT instead of CHLD in an attempt to support broken windows perls + better (this decreases the test quality, unfortunately). + - do not send the signal to the process group + (no problem for CHLD, bad for INT :). + +3.11 Sat Apr 19 06:57:31 CEST 2008 + - major documentation rework. + - document the fact that child watchers only watch for zombies. + - fix the child watcher example. + +3.1 Wed Apr 16 17:09:01 CEST 2008 - work around recurring bugs in Tk by dup'ing filehandles, the - only method with good success chances on Tk. + only method with good success chances on Tk (the bugs apparently + don't get fixed anytime soon). - lift the restriction of only one watcher per fh direction (as the Tk bug workaround also lifts it and only Tk imposed such strong limits). @@ -16,7 +63,7 @@ up the Coro implementation in general. - rename Coro backend to CoroEvent. - add some decision helping paragraph to the manpage that should - help people to decide wether AnyEvent is the right thing for them. + help people to decide whether AnyEvent is the right thing for them. 2.9 Mon Jan 28 13:31:54 CET 2008 - update for EV 3.0 API changes. @@ -112,7 +159,7 @@ - vastly improved documentation with a long example. 0.2 Thu Dec 1 22:18:49 CET 2005 - - check wether a valid method was called, to avoid endless loops. + - check whether a valid method was called, to avoid endless loops. - move condvars into their own class (cleaner, safer). - don't die when some modules are not available. - Tk is too broken to allow for words. Will work once Tk works.