--- AnyEvent/Changes 2008/04/25 08:41:38 1.55 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2008/04/27 17:29:20 1.60 @@ -4,11 +4,22 @@ 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. - - make Qt and Event::Lib support non-experimental. + - 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 a bit (less memory). + - optimise perl backend to use 20% less memory and take advantage + of typical timeout behaviour. 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