--- AnyEvent/Changes 2009/06/24 10:03:42 1.246 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2009/08/06 14:05:40 1.322 @@ -1,6 +1,169 @@ Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. -TODO: document ->loop, and maybe one_event. + - hackishly provide fast AE:: interface when EV is the backend. + +4.91 Thu Aug 6 15:42:45 CEST 2009 + - AE::Handle::starttls could get out of sync when the read buffer + already contains some TLS handshake. + - AE::Handle did not properly free the TLS session, causing bigger + memory leaks in Net::SSLeay than expected (reported by toaster). + - AE::Socket::tcp_connect will now artificially delay invoking + the callback to avoid returning after invoking the callback. + - convert many internal watcher uses to AE API. + +4.9 Sat Aug 1 11:07:01 CEST 2009 + - Glib silently fails when registering a timeout with + a negative value, so avoid that. + - call condvar callback immediately when it is set + after the condition is already signalled. + - check rbuf_max condition only after trying to consume + data. + - normalise signal numbers to names when using the ae's + signal handling, but do not document this (yet). + - pure perl signal emulation did not properly set nonblocking + mode on the signal pipe on win32 (this is unlikely to have caused + any issues). + - new module: AnyEvent::Debug. + - AnyEvent::Strict now checks that a signal was specified + by name (not name or number). + - reduce memory footprint in typical cases by ~50kb by + only compiling signal code when necessary. + - add AnyEvent::Handle->rbuf_max. + - grab the AE namespace for future new API, implement stubs for + said future/alternative API. + - new function: AnyEvent::Socket::format_hostport. + +4.881 Tue Jul 28 12:51:53 CEST 2009 + - work around a bug in local in pre-5.10 perls, causing + AnyEvent::Handle to recurse when it should not + (analyzed by elmex). + +4.88 Tue Jul 28 04:04:37 CEST 2009 + - re-bless the handle into a dummy package after calling + AnyEvent::Handle::destroy, so the user does not need to check + for errors after every push_write etc. + - do not attempt to run t/02_signals.t on obviously broken + platforms. + +4.87 Sun Jul 26 02:06:16 CEST 2009 + - do not attempt to linger when there is no longer a valid fh. + - enforce tls mode to be either accept or connect, do not simply + segfault in Net::SSLeay. + - AnyEvent::Handle can now call tcp_connect itself (new parameters + connect, on_prepare, on_connect and on_connect_error). Updated + tutorial accordingly. + - add AnyEvent::Impl::Irssi backend. + +4.86 Mon Jul 20 23:52:29 CEST 2009 + - since the verbose warning is not enough, explicitly document + that versions before 1.33 of Net::SSLeay are not secure. + - work around signal handling races in Event and (...) Event::Lib. + - try to align signal-race timer to full-second boundaries. + - work around Tk not liking negative timeouts. + - don't complain of different grades of environmental unfriendlyness + in IO::Async. + +4.85 Sat Jul 18 06:16:14 CEST 2009 + - nail the signal race problem in perl once and for all + (see $AnyEvent::MAX_SIGNAL_LATENCY). + - take advantage of Async::Interrupt if it is available. + - load Time::HiRes and Guard modules on demand only. + - add optional/recommended modules section to AnyEvent + documentation. + - reduce memory usage considerably (and reduce startup penalty) + by not using "strict", "warnings" and "overload" modules. + - work around buggy windows/openbsd perls and provide EBADMSG + and EPROTO ourselves when missing. + - improve perl 5.6 compatibility of the core event loop. + - made Net::SSLeay version 1.33 a soft requirement. + +4.83 Fri Jul 17 16:56:26 CEST 2009 + - implement AnyEvent::Socket::getprotobyname. + - AnyEvent::CondVar's will now detect recursive blocking + waits and will croak, as too many people fall into + this trap. + - AnyEvent::Handle will now call ->destroy on itself after + executing the on_error callback, instead of doing some + half-baked internal shutdown, for fatal errors. + - clarify on_eof behaviour w.r.t. the read queue and + on_read callbacks. + - ignore some possible spurious wake-ups in tcp_connect. + +4.82 Sat Jul 11 00:34:55 CEST 2009 + - POE and Event backends didn't accept some callable objects as + callbacks. + - use Config module instead of POSIX module to detect signal names + in AnyEvent::Strict and AnyEvent::Impl::EventLib, as the POSIX + module doesn't even have all POSIX signals :/. + - use more workarounds around the many refcnt/corruption bugs in + Event::Lib. + - work around a race condition in perl's select, causing t/03_child.t + to rarely fail. + +4.81 Thu Jul 9 10:30:30 CEST 2009 + - AnyEvent::Handle didn't properly diagnose write errors + (it expected -1 from syswrite, how lame... :). + - support file descriptors in addition to file handles + in AnyEvent->io. + - new env variables: PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF, + PERL_ANYEVENT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_DNS, PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_FILE + and PERL_ANYEVENT_CA_PATH. + - provide a sensible synopsis section for AnyEvent::TLS. + - add a "supported backends" section to the manpage. + - added simple io watcher test to testsuite, using a + portable_socketpair. + - tried to improve the stability of the Event::Lib backend, + YMMV. + +4.8 Mon Jul 6 23:45:16 CEST 2009 + - AnyEvent::DNS did not properly follow CNAME records with + uppercase targets. + - AnyEvent::DNS would errornously return AAAA records + with v4 mapped addresses (a faulty record) as ipv4 addresses, + causing AnyEvent::Socket to throw an exception. + - added new module AnyEvent::TLS for easier SSL/TLS context + creation, with many options including hostname verification, + secure default configuration, lots of documentation and, + predefined diffie-hellman keys for perfect forward security + and much more. get it while it's still fresh! + - use AnyEvent::TLS in AnyEvent::Handle for context management. + - load AnyEvent::Handle only on demand in AnyEvent::DNS, + so AnyEvent::Socket users have smaller memory footprint + in the common case. + - add AnyEvent::Handle->push_shutdown method. + - add an additional error message parameter to AnyEvent::Handle's + on_error callback (for TLS, $! is still available). + - add AnyEvent::Handle on_starttls/on_stoptls callbacks. + - make AnyEvent::Handle more robust against early conenction + failures (during new), and return C in that case + from the constructor. + - AnyEvent::Handle will now try to load only JSON::XS first, + then fall back to JSON. + - format_ipv4/format_ipv6 are now exported by default, for symmetry, + and because it was documented that way. + +4.451 Fri Jul 3 00:28:58 CEST 2009 + - do not clear rbuf when shutting down an AnyEvent::Handle + object - doing so breaks AnyEvent::HTTP. + +4.45 Mon Jun 29 22:59:26 CEST 2009 + - a write error could cause AnyEvent::Handle to create + an I/O watcher with an undefined $fh. + - special-case mapped ipv4 addresses in both + AnyEvent::Socket::format_address and parse_address, + to treat them just like ipv4 addresses. + - updated and overhauled the AnyEvent::Intro doc. + - implement AnyEvent::Socket::format_ipv4/ipv6. + - slightly speed up portable_pipe/socketpair. + - expand condvar begin/end documentation. + +4.42 Fri Jun 26 08:32:18 CEST 2009 + - preliminary and neccesarily incomplete support for IO::Async. + - reset SIGCHLD to DEFAULT when AnyEvent is loaded, in + case it was set to IGNORE, to ensure we can catch child statuses + even when the calling env acts stupidly. + - updated benchmarks with IO::Async, which performs very well. + 4.412 Wed Jun 24 01:35:57 CEST 2009 - support an "untaint" attribute for AnyEvent::DNS and set it on the default resolver.