--- AnyEvent/Changes 2010/04/12 02:50:31 1.392 +++ AnyEvent/Changes 2011/08/11 21:26:39 1.458 @@ -1,6 +1,144 @@ Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. -TODO: docs signal for condvar +TODO: document TCP_*** constants +TODO: catch AE::xxx for anyevent strict and anyevent debug +TODO: anyevent::trace? or debug tracing all watchers? +TODO: anyevent strict checking for $_ changes? + +TODO: redesign Impl +TODO: make ae::run mroe robust against eintr, find out which env still causes these issues Andrew Suffield + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: AnyEvent::DNS resource records now include + the TTL as fourth element - this affects ->resolve directly, + and ->request and ->dns_unpack indirectly. Convenience functions + such as AnyEvent::DNS::{a,txt,mx,srv} are not affected. + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: backend authors now should not implement + one_event or loop, but instead the AnyEvent::CondVar::_wait and _poll + methods. + - DEPRECIATION: please change + "use AnyEvent::Impl::Perl" to "use AnyEvent::Loop" and + "AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::loop" to "AnyEvent::Loop::run" + in your programs, for future compatibility. + - querying too long domain names would barf deep inside AnyEvent::DNS - since + this is hard to avoid for applications, AnyEvent:.DNS::request now checks for + for too long domain names explicitly and passes an undef to the callback + instead (reported by James Bromberger). + - new function: AnyEvent::postpone. + - split the pure perl backend into a loop module and an impl + module (AnyEvent::Loop and AnyEvent::Impl::Perl). + - some read types (regex, netstring, json, storable) could + errornously keep an AE::Handle object alive on their own + (reported by Mohammad Toossi). + - add more workarounds around child watcher bugs in IO::Async + and (newly introduced) in POE. + - use glib child watchers and try to work around its limitations, + if possible (based on a patch by Kevin Ryde). + - add support for (currently third-party) AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK. + - many read types in AnyEvent::Handle would malfunction during + transitions to TLS because of a "delete $self->{rbuf}". + (reported by Gerald Galster). + - resolve AnyEvent::Util::guard at first-use-time, not at load time, + for further speed and memory savings when not used. + - improve condvar blocking wait performance (probably only noticable + with faster backends), also make it easier for event loops that + do not support blocking waits. + +5.34 Thu May 12 09:59:41 CEST 2011 + - AE::TLS didn't support both cert_file and key at the same time, + due to some copy&paste bug (reported and analyzed by vti). + - improve AE::Handle timeout documentation slightly. + +5.33 Mon Feb 7 21:51:41 CET 2011 + - never appeared on CPAN, for unknown reasons. + - AnyEvent::Handle on_connect_error - do not try to destroy a handle + object when it's already gone (analyzed by Ryan Bullock). + - update idna algorithm(s) to UTS#46 version 6.0.0. + - preserve trailing dot in idn_to_ascii - testsuite says to preserve, + uts46 says it's an error, and testsuite makes more sense. + - remove leading dots in idn_to_ascii - testsuite says to remove, + uts46 says it's an error, and testsuite makes more sense. + - fixed a bug in idn ignored character processing. + - passes the uts46 6.0.0 testsuite except for three cases which + apparently are bugs in the testsuite itself. + - passes the uts46 6.0.1 testsuite except for eleven cases which + apparently are bugs in the testsuite itself. + +5.31 Sun Jan 23 11:49:19 CET 2011 + - work around a POE bug where POE would first poll for new events and + invoke handlers BEFORE handling the message queue. + - fix parsing of "domain" statement in resolv.conf (Johannes Plunien). + - stop_read now does just that in TLS mode. see its + documentation for caveats. + - update to common::sense 3.4 warning set (some warnings in perl impose + an arbitrary 32kb limit on regex matches, which affects + AnyEvent::Handle). + - AE::Handle had a broken rbuf_max method and missing wbuf_max method. + - new experimental AE::Handle::resettls method. + +5.3 Fri Dec 31 05:48:13 CET 2010 + - major IOAsync patch by Paul Evans - 0.33 is required, as the major + issues with IO::Async have been solved in that version, including + the availabilty of a default loop! + - implement new wbuf_max parameter for AnyEvent::Handle. + - added Cocoa::EventLoop backend by Daisuke Murase. + - the default testsuite now honors PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL (Paul Evans). + - clarify handle on_prepare documentation. + - set CLOEXEC flag on parent-side fd's in AnyEvent::Util::run_cmd, + to avoid leaking them to any child processes. + - try to force files into the arch-dependend lib directory, for the + half-"turly obsessive compulsive person"(s) that depend on it. + +5.29 Sun Dec 5 10:49:21 CET 2010 + - convert EV backend to EV 4.00 API (so better upgrade EV too). + - AE::Handle: implement dynamic read_size adjustment, add + max_read_size parameter, reduce default read_size to 2048. + - add some FAQ entries for servers and/or on_eof vs. on_error. + - work around OS bugs (cygwin again) when lingering in AE::Handle. + - reduce memory usage slightly when connect was used in AE::Handle. + - wrok around more segfaults in Tk. + - document tls_ctx => undef as valid. + - detect WNOHANG value at compiletime. + - include some probably linux-only support for building AnyEvent + as part of the perl core. + - improve compatibility of t/08_idna.t to perl 5.8. + - make AnyEvent::Strict truly optional (in case somebody builds a + minimal perl...). + +5.28 Wed Oct 13 04:14:23 CEST 2010 + - due to a glitch, AnyEvent's internal getprotobyname wasn't + actually used in tcp_server. + - implement AnyEvent::CondVar->new method, which was documented but + missing. + - support autoloading of read types in unshift_read. + - AnyEvent::Strict: do the test for invalid fh arguments differently, + resulting in more informative error messages. + - new AnyEvent::FAQ manpage. + - clarify that you can actually call push_read etc. in on_read. + - put keys and certs in /tmp, not into the current directory, + and document this in the SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS sections + of AnyEvent::TLS. + - support ";" as resolv.conf comment character in AnyEvent::DNS, as + requested by Ron Isaacson. + - document $AnyEvent::DNS::RESOLVER variable. + - incorporated major typo patches by Abhijit Menon-Sen. + - AnyEvent::Handle now croaks when negative timeouts are passed. + - add a shitload of TCP_xxx sockopt name constants to AnyEvent::Util, + undocumented, but who knows when they might come in handy. + +5.271 Tue Jun 8 12:05:46 CEST 2010 + - backport to perl 5.8.x. + +5.27 Sun Jun 6 12:12:05 CEST 2010 + - postpone differently in AnyEvent::Socket now, as + when not, canceling the connection attempt might fail + (found by Felix Antonius Wilhelm Ostmann). + - explicitly check for non-stream sockets in AE::Handle, too many + clueless people fell into the trap of this somehow working. + - simplified and reworked the "OTHER MODULES" section. + - better/more condvar examples. + +5.261 Wed Apr 28 16:13:36 CEST 2010 + - AF_INET6 was not properly used from Socket6 during configuration + time (found by Andy Grundman). 5.26 Mon Apr 12 04:49:35 CEST 2010 - don't generate spurious readyness notifications when select