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Revision 1.461 by root, Sat Aug 13 02:20:29 2011 UTC vs.
Revision 1.492 by root, Thu Aug 25 06:34:11 2011 UTC

1Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. 1Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent.
2 2
3TODO: document TCP_*** constants 3TODO: document TCP_*** constants
4TODO: catch AE::xxx for anyevent strict and anyevent debug
5TODO: anyevent::trace? or debug tracing all watchers?
6TODO: anyevent strict checking for $_ changes?
7 4
8TODO: redesign Impl 5TODO: ae::log examples
9TODO: make ae::run mroe robust against eintr, Andrew Suffield 6TODO: trace-per-watcher AnyEvent::Debug
10TODO: IO::Async sometimes cancels the wrong timer when you call cancel_timer -wait for IO::Async release. 7TODO: logging during AnyEvent::detect
11TODO: wrap 8TODO: AnyEvent::Filesys::Notify
12TODO: shell on env 9TODO: maybe study log4perl and see how they could interface?
13TODO: FLTK docs 10TODO: ae::now vs. ae::time - make configurable?
11TODO: AE_VERBOSE=8 mt
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14 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: AnyEvent::DNS resource records now include 13 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: AnyEvent::DNS resource records now include
15 the TTL as fourth element - this affects ->resolve directly, 14 the TTL as fourth element - this affects ->resolve, ->request
16 and ->request and ->dns_unpack indirectly. Convenience functions 15 and ->dns_unpack indirectly. Convenience functions such as
17 such as AnyEvent::DNS::{a,txt,mx,srv} are not affected. 16 AnyEvent::DNS::{a,txt,mx,srv} are not affected, neither is
17 AnyEvent::Socket.
18 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: backend authors now should not implement 18 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: backend authors now should not implement
19 one_event or loop, but instead the AnyEvent::CondVar::_wait and _poll 19 one_event or loop, but instead the AnyEvent::CondVar::_wait and _poll
20 methods. 20 methods.
21 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: verbosity levels have been redefined, see
22 AnyEvent (PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE) and AnyEvent::Log for details.
21 - DEPRECIATION: please change 23 - DEPRECIATION: please change
22 "use AnyEvent::Impl::Perl" to "use AnyEvent::Loop" and 24 "use AnyEvent::Impl::Perl" to "use AnyEvent::Loop" and
23 "AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::loop" to "AnyEvent::Loop::run" 25 "AnyEvent::Impl::Perl::loop" to "AnyEvent::Loop::run"
24 in your programs, for future compatibility. 26 in your programs, for future compatibility.
25 - *blush* idle watcher emulation was borked. 27 - *blush* idle watcher emulation was borked.
26 - AnyEvent::Strict now checks the AE::xxx functions as well. 28 - AnyEvent::Strict now checks the AE::xxx functions as well.
27 - querying too long domain names would barf deep inside AnyEvent::DNS - since 29 - querying too long domain names would barf deep inside AnyEvent::DNS - since
28 this is hard to avoid for applications, AnyEvent:.DNS::request now checks for 30 this is hard to avoid for applications, AnyEvent:.DNS::request now checks for
29 for too long domain names explicitly and passes an undef to the callback 31 for too long domain names explicitly and passes an undef to the callback
30 instead (reported by James Bromberger). 32 instead (reported by James Bromberger).
33 - make AnyEvent::Util more robust against EINTR (analyzed by Andrew Suffield).
31 - new function: AnyEvent::postpone. 34 - new functions: AnyEvent::postpone, AnyEvent::log.
35 - new module: AnyEvent::Log, for simple logging needs.
36 - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_LOG, for fine-grained logging config.
37 - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_SHELL, to automatically start
38 a debug shell.
39 - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_DEBUG_WRAP, to automatically enable
40 watcher instrumentation/wrapping (see AnyEvent::Debug::wrap).
41 - new env variable, PERL_ANYEVENT_HOSTS, to override the place where
42 F</etc/hosts> can be found.
43 - an empty PERL_ANYEVENT_RESOLV_CONF now selects the default
44 configuration.
45 - env variables can now be specified using AE_xyz instead of
46 PERL_ANYEVENT_xyz, subject to some rules.
47 - lots of new AnyEvent::Debug functionality.
48 - AnyEvent::Strict now checks for modifications $_ by the callback
49 (by setting it to readonly while executing the callback, if possible).
32 - IO::Async sometimes cancels the wrong timer when you call cancel_timer. 50 - IO::Async sometimes cancels the wrong timer when you call cancel_timer.
33 Invest extra overhead to work around this peculiar behaviour. 51 Invest extra overhead to work around this peculiar behaviour.
34 - split the pure perl backend into a loop module and an impl 52 - split the pure perl backend into a loop module and an impl
35 module (AnyEvent::Loop and AnyEvent::Impl::Perl). 53 module (AnyEvent::Loop and AnyEvent::Impl::Perl).
36 - some read types (regex, netstring, json, storable) could 54 - some read types (regex, netstring, json, storable) could
37 errornously keep an AE::Handle object alive on their own 55 errornously keep an AE::Handle object alive on their own
38 (reported by Mohammad Toossi). 56 (reported by Mohammad Toossi).
57 - AnyEvent::Socket::resolve_sockaddr and all functions using it now
58 supports /etc/hosts overrides.
39 - add more workarounds around child watcher bugs in IO::Async 59 - add more workarounds around child watcher bugs in IO::Async
40 and (newly introduced) in POE. 60 and (newly introduced) in POE.
41 - use glib child watchers and try to work around its limitations, 61 - use glib child watchers and try to work around its limitations,
42 if possible (based on a patch by Kevin Ryde). 62 if possible (based on a patch by Kevin Ryde).
43 - add support for FLTK (fltk2), via AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK2. 63 - add support for FLTK (fltk2), via AnyEvent::Impl::FLTK2.
44 - many read types in AnyEvent::Handle would malfunction during 64 - many read types in AnyEvent::Handle would malfunction during
45 transitions to TLS because of a "delete $self->{rbuf}". 65 transitions to TLS because of a "delete $self->{rbuf}".
46 (reported by Gerald Galster). 66 (reported by Gerald Galster).
47 - resolve AnyEvent::Util::guard at first-use-time, not at load time,
48 for further speed and memory savings when not used.
49 - improve condvar blocking wait performance (probably only noticable 67 - improve condvar blocking wait performance (probably only noticable
50 with faster backends), also make it easier for event loops that 68 with faster backends), also make it easier for event loops that
51 do not support blocking waits. 69 do not support blocking waits.
52 - PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL now also allows full module names, although 70 - PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL now also allows full module names, although
53 the usefulness of this feature is not yet clear. 71 the usefulness of this feature is not yet clear.
54 - add tests for all supported event loops, conditional on PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS. 72 - add tests for all supported event loops, conditional on PERL_ANYEVENT_LOOP_TESTS.
55 - add t/80_ssltext.t. 73 - add t/80_ssltext.t.
56 - no longer use AUTOLOAD for the initial loading (for no very good reason). 74 - no longer use AUTOLOAD for the initial loading (for no very good reason).
75 - tcp_server now tries to unlink unix domain sockets when it gets destroyed.
76 - do not run event loop detection multiple times when programs call their cached
77 copies of AnyEvent::detect.
78 - parse_hostport now accepts absolute paths als unix domain sockets.
79 - add Task::Weaken as dependency (as recommends only at this time).
80
816.0 (not officially released, but was on CPAN for about 15 minutes :/)
57 82
585.34 Thu May 12 09:59:41 CEST 2011 835.34 Thu May 12 09:59:41 CEST 2011
59 - AE::TLS didn't support both cert_file and key at the same time, 84 - AE::TLS didn't support both cert_file and key at the same time,
60 due to some copy&paste bug (reported and analyzed by vti). 85 due to some copy&paste bug (reported and analyzed by vti).
61 - improve AE::Handle timeout documentation slightly. 86 - improve AE::Handle timeout documentation slightly.

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