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Revision history for Perl extension AnyEvent. |
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3.41 Sun May 11 19:53:13 CEST 2008 |
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- work around a bug in perl 5.8.8's local. Reported by Yi Ma Mao. |
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3.4 Sun May 11 00:29:25 CEST 2008 |
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- complete re-implementation of condvars with a hopefully much mroe useful |
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API (backward compatible functions exist but are undocumented). |
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- AnyEvent::Handle fully rewritten with a hopefully more powerful API |
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(still subject to change). |
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- take advantage of CLOCK_MONOTONIC, if available, in AnyEvent::Impl::Perl. |
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- provide AnyEvent::post_detect and @AnyEvent::post_detect, which |
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allows module authors to avoid forcing event loop detection. |
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(used by Coro::AIO, Coro::BDB, Coro::AnyEvent for example). |
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- remove coro backends: Coro now provides generic support for AnyEvent |
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via Coro::AnyEvent. |
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3.3 Mon Apr 28 09:51:06 CEST 2008 |
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- added AnyEvent::Handle, AnyEvent::Socket and AnyEvent::Util modules. |
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- fix a bug in the pure perl backend that kept watchers alive |
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when multiple watchers were registered for the same fh/poll combo. |
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- add a benchmark section showing AnyEvent overhead and comparing |
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the different event loops with each other. |
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- prefer pure perl over tk when autoprobing, as it's about as fast, |
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but doesn't crash with many watchers. |
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- declare Qt support non-experimental. |
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- clarify the confusing section about the file descriptor being |
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kept alive. |
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- document the race between loading of an event module and |
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child processes exiting. |
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- support POE as "backend" (with some caveats, POE is not generic |
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enough, and darn slow). |
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- support Wx and Prima through POE. |
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- optimise perl backend to use 20% less memory and take advantage |
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of typical timeout behaviour. It can now compete with |
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select/poll-based C event loops in most cases (it is usually |
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faster than Event and Glib :). |
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- roughly cut EV memory use in half and increase its speed by 30%, |
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by removing undocumented functionality. Did something similar |
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to other event loops where possible. |
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3.2 Thu Apr 24 10:10:40 CEST 2008 |
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- do not die when anyevent watchers are destroyed while running callbacks |
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in the pureperl backend (could only happen when two watchers are registered |
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for the same fh/poll combo). |
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- support autoloading for child watchers, was broken in all versions. |
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- implement PERL_ANYEVENT_MODEL env variable. |
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- (experimental) implement interface to the (very crashy/buggy) Event::Lib module. |
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- (experimental) implement interface to the Qt module (cannot be autoprobed). |
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- this release is IO:AnyEvent-proof. |
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3.12 Tue Apr 22 07:11:46 CEST 2008 |
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- reinstate AUTHOR section that got lost somehow. |
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- do not hang in the testsuite with badly broken perls (activestate, |
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strawberry...), but instead diagnose the problem and continue. |
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- use INT instead of CHLD in an attempt to support broken windows perls |
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better (this decreases the test quality, unfortunately). |
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- do not send the signal to the process group |
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(no problem for CHLD, bad for INT :). |
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3.11 Sat Apr 19 06:57:31 CEST 2008 |
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- major documentation rework. |
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- document the fact that child watchers only watch for zombies. |
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- fix the child watcher example. |
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3.1 Wed Apr 16 17:09:01 CEST 2008 |
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- work around recurring bugs in Tk by dup'ing filehandles, the |
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only method with good success chances on Tk (the bugs apparently |
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don't get fixed anytime soon). |
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- lift the restriction of only one watcher per fh direction |
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(as the Tk bug workaround also lifts it and only Tk imposed |
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such strong limits). |
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- changed probe order to prefer coro adaptors. |
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- explain why recursion into the event loop is not supported |
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unless the backend supports it (only Coro::EV does without |
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any restrictions...). |
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- add simple manpages for all backend modules. |
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3.0 Mon Apr 7 21:30:23 CEST 2008 |
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- Coro::Signal changed semantics, roll our own, also cleaning |
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up the Coro implementation in general. |
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- rename Coro backend to CoroEvent. |
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- add some decision helping paragraph to the manpage that should |
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help people to decide whether AnyEvent is the right thing for them. |
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2.9 Mon Jan 28 13:31:54 CET 2008 |
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- update for EV 3.0 API changes. |
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2.8 Sun Nov 25 15:06:03 CET 2007 |
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- waitpid can validly return 0. accept this fact of life |
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instead of reporting it to any watchers. |
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2.7 Fri Nov 23 11:41:14 CET 2007 |
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- force use of AnyEvent::Impl::Perl in testsuite, there is |
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too much breakage outside AnyEvent. |
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- deliver signals synchronously in AnyEvent::Impl::Perl |
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or any other event loop that relies on AnyEvents child |
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watcher emulation. *Could* help with hanging testsuite |
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(except when Event or EV are installed). |
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2.6 Fri Nov 9 20:36:35 CET 2007 |
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- fix bug in testsuite. |
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- move EV adaptor modules to AnyEvent. |
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- add Coro+EV adaptor module. |
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2.55 Tue Nov 6 17:41:32 CET 2007 |
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- add EV to the list of supported event models. |
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- do not auto-reset pid watchers, pass pid and status to them. |
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- allow a pid of zero to watch for all children in child watchers. |
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2.54 Wed Jul 18 17:36:23 CEST 2007 |
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- work around a perl bug that results in |
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BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted without |
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any discernible reason or error message by once |
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again not use'ing strict. |
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2.53 Sun Jul 8 10:51:53 CEST 2007 |
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- make Glib interface work again (spotted by elmex). |
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2.52 Wed Mar 7 18:36:16 CET 2007 |
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- child watchers stopped working permanently when |
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all current child watchers were destroyed. |
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2.51 Mon Dec 11 21:33:24 CET 2006 |
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- work around bugs in perl where eval "require Module" returns |
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true even if the module couldn't be loaded :/. |
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2.5 Mon Dec 11 02:15:28 CET 2006 |
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- avoid $AUTOLOAD because many perls corrupt it. |
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- AnyEvent::detect forces autodetection. |
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- implement signal watchers (experimental) |
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(Tk does not support async signals (<= 804.027 at least), |
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so they might get delayed indefinitely on Tk). |
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- implement child watchers (experimental). |
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- moved default condvar implementation into base module, simplifying |
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most implementation modules. |
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2.1 Fri Nov 24 15:50:48 CET 2006 |
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- better docs. |
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- simple testsuite. |
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- added AnyEvent->one_event method for special purposes. |
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2.0 Wed Nov 1 02:21:30 CET 2006 |
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- INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: poll can now either be "r" or "w" but not both. |
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- INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: io watcher callbacks have no arguments anymore. |
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- EXPERIMENTAL: |
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new pure-perl model added, AnyEvent now always finds a suitable |
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event model. |
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- improved documentation. |
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- reduced cpu overhead. |
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1.02 Fri Jan 13 14:15:40 CET 2006 |
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- add COPYING to clarify license. |
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1.01 Sun Jan 8 05:48:09 CET 2006 |
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- correctly cancel Event timers, avoid memory leaks. |
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1.0 Sun Jan 8 05:40:58 CET 2006 |
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- allow third-party interfaces to be added at runtime. |
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- fix version number. |
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0.9 Fri Dec 30 02:25:41 CET 2005 |
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- fixed errors in the documentation. |
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- going back to using $VERSION as "load check", |
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as suggested by Jörn Reder. Let's see why I stopped using |
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this method. |
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- add 'hup' to the list of events to receive for glib |
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and generate 'rw' events for it, as some versions of |
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glib seem to require this, while this breaks other |
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(older) versions of glib. |
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- implemented PERL_ANYEVENT_VERBOSE env variable. |
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0.3 Sun Dec 4 10:43:33 CET 2005 |
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- no changes to the code. |
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- fixed documentation. |
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- clarified some corner cases. |
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- vastly improved documentation with a long example. |
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0.2 Thu Dec 1 22:18:49 CET 2005 |
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- check whether a valid method was called, to avoid endless loops. |
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- move condvars into their own class (cleaner, safer). |
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- don't die when some modules are not available. |
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- Tk is too broken to allow for words. Will work once Tk works. |
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0.1 Thu Dec 1 19:44:57 CET 2005 |
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- spiced up and cleaned up for release. |
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0.01 Tue Sep 21 18:12:09 CEST 2004 |
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- original version; copied from Convert::Scalar. |
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