--- Coro/Changes 2006/11/06 19:56:26 1.144 +++ Coro/Changes 2006/12/01 13:36:07 1.166 @@ -1,6 +1,33 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Coro. -2.5 +3.0 + - the "FINALLY COMPLETELY STABLE" release (coming soon: + the "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" release). + - implement a new stack sharing algorithm, which uses a stack + pool (size currently hardcoded). + - make stack sharing mandatory (it no longer uses a heuristic). + - eval/die no longer cause weird problems under heavy use. + - Coro::Event could cause livelocks if it was used but + no Coro::Event watchers were used. + - Coro::Event should be cleaner and more efficient now. + - new utility function Coro::unblock_sub. + - document the sad fact that Event is no longer reentrant. + - putting a coroutine into the ready queue twice could under + some circumstances lead to stack corruption. + - minor incompatibility: subclassing Coro::State is supported + directly now without going through a _coro_state member. + - state/coro switching is much faster now. + - very minor optimisations and code/documentation cleanup. + - avoid problems due to compiler inlining. + - removed timers from Coro::Timer -> use AnyEvent instead. + - replaced Coro::idle coroutine by (cleaner) idle handler. + - updated to newest libcoro. + - implement enhanced support for valgrind. + - implement is_ready and return value for ready. + - many ->wait methods and Coro::Event could return + spuriously without the event having happened. + +2.5 Tue Nov 7 12:22:33 CET 2006 - made Coro::Util, Coro::Select, Coro::Handle and Coro::Socket use AnyEvent, moved them to Coro/. - added Coro::LWP which contains all the uglyness required to