--- Coro/Changes 2008/11/14 02:29:09 1.408 +++ Coro/Changes 2008/11/15 00:37:38 1.414 @@ -6,12 +6,22 @@ but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). 5.0 - - ARCHITECTURAL REDESIGN, use 4.912 for the stable version. - - directly patch the entersub opcode calling ssl functions (cede, - transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching by - up to 10%. More importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded - behaviour of entersub, so we might actually be able to return - something from those functions. + - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version. + - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. + - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported + anymore. + - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, + transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but + more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of + entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from + those functions and atcually create new ones. + - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc. + - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision, + as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). + - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes + it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. + - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV (it's roughly + twice as fast now). 4.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008 - minor cleanups.