--- Coro/Changes 2008/11/19 00:06:54 1.434 +++ Coro/Changes 2008/11/20 15:00:36 1.454 @@ -5,19 +5,18 @@ actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). -TODO: testcancel -TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. -TODO: Coro::Signal as SLF. - - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). + - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API. + - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors + and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends. -5.0 +5.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience stability issues. - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were annoying to support anyways :) - - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. + - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead. - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. - async_pool did free a scalar value twice ("Attempt to unreference..."). @@ -29,6 +28,10 @@ no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count). - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported anymore. + - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier + conversion of callback-style to blocking-style. + - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically + schedule or cede to a specific coroutine. - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait. - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, @@ -52,11 +55,25 @@ a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object. - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. - - implement Coro::Signal (mostly) in terms of Coro::Semaphore, - for some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup. + - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining + some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also + making signals reliable for the first time. + - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool + by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism + to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over + a normal async is now very small. + - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%. - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). + - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB. + - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls. + - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags. + - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements. + +4.914 Wed Nov 19 12:54:18 CET 2008 + - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation + introduced in 4.801. 4.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice