--- Coro/Changes 2008/11/20 03:11:29 1.446 +++ Coro/Changes 2008/11/24 07:55:28 1.463 @@ -5,21 +5,43 @@ actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). -TODO: async_pool to SLF -TODO: _cancel to xs -5.0 +5.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008 + - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro. + - 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. + - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking + LWP data transfers. + - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more + correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state + objects, for added memory savings and speed increases. + - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default. + - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably + doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub). + - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done. + - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle. + - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers + do not have this method (and don't need it either). + - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse + callbacks. + - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and + others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace + through the idle threads now. + - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables. + - eg/event was pretty broken. + - better 5.8.6 compatibility. + +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..."). - - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation - introduced in 4.801. - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where @@ -28,7 +50,10 @@ 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. + - 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, @@ -68,6 +93,10 @@ - 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 ("Attempt to unreference...").