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3 | TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell). |
3 | TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell). |
4 | TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)? |
4 | TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)? |
5 | TODO: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/s2ce.aspx |
5 | TODO: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/s2ce.aspx |
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7 | TODO: tutorial |
7 | - update ecb.h, to no longer include <pthread.h> in case WinNT.h |
8 | TODO: in_eval, PL_tained |
8 | hasn't been included. |
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10 | 6.02 Wed Jul 13 04:35:19 CEST 2011 |
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11 | - "improve portability to Gentoo" - gentoo manages to put perl variables |
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12 | in memory areas that are farther than 2gb apart, which the jit couldn't |
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13 | handle and barfed. now it's just a bit slower on gentoo and similar |
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14 | systems. |
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16 | 6.01 Sun Jul 3 12:31:14 CEST 2011 |
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17 | - workarounds are good, but the test for whether pthreads are used |
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18 | was not good. thisone should be better. |
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19 | - check differently whether gcc generates cfi instructions itself. |
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21 | 6.0 Wed Jun 29 19:43:35 CEST 2011 |
9 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: unreferenced coro objects will now be |
22 | - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: unreferenced coro objects will now be |
10 | destroyed and cleaned up automatically (e.g. async { schedule }). |
23 | destroyed and cleaned up automatically (e.g. async { schedule }). |
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24 | - implement a JIT compiler for part of the thread switch code, |
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25 | which gives a 50% speed improvement on threaded perls, and |
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26 | about 4% on non-thraeded perls (so threaded perls now finally |
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27 | reach about half the speed of non-threaded perls). |
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28 | - slightly modernise Coro::Intro, add section about rouse functions. |
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29 | - avoid DEFSV and ERRSV, giving another 10% improvement |
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30 | in thread switching. |
11 | - Coro::State->is_destroyed is now called is_zombie. |
31 | - Coro::State->is_destroyed is now called is_zombie. |
12 | - implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but |
32 | - implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but |
13 | cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds. |
33 | cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds. |
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34 | - add preliminary support for DEBUGGING perls. |
14 | - get rid of two hash-accesses when initialising a new Coro - this |
35 | - get rid of two hash-accesses when initialising a new Coro - this |
15 | speeds up coro creation by almost a factor of two. |
36 | speeds up coro creation by almost a factor of two. |
16 | - croak when a coro that is being cancelled tries to block |
37 | - croak when a coro that is being cancelled tries to block |
17 | (e.g. while executing a guard block), instead of crashing or |
38 | (e.g. while executing a guard block), instead of crashing or |
18 | deadlocking. |
39 | deadlocking. |
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33 | - get rid if coro refcounting - simply crash in other interpreter |
54 | - get rid if coro refcounting - simply crash in other interpreter |
34 | threads by nulling the pointers on clone. |
55 | threads by nulling the pointers on clone. |
35 | - simplify warn/die hook handling when loading Coro - the convoluted |
56 | - simplify warn/die hook handling when loading Coro - the convoluted |
36 | logic seems to be no longer neccessary. |
57 | logic seems to be no longer neccessary. |
37 | - use libecb instead of our own home-grown gcc hacks. |
58 | - use libecb instead of our own home-grown gcc hacks. |
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59 | - document alternatives to Coro::LWP. Please use them :) |
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60 | - work around another mindless idiotic NEEDLESS bug in openbsd/mirbsds |
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61 | sigaltstack. Really. wine suffers from it, erlang suffers from it, |
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62 | and it's known since at least 2006. |
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39 | 5.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011 |
64 | 5.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011 |
40 | - apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to |
65 | - apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to |
41 | work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to |
66 | work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to |
42 | my attention by Max Maischein). |
67 | my attention by Max Maischein). |