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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: better (earlier) error messages on broken transfer's 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO.
4TODO: destroy gets only called on cancel: fix(?) 4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's
5TODO: fast reloads in cf cause segfaults (coro_state_free->destroy->crash) 5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
6 7
84.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
9 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
10 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
11
124.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
13 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
14 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
15 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
16 (also add testcase).
17 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
18 apparently having loads of fun with that).
19 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
20
214.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
22 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
23 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
24 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
25 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
26 Andreas König.
27
284.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
29 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
30 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
31
324.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
33 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
34 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
35
364.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
37 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
38 from longmess and also skips the innermost
39 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
40 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
41 at a <1% speed hit.
42 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
43 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
44
454.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
46 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
47
484.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
49 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
50
514.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
52 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
53 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
54 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
55
564.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
57 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
58
594.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
60 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
61 when the stack changed.
62 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
63 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
64 if available.
65 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
66 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
67 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
68
694.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
70 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
71 and Coro::Handle.
72
734.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
74 - fix a spurious memory read.
75 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
76
774.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
78 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
79 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
80 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
81 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
82 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
83 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
84 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
85 directly supported by Coro.
86 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
87 stuff in Coro::Util.
88 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
89 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
90 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
91
924.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
93 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
94 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
95 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
96 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
97 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
98 This also catches recursive invocations.
99 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
100
1014.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
102 - port to threaded perls.
103
1044.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
105 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
106 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
107 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
108 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
109 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
110 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
111 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
112 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
113 speeds up context switching a bit.
114 - further tune default stack sizes.
115 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
116 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
117 resulting in races between coroutines.
118 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
119 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
120 an unrelated coroutine.
121 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
122 more detail in Coro::State.
123 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
124 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
125 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
126 invalidating pointers.
127
1284.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
129 - added Coro::throw method.
130 - minor code cleanups.
131
1324.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
133 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
134 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
135 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
136 or use tracing).
137 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
138 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
139 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
140
1414.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
142 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
143 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
144
1454.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
146 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
147 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
148 debugging, tracing and much more.
149 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
150 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
151 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
152 flags.
153 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
154 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
155 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
156 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
157 - added Coro::killall.
158 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
159 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
160 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
161 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
162 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
163 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
164 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
165 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
166 - many minor tweaks.
167
1683.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
169 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
170
1713.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
172 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
173 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
174
1753.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
176 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
177 pst's sometimes.
178 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
179 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
180 be threadsafe...).
181 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
182 but stateful semantics.
183 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
184 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
185
1863.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
187 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
188 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
189 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
190 (EXPERIMENTAL).
191 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
192 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
193 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
194 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
195
1963.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
197 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
198 it by default.
199 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
200 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
201 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
202 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
203 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
204 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
205 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
206 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
207 performance.
208
2093.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
210 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
211 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
212
2133.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
214 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
215 them without asking.
216
2173.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
7 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems 218 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
8 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event. 219 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
220 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
221 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
222 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
223 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
9 224
103.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007 2253.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
11 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/, 226 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
12 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error. 227 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
13 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because 228 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because

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