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Revision 1.216 by root, Sun Mar 25 00:24:47 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.336 by root, Sat Apr 19 19:06:02 2008 UTC

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
5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
7
8 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
9 by the Coro module. It was a mistake.
10
114.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
12 - make it compile again on 5.8.
13
144.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
15 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
16
174.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
18 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
19 were compiled on 5.8 only.
20
214.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
22 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
23 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
24 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
25 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
26
274.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
28 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
29 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
30 leading to crashes and worse.
31 - document force_cctx.
32
334.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
34 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
35 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
36
374.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
38 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
39 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
40 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
41 (also add testcase).
42 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
43 apparently having loads of fun with that).
44 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
45
464.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
47 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
48 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
49 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
50 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
51 Andreas König.
52
534.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
54 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
55 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
56
574.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
58 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
59 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
60
614.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
62 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
63 from longmess and also skips the innermost
64 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
65 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
66 at a <1% speed hit.
67 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
68 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
69
704.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
71 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
72
734.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
74 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
75
764.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
77 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
78 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
79 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
80
814.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
82 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
83
844.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
85 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
86 when the stack changed.
87 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
88 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
89 if available.
90 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
91 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
92 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
93
944.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
95 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
96 and Coro::Handle.
97
984.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
99 - fix a spurious memory read.
100 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
101
1024.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
103 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
104 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
105 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
106 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
107 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
108 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
109 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
110 directly supported by Coro.
111 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
112 stuff in Coro::Util.
113 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
114 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
115 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
116
1174.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
118 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
119 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
120 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
121 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
122 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
123 This also catches recursive invocations.
124 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
125
1264.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
127 - port to threaded perls.
128
1294.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
130 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
131 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
132 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
133 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
134 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
135 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
136 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
137 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
138 speeds up context switching a bit.
139 - further tune default stack sizes.
140 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
141 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
142 resulting in races between coroutines.
143 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
144 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
145 an unrelated coroutine.
146 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
147 more detail in Coro::State.
148 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
149 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
150 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
151 invalidating pointers.
152
1534.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
154 - added Coro::throw method.
155 - minor code cleanups.
156
1574.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
158 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
159 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
160 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
161 or use tracing).
162 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
163 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
164 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
165
1664.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
167 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
168 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
169
1704.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
171 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
172 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
173 debugging, tracing and much more.
174 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
175 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
176 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
177 flags.
178 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
179 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
180 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
181 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
182 - added Coro::killall.
183 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
184 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
185 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
186 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
187 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
188 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
189 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
190 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
191 - many minor tweaks.
192
1933.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
194 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
195
1963.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
197 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
198 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
199
2003.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
201 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
202 pst's sometimes.
203 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
204 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
205 be threadsafe...).
206 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
207 but stateful semantics.
208 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
209 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
210
2113.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
212 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
213 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
214 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
215 (EXPERIMENTAL).
216 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
217 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
218 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
219 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
5 220
63.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007 2213.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
7 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable 222 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
8 it by default. 223 it by default.
9 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle 224 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle

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