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Revision 1.143 by root, Mon Nov 6 19:26:10 2006 UTC vs.
Revision 1.324 by root, Sun Mar 2 16:10:20 2008 UTC

1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO.
4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang
5 (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
7
8 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
9 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
10 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
11 apparently having loads of fun with that).
12 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
13
144.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
15 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
16 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
17 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
18 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
19 Andreas König.
20
214.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
22 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
23 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
24
254.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
26 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
27 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
28
294.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
30 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
31 from longmess and also skips the innermost
32 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
33 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
34 at a <1% speed hit.
35 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
36 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
37
384.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
39 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
40
414.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
42 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
43
444.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
45 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
46 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
47 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
48
494.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
50 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
51
524.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
53 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
54 when the stack changed.
55 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
56 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
57 if available.
58 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
59 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
60 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
61
624.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
63 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
64 and Coro::Handle.
65
664.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
67 - fix a spurious memory read.
68 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
69
704.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
71 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
72 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
73 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
74 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
75 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
76 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
77 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
78 directly supported by Coro.
79 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
80 stuff in Coro::Util.
81 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
82 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
83 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
84
854.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
86 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
87 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
88 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
89 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
90 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
91 This also catches recursive invocations.
92 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
93
944.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
95 - port to threaded perls.
96
974.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
98 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
99 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
100 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
101 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
102 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
103 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
104 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
105 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
106 speeds up context switching a bit.
107 - further tune default stack sizes.
108 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
109 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
110 resulting in races between coroutines.
111 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
112 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
113 an unrelated coroutine.
114 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
115 more detail in Coro::State.
116 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
117 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
118 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
119 invalidating pointers.
120
1214.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
122 - added Coro::throw method.
123 - minor code cleanups.
124
1254.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
126 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
127 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
128 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
129 or use tracing).
130 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
131 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
132 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
133
1344.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
135 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
136 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
137
1384.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
139 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
140 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
141 debugging, tracing and much more.
142 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
143 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
144 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
145 flags.
146 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
147 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
148 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
149 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
150 - added Coro::killall.
151 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
152 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
153 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
154 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
155 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
156 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
157 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
158 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
159 - many minor tweaks.
160
1613.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
162 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
163
1643.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
165 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
166 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
167
1683.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
169 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
170 pst's sometimes.
171 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
172 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
173 be threadsafe...).
174 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
175 but stateful semantics.
176 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
177 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
178
1793.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
180 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
181 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
182 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
183 (EXPERIMENTAL).
184 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
185 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
186 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
187 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
188
1893.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
190 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
191 it by default.
192 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
193 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
194 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
195 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
196 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
197 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
198 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
199 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
200 performance.
201
2023.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
203 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
204 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
205
2063.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
207 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
208 them without asking.
209
2103.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
211 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
212 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
213 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
214 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
215 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
216 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
217
2183.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
219 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
220 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
221 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because
222 stupid broken idiotic OSX has a stupid broken
223 idiotic fits-the-whole-os mmap "implementation" and
224 my dick feels longer if Coro is portable even to
225 obsolete platforms.
226
2273.4 Fri Jan 19 21:52:54 CET 2007
228 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much
229 but was rather flaky in practise.
230 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until
231 it was reused.
232 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls
233 in cede_notself.
234
2353.3 Sat Jan 6 03:45:00 CET 2007
236 - implement $coro->on_destroy.
237 - Coro::Event blocking semantics have been changed,
238 documented and - hopefully - improved.
239 - fix nice adding, not subtracting, from priority.
240 - fix ->prio and api_is_ready (patch by Mark Hinds).
241 - fixed an assert ("... == prev__cctx->idle_te")
242 that could errronously trigger.
243 - fix various large and small memleaks.
244 - use a (hopefully) more stable cancel implementation
245 that immediately frees the coroutine data.
246 - cede/cede_notself return a status now.
247 - added Coro::guard function.
248 - added a global coroutine pool for jobs (on my machine,
249 I can create and execute 48k simple coros/s with async,
250 and 128k coros with async_pool).
251 - Coro::AIO now uses the coroutine priority as io priority.
252
2533.2 Fri Dec 22 05:07:09 CET 2006
254 - improve portability to slightly older perls.
255 - use cleaner coroutine destruction.
256 - simplify configuration for users.
257 - optionally (unrecommended) prefer perl functions over
258 their coro replacements.
259
2603.11 Tue Dec 5 13:11:24 CET 2006
261 - fixed some bogus assert's, but as perl.h disables assert even
262 without NDEBUG (thank you very much), not too many people should
263 notice (that did include myself). Andreas König noticed, though :)
264 - do not save/restore PL_sortcxix on >= 5.9.x, it doesn't seem to have
265 it. Also noticed by Andreas König :)
266 - save/restore tainted status.
267 - verified to pass the testsuite on my 5.9.5.
268
2693.1 Mon Dec 4 23:03:40 CET 2006
270 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: $/ is now per-coroutine (but slow).
271 - incompatible change: transfer flags are now per-state.
272 - give a better error message on deadlock.
273 - document Coro::nready.
274 - enhanced testsuite.
275
2763.01 Sun Dec 3 23:47:42 CET 2006
277 - forgot to include Coro::Timer.
278
2793.0 Sun Dec 3 22:57:25 CET 2006
280 - the "FINALLY COMPLETELY STABLE" release (coming soon:
281 the "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" release).
282 - implement a new stack sharing algorithm, which uses a stack
283 pool (size currently hardcoded).
284 - make stack sharing mandatory (it no longer uses a heuristic).
285 - eval/die no longer cause weird problems under heavy use.
286 - Coro::Event could cause livelocks if it was used but
287 no Coro::Event watchers were used.
288 - Coro::Event now uses asynccheck as prepare does not
289 check for changed watchers.
290 - Coro::Event allows multiple waiting coros and will wake up one
291 per event.
292 - Coro::Event should be cleaner and more efficient now.
293 - new utility function Coro::unblock_sub.
294 - document the sad fact that Event is no longer reentrant.
295 - putting a coroutine into the ready queue twice could under
296 some circumstances lead to stack corruption.
297 - minor incompatibility: subclassing Coro::State is supported
298 directly now without going through a _coro_state member.
299 - state/coro switching is much faster now.
300 - very minor optimisations and code/documentation cleanup.
301 - avoid problems due to compiler inlining.
302 - removed timers from Coro::Timer -> use AnyEvent instead.
303 - replaced Coro::idle coroutine by (cleaner) idle handler.
304 - updated to newest libcoro.
305 - implement enhanced support for valgrind.
306 - implement is_ready and return value for ready.
307 - removed Coro::Cont, it was a misnomer (it's generators),
308 and it was somewhat annoying to get it right. Will come back
309 if somebody asks for it :)
310 - many ->wait methods and Coro::Event could return
311 spuriously without the event having happened.
312
3132.5 Tue Nov 7 12:22:33 CET 2006
3 - made Coro::Util, Coro::Select, Coro::Handle and Coro::Socket 314 - made Coro::Util, Coro::Select, Coro::Handle and Coro::Socket
4 use AnyEvent, moved them to Coro/. 315 use AnyEvent, moved them to Coro/.
5 - added Coro::LWP which contains all the uglyness required to 316 - added Coro::LWP which contains all the uglyness required to
6 make LWP non-blocking. 317 make LWP non-blocking.
7 - should work with perl 5.9.x now (Andreas König made me do it). 318 - should work with perl 5.9.x now (Andreas König made me do it).

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