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Revision 1.199 by root, Sun Jan 14 20:47:53 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.342 by root, Fri May 9 22:04:37 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)).
5 7
8 TODO: Coro::AnyEvent
9 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
10 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
11 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
12 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
13
144.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
15 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
16 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
17 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
18 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
19 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
20 actual impact unknown.
21
224.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
23 - make it compile again on 5.8.
24
254.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
26 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
27
284.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
29 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
30 were compiled on 5.8 only.
31
324.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
33 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
34 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
35 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
36 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
37
384.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
39 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
40 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
41 leading to crashes and worse.
42 - document force_cctx.
43
444.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
45 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
46 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
47
484.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
49 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
50 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
51 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
52 (also add testcase).
53 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
54 apparently having loads of fun with that).
55 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
56
574.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
58 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
59 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
60 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
61 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
62 Andreas König.
63
644.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
65 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
66 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
67
684.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
69 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
70 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
71
724.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
73 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
74 from longmess and also skips the innermost
75 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
76 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
77 at a <1% speed hit.
78 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
79 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
80
814.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
82 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
83
844.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
85 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
86
874.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
88 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
89 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
90 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
91
924.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
93 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
94
954.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
96 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
97 when the stack changed.
98 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
99 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
100 if available.
101 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
102 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
103 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
104
1054.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
106 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
107 and Coro::Handle.
108
1094.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
110 - fix a spurious memory read.
111 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
112
1134.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
114 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
115 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
116 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
117 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
118 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
119 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
120 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
121 directly supported by Coro.
122 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
123 stuff in Coro::Util.
124 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
125 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
126 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
127
1284.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
129 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
130 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
131 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
132 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
133 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
134 This also catches recursive invocations.
135 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
136
1374.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
138 - port to threaded perls.
139
1404.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
141 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
142 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
143 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
144 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
145 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
146 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
147 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
148 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
149 speeds up context switching a bit.
150 - further tune default stack sizes.
151 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
152 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
153 resulting in races between coroutines.
154 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
155 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
156 an unrelated coroutine.
157 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
158 more detail in Coro::State.
159 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
160 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
161 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
162 invalidating pointers.
163
1644.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
165 - added Coro::throw method.
166 - minor code cleanups.
167
1684.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
169 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
170 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
171 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
172 or use tracing).
173 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
174 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
175 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
176
1774.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
178 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
179 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
180
1814.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
182 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
183 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
184 debugging, tracing and much more.
185 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
186 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
187 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
188 flags.
189 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
190 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
191 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
192 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
193 - added Coro::killall.
194 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
195 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
196 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
197 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
198 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
199 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
200 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
201 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
202 - many minor tweaks.
203
2043.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
205 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
206
2073.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
208 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
209 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
210
2113.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
212 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
213 pst's sometimes.
214 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
215 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
216 be threadsafe...).
217 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
218 but stateful semantics.
219 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
220 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
221
2223.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
223 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
224 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
225 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
226 (EXPERIMENTAL).
227 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
228 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
229 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
230 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
231
2323.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
233 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
234 it by default.
235 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
236 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
237 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
238 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
239 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
240 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
241 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
242 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
243 performance.
244
2453.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
246 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
247 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
248
2493.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
250 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
251 them without asking.
252
2533.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
254 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
255 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
256 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
257 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
258 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
259 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
260
2613.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
262 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
263 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
264 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because
265 stupid broken idiotic OSX has a stupid broken
266 idiotic fits-the-whole-os mmap "implementation" and
267 my dick feels longer if Coro is portable even to
268 obsolete platforms.
269
2703.4 Fri Jan 19 21:52:54 CET 2007
6 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much 271 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much
7 but was rather flaky in practise. 272 but was rather flaky in practise.
8 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until 273 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until
9 it was reused. 274 it was reused.
10 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls 275 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls

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