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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2
3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO.
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 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
9 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
10 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
11 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
12 scheduling.
13
144.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
15 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
16 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
17 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
18 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
19 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
20 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
21 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
22
234.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
24 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
25 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
26 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
27 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
28 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
29 actual impact unknown.
30
314.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
32 - make it compile again on 5.8.
33
344.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
35 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
36
374.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
38 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
39 were compiled on 5.8 only.
40
414.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
42 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
43 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
44 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
45 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
46
474.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
48 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
49 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
50 leading to crashes and worse.
51 - document force_cctx.
52
534.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
54 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
55 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
56
574.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
58 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
59 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
60 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
61 (also add testcase).
62 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
63 apparently having loads of fun with that).
64 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
65
664.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
67 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
68 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
69 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
70 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
71 Andreas König.
72
734.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
74 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
75 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
76
774.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
78 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
79 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
80
814.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
82 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
83 from longmess and also skips the innermost
84 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
85 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
86 at a <1% speed hit.
87 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
88 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
89
904.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
91 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
92
934.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
94 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
95
964.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
97 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
98 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
99 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
100
1014.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
102 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
103
1044.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
105 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
106 when the stack changed.
107 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
108 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
109 if available.
110 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
111 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
112 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
113
1144.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
115 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
116 and Coro::Handle.
117
1184.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
119 - fix a spurious memory read.
120 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
121
1224.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
123 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
124 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
125 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
126 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
127 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
128 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
129 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
130 directly supported by Coro.
131 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
132 stuff in Coro::Util.
133 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
134 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
135 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
136
1374.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
138 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
139 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
140 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
141 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
142 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
143 This also catches recursive invocations.
144 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
145
1464.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
147 - port to threaded perls.
148
1494.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
150 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
151 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
152 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
153 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
154 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
155 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
156 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
157 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
158 speeds up context switching a bit.
159 - further tune default stack sizes.
160 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
161 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
162 resulting in races between coroutines.
163 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
164 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
165 an unrelated coroutine.
166 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
167 more detail in Coro::State.
168 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
169 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
170 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
171 invalidating pointers.
172
1734.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
174 - added Coro::throw method.
175 - minor code cleanups.
176
1774.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
178 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
179 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
180 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
181 or use tracing).
182 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
183 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
184 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
185
1864.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
187 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
188 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
189
1904.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
191 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
192 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
193 debugging, tracing and much more.
194 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
195 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
196 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
197 flags.
198 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
199 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
200 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
201 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
202 - added Coro::killall.
203 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
204 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
205 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
206 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
207 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
208 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
209 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
210 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
211 - many minor tweaks.
212
2133.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
214 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
215
2163.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
217 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
218 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
219
2203.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
221 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
222 pst's sometimes.
223 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
224 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
225 be threadsafe...).
226 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
227 but stateful semantics.
228 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
229 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
230
2313.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
232 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
233 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
234 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
235 (EXPERIMENTAL).
236 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
237 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
238 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
239 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
240
2413.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
242 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
243 it by default.
244 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
245 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
246 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
247 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
248 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
249 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
250 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
251 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
252 performance.
253
2543.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
255 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
256 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
257
2583.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
259 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
260 them without asking.
261
2623.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
263 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
264 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
265 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
266 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
267 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
268 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
269
2703.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
271 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
272 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
273 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because
274 stupid broken idiotic OSX has a stupid broken
275 idiotic fits-the-whole-os mmap "implementation" and
276 my dick feels longer if Coro is portable even to
277 obsolete platforms.
278
2793.4 Fri Jan 19 21:52:54 CET 2007
280 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much
281 but was rather flaky in practise.
282 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until
283 it was reused.
284 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls
285 in cede_notself.
286
2873.3 Sat Jan 6 03:45:00 CET 2007
288 - implement $coro->on_destroy.
289 - Coro::Event blocking semantics have been changed,
290 documented and - hopefully - improved.
291 - fix nice adding, not subtracting, from priority.
292 - fix ->prio and api_is_ready (patch by Mark Hinds).
293 - fixed an assert ("... == prev__cctx->idle_te")
294 that could errronously trigger.
295 - fix various large and small memleaks.
296 - use a (hopefully) more stable cancel implementation
297 that immediately frees the coroutine data.
298 - cede/cede_notself return a status now.
299 - added Coro::guard function.
300 - added a global coroutine pool for jobs (on my machine,
301 I can create and execute 48k simple coros/s with async,
302 and 128k coros with async_pool).
303 - Coro::AIO now uses the coroutine priority as io priority.
304
3053.2 Fri Dec 22 05:07:09 CET 2006
306 - improve portability to slightly older perls.
307 - use cleaner coroutine destruction.
308 - simplify configuration for users.
309 - optionally (unrecommended) prefer perl functions over
310 their coro replacements.
311
3123.11 Tue Dec 5 13:11:24 CET 2006
313 - fixed some bogus assert's, but as perl.h disables assert even
314 without NDEBUG (thank you very much), not too many people should
315 notice (that did include myself). Andreas König noticed, though :)
316 - do not save/restore PL_sortcxix on >= 5.9.x, it doesn't seem to have
317 it. Also noticed by Andreas König :)
318 - save/restore tainted status.
319 - verified to pass the testsuite on my 5.9.5.
320
3213.1 Mon Dec 4 23:03:40 CET 2006
322 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: $/ is now per-coroutine (but slow).
323 - incompatible change: transfer flags are now per-state.
324 - give a better error message on deadlock.
325 - document Coro::nready.
326 - enhanced testsuite.
327
3283.01 Sun Dec 3 23:47:42 CET 2006
329 - forgot to include Coro::Timer.
330
3313.0 Sun Dec 3 22:57:25 CET 2006
332 - the "FINALLY COMPLETELY STABLE" release (coming soon:
333 the "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" release).
334 - implement a new stack sharing algorithm, which uses a stack
335 pool (size currently hardcoded).
336 - make stack sharing mandatory (it no longer uses a heuristic).
337 - eval/die no longer cause weird problems under heavy use.
338 - Coro::Event could cause livelocks if it was used but
339 no Coro::Event watchers were used.
340 - Coro::Event now uses asynccheck as prepare does not
341 check for changed watchers.
342 - Coro::Event allows multiple waiting coros and will wake up one
343 per event.
344 - Coro::Event should be cleaner and more efficient now.
345 - new utility function Coro::unblock_sub.
346 - document the sad fact that Event is no longer reentrant.
347 - putting a coroutine into the ready queue twice could under
348 some circumstances lead to stack corruption.
349 - minor incompatibility: subclassing Coro::State is supported
350 directly now without going through a _coro_state member.
351 - state/coro switching is much faster now.
352 - very minor optimisations and code/documentation cleanup.
353 - avoid problems due to compiler inlining.
354 - removed timers from Coro::Timer -> use AnyEvent instead.
355 - replaced Coro::idle coroutine by (cleaner) idle handler.
356 - updated to newest libcoro.
357 - implement enhanced support for valgrind.
358 - implement is_ready and return value for ready.
359 - removed Coro::Cont, it was a misnomer (it's generators),
360 and it was somewhat annoying to get it right. Will come back
361 if somebody asks for it :)
362 - many ->wait methods and Coro::Event could return
363 spuriously without the event having happened.
2 364
32.5 Tue Nov 7 12:22:33 CET 2006 3652.5 Tue Nov 7 12:22:33 CET 2006
4 - made Coro::Util, Coro::Select, Coro::Handle and Coro::Socket 366 - made Coro::Util, Coro::Select, Coro::Handle and Coro::Socket
5 use AnyEvent, moved them to Coro/. 367 use AnyEvent, moved them to Coro/.
6 - added Coro::LWP which contains all the uglyness required to 368 - added Coro::LWP which contains all the uglyness required to

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