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Revision 1.252 by root, Wed Oct 3 16:03:17 2007 UTC vs.
Revision 1.350 by root, Sun May 25 00:40:14 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. 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO.
4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang 4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's
5 (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), 5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). 6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
7 7
84.0 8 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
9 perl bugs.
10 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
11 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
12 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
13 common perl implementation bugs on widows.
14
154.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
16 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
17 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
18 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
19 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
20 scheduling.
21
224.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
23 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
24 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
25 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
26 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
27 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
28 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
29 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
30
314.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
32 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
33 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
34 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
35 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
36 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
37 actual impact unknown.
38
394.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
40 - make it compile again on 5.8.
41
424.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
43 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
44
454.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
46 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
47 were compiled on 5.8 only.
48
494.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
50 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
51 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
52 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
53 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
54
554.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
56 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
57 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
58 leading to crashes and worse.
59 - document force_cctx.
60
614.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
62 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
63 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
64
654.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
66 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
67 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
68 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
69 (also add testcase).
70 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
71 apparently having loads of fun with that).
72 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
73
744.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
75 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
76 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
77 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
78 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
79 Andreas König.
80
814.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
82 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
83 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
84
854.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
86 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
87 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
88
894.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
90 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
91 from longmess and also skips the innermost
92 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
93 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
94 at a <1% speed hit.
95 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
96 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
97
984.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
99 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
100
1014.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
102 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
103
1044.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
105 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
106 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
107 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
108
1094.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
110 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
111
1124.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
113 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
114 when the stack changed.
115 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
116 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
117 if available.
118 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
119 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
120 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
121
1224.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
123 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
124 and Coro::Handle.
125
1264.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
127 - fix a spurious memory read.
128 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
129
1304.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
131 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
132 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
133 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
134 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
135 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
136 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
137 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
138 directly supported by Coro.
139 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
140 stuff in Coro::Util.
141 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
142 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
143 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
144
1454.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
146 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
147 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
148 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
149 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
150 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
151 This also catches recursive invocations.
152 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
153
1544.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
155 - port to threaded perls.
156
1574.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
158 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
159 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
160 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
161 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
162 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
163 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
164 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
165 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
166 speeds up context switching a bit.
167 - further tune default stack sizes.
168 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
169 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
170 resulting in races between coroutines.
171 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
172 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
173 an unrelated coroutine.
174 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
175 more detail in Coro::State.
176 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
177 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
178 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
179 invalidating pointers.
180
1814.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
182 - added Coro::throw method.
183 - minor code cleanups.
184
1854.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
186 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
187 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
188 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
189 or use tracing).
190 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
191 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
192 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
193
1944.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
195 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
196 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
197
1984.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
9 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze. 199 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
10 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine 200 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
11 debugging, tracing and much more. 201 debugging, tracing and much more.
12 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other 202 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
13 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed, 203 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
23 handling to XS (major speed improvement). 213 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
24 - actually croak before modifying important data structures. 214 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
25 - refuse to transfer while compiling. 215 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
26 - possibly support eval EXPR better now. 216 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
27 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64. 217 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
28 - all internal members are named _something for easier subclassing. 218 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
29 - many minor tweaks. 219 - many minor tweaks.
30 220
313.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007 2213.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
32 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI. 222 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
33 223

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