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Revision 1.240 by root, Sat Sep 22 17:53:21 2007 UTC vs.
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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: better (earlier) error messages on broken transfer's
4TODO: destroy gets only called on cancel: fix(?)
5TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO. 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO.
6TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang 4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's
7 (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), 5 actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!),
8 but very lacking in others). 6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
9 7
103.7 8 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
9 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
10 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
11
124.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
13 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
14 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
15 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
16
174.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
18 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
19 - require EV 3.3+.
20
214.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
22 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
23 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
24 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
25 stuff seems just too broken.
26 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
27
284.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
29 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
30 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
31
324.73 Thu May 29 2008
33 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
34 there being runnable coroutines.
35 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
36 warnings for some other modules.
37 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
38
394.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
40 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
41 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
42 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
43 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
44 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
45 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
46 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
47 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
48 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
49 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
50 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
51 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
52
534.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
54 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
55 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
56 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
57 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
58 scheduling.
59
604.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
61 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
62 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
63 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
64 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
65 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
66 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
67 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
68
694.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
70 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
71 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
72 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
73 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
74 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
75 actual impact unknown.
76
774.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
78 - make it compile again on 5.8.
79
804.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
81 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
82
834.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
84 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
85 were compiled on 5.8 only.
86
874.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
88 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
89 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
90 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
91 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
92
934.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
94 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
95 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
96 leading to crashes and worse.
97 - document force_cctx.
98
994.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
100 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
101 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
102
1034.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
104 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
105 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
106 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
107 (also add testcase).
108 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
109 apparently having loads of fun with that).
110 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
111
1124.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
113 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
114 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
115 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
116 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
117 Andreas König.
118
1194.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
120 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
121 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
122
1234.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
124 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
125 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
126
1274.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
128 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
129 from longmess and also skips the innermost
130 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
131 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
132 at a <1% speed hit.
133 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
134 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
135
1364.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
137 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
138
1394.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
140 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
141
1424.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
143 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
144 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
145 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
146
1474.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
148 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
149
1504.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
151 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
152 when the stack changed.
153 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
154 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
155 if available.
156 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
157 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
158 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
159
1604.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
161 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
162 and Coro::Handle.
163
1644.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
165 - fix a spurious memory read.
166 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
167
1684.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
169 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
170 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
171 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
172 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
173 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
174 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
175 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
176 directly supported by Coro.
177 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
178 stuff in Coro::Util.
179 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
180 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
181 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
182
1834.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
184 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
185 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
186 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
187 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
188 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
189 This also catches recursive invocations.
190 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
191
1924.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
193 - port to threaded perls.
194
1954.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
196 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
197 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
198 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
199 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
200 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
201 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
202 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
203 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
204 speeds up context switching a bit.
205 - further tune default stack sizes.
206 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
207 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
208 resulting in races between coroutines.
209 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
210 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
211 an unrelated coroutine.
212 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
213 more detail in Coro::State.
214 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
215 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
216 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
217 invalidating pointers.
218
2194.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
220 - added Coro::throw method.
221 - minor code cleanups.
222
2234.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
224 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
225 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
226 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
227 or use tracing).
228 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
229 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
230 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
231
2324.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
233 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
234 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
235
2364.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
11 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze. 237 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
12 - added Coro::Debug, interactive coroutine debugging. 238 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
239 debugging, tracing and much more.
240 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
241 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
242 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
243 flags.
244 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
13 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust. 245 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
14 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval. 246 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
15 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}. 247 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
248 - added Coro::killall.
16 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines". 249 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
17 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool 250 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
18 handling to XS (major speed improvement). 251 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
252 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
253 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
254 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
255 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
256 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
19 - many minor tweaks. 257 - many minor tweaks.
20 258
213.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007 2593.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
22 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI. 260 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
23 261

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