--- Coro/Changes 2008/01/20 10:26:12 1.318 +++ Coro/Changes 2008/06/28 23:14:19 1.361 @@ -1,10 +1,121 @@ Revision history for Perl extension Coro. TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO. -TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang - (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), +TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's + actor model (which is cool in a lot of important aspects (failures!), but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). + - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented. + - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current + implementations inside perl work fine for us. + +4.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008 + - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could + result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed. + - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC. + +4.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008 + - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions. + - require EV 3.3+. + +4.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008 + - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is + and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use. + - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext + stuff seems just too broken. + - fix a bug in Coro::Select. + +4.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008 + - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies. + - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls. + +4.73 Thu May 29 2008 + - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite + there being runnable coroutines. + - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress + warnings for some other modules. + - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK. + +4.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008 + - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way + to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :( + - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to + perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...). + - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented + error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage + of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem. + - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around + a common perl implementation bug on windows. + - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around + common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by + tcp sockets on windows. ugh.) + +4.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008 + - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()"). + - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util. + - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP. + - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother + scheduling. + +4.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008 + - completely reworked the Coro manpage. + - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration. + - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug. + - document find_coro in Coro::Debug. + - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx. + - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection, + use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB. + +4.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008 + - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported + by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place. + - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w"). + - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a"). + - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to, + actual impact unknown. + +4.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008 + - make it compile again on 5.8. + +4.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008 + - I did it twice! (see 4.49). + +4.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008 + - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they + were compiled on 5.8 only. + +4.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008 + - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems + the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe + (this might fix the odd crashing bug). + - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim. + +4.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008 + - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one + and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays, + leading to crashes and worse. + - document force_cctx. + +4.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008 + - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created + to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout). + +4.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008 + - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow + downloading of any file (reported by oesi). + - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt) + (also add testcase). + - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt, + apparently having loads of fun with that). + - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw. + +4.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008 + - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux. + - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels. + - fixed Coro::Debug manpage. + - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by + Andreas König. + 4.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).