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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 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::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
63.52 84.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
9 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
10
114.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
12 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
13 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
14 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
15 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
16 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
17
184.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
19 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
20 code reference).
21 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
22 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
23 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
24 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
25
264.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
27 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
28 in Coro::Storable.
29 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
30
314.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
32 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
33 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
34 outdated software). Reported by John S.
35
364.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
37 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
38 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
39 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
40
414.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
42 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
43 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
44 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
45
464.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
47 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
48 - require EV 3.3+.
49
504.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
51 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
52 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
53 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
54 stuff seems just too broken.
55 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
56
574.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
58 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
59 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
60
614.73 Thu May 29 2008
62 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
63 there being runnable coroutines.
64 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
65 warnings for some other modules.
66 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
67
684.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
69 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
70 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
71 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
72 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
73 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
74 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
75 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
76 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
77 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
78 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
79 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
80 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
81
824.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
83 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
84 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
85 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
86 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
87 scheduling.
88
894.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
90 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
91 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
92 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
93 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
94 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
95 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
96 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
97
984.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
99 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
100 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
101 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
102 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
103 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
104 actual impact unknown.
105
1064.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
107 - make it compile again on 5.8.
108
1094.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
110 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
111
1124.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
113 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
114 were compiled on 5.8 only.
115
1164.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
117 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
118 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
119 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
120 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
121
1224.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
123 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
124 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
125 leading to crashes and worse.
126 - document force_cctx.
127
1284.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
129 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
130 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
131
1324.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
133 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
134 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
135 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
136 (also add testcase).
137 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
138 apparently having loads of fun with that).
139 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
140
1414.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
142 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
143 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
144 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
145 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
146 Andreas König.
147
1484.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
149 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
150 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
151
1524.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
153 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
154 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
155
1564.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
157 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
158 from longmess and also skips the innermost
159 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
160 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
161 at a <1% speed hit.
162 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
163 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
164
1654.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
166 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
167
1684.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
169 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
170
1714.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
172 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
173 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
174 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
175
1764.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
177 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
178
1794.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
180 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
181 when the stack changed.
182 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
183 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
184 if available.
185 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
186 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
187 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
188
1894.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
190 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
191 and Coro::Handle.
192
1934.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
194 - fix a spurious memory read.
195 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
196
1974.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
198 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
199 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
200 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
201 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
202 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
203 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
204 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
205 directly supported by Coro.
206 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
207 stuff in Coro::Util.
208 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
209 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
210 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
211
2124.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
213 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
214 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
215 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
216 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
217 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
218 This also catches recursive invocations.
219 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
220
2214.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
222 - port to threaded perls.
223
2244.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
225 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
226 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
227 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
228 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
229 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
230 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
231 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
232 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
233 speeds up context switching a bit.
234 - further tune default stack sizes.
235 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
236 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
237 resulting in races between coroutines.
238 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
239 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
240 an unrelated coroutine.
241 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
242 more detail in Coro::State.
243 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
244 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
245 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
246 invalidating pointers.
247
2484.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
249 - added Coro::throw method.
250 - minor code cleanups.
251
2524.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
253 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
254 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
255 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
256 or use tracing).
257 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
258 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
259 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
260
2614.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
262 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
263 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
264
2654.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
266 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
267 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
268 debugging, tracing and much more.
269 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
270 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
271 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
272 flags.
273 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
274 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
275 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
276 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
277 - added Coro::killall.
278 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
279 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
280 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
281 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
282 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
283 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
284 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
285 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
286 - many minor tweaks.
287
2883.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
289 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
290
2913.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
292 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
293 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
294
2953.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
296 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
297 pst's sometimes.
298 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
299 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
300 be threadsafe...).
301 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
302 but stateful semantics.
303 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
304 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
305
3063.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
307 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
308 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
309 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
310 (EXPERIMENTAL).
311 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
312 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
313 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
314 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
315
3163.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
317 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
318 it by default.
319 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
320 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
321 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
7 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore. 322 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
8 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize. 323 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
9 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context, 324 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
10 which can dramatically improve performance, but people 325 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
11 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about 326 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about

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