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3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell). 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's 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!), 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
8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks.
10TODO: Coro::Signal as SLF.
11 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).
12
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14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
15 stability issues.
16 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
17 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
18 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
19 and were annoying to support anyways :)
20 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead.
21 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
22 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
23 ("Attempt to unreference...").
24 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
25 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
26 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
27 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
28 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
29 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
30 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
31 anymore.
32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
37 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
38 those functions and atcually create new ones.
39 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
40 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
41 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
42 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
43 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
44 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
45 factor of two.
46 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
47 factor of three.
48 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
49 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
50 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
51 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
52 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
53 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
54 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
55 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
56 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
57 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
58
594.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
60 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
61 ("Attempt to unreference...").
62
634.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
64 - minor cleanups.
65 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
66 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
67 when destroyed.
68
694.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
70 - "port" to threaded perls.
71
724.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
73 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
74 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
75 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
76 (unknown impact).
77 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
78 instead of being ignored.
79 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
80 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
81 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
82
834.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
84 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
85 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
86 also speed it up considerably.
87 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
88 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
89 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
90 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
91 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
92 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
93 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
94 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
95 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
96 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
97 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
98
84.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008 994.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
9 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening 100 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
10 socket, sometimes causing freezes. 101 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
11 - fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly methods, which 102 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
12 can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently aggressive compiler. 103 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
104 aggressive compiler.
13 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server. 105 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
14 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects. 106 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
15 107
164.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008 1084.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
17 - use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc otpimisations 109 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
18 for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea). 110 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
19 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly. 111 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
20 112
214.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008 1134.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
22 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method. 114 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
23 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit. 115 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.

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