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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: async_pool to SLF
85.0 95.0
10 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
11 stability issues.
12 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
13 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
14 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
15 and were annoying to support anyways :)
16 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead.
17 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
18 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
19 ("Attempt to unreference...").
20 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
21 introduced in 4.801.
22 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
23 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
24 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
25 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
26 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
27 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
28 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
29 anymore.
30 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait.
31 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
32 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
33 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
34 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
35 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
36 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
37 those functions and atcually create new ones.
38 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
39 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
40 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
41 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
42 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
43 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
44 factor of two.
45 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
46 factor of three.
47 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
48 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
49 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
50 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
51 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
52 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
53 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
54 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
55 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
56 making signals reliable for the first time.
57 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 20%.
58 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
59 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
60 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
61 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
62 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
63 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
64 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
65
664.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
67 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
68 ("Attempt to unreference...").
69
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71 - minor cleanups.
72 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
73 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
74 when destroyed.
75
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77 - "port" to threaded perls.
78
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80 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
81 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
82 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
83 (unknown impact).
84 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
85 instead of being ignored.
86 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
87 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
88 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
89
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9 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there). 91 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
10 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend, 92 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
11 also speed it up considerably. 93 also speed it up considerably.
12 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed. 94 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
13 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile. 95 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
17 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4. 99 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
18 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp. 100 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
19 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially 101 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
20 allow the creation of empty source contexts. 102 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
21 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform. 103 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
104 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
22 105
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24 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening 107 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
25 socket, sometimes causing freezes. 108 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
26 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly 109 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly

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