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1Revision history for Perl extension Coro. 1Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2 2
3TODO: should explore PerlIO::via::CoroCede and PerlIO::via::CoroAIO. 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
85.0
9 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version.
10 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
11 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
12 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
13 ("Attempt to unreference...").
14 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
15 anymore.
16 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
17 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
18 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
19 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
20 those functions and atcually create new ones.
21 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
22 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
23 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
24 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
25 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
26 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a factor
27 of two.
28 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used
29 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were
30 annoying to support anyways :
31 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a factor
32 of three.
33 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
34
354.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
36 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
37 ("Attempt to unreference...").
38
394.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
40 - minor cleanups.
41 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
42 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
43 when destroyed.
44
454.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
46 - "port" to threaded perls.
47
484.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
49 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
50 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
51 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
52 (unknown impact).
53 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
54 instead of being ignored.
55 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
56 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
57 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
58
594.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
60 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
61 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
62 also speed it up considerably.
63 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
64 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
65 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
66 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
67 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
68 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
69 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
70 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
71 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
72 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
73 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
74
754.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
76 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
77 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
78 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
79 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
80 aggressive compiler.
81 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
82 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
83
844.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
85 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
86 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
87 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
88
894.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
90 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
91 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
92
934.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
94 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
95 - backport to 5.8.8.
96
974.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
98 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
99 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
100 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
101 - implement some other ยต-optimisations.
102
1034.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
104 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
105
1064.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
107 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
108 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
109 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
110 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
111 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
112
1134.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
114 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
115 code reference).
116 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
117 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
118 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
119 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
120
1214.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
122 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
123 in Coro::Storable.
124 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
125
1264.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
127 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
128 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
129 outdated software). Reported by John S.
130
1314.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
132 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
133 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
134 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
135
1364.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
137 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
138 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
139 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
140
1414.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
142 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
143 - require EV 3.3+.
144
1454.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
146 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
147 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
148 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
149 stuff seems just too broken.
150 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
151
1524.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
153 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
154 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
155
1564.73 Thu May 29 2008
157 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
158 there being runnable coroutines.
159 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
160 warnings for some other modules.
161 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
162
1634.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
164 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
165 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
166 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
167 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
168 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
169 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
170 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
171 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
172 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
173 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
174 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
175 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
176
1774.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
178 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
179 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
180 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
181 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
182 scheduling.
183
1844.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
185 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
186 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
187 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
188 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
189 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
190 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
191 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
192
1934.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
194 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
195 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
196 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
197 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
198 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
199 actual impact unknown.
200
2014.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
202 - make it compile again on 5.8.
203
2044.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
205 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
206
2074.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
208 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
209 were compiled on 5.8 only.
210
2114.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
212 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
213 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
214 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
215 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
7 216
84.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008 2174.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
9 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one 218 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
10 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays, 219 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
11 leading to crashes and worse. 220 leading to crashes and worse.

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