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Revision 1.420 by root, Sun Nov 16 09:43:18 2008 UTC vs.
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6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)). 6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
7 7
8TODO: testcancel 8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: aio 9TODO: aio
10TODO: Coro::Semaphore 10TODO: Coro::Semaphore
11TODO: trow disturbs cleanup path inside pp_slf?
12TODO: throw special-case in transfer?
115.0 135.0
12 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use 4.912 for the stable version. 14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
15 stability issues.
13 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 16 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
14 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 17 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
15 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 18 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
16 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 19 ("Attempt to unreference...").
17 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 20 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
18 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 21 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
19 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where 22 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
20 it was available but waiters were waiting(. 23 it was available but waiters were waiting(.
24 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).
21 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 25 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
22 anymore. 26 anymore.
23 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 27 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
24 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 28 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
25 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 29 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
28 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc. 32 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
29 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision, 33 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
30 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). 34 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
31 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes 35 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
32 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. 36 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
33 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a factor 37 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
34 of two. 38 factor of two.
35 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being used 39 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being
36 anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - and were 40 used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
37 annoying to support anyways : 41 and were annoying to support anyways :)
38 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a factor 42 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
39 of three. 43 factor of three.
44 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly 400% and
45 reduce its memory usage considerably.
40 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 46 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
41 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 47 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
42 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 48 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
43 49
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