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Revision 1.429 by root, Tue Nov 18 09:59:27 2008 UTC vs.
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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 8 TODO: Coro/Intro
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. 9 - wrote a small introduction - Coro::Intro.
10 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 10 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
11 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
12 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
13 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
14 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
15 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
16 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
17 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
18 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
19 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
20 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
21 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
11 22
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13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 24 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
14 stability issues. 25 stability issues.
15 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 26 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
16 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being 27 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
17 used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - 28 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
18 and were annoying to support anyways :) 29 and were annoying to support anyways :)
19 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. 30 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
20 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 31 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
21 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 32 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
22 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 33 ("Attempt to unreference...").
23 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 34 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
24 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 35 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
25 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where 36 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
26 it was available but waiters were waiting(. 37 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
38 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
39 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
27 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 40 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
28 anymore. 41 anymore.
42 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
43 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
44 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
45 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
46 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
29 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 47 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
30 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 48 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
31 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 49 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
32 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 50 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
33 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from 51 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
44 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of 62 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
45 four and reduce its memory usage considerably. 63 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
46 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore, 64 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
47 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement 65 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
48 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object. 66 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
67 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
68 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
69 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
70 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
71 making signals reliable for the first time.
72 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
73 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
74 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
75 a normal async is now very small.
76 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
49 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 77 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
50 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 78 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
51 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 79 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
80 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
81 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
82 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
83 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
84
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86 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
87 introduced in 4.801.
52 88
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54 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 90 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
55 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 91 ("Attempt to unreference...").
56 92

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