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| 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)). |
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| 8 | TODO: testcancel |
8 | TODO: testcancel |
| 9 | TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. |
9 | TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. |
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10 | TODO: Coro::Signal as SLF. |
| 10 | - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). |
11 | - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). |
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| 12 | 5.0 |
13 | 5.0 |
| 13 | - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience |
14 | - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience |
| 14 | stability issues. |
15 | stability issues. |
| 15 | - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. |
16 | - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. |
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17 | - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways |
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18 | and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - |
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19 | and were annoying to support anyways :) |
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20 | - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. |
| 16 | - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. |
21 | - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. |
| 17 | - async_pool did free a scalar value twice |
22 | - async_pool did free a scalar value twice |
| 18 | ("Attempt to unreference..."). |
23 | ("Attempt to unreference..."). |
| 19 | - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that |
24 | - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that |
| 20 | was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available |
25 | was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available |
| 21 | would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where |
26 | would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where |
| 22 | it was available but waiters were waiting(. |
27 | it was available but waiters were still blocked). |
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28 | - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will |
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29 | no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count). |
| 23 | - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported |
30 | - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported |
| 24 | anymore. |
31 | anymore. |
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32 | - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait. |
| 25 | - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). |
33 | - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). |
| 26 | - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, |
34 | - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, |
| 27 | transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but |
35 | transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but |
| 28 | more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of |
36 | more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of |
| 29 | entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from |
37 | entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from |
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| 33 | as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). |
41 | as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). |
| 34 | - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes |
42 | - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes |
| 35 | it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. |
43 | it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. |
| 36 | - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a |
44 | - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a |
| 37 | factor of two. |
45 | factor of two. |
| 38 | - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being |
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| 39 | used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - |
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| 40 | and were annoying to support anyways :) |
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| 41 | - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a |
46 | - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a |
| 42 | factor of three. |
47 | factor of three. |
| 43 | - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of |
48 | - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of |
| 44 | four and reduce its memory usage considerably. |
49 | four and reduce its memory usage considerably. |
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50 | - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore, |
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51 | for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement |
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52 | a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object. |
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53 | - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate |
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54 | (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. |
| 45 | - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. |
55 | - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. |
| 46 | - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as |
56 | - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as |
| 47 | pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). |
57 | pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). |
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| 49 | 4.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008 |
59 | 4.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008 |
