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Revision 1.430 by root, Tue Nov 18 10:31:03 2008 UTC vs.
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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)).
7 7
8TODO: testcancel 8TODO: testcancel
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. 9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks.
10TODO: 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).
11 12
125.0 135.0
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.
21 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 22 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
22 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 23 ("Attempt to unreference...").
23 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 24 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
24 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 25 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
25 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where 26 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
26 it was available but waiters were waiting(. 27 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
28 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
29 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
27 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 30 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
28 anymore. 31 anymore.
32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
29 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
30 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
31 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
32 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
33 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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