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Revision 1.433 by root, Tue Nov 18 23:20:41 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.
11 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 10 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).
12 11
135.0 125.0
14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
15 stability issues. 14 stability issues.
27 it was available but waiters were still blocked). 26 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
28 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will 27 - 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). 28 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
30 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 29 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
31 anymore. 30 anymore.
31 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait.
32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait. 32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
50 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore, 50 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
51 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement 51 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
52 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object. 52 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
53 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate 53 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
54 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. 54 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
55 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
56 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
57 making signals reliable for the first time.
55 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 58 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
56 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 59 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
57 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 60 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
61 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
62 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
63 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
58 64
594.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008 654.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
60 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 66 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
61 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 67 ("Attempt to unreference...").
62 68

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