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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 85.11
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. 9 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
10 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 10 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
11 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
11 12
125.0 135.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
14 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
15 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
16 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
17 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
18 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
19 LWP data transfers.
20 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
21 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
22 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
23 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
24 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
25 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
26 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
27 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
28 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
29 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
30 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
31 callbacks.
32 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
33 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
34 through the idle threads now.
35 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
36 - eg/event was pretty broken.
37 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
38
395.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 40 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
14 stability issues. 41 stability issues.
15 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 42 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
16 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways 43 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
17 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - 44 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
18 and were annoying to support anyways :) 45 and were annoying to support anyways :)
19 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. 46 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
20 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 47 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
21 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 48 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
22 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 49 ("Attempt to unreference...").
23 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 50 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
24 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 51 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
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26 it was available but waiters were still blocked). 53 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
27 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will 54 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
28 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count). 55 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
29 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 56 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
30 anymore. 57 anymore.
31 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait. 58 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
59 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
60 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
61 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait. 62 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 63 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 64 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 65 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 66 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
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53 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate 83 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
54 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. 84 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
55 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining 85 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
56 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also 86 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
57 making signals reliable for the first time. 87 making signals reliable for the first time.
88 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
89 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
90 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
91 a normal async is now very small.
92 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
58 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 93 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
59 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 94 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
60 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 95 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
61 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB. 96 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
97 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
98 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
62 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements. 99 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
100
1014.914 Wed Nov 19 12:54:18 CET 2008
102 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
103 introduced in 4.801.
63 104
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65 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 106 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
66 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 107 ("Attempt to unreference...").
67 108

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