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3	TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).	3	TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4	TODO: maybe implement a default message channel, very much like Erlang's	4	TODO: 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	TODO: unready_all
		8	TODO: myhttpd header parsing
		9	TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)?
7		10
8	TODO: testcancel	11	- deprecate Coro::Socket, document how to get ipv6 support via
9	TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks.	12	AnyEvent::Socket instead.
10	- avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt).	13	- implement signal->wait ($cb) interface, similar to semaphores.
		14	- work around SvOK not supporting getmagic, so we have to getmagic
		15	to test for undef :/ (reported by Matthias Waldorf).
		16	- load Coro::AnyEvent in all modules using AnyEvent.
		17	- work around perl corrupting our internal data structures,
		18	reported by Tokuhiro Matsuno.
		19	- enable per-coroutine real and cpu time gathering
		20	(Coro::State::enable_times).
11		21
12	5.0	22	5.14 Wed Jun 24 01:37:48 CEST 2009
		23	- provide explicit functions to "cede" to the event loop in Coro::AnyEvent,
		24	as this seems to have been a difficult concept (poll, sleep, idle,
		25	idle_upto).
		26	- add Coro::AnyEvent::readable/writable functions.
		27	- clarify Coro::EV/Event/AnyEvent manpages.
		28	- free per-thread global scalars in the thread calling ->cancel, to
		29	avoid crashes when $_, $@ etc., are magical but some of those
		30	had already been freed.
		31	- "unexperimentalise" the callback interface for Coro::Semaphore.
		32	- speed up ready queue management/context switching by using a linked
		33	list instead of an array (~5-10%).
		34	- implement "watch" command in Coro::Debug shells.
		35	- for fun, implement time-slicing as an example in the manpage.
		36	- if AnyEvent detects EV or Event, but we don't have Coro::EV or
		37	Coro::Event, use the normal AnyEvent handling instead of dieing
		38	(the same is true for Coro::Handle).
		39	- properly document Coro::EV::timed_io_once.
		40	- avoid unneccessary ->cancel calls in Coro::Handle.
		41	- maybe make it work on mingw32 with win32 backend
		42	(based on patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto).
		43
		44	5.132 Fri May 29 09:00:39 CEST 2009
		45	- do not keep a reference to the argument itself in
		46	Coro::Semaphore::guard, as it could change later.
		47	- support SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF nonstandard Coro::Socket options,
		48	should support a prepare callback.
		49
		50	5.131 Mon Mar 16 23:20:37 CET 2009
		51	- implement and document Coro->suspend, Coro->resume.
		52	- fix Coro::Select implementation to not (often) close
		53	the passed file descriptors (testcase provided by pippijn).
		54
		55	5.13 Mon Dec 15 21:51:42 CET 2008
		56	- EXPERIMENTAL: implement dynamic winds (on_enter/on_leave).
		57	- don't set diehook to C<undef> but instead to NULL, to avoid
		58	spurious warnings.
		59	- fix a lot of bugs in Coro::SemaphoreSet.
		60	- Coro::SemaphoreSet will less often create a semaphore needlessly.
		61	- add Coro::SemaphoreSet::count and wait methods.
		62	- take advantage of the new Guard module.
		63	- deprecate Coro::guard.
		64	- try to fix the dreaded 01_unblock tests once more. I hate it when
		65	testsuites need more fixing than the code they are supposed to test.
		66	- croak in more cases when a required callback isn't resolvable.
		67	- fix some minor issues in Coro::State->call/eval.
		68	- use current coroutine context instead of a temporary one
		69	when temporarily switching to another coroutine.
		70	- do not call C-level on_destroy handlers during global destruction,
		71	to avoid needless segfaults.
		72
		73	5.12 Sun Dec 7 13:30:38 CET 2008
		74	- add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
		75	compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
		76	openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
		77	- free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
		78	seem to bother perl - this could fix issues such as eval ""
		79	inside a function called from multiple coroutines.
		80	- use a different method to detect destruction time.
		81	- be more careful when freeing padlists just before global
		82	destruction.
		83	- fixed and expanded the call/cc example.
		84	- renamed _terminate to _coro_run.
		85	- new method Coro::Channel->shutdown.
		86	- try pthreads on openbsd <4.4 (broken sigaltstack, will
		87	pthreads fare better?).
		88	- be less picky about destroying "a" running coroutine.
		89
		90	5.11 Tue Nov 25 21:49:05 CET 2008
		91	- DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
		92	working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
		93	it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
		94
		95	5.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
		96	- wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
		97	- convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
		98	- Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
		99	and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
		100	- Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
		101	LWP data transfers.
		102	- disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
		103	correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
		104	objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
		105	- bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
		106	- no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
		107	doesn't like this very much (and we are a type of entersub).
		108	- implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
		109	- automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
		110	- wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
		111	do not have this method (and don't need it either).
		112	- speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
		113	callbacks.
		114	- allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
		115	others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
		116	through the idle threads now.
		117	- add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
		118	- eg/event was pretty broken.
		119	- better 5.8.6 compatibility.
		120
		121	5.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
13	- NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience	122	- NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
14	stability issues.	123	stability issues.
15	- bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.	124	- bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
16	- removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways	125	- removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
17	and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -	126	and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
18	and were annoying to support anyways :)	127	and were annoying to support anyways :)
19	- removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead.	128	- removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
20	- Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.	129	- Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
21	- async_pool did free a scalar value twice	130	- async_pool did free a scalar value twice
22	("Attempt to unreference...").	131	("Attempt to unreference...").
23	- fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that	132	- fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
24	was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available	133	was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
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26	it was available but waiters were still blocked).	135	it was available but waiters were still blocked).
27	- calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will	136	- 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).	137	no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
29	- perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported	138	- perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
30	anymore.	139	anymore.
31	- new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait.	140	- new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
		141	conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
		142	- new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
		143	schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
32	- new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.	144	- new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
33	- use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).	145	- use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
34	- directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,	146	- directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
35	transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but	147	transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
36	more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of	148	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	165	- implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
54	(in comparison) 20-40% speedup.	166	(in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
55	- used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining	167	- used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
56	some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also	168	some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
57	making signals reliable for the first time.	169	making signals reliable for the first time.
		170	- used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
		171	by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
		172	to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
		173	a normal async is now very small.
		174	- sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
58	- forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.	175	- 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	176	- work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
60	pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).	177	pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
61	- use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.	178	- use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
		179	- make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
		180	- condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
62	- (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.	181	- (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
		182
		183	4.914 Wed Nov 19 12:54:18 CET 2008
		184	- fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
		185	introduced in 4.801.
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64	4.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008	187	4.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
65	- async_pool did free a scalar value twice	188	- async_pool did free a scalar value twice
66	("Attempt to unreference...").	189	("Attempt to unreference...").
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Revision 1.438 by root, Wed Nov 19 05:58:48 2008 UTC vs.
Revision 1.504 by root, Mon Jun 29 06:14:23 2009 UTC