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Revision 1.431 by root, Tue Nov 18 10:35:01 2008 UTC vs.
Revision 1.471 by root, Thu Dec 4 04:31:41 2008 UTC

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 8TODO: CF_RUNNING makes sense only for Coros, not States
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. 9 - add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
10TODO: Coro::Signal as SLF. 10 compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
11 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 11 openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
12 - free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
13 seem to bother perl - this could fix issues such as eval ""
14 inside a function called form multiple coroutines.
15 - use a different method to detect destruction time.
16 - be more careful when freeing padlists just before global
17 destruction.
18 - fixed and expanded the call/cc example.
19 - renamed _terminate to _coro_run.
12 20
135.0 215.11 Tue Nov 25 21:49:05 CET 2008
22 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
23 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
24 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
25
265.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
27 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
28 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
29 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
30 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
31 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
32 LWP data transfers.
33 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
34 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
35 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
36 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
37 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
38 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
39 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
40 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
41 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
42 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
43 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
44 callbacks.
45 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
46 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
47 through the idle threads now.
48 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
49 - eg/event was pretty broken.
50 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
51
525.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 53 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
15 stability issues. 54 stability issues.
16 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 55 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
17 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways 56 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
18 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - 57 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
19 and were annoying to support anyways :) 58 and were annoying to support anyways :)
20 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. 59 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
21 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 60 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
22 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 61 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
23 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 62 ("Attempt to unreference...").
24 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 63 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
25 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 64 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
26 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where 65 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
27 it was available but waiters were waiting(. 66 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
67 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
68 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
28 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 69 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
29 anymore. 70 anymore.
71 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
72 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
73 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
74 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
75 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
30 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 76 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
31 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 77 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
32 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 78 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
33 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 79 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
34 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from 80 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
47 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore, 93 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
48 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement 94 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
49 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object. 95 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
50 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate 96 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
51 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. 97 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
98 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
99 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
100 making signals reliable for the first time.
101 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
102 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
103 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
104 a normal async is now very small.
105 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
52 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 106 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
53 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 107 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
54 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 108 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
109 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
110 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
111 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
112 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
113
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115 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
116 introduced in 4.801.
55 117
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57 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 119 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
58 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 120 ("Attempt to unreference...").
59 121

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