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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 85.12 Sun Dec 7 13:30:38 CET 2008
9TODO: aio 9 - add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
10TODO: Coro::Semaphore 10 compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
11TODO: trow disturbs cleanup path inside pp_slf? 11 openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
12TODO: throw special-case in transfer? 12 - free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
135.0 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.
20 - new method Coro::Channel->shutdown.
21 - try pthreads on openbsd <4.4 (broken sigaltstack, will
22 pthreads fare better?).
23 - be less picky about destroying "a" running coroutine.
24
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26 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
27 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
28 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
29
305.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
31 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
32 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
33 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
34 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
35 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
36 LWP data transfers.
37 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
38 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
39 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
40 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
41 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
42 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
43 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
44 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
45 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
46 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
47 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
48 callbacks.
49 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
50 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
51 through the idle threads now.
52 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
53 - eg/event was pretty broken.
54 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
55
565.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
14 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 57 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
15 stability issues. 58 stability issues.
16 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 59 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
60 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
61 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
62 and were annoying to support anyways :)
63 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
17 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 64 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
18 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 65 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
19 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 66 ("Attempt to unreference...").
20 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 67 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
21 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 68 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
22 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where 69 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
23 it was available but waiters were waiting(. 70 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
24 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 71 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
72 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
25 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 73 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
26 anymore. 74 anymore.
75 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
76 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
77 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
78 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
79 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
80 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
27 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 81 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
28 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 82 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
29 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 83 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
30 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from 84 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
31 those functions and atcually create new ones. 85 those functions and atcually create new ones.
34 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways). 88 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
35 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes 89 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
36 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS. 90 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
37 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a 91 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
38 factor of two. 92 factor of two.
39 - removed timed_down and timed_guard functions - they were not being
40 used anyways and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
41 and were annoying to support anyways :)
42 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a 93 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
43 factor of three. 94 factor of three.
44 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of 95 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
45 four and reduce its memory usage considerably. 96 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
97 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
98 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
99 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
100 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
101 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
102 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
103 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
104 making signals reliable for the first time.
105 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
106 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
107 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
108 a normal async is now very small.
109 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
46 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 110 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
47 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as 111 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
48 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 112 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
113 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
114 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
115 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
116 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
117
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119 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
120 introduced in 4.801.
49 121
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51 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 123 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
52 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 124 ("Attempt to unreference...").
53 125

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