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3TODO: transfer flags must be per state 3TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
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!),
6 but very lacking in others (higher level ipc)).
4 7
53.0 8new -> ready
9new -> canceled
10ready -> running
11ready -> canceled
12running -> ready
13running -> blocked
14running -> canceled
15blocked -> ready
16blocked -> canceled
17
18 - don't set diehook to C<undef> but instead to NULL, to avoid
19 spurious warnings.
20
215.12 Sun Dec 7 13:30:38 CET 2008
22 - add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
23 compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
24 openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
25 - free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
26 seem to bother perl - this could fix issues such as eval ""
27 inside a function called form multiple coroutines.
28 - use a different method to detect destruction time.
29 - be more careful when freeing padlists just before global
30 destruction.
31 - fixed and expanded the call/cc example.
32 - renamed _terminate to _coro_run.
33 - new method Coro::Channel->shutdown.
34 - try pthreads on openbsd <4.4 (broken sigaltstack, will
35 pthreads fare better?).
36 - be less picky about destroying "a" running coroutine.
37
385.11 Tue Nov 25 21:49:05 CET 2008
39 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
40 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
41 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
42
435.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
44 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
45 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
46 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
47 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
48 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
49 LWP data transfers.
50 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
51 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
52 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
53 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
54 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
55 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
56 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
57 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
58 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
59 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
60 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
61 callbacks.
62 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
63 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
64 through the idle threads now.
65 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
66 - eg/event was pretty broken.
67 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
68
695.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
70 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
71 stability issues.
72 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
73 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
74 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
75 and were annoying to support anyways :)
76 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
77 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
78 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
79 ("Attempt to unreference...").
80 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
81 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
82 would cause a deadlock (semaphore would get into a state where
83 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
84 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will
85 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
86 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
87 anymore.
88 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
89 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
90 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
91 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
92 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
93 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
94 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
95 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
96 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
97 entersub, so we might actually be able to return something from
98 those functions and atcually create new ones.
99 - take advantage of __builtin_frame_address on gcc.
100 - expose THX in coroapi (not sure whether this was a wise decision,
101 as "threaded" perls are running at half speed anyways).
102 - implement execute_slf (schedule-like-function) interface that makes
103 it possible to implement schedule-like-functions in XS.
104 - use new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::EV by roughly a
105 factor of two.
106 - used new SLF interface to massively speed up Coro::Semaphore by a
107 factor of three.
108 - used new SLF interface to speed up Coro::AIO by roughly a factor of
109 four and reduce its memory usage considerably.
110 - implement Coro::SemaphoreSet purely in terms of Coro::Semaphore,
111 for a nice speedup and vastly more correct behaviour. Also implement
112 a new method "sem" to get at the underlying semaphore object.
113 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
114 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
115 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
116 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
117 making signals reliable for the first time.
118 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
119 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
120 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
121 a normal async is now very small.
122 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
123 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years.
124 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
125 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
126 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
127 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
128 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
129 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
130
1314.914 Wed Nov 19 12:54:18 CET 2008
132 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
133 introduced in 4.801.
134
1354.913 Sat Nov 15 07:58:28 CET 2008
136 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
137 ("Attempt to unreference...").
138
1394.912 Thu Nov 13 18:31:23 CET 2008
140 - minor cleanups.
141 - use much larger stacks on linux and perl < 5.8.8.
142 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server did not unlink the socket
143 when destroyed.
144
1454.911 Tue Nov 11 04:26:17 CET 2008
146 - "port" to threaded perls.
147
1484.91 Mon Nov 10 05:36:38 CET 2008
149 - the ->throw exception object no longer leaks.
150 - creating a new cctx leaked a scopestack entry (memleak).
151 - new coroutines didn't get created with a zero flags field
152 (unknown impact).
153 - calling ->throw on a not-yet-started coroutine should now work
154 instead of being ignored.
155 - ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
156 - clean up cctx creation code a bit.
157 - entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
158
1594.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
160 - (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
161 - (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
162 also speed it up considerably.
163 - (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
164 - fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
165 - cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
166 - Coro::State::cctx_stacksize wasn't applied correctly.
167 - new function Coro::State::cctx_max_idle.
168 - the default max number of idle C contexts is now 4.
169 - (libcoro) try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
170 - (libcoro) cleanup and extend the libcoro API to officially
171 allow the creation of empty source contexts.
172 - very experimental workaround for the totally broken netbsd platform.
173 - tried to hack around openbsd bugs.
174
1754.804 Wed Nov 5 16:36:00 CET 2008
176 - Coro::Debug::new_unix_server would not create a non-blocking listening
177 socket, sometimes causing freezes.
178 - (libcoro) fix misaligned stack points for setjmp and assembly
179 methods, which can cause crashes on x86/x86_64 with a sufficiently
180 aggressive compiler.
181 - new function: Coro::Debug::new_tcp_server.
182 - move ->throw into the Coro class because it only works on coro objects.
183
1844.803 Mon Nov 3 17:16:12 CET 2008
185 - (libcoro) use a global asm statement to become independent of gcc
186 otpimisations for CORO_ASM (thanks to pippijn for the idea).
187 - try to workaround yet another broken bsd, this time dragonfly.
188
1894.802 Thu Oct 30 10:56:12 CET 2008
190 - support -fno-omit-frame-pointer on x86 with the assembly method.
191 - tune 01_unblock.t tests a bit.
192
1934.801 Wed Oct 22 18:33:37 CEST 2008
194 - improve readline speed for very long "lines".
195 - backport to 5.8.8.
196
1974.8 Thu Oct 2 13:34:40 CEST 2008
198 - new function Coro::AIO::aio_wait.
199 - Coro.:AIO and Coro::BDB now "use Coro::AnyEvent".
200 - greatly speed up and reduce memory usage of Coro::AIO requests.
201 - implement some other µ-optimisations.
202
2034.749 Mon Sep 29 14:40:12 CEST 2008
204 - port to slow and broken pseudo-threaded perls. (courtesy pippijn).
205
2064.748 Sat Sep 27 14:03:19 CEST 2008
207 - implement, but do not document, PerlIO::cede(granularity).
208 - Coro::Storable forgot to wrap Storable::pstore.
209 - work around the multitude of leaks and memory corruption
210 bugs in PerlIO::via by using our own C-level perliol. As a side
211 effect, Coro::Storable is now much, much, much faster.
212
2134.747 Tue Sep 23 01:59:41 CEST 2008
214 - fix a per-cv memleak (one empty array was leaked per
215 code reference).
216 - avoid a crash in coro->call|rss when the coroutine was already
217 destroyed (most noticably when using Coro::Debug::ps :)
218 - also protect *Storable::FILE.
219 - push up default storable granularity to 20ms.
220
2214.746 Sun Sep 21 03:22:20 CEST 2008
222 - be more insistent on locking Storable against reentrancy
223 in Coro::Storable.
224 - move swap_def?v and throw to Coro::State, as documented.
225
2264.745 Thu Jul 24 00:14:38 CEST 2008
227 - remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
228 make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
229 outdated software). Reported by John S.
230
2314.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
232 - correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
233 - also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
234 implementations inside perl work fine for us.
235
2364.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
237 - when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
238 result in busy-waiting for events, this has been fixed.
239 - reduce codesize and improve performance by using EV_DEFAULT_UC.
240
2414.742 Sat May 31 14:10:21 CEST 2008
242 - implement a workaround for (some) perl <5.8.8 versions.
243 - require EV 3.3+.
244
2454.741 Fri May 30 23:33:09 CEST 2008
246 - tell netbsd how utterly broken their imitation of an OS is
247 and refuse to build by default if pthreads are in use.
248 - switch to "s" method on all bsd's by default, as their ucontext
249 stuff seems just too broken.
250 - fix a bug in Coro::Select.
251
2524.74 Thu May 29 20:05:31 CEST 2008
253 - do not test Coro::LWP for lack of dependencies.
254 - do not test Coro::Select for lack of working perls.
255
2564.73 Thu May 29 2008
257 - fix a bug in Coro::EV which would cause it to block despite
258 there being runnable coroutines.
259 - sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
260 warnings for some other modules.
261 - fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
262
2634.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
264 - tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
265 to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
266 - avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
267 perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
268 - work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
269 error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
270 of AnyEvent's workaround for that problem.
271 - use AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking in Coro::Handle to work around
272 a common perl implementation bug on windows.
273 - use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
274 common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
275 tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
276
2774.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
278 - fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
279 - take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
280 - work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
281 - take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
282 scheduling.
283
2844.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
285 - completely reworked the Coro manpage.
286 - added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
287 - implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
288 - document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
289 - incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
290 - Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
291 use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
292
2934.6 Sat Apr 26 10:05:14 CEST 2008
294 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: sub/code attributes are no longer supported
295 by the Coro module. It was a mistake to have it in the first place.
296 - (experimental) support for activestate perl 5.10 (method "w").
297 - (experimental) support for strawberry perl (method "a").
298 - coro_sigelem_set did not return a value although it had to,
299 actual impact unknown.
300
3014.51 Mon Apr 14 13:28:27 CEST 2008
302 - make it compile again on 5.8.
303
3044.50 Thu Apr 10 09:43:17 CEST 2008
305 - I did it twice! (see 4.49).
306
3074.49 Sun Apr 6 21:23:31 CEST 2008
308 - grr, instead of compiling the recent changes on 5.10 only they
309 were compiled on 5.8 only.
310
3114.48 Sun Apr 6 20:36:46 CEST 2008
312 - allow coroutine switches during eval's under 5.10.x, as it seems
313 the parser is a per-interpreter option now, so this is safe
314 (this might fix the odd crashing bug).
315 - drop support for 5.9.x versions: they are dead, jim.
316
3174.47 Sun Apr 6 00:37:52 CEST 2008
318 - force cctx allocation on API calls: we know we need to force one
319 and gcc actually manages to confuse our heuristic nowadays,
320 leading to crashes and worse.
321 - document force_cctx.
322
3234.46 Fri Apr 4 22:05:43 CEST 2008
324 - upgrade libcoro, resulting in pthread-backend (which was only created
325 to fulfill the rules of the programming languages shootout).
326
3274.45 Thu Mar 13 11:55:36 CET 2008
328 - fix a file leaking bug in eg/mhyttpd that would allow
329 downloading of any file (reported by oesi).
330 - fix deadlock bug in Coro::Channel (reported by Richard Hundt)
331 (also add testcase).
332 - support Broadcast option in Coro::Socket (patch by Richard Hundt,
333 apparently having loads of fun with that).
334 - implement $state->swap_defsv, ->swap_defav and document ->throw.
335
3364.4 Wed Feb 13 16:44:29 CET 2008
337 - only assume .cfi pseudo isns exist on GNU/Linux.
338 - add get_timed method to Coro::Channels.
339 - fixed Coro::Debug manpage.
340 - perl 5.11 compatbility improvement based on patch by
341 Andreas König.
342
3434.37 Sun Jan 20 11:25:23 CET 2008
344 - soften the check for an active parser for perl 5.10 (avoiding
345 "Coro::State::transfer called while parsing" in many cases).
346
3474.36 Sun Jan 13 10:53:56 CET 2008
348 - reset diehook when terminating from an async_pool as to not
349 trigger any __DIE__ handlers.
350
3514.35 Sun Jan 13 04:14:13 CET 2008
352 - "bt" debug command now displays any exceptions
353 from longmess and also skips the innermost
354 stackframes, giving more useufl output.
355 - allow backtraces in coroutines blocked in Coro::EV,
356 at a <1% speed hit.
357 - handle localising of $SIG{__WARN__} and __DIE__
358 properly (with a proper amount of dirty hacking).
359
3604.34 Sat Dec 22 17:49:53 CET 2007
361 - upgrade to EV version 2.0 API.
362
3634.33 Mon Dec 17 08:36:12 CET 2007
364 - make Coro::AIO etc. loadable in the absence of EV.
365
3664.32 Mon Dec 17 07:46:02 CET 2007
367 - majorly improved Coro::Handle's performance with Coro::EV.
368 - implemented the until now mythical Coro::BDB module.
369 - specialcase EV in Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB for extra speed.
370
3714.31 Wed Dec 5 12:32:39 CET 2007
372 - remove warn statement form Coro::Util.
373
3744.3 Tue Dec 4 20:33:14 CET 2007
375 - calls to the idle function could cause stack corruption
376 when the stack changed.
377 - do no longer rely on the presence of EV::DNS if EV is used
378 (because it is gone), but instead take avdantage of EV::ADNS
379 if available.
380 - add ($) prototypes to all functions in Coro::Storable.
381 - use a conventional (safer) idle callback in Coro::EV.
382 - do accept quickly in Coro::Debug to avoid endless loops.
383
3844.22 Fri Nov 30 16:04:04 CET 2007
385 - really use optimised versions for Event and EV in Coro::Util
386 and Coro::Handle.
387
3884.21 Sun Nov 25 10:48:59 CET 2007
389 - fix a spurious memory read.
390 - Coro::EV no longer keeps the eventloop "alive".
391
3924.2 Fri Nov 9 20:47:05 CET 2007
393 - enable/disable tracing from a new coroutine, not a pooled one.
394 - fix a memleak in Coro::Event.
395 - removed killall call from fork_eval.
396 - made sure store_fd is already loaded so that fork_eval
397 does not have to parse autoload in each subprocess.
398 - only use assembly method if -O switch is in $Config{optimize}.
399 - add (optional) Coro::EV module, so far the best event loop module
400 directly supported by Coro.
401 - if the event model is EV, use EV::DNS to resolve
402 stuff in Coro::Util.
403 - don't get confused by multiple event notifications in Coro::Handle.
404 - initial support for EV (libevent interface).
405 - require Event and EV using configure_requires, to force their existance.
406
4074.13 Wed Oct 24 07:26:45 CEST 2007
408 - add Coro::Storable::blocking_thaw.
409 - use a vastly more complicated technique to localise
410 $SIG{__WARN/DIE__} that also works on perls <= 5.8.8.
411 - use a coroutine for the idle callback Coro::Event,
412 instead of running Event in the current coroutine context.
413 This also catches recursive invocations.
414 - actually report fork errors in gethostbyname and inet_aton.
415
4164.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
417 - port to threaded perls.
418
4194.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
420 - incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
421 be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
422 - incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
423 cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
424 - possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
425 - work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
426 - overlay the saved state over the context stack. This saves
427 a few hundred bytes per coroutine on average and also
428 speeds up context switching a bit.
429 - further tune default stack sizes.
430 - (more) correctly calculate stack usage in coro_rss.
431 - Coro::Storable::blocking_* did not properly lock
432 resulting in races between coroutines.
433 - added Coro::Storable::guard.
434 - stopping to trace a coroutine could destroy the cctx of
435 an unrelated coroutine.
436 - explain the relationship between Perl and C coroutines in
437 more detail in Coro::State.
438 - Coro::Util::inet_aton did not short-circuit dotted quad forms,
439 causing a fork per resolve. This also affected Coro::Socket.
440 - switch to a separate stack in $coro->call/eval to avoid
441 invalidating pointers.
442
4434.03 Sat Oct 6 21:24:00 CEST 2007
444 - added Coro::throw method.
445 - minor code cleanups.
446
4474.02 Sat Oct 6 02:36:47 CEST 2007
448 - fix a very minor per-coroutine memleak (a single codereference).
449 - fixed a bug where the currently in-use c context would be freed
450 prematurely (can happen only when programs change the stacksize
451 or use tracing).
452 - tracing can no longer keep a coro alive after it terminated.
453 - do static branch prediction in the common path for gcc. gives
454 about 2-5% speed improvement here.
455
4564.01 Fri Oct 5 22:10:49 CEST 2007
457 - instead of recreating *a* standard output handle we simply
458 use STDOUT, which is faster and hopefully more robust.
459
4604.0 Fri Oct 5 12:56:00 CEST 2007
461 - incompatibly changed Coro::Storable::freeze.
462 - major new feature: added Coro::Debug, for interactive coroutine
463 debugging, tracing and much more.
464 - major bug fix: unbelievable, but true: $_, $/ and many other
465 "saved" variables actually weren't being saved. This has been fixed,
466 of course, while increasing performance while losing all the save
467 flags.
468 - save flags are gone, and all the api functions dealing with them.
469 - added Coro::Semaphore::adjust.
470 - added Coro::Util::fork_eval.
471 - added Coro::Storable::{nfreeze,blocking_{freeze,nfreeze}}.
472 - added Coro::killall.
473 - reduce initial stack sizes to allow for "micro-coroutines".
474 - better async_pool resource management, moved parts of async_pool
475 handling to XS (major speed improvement).
476 - actually croak before modifying important data structures.
477 - refuse to transfer while compiling.
478 - possibly support eval EXPR better now.
479 - enable assembly per default on linux+bsd x86+amd64.
480 - all internal members were renamed _something for easier subclassing.
481 - many minor tweaks.
482
4833.63 Wed May 16 14:10:06 CEST 2007
484 - implement handcoded assembly for x86/amd64 SVR ABI.
485
4863.62 Fri Apr 27 21:36:06 CEST 2007
487 - upgrade libcoro (which might set unwind info correctly).
488 - change default on linux to setjmp/longjmp.
489
4903.61 Thu Apr 19 12:36:18 CEST 2007
491 - Coro::Storable caused an endless loop when thawing invalid
492 pst's sometimes.
493 - use a Semaphore in Coro::Storable, as Storable doesn't
494 seem to be reentrant (although it is documented to
495 be threadsafe...).
496 - fix Coro::Signal to bring back the original unreliable
497 but stateful semantics.
498 - fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
499 Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
500
5013.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
502 - added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
503 - added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
504 - try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
505 (EXPERIMENTAL).
506 - got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
507 - updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to
508 work again and be a bit less magic, too.
509 - fixed Coro::Signal semantics to work as documented again.
510
5113.55 Sun Mar 25 01:20:47 CET 2007
512 - add SAVE_DEFFH to save the default filehandle and enable
513 it by default.
514 - finally move socket-operations from Coro::Socket to Coro::Handle
515 to be able to unblock foreign sockets.
516 - add Coro::State::save_also and guarded_save.
517 - add count accessor to Coro::Semaphore.
518 - add Coro::State::cctx_stacksize.
519 - just for the fun of it, do not rely on implicit context,
520 which can dramatically improve performance, but people
521 using windows-process-emulation perls do not care much about
522 performance.
523
5243.51 Sun Mar 4 14:18:04 CET 2007
525 - fixed a problem when you weakened references to Coro::State's
526 (patch by Yuval Kogman).
527
5283.501 Wed Feb 28 12:44:07 CET 2007
529 - rename some global symbols as macosx from hell redefines
530 them without asking.
531
5323.5 Tue Feb 13 20:22:53 CET 2007
533 - do AnyEvent model detection earlier, avoiding problems
534 caused by first using AnyEvent and later Coro::Event.
535 - implement and document Coro::Event event objects.
536 - fix a potential problem in Coro::Event causing crashes.
537 - initialise PL_comppad when creating a new coroutine,
538 avoids crashes on early coro destruction.
539
5403.41 Mon Jan 22 19:19:49 CET 2007
541 - readline on Coro::Handle did not support undefined $/,
542 nor did it deliver partial lines on EOF or error.
543 - implement malloc fallback for stack allocation because
544 stupid broken idiotic OSX has a stupid broken
545 idiotic fits-the-whole-os mmap "implementation" and
546 my dick feels longer if Coro is portable even to
547 obsolete platforms.
548
5493.4 Fri Jan 19 21:52:54 CET 2007
550 - remove t/09_timer.t, as it isn't really testing much
551 but was rather flaky in practise.
552 - async_pool coro would keep arguments and callback alive until
553 it was reused.
554 - cancellation of a coroutine could cause spurious idle calls
555 in cede_notself.
556
5573.3 Sat Jan 6 03:45:00 CET 2007
558 - implement $coro->on_destroy.
559 - Coro::Event blocking semantics have been changed,
560 documented and - hopefully - improved.
561 - fix nice adding, not subtracting, from priority.
562 - fix ->prio and api_is_ready (patch by Mark Hinds).
563 - fixed an assert ("... == prev__cctx->idle_te")
564 that could errronously trigger.
565 - fix various large and small memleaks.
566 - use a (hopefully) more stable cancel implementation
567 that immediately frees the coroutine data.
568 - cede/cede_notself return a status now.
569 - added Coro::guard function.
570 - added a global coroutine pool for jobs (on my machine,
571 I can create and execute 48k simple coros/s with async,
572 and 128k coros with async_pool).
573 - Coro::AIO now uses the coroutine priority as io priority.
574
5753.2 Fri Dec 22 05:07:09 CET 2006
576 - improve portability to slightly older perls.
577 - use cleaner coroutine destruction.
578 - simplify configuration for users.
579 - optionally (unrecommended) prefer perl functions over
580 their coro replacements.
581
5823.11 Tue Dec 5 13:11:24 CET 2006
583 - fixed some bogus assert's, but as perl.h disables assert even
584 without NDEBUG (thank you very much), not too many people should
585 notice (that did include myself). Andreas König noticed, though :)
586 - do not save/restore PL_sortcxix on >= 5.9.x, it doesn't seem to have
587 it. Also noticed by Andreas König :)
588 - save/restore tainted status.
589 - verified to pass the testsuite on my 5.9.5.
590
5913.1 Mon Dec 4 23:03:40 CET 2006
592 - INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: $/ is now per-coroutine (but slow).
593 - incompatible change: transfer flags are now per-state.
594 - give a better error message on deadlock.
595 - document Coro::nready.
596 - enhanced testsuite.
597
5983.01 Sun Dec 3 23:47:42 CET 2006
599 - forgot to include Coro::Timer.
600
6013.0 Sun Dec 3 22:57:25 CET 2006
6 - the "FINALLY COMPLETELY STABLE" release (coming soon: 602 - the "FINALLY COMPLETELY STABLE" release (coming soon:
7 the "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" release). 603 the "FAMOUS LAST WORDS" release).
8 - implement a new stack sharing algorithm, which uses a stack 604 - implement a new stack sharing algorithm, which uses a stack
9 pool (size currently hardcoded). 605 pool (size currently hardcoded).
10 - make stack sharing mandatory (it no longer uses a heuristic). 606 - make stack sharing mandatory (it no longer uses a heuristic).

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