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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)).
7TODO: unready_all
8TODO: myhttpd header parsing
9TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)?
7 10
8TODO: testcancel 11 - speed up ready queue management/context switching by using a linked
9TODO: guard as SLF - to avoid deadlocks. 12 list instead of an array (~5-10%).
10 - avoid deadlock in Coro::Channel if maxsize == 1 (Richard Hundt). 13 - implement "watch" command in Coro::Debug shells.
14 - for fun, implement time-slicing as an example in the manpage.
11 15
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17 - do not keep a reference to the argument itself in
18 Coro::Semaphore::guard, as it could change later.
19 - support SO_RCVBUF/SO_SNDBUF nonstandard Coro::Socket options,
20 should support a prepare callback.
21
225.131 Mon Mar 16 23:20:37 CET 2009
23 - implement and document Coro->suspend, Coro->resume.
24 - fix Coro::Select implementation to not (often) close
25 the passed file descriptors (testcase provided by pippijn).
26
275.13 Mon Dec 15 21:51:42 CET 2008
28 - EXPERIMENTAL: implement dynamic winds (on_enter/on_leave).
29 - don't set diehook to C<undef> but instead to NULL, to avoid
30 spurious warnings.
31 - fix a lot of bugs in Coro::SemaphoreSet.
32 - Coro::SemaphoreSet will less often create a semaphore needlessly.
33 - add Coro::SemaphoreSet::count and wait methods.
34 - take advantage of the new Guard module.
35 - deprecate Coro::guard.
36 - try to fix the dreaded 01_unblock tests once more. I hate it when
37 testsuites need more fixing than the code they are supposed to test.
38 - croak in more cases when a required callback isn't resolvable.
39 - fix some minor issues in Coro::State->call/eval.
40 - use current coroutine context instead of a temporary one
41 when temporarily switching to another coroutine.
42 - do not call C-level on_destroy handlers during global destruction,
43 to avoid needless segfaults.
44
455.12 Sun Dec 7 13:30:38 CET 2008
46 - add default config for MirOS, which seems to be a bug-to-bug
47 compatible fork of openbsd ("world domination by releasing
48 openbsd cvs before the openbsd folks do it" or so :).
49 - free_padlist did destroy the names pad, not good, but didn't
50 seem to bother perl - this could fix issues such as eval ""
51 inside a function called from multiple coroutines.
52 - use a different method to detect destruction time.
53 - be more careful when freeing padlists just before global
54 destruction.
55 - fixed and expanded the call/cc example.
56 - renamed _terminate to _coro_run.
57 - new method Coro::Channel->shutdown.
58 - try pthreads on openbsd <4.4 (broken sigaltstack, will
59 pthreads fare better?).
60 - be less picky about destroying "a" running coroutine.
61
625.11 Tue Nov 25 21:49:05 CET 2008
63 - DEBUGGING in 5.10.0 is a mess: it constantly flags perfectly
64 working code with failed assertions, introducing more bugs than
65 it fixes, requiring elaborate workarounds :(
66
675.1 Mon Nov 24 08:54:59 CET 2008
68 - wrote a small introductory tutorial - Coro::Intro.
69 - convert Coro::Timer, Coro::Select and Coro::Util to rouse API.
70 - Coro::Select did errornously dup the file descriptors
71 and didn't work with all AnyEvent backends.
72 - Coro::Select wasn't imported correctly form Coro::LWP, causing blocking
73 LWP data transfers.
74 - disassociate c contexts from coro objects - this is agruably more
75 correct, but mostly allows sharing of cctxs between coro and state
76 objects, for added memory savings and speed increases.
77 - bumped $Coro::POOL_RSS up to 32kb by default.
78 - no longer set the optype to OP_CUSTOM, as B::* understandably
79 doesn't like this very much (and we *are* a type of entersub).
80 - implement state cloning, just to prove that call/cc can be done.
81 - automatically load Coro::AnyEvent in Coro::Handle.
82 - wrap ->cancel calls in eval inside Coro::Handle as EV watchers
83 do not have this method (and don't need it either).
84 - speed up generic anyevent methods in Coro::Handle by using rouse
85 callbacks.
86 - allow coroutines in $Coro::IDLE, speeding up Coro::AnyEvent and
87 others. It also makes the debugger happier, as you can trace
88 through the idle threads now.
89 - add comppad_name* and hints ($^H, %^H) to per-thread variables.
90 - eg/event was pretty broken.
91 - better 5.8.6 compatibility.
92
935.0 Thu Nov 20 10:35:05 CET 2008
13 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience 94 - NEW ARCHITECTURE: use the latest 4.x version if you experience
14 stability issues. 95 stability issues.
15 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled. 96 - bump API version to 7 - all dependents must be recompiled.
16 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways 97 - removed timed_* functions - they were not being used anyways
17 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism - 98 and should be replaced by a more generic mechanism -
18 and were annoying to support anyways :) 99 and were annoying to support anyways :)
19 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem instead. 100 - removed SemaphoreSet's waiter method - use sem method instead.
20 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters. 101 - Coro::Semaphore->adjust didn't correctly wake up enough waiters.
21 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 102 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
22 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 103 ("Attempt to unreference...").
23 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that 104 - fix a longstanding bug where calling terminate on a coro that
24 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available 105 was waiting for a semaphore that was just becoming available
26 it was available but waiters were still blocked). 107 it was available but waiters were still blocked).
27 - calling throw on a coroutine that is waiting for a semaphore will 108 - 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). 109 no longer make it acquire the semaphore (and thus leak a count).
29 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported 110 - perl's process emulation is now not even theoretically supported
30 anymore. 111 anymore.
31 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait. 112 - new functions Coro::rouse_cb and Coro::rouse_wait for easier
113 conversion of callback-style to blocking-style.
114 - new methods $coro->schedule_to and ->cede_to, to specifically
115 schedule or cede to a specific coroutine.
32 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait. 116 - new function Coro::Semaphore::wait.
33 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt). 117 - use named constants in Coro::Channel (Richard Hundt).
34 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede, 118 - directly patch the entersub opcode calling SLF functions (cede,
35 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but 119 transfer and so on). this does speed up context switching, but
36 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of 120 more importanly, it frees us from the hardcoded behaviour of
53 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate 137 - implement Coro::Channel in terms of Coro::Semaphore, for a moderate
54 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup. 138 (in comparison) 20-40% speedup.
55 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining 139 - used new SLF interface to reimplement Coro::Signal gaining
56 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also 140 some unknown (because I was too lazy), but certain, speedup, and also
57 making signals reliable for the first time. 141 making signals reliable for the first time.
142 - used new SLF interface and other optimisations to speed up async_pool
143 by a factor of two. It also doesn't rely on perl's exception mechanism
144 to exit anymore. The overhead for terminating an async_pool, coro over
145 a normal async is now very small.
146 - sped up coroutine creation/destruction by 40%.
58 - forgot to include Coro/libcoro/README in the dist for all these years. 147 - 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 148 - work around a freebsd pthreads bug (manual testcancel is required as
60 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd). 149 pthread_cond_wait isn't a cancellation point on freebsd).
61 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB. 150 - use new rouse functions to speed up and simplify Coro::BDB.
62 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls. 151 - make "prefer perl native functions" work with threaded perls.
152 - condense Coro::Debug ps output, hint at v and w flags.
63 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements. 153 - (libcoro) lots of minor cleanups and portability improvements.
154
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156 - fix a disastrous bug in the readline optimisation
157 introduced in 4.801.
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66 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice 160 - async_pool did free a scalar value twice
67 ("Attempt to unreference..."). 161 ("Attempt to unreference...").
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