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1	Revision history for Perl extension Coro.	1	Revision history for Perl extension Coro.
2		2
3	TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).	3	TODO: should explore PerlIO::coroaio (perl leaks like hell).
4	TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)?	4	TODO: channel->maxsize(newsize)?
5	TODO: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/s2ce.aspx	5	TODO: __GCC_HAVE_DWARF2_CFI_ASM
		6	TODO: swap_sv, maybe add scope_swap_sv, andallow to unswap by repeat?
		7	TODO: swap_sv not undone in pool
		8	TODO: croak when async_pool triesd to runc anceled thread?
6		9
7	TODO: tutorial	10	- restore portability to perl 5.8.x.
		11	- allow zero as agrument to Coro::Channel to mean the same thing
		12	as no argument. this works with older versions as well,
		13	but wasn't legal until now.
		14
		15	6.39 Mon Jun 2 00:00:08 CEST 2014
		16	- work around more incompatible changes in 5.20.
		17
		18	6.38 Sun Jun 1 21:54:23 CEST 2014
		19	- check that perl slots actually have enough space to hold
		20	interpreter variables.
		21	- untested port to perl 5.19 (64 bit tmps indices) (reported
		22	by Andreas König).
		23	- croak when cancel is called without a thread context.
		24
		25	6.37 Tue Mar 4 13:27:33 CET 2014
		26	- sigh, removed leftover debugging code from debugging a
		27	perl bug, of all things.
		28
		29	6.36 Tue Mar 4 07:11:59 CET 2014
		30	- semaphores would not clear the destroy hook when interrupted
		31	by ->throw, causing segfaults or worse.
		32	- ->throw on a thread waiting for a semaphore did not acquire
		33	the semaphore, but also didn't wake up other waiters,
		34	possibly causing a deadlock.
		35	- "FATAL: $Coro::IDLE blocked itself" will now use Carp::confess
		36	to report a full stacktrace, which should help find out
		37	where the actual call is.
		38	- "atomically" destroy data in slf_destroy, because it is
		39	the right thing to do, just in case.
		40	- disable ecb.h libm dependency, to compile on ancient systems
		41	or under adverse conditions.
		42
		43	6.33 Mon Nov 18 11:26:27 CET 2013
		44	- do not crash when freeing padlists with holes (in 5.18).
		45	- tentative SVt_BIND 5.19 port/fix.
		46
		47	6.32 Tue Nov 5 15:35:35 CET 2013
		48	- use a new algorithm to derive padlists for perl 5.18. The old
		49	one could lead to 0-pointer accesses inside perl (reported
		50	by Darin McBride).
		51
		52	6.31 Thu May 9 07:39:48 CEST 2013
		53	- Coro::AIO requests would crash if the thread was ready'd
		54	while the request was ongoing.
		55
		56	6.29 Wed May 8 02:55:18 CEST 2013
		57	- when an on_destroy handler destructs the coro currently being
		58	destructed a perl scalar could be accessed after being freed,
		59	likely causing a crash.
		60
		61	6.28 Wed Mar 6 06:58:02 CET 2013
		62	- clean remnants of existing __DIE__ and __WARN__ handlers so
		63	they lose their magic and will not cause segfaults later
		64	(testcase by Andrey Sagulin).
		65	- improved Coro::State documentation a bit.
		66	- Coro::Debug::command now flushes the output.
		67	- add hack detection code for x32 abi, because the braindead slugs
		68	who designed that made it look exactly like x86_64 without
		69	providing proper compile time symbols to test for it. as a result,
		70	this detection cannot work reliably.
		71	- valgrind stack registering was broken.
		72	- do not rely on Time::HiRes anymore in Coro::Debug.
		73
		74	6.23 Fri Dec 7 23:36:37 CET 2012
		75	- use experimental fiber implementation on native windows
		76	perls.
		77	- use sizeof (void *) as multiplication factor for stack sizes,
		78	to accomodate the totally braindamaged microsoft 64 bit "os".
		79	- changed verifier host from win2k-ap510-32 to win7-sp516-32/64.
		80	activeperl 5.16 crashes when PerlIO_define_layer is called due
		81	to some bug in the perl dll, strawberry perl at least passes
		82	the testsuite.
		83	- implement Coro::Handle->peeraddr/host/port, for slightly
		84	improved compatibility with LWP.
		85	- implement 5.17 compatibility by almost blindly applying a
		86	good-looking patch by Father Chrysostomos.
		87	- move stack management functions into libcoro 3.
		88	- libcoro version 3 "released".
		89	- support magic values as timed_io_once args.
		90	- recommend AnyEvent 7+ or EV 4+, also require EV
		91	version 4 or newer for Coro::EV.
		92
		93	6.10 Tue Oct 9 01:14:27 CEST 2012
		94	- updated ecb.h, it had a typo that caused it to not compile on many
		95	big endian systems (reported by many people).
		96	- disable memory fences in ecb.h to improve portability.
		97
		98	6.09 Sat Oct 6 23:25:02 CEST 2012
		99	- Coro::EV I/O watchers were not interruptible by exceptions
		100	(Coro::State::throw) (testcase by sten).
		101	- ->throw now puts threads into the ready queue, as this seems to
		102	be expected by existing code, and code that doesn't cope with spurious
		103	wakeups needs fixing anyway.
		104	- use fd -1 in mmap.
		105	- cast I32 to int in error message printf.
		106	- warn about broken so-called "hardened" kernels.
		107
		108	6.08 Fri Apr 13 12:05:47 CEST 2012
		109	- be more aggressive about exiting like perl does - formerly,
		110	exiting from the non-main thread would not execute END blocks.
		111
		112	6.07 Fri Nov 11 21:21:48 CET 2011
		113	- work around a bug in PerlIO (setting $SIG{__WARN__} to a PVCV).
		114	- update ecb.h.
		115
		116	6.06 Mon Aug 8 23:59:48 CEST 2011
		117	- cygwin unfortunately patches the stack at runtime, so we use the pthreads
		118	backend, which is an order of magnitude slower. unfortunately, cygwins
		119	pthread implementation isn't very complete either, so allocate the stack
		120	twice just to be sure.
		121	(note: cygwin also enables mymalloc, which is NOT THREADSAFE ON WINDOWS,
		122	in its ithreaded perl - best recompile cygwin and use the 'w'indows
		123	backend for much better performance. also disable ithreads for
		124	even better performance...).
		125
		126	6.05 Thu Aug 4 21:36:36 CEST 2011
		127	- blush, condvar values would not be propagated from send to recv anymore
		128	(reported by Chip Salzenberg).
		129	- use exponential increase for the readline buffer length in
		130	Coro::Handle. also reduce initial allocation to 1020 from 4096 bytes.
		131
		132	6.04 Wed Aug 3 17:15:45 CEST 2011
		133	- use even more efficient and more compatible condvars for
		134	compatibility to AnyEvent 6.x :)
		135	- more inconsequential ecb.h updates.
		136
		137	6.03 Wed Aug 3 11:41:30 CEST 2011
		138	- change how Coro patches AnyEvent condvars for compatibility to
		139	AnyEvent 6.x.
		140	- update ecb.h, to no longer include <pthread.h> in case WinNT.h
		141	hasn't been included.
		142
		143	6.02 Wed Jul 13 04:35:19 CEST 2011
		144	- "improve portability to Gentoo" - gentoo manages to put perl variables
		145	in memory areas that are farther than 2gb apart, which the jit couldn't
		146	handle and barfed. now it's just a bit slower on gentoo and similar
		147	systems.
		148
		149	6.01 Sun Jul 3 12:31:14 CEST 2011
		150	- workarounds are good, but the test for whether pthreads are used
		151	was not good. this one should be better.
		152	- check differently whether gcc generates cfi instructions itself.
		153
		154	6.0 Wed Jun 29 19:43:35 CEST 2011
8	- INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: unreferenced coro objects will now be	155	- INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: unreferenced coro objects will now be
9	destroyed and cleaned up automatically (e.g. async { schedule }).	156	destroyed and cleaned up automatically (e.g. async { schedule }).
		157	- implement a JIT compiler for part of the thread switch code,
		158	which gives a 50% speed improvement on threaded perls, and
		159	about 4% on non-threaded perls (so threaded perls now finally
		160	reach about half the speed of non-threaded perls).
		161	- slightly modernise Coro::Intro, add section about rouse functions.
		162	- avoid DEFSV and ERRSV, giving another 10% improvement
		163	in thread switching.
10	- Coro::State->is_destroyed is now called is_zombie.	164	- Coro::State->is_destroyed is now called is_zombie.
11	- implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but	165	- implement a Coro->safe_cancel method that might fail, but
12	cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds.	166	cancels in a "safer" way if it succeeds.
		167	- add preliminary support for DEBUGGING perls.
		168	- get rid of two hash-accesses when initialising a new Coro - this
		169	speeds up coro creation by almost a factor of two.
13	- croak when a coro that is being cancelled tries to block	170	- croak when a coro that is being cancelled tries to block
14	(e.g. while executing a guard block), instead of crashing or	171	(e.g. while executing a guard block), instead of crashing or
15	deadlocking.	172	deadlocking.
16	- use a more robust and also faster method to identify Coro::State	173	- use a more robust and also faster method to identify Coro::State
17	objects - speeds up everything a bit.	174	objects - speeds up everything a bit.
27	callbacks (best effort).	184	callbacks (best effort).
28	- move on_destroy into the slf_frame, to allow extension slf	185	- move on_destroy into the slf_frame, to allow extension slf
29	functions to have destructors.	186	functions to have destructors.
30	- get rid if coro refcounting - simply crash in other interpreter	187	- get rid if coro refcounting - simply crash in other interpreter
31	threads by nulling the pointers on clone.	188	threads by nulling the pointers on clone.
		189	- simplify warn/die hook handling when loading Coro - the convoluted
		190	logic seems to be no longer neccessary.
		191	- use libecb instead of our own home-grown gcc hacks.
		192	- document alternatives to Coro::LWP. Please use them :)
		193	- work around another mindless idiotic NEEDLESS bug in openbsd/mirbsds
		194	sigaltstack. Really. wine suffers from it, erlang suffers from it,
		195	and it's known since at least 2006.
32		196
33	5.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011	197	5.372 Wed Feb 23 06:14:30 CET 2011
34	- apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to	198	- apparently mingw doesn't provide a working gettimeofday, try to
35	work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to	199	work around that by relying on Time::HiRes (indirectly brought to
36	my attention by Max Maischein).	200	my attention by Max Maischein).
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354	- ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.	518	- ->throw is now supported on Coro::State objects.
355	- clean up cctx creation code a bit.	519	- clean up cctx creation code a bit.
356	- entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).	520	- entersub is actually a UNOP, not a LOGOP (not a bugfix).
357		521
358	4.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008	522	4.9 Sat Nov 8 17:45:27 CET 2008
359	- (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).	523	- (libcoro) did not preserve rbp with CORO_ASM (we are getting there).
360	- (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,	524	- (libcoro) no longer leak threads in the experimental pthread backend,
361	also speed it up considerably.	525	also speed it up considerably.
362	- (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.	526	- (libcoro) do not rely on makecontext passing void *'s unscathed.
363	- fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.	527	- fix compiletime dependencies on libcoro in the Makefile.
364	- cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.	528	- cctx_count wasn't always updated properly.
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426	- remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to	590	- remove debugging code related to MgPV_nolen_const, also try to
427	make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves	591	make it compile with perl 5.8.6 (yes, apple apparently loves
428	outdated software). Reported by John S.	592	outdated software). Reported by John S.
429		593
430	4.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008	594	4.744 Tue Jul 8 22:06:35 CEST 2008
431	- correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.	595	- correctly provide default DIE/WARN handlers as documented.
432	- also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current	596	- also overwrite PL_vtbl_sigelem.svt_clear, even though current
433	implementations inside perl work fine for us.	597	implementations inside perl work fine for us.
434		598
435	4.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008	599	4.743 Mon Jun 16 00:21:57 CEST 2008
436	- when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could	600	- when using Coro::EV without running EV::loop it could
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458	- sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress	622	- sprinkle "no warnings" freely over everything, also suppress
459	warnings for some other modules.	623	warnings for some other modules.
460	- fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.	624	- fix typo in WSAEWOULDBLOCK.
461		625
462	4.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008	626	4.72 Sun May 25 05:14:36 CEST 2008
463	- tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way	627	- tweak META.yaml a bit, unfortunately, there is no documented way
464	to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(	628	to have optional dependencies with CPAN. doh :(
465	- avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to	629	- avoid running some tests on windows because they would fail due to
466	perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).	630	perl bug (broken fork, broken pipes...).
467	- work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented	631	- work around perl on windows bugs where perl returns undocumented
468	error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage	632	error codes for sysread, syswrite etc. by taking advantage
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472	- use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around	636	- use unix domain sockets in testsuite to work around
473	common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by	637	common perl implementation bugs on widows (they are emulated by
474	tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)	638	tcp sockets on windows. ugh.)
475		639
476	4.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008	640	4.71 Sat May 24 20:01:27 CEST 2008
477	- fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").	641	- fix a bug in Coro::AnyEvent ("Usage: Coro::AnyEvent::_schedule()").
478	- take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.	642	- take advantage of async name resolution of AnyEvent::Util.
479	- work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.	643	- work around brutal inet_aton override in Coro::LWP.
480	- take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother	644	- take advantage of the readyhook in Coro::EV, for smoother
481	scheduling.	645	scheduling.
482		646
483	4.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008	647	4.7 Sun May 11 00:32:19 CEST 2008
484	- completely reworked the Coro manpage.	648	- completely reworked the Coro manpage.
485	- added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.	649	- added Coro::AnyEvent, generic event loop integration.
486	- implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.	650	- implement cancel, ready and kill commands in Coro::Debug.
487	- document find_coro in Coro::Debug.	651	- document find_coro in Coro::Debug.
488	- incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.	652	- incompatible change: rename has_stack to has_cctx.
489	- Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,	653	- Coro::AIO and Coro::BDB no longer force event model detection,
490	use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.	654	use AnyEvent::AIO and AnyEvent::BDB.
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614		778
615	4.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007	779	4.11 Thu Oct 11 02:40:24 CEST 2007
616	- port to threaded perls.	780	- port to threaded perls.
617		781
618	4.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007	782	4.1 Thu Oct 11 02:38:16 CEST 2007
619	- incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now	783	- incompatible change: $SIG{__DIE__} and $SIG{__WARN__} will now
620	be local to each coro (see Coro::State).	784	be local to each coro (see Coro::State).
621	- incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself	785	- incompatible change: for very deep reasons, cede and cede_notself
622	cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.	786	cannot return anything, so nothing will be returned.
623	- possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).	787	- possibly bring back 5.10 compatibility (untested).
624	- work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.	788	- work around stupid (and wrong) warning on 5.10 :(.
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696	but stateful semantics.	860	but stateful semantics.
697	- fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David	861	- fixed a lot of typos in Coro.pm (patch submitted by David
698	Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).	862	Steinbrunner, which applied flawlessly).
699		863
700	3.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007	864	3.6 Sat Apr 14 17:13:31 CEST 2007
701	- added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.	865	- added some bugfixes to get eg/myhttpd working again.
702	- added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.	866	- added Coro::Storable for often-cede'ing freeze/thaw.
703	- try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit	867	- try to do a clean exit when a coroutine calls exit
704	(EXPERIMENTAL).	868	(EXPERIMENTAL).
705	- got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.	869	- got rid of indirect call through _coro_init.
706	- updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to	870	- updated the partly antique examples in eg/ to

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