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Revision history for Perl extension EV

        - (libev) use a generation counter to detect spurious epoll events
          and recreate the kernel in such a case (sorry, it's slow, but
          I didn't design epoll...).
        - (libev) optimise away an EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll
          backend in some cases.
        - (libev) use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away
          with the init functions.
        - speed up event callback invocation further (~15%), by
          not creating the object reference each time.
        - EV::sleep was documented, but not implemented. fun.

3.45 Tue Oct 21 22:20:39 CEST 2008
        - (libev) disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25 (kernel bug).
        - (libev) ev_embed will now automatically follow fork.
        - (libev) ev_once will now pass both io and timeout events to
          the callback when both happen concurrently, instead of giving
          one precedence.
        - install C library documentation as EV::libev manpage (sorry, oesi).
        - (libev) fix a minor performance bug in ev_stat handling.

3.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
        - (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.

3.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
        - made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
          Vladimir Timofeev.

3.43 Tue Jul  8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
        - disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
          and harmless.

3.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
        - (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
           windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
           flags in select, but this version of libev will.

3.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
        - (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
        - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
        - expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
        - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
        - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
          reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
          speed increase (as well as saving memory).

3.4  Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
        - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
          select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
        - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
          (and for the poor internetless person).
          
3.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
        - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
          cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
        - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.

3.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
        - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.

3.3  Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
        - (libev) linux eventfd support.
        - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
        - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
        - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
        - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
        - add async_pending method.

3.2  Wed Apr  2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
        - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
        - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
        - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
        - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
        - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.

3.1  Sat Mar  8 11:41:14 CET 2008
        - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
        - provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
        - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).

3.0  Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
        - upgrade to libev-3.0.
        - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.

2.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
        - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
          caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
          König).

2.0  Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
        - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
          on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
        - expose fork watchers.
        - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
        - use a slightly different include file name strategy.
        - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
        - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
          when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
        - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
        - fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
        - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
        - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).

1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
        - add periodic->at methods.

1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
        - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
          avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
        - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
        - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.

1.8  Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
        - API version 3:0.
        - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll
          and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant
          even in its extensions :->
        - improve long-term numerical stability in periodic watchers
          by introducing a separate offset value instead of reusing at.
        - recalculate real/monotonic clocks before blocking fully
          to avoid blocking for longer than necessary.
        - fix bugs in the heap functions. this rarely lead to illegal
          heap orderings.

1.72 Sat Dec  8 15:31:26 CET 2007
        - add dummy loop arguments to some EVAPI functions
          so that clients can use EV_A and EV_DEFAULT.
        - expose ev_clear_pending.
        - renamed trigger to invoke.

1.71 Fri Dec  7 19:10:24 CET 2007
        - changed/implemented idle watcher priority.
        - allow out-of-range priorities to be set.
        - fix ->priority to actually work on started watchers.
        - improved testsuite.

1.6  Wed Dec  5 15:06:20 CET 2007
        - add a missing SPAGAIN.
        - ripped out EV::DNS, use EV::ADNS for a better backend.
        - make ev_time callable from EVAPI.h.
        - add EV::loop_count.
        - some space optimisations.

1.5  Wed Nov 28 20:19:09 CET 2007
        - add inotify backend.
        - make testsuite even less sensible to timing issues,
          add more stat tests.
        - add ->attr, ->prev, ->stat calls to stat watcher.

1.4  Tue Nov 27 17:35:27 CET 2007
        - work around a linux 2.4 kernel bug in child handlers.
        - implement stat watcher interface.
        - implement fork watcher interface.
        - io->set did not keep the fh alive.
        - actively check signal numbers/names to be valid.
        - cleanups, minor fixes, new bugs.
        - work around windows bugs in the testsuite.

1.3  Sun Nov 25 10:46:57 CET 2007
        - stopping idle/check/prepare watchers could cause data corruption.
        - implement and document EV::once.
        - improved documentation, verify that netbsd indeed has the only
          working kqueue implementation (out of darwin, freebsd, netbsd and
          openbsd). Praise them!
        - fix the data method so it might work.
        - expose ev_ref/ev_unref to the C API.
        - expose ref/unref in form of the ->keepalive method to perl.
        - minor bugfixes and portability fixes.

1.2  Thu Nov 22 05:44:09 CET 2007
        - disable kqueue by default on !netbsd, as its broken on freebsd,
          darwin and openbsd and thus almost everywhere.
        - add some allowance in t/01_timer.t for the uneven monotonic
          vs. realtime clock tick on at least freebsd.
        - add -lsocket -lnsl on solaris in case the perl guy forgot to
          configure them.

1.1  Wed Nov 21 06:08:48 CET 2007
        - improved timer test to include periodics and
          withstand small timing variations.
        - many minor tweaks to libev.

1.0  Fri Nov 16 14:51:59 CET 2007
        - require AnyEvent update if AnyEvent is installed.
        - add solaris 10 port-based backend.
        - add child_ns and fix check_ns.
        - treat yes/no as enforcement, not as hint, when configuring,
          documentation update (reported by Andy Grundman).

0.9  Wed Nov 14 22:24:49 CET 2007
        - changed LIBEV_METHODS to LIBEV_FLAGS and the
          way this is used inside libev.
        - many, many bugfixes.
        - add unloop constants.
        - add timer test.
        - ev_loop will now terminate immediately when no watchers are active.

0.8  Mon Nov 12 02:28:46 CET 2007
        - fix "testsuite" again :().
        - fix check/idle/prepare/child watcher stop.
        - enourmously many fixes.
        - rewritten select backend (mostly for win32).
        - cache socket handles on win32.
        - provide considerably finer control over configuration.

0.7  Fri Nov  9 20:37:58 CET 2007
        - move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module.
        - use private copy of evdns.[ch].
        - many minor fixes.

0.6  Thu Nov  8 18:23:43 CET 2007
        - (libev) better native win32 support.
        - fix idle watchers.
        - implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks.
        - do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32).
        - fix (unused in EV :) poll backend.

0.51 Tue Nov  6 19:50:22 CET 2007
        - fix kqueue/poll compilation issue.
        - work around design issues in kqueue.
        - enable kqueue by default, seems to work.

0.5  Tue Nov  6 17:37:44 CET 2007
        - add signal and pid mutators.
        - add rstatus/rpid accessors.
        - updated libev (lower cost for clock monotonic).
        - support event priorities.
        - try to find SIG_SIZE on perls that don't have it (Slaven Rezic).
        - improved signal handling, fixed child watchers.
        - experimentally add kqueue backend, completely untested.
        - ported to cygwin and native win32.

0.1   Thu Nov  1 18:29:22 CET 2007
        - replaced libevent by libev (total rewrite).
        - many bugfixes w.r.t. libevent.
        - new watcher types: periodic, check, prepare, child, idle.
        - performance optimisations.
        - added interactive configuration.
        - added fork support.

0.03  Mon Oct 29 20:52:50 CET 2007
        - add timed_io convenience constructors.
        - improve documentation.
        - support signal names in addition to signal numbers.
        - support signal anyevent watchers.
        - vastly improved testsuite (its all relative :).
        - add EV::MakeMaker, beginning of C-level API.
        - force strings to byte form.

0.02  Sun Oct 28 07:40:21 CET 2007
        - call $EV::DIED in case a callback throws an exception.
        - add const char * to typemap for possible 5.6 compatibility.

0.01  Sat Oct 27 19:10:18 CEST 2007
        - initial release.

0.00  Fri Oct 26 11:12:57 CEST 2007
        - original version; cloned from JSON::XS

Revision:	1.153
Committed:	Wed Oct 29 14:12:34 2008 UTC (15 years, 6 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.152:	+1 -0 lines
Log Message:	* empty log message *
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.143	Revision history for Perl extension EV
2	root	1.1
3	root	1.152	- (libev) use a generation counter to detect spurious epoll events
4	root	1.151	and recreate the kernel in such a case (sorry, it's slow, but
5			I didn't design epoll...).
6	root	1.150	- (libev) optimise away an EPOLL_CTL_ADD/MOD combo in the epoll
7			backend in some cases.
8			- (libev) use memset to initialise most arrays now and do away
9			with the init functions.
10	root	1.152	- speed up event callback invocation further (~15%), by
11	root	1.151	not creating the object reference each time.
12	root	1.153	- EV::sleep was documented, but not implemented. fun.
13	root	1.150
14			3.45 Tue Oct 21 22:20:39 CEST 2008
15			- (libev) disable inotify usage on linux <2.6.25 (kernel bug).
16	root	1.146	- (libev) ev_embed will now automatically follow fork.
17			- (libev) ev_once will now pass both io and timeout events to
18			the callback when both happen concurrently, instead of giving
19			one precedence.
20	root	1.149	- install C library documentation as EV::libev manpage (sorry, oesi).
21	root	1.150	- (libev) fix a minor performance bug in ev_stat handling.
22	root	1.146
23	root	1.145	3.44 Mon Sep 29 05:16:31 CEST 2008
24	root	1.144	- (libev) add EV::now_update and $loop->now_update.
25
26	root	1.142	3.431 Sun Jul 13 00:19:02 CEST 2008
27			- made the EV::embed callback optional again. reported by
28			Vladimir Timofeev.
29
30	root	1.141	3.43 Tue Jul 8 20:56:31 CEST 2008
31	root	1.140	- disabled warnings in EV.pm, the CHECK issue is now understood
32			and harmless.
33
34	root	1.139	3.42 Mon May 26 07:36:46 CEST 2008
35	root	1.138	- (libev) work around another bug in windows perls and
36			windows itself: failed connects do NOT set read or write
37			flags in select, but this version of libev will.
38
39	root	1.136	3.41 Thu May 22 01:39:40 CEST 2008
40	root	1.135	- (libev) fix many heap-related bugs (timers, periodics).
41	root	1.134	- (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics.
42	root	1.137	- expose ev_loop_verify to perl code.
43	root	1.134	- clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks.
44			- verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code
45			reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling
46			speed increase (as well as saving memory).
47
48	root	1.133	3.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008
49	root	1.132	- (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's
50			select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors.
51	root	1.131	- bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size
52			(and for the poor internetless person).
53
54	root	1.130	3.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008
55			- (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more
56			cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers.
57			- remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor.
58
59	root	1.129	3.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008
60			- (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem.
61
62	root	1.128	3.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008
63	root	1.125	- (libev) linux eventfd support.
64	root	1.128	- (libev) inline more with C99 compilers.
65			- (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind.
66			- (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin.
67	root	1.126	- added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage.
68	root	1.127	- add async_pending method.
69	root	1.125
70	root	1.123	3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008
71	root	1.117	- "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language.
72	root	1.124	- relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more.
73	root	1.121	- fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros.
74	root	1.120	- (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures.
75	root	1.122	- (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation.
76	root	1.117
77	root	1.116	3.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008
78	root	1.113	- add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h.
79	root	1.115	- provide EV::Embed->sweep method.
80			- new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl).
81	root	1.113
82	root	1.112	3.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008
83			- upgrade to libev-3.0.
84	root	1.111	- change child handler to incorporate tracing flag.
85
86	root	1.110	2.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007
87			- found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only
88			caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas
89			König).
90
91	root	1.107	2.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007
92	root	1.100	- no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it
93			on more systems (as its now by default not used on most).
94	root	1.95	- expose fork watchers.
95			- switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API.
96	root	1.96	- use a slightly different include file name strategy.
97			- get rid of (unused) libevent emulation.
98	root	1.97	- 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation
99			when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity.
100	root	1.98	- very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers.
101	root	1.103	- fix name of prepare start/stop methods.
102	root	1.105	- create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval.
103	root	1.106	- fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros).
104	root	1.95
105	root	1.94	1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007
106	root	1.93	- add periodic->at methods.
107	root	1.92
108	root	1.91	1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007
109	root	1.90	- further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that
110			avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible.
111	root	1.87	- EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe.
112	root	1.89	- optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed.
113	root	1.87
114	root	1.86	1.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007
115	root	1.83	- API version 3:0.
116	root	1.81	- reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll
117			and kqueue: your system better be posix-compliant
118			even in its extensions :->
119	root	1.82	- improve long-term numerical stability in periodic watchers
120			by introducing a separate offset value instead of reusing at.
121	root	1.84	- recalculate real/monotonic clocks before blocking fully
122			to avoid blocking for longer than necessary.
123	root	1.85	- fix bugs in the heap functions. this rarely lead to illegal
124			heap orderings.
125	root	1.81
126	root	1.80	1.72 Sat Dec 8 15:31:26 CET 2007
127	root	1.77	- add dummy loop arguments to some EVAPI functions
128			so that clients can use EV_A and EV_DEFAULT.
129	root	1.78	- expose ev_clear_pending.
130	root	1.79	- renamed trigger to invoke.
131	root	1.77
132	root	1.76	1.71 Fri Dec 7 19:10:24 CET 2007
133	root	1.75	- changed/implemented idle watcher priority.
134			- allow out-of-range priorities to be set.
135			- fix ->priority to actually work on started watchers.
136			- improved testsuite.
137
138	root	1.74	1.6 Wed Dec 5 15:06:20 CET 2007
139	root	1.70	- add a missing SPAGAIN.
140	root	1.71	- ripped out EV::DNS, use EV::ADNS for a better backend.
141			- make ev_time callable from EVAPI.h.
142	root	1.72	- add EV::loop_count.
143	root	1.73	- some space optimisations.
144	root	1.70
145	root	1.69	1.5 Wed Nov 28 20:19:09 CET 2007
146	root	1.67	- add inotify backend.
147	root	1.69	- make testsuite even less sensible to timing issues,
148			add more stat tests.
149	root	1.68	- add ->attr, ->prev, ->stat calls to stat watcher.
150	root	1.67
151	root	1.66	1.4 Tue Nov 27 17:35:27 CET 2007
152	root	1.64	- work around a linux 2.4 kernel bug in child handlers.
153			- implement stat watcher interface.
154	root	1.65	- implement fork watcher interface.
155	root	1.64	- io->set did not keep the fh alive.
156			- actively check signal numbers/names to be valid.
157			- cleanups, minor fixes, new bugs.
158	root	1.66	- work around windows bugs in the testsuite.
159	root	1.64
160	root	1.63	1.3 Sun Nov 25 10:46:57 CET 2007
161			- stopping idle/check/prepare watchers could cause data corruption.
162	root	1.58	- implement and document EV::once.
163	root	1.57	- improved documentation, verify that netbsd indeed has the only
164			working kqueue implementation (out of darwin, freebsd, netbsd and
165			openbsd). Praise them!
166	root	1.62	- fix the data method so it might work.
167	root	1.59	- expose ev_ref/ev_unref to the C API.
168	root	1.61	- expose ref/unref in form of the ->keepalive method to perl.
169	root	1.58	- minor bugfixes and portability fixes.
170	root	1.57
171	root	1.56	1.2 Thu Nov 22 05:44:09 CET 2007
172			- disable kqueue by default on !netbsd, as its broken on freebsd,
173			darwin and openbsd and thus almost everywhere.
174			- add some allowance in t/01_timer.t for the uneven monotonic
175			vs. realtime clock tick on at least freebsd.
176			- add -lsocket -lnsl on solaris in case the perl guy forgot to
177			configure them.
178
179	root	1.55	1.1 Wed Nov 21 06:08:48 CET 2007
180	root	1.53	- improved timer test to include periodics and
181			withstand small timing variations.
182	root	1.54	- many minor tweaks to libev.
183	root	1.53
184	root	1.52	1.0 Fri Nov 16 14:51:59 CET 2007
185	root	1.50	- require AnyEvent update if AnyEvent is installed.
186	root	1.51	- add solaris 10 port-based backend.
187			- add child_ns and fix check_ns.
188	root	1.52	- treat yes/no as enforcement, not as hint, when configuring,
189			documentation update (reported by Andy Grundman).
190	root	1.50
191	root	1.49	0.9 Wed Nov 14 22:24:49 CET 2007
192	root	1.45	- changed LIBEV_METHODS to LIBEV_FLAGS and the
193			way this is used inside libev.
194	root	1.46	- many, many bugfixes.
195			- add unloop constants.
196	root	1.47	- add timer test.
197	root	1.48	- ev_loop will now terminate immediately when no watchers are active.
198	root	1.45
199	root	1.44	0.8 Mon Nov 12 02:28:46 CET 2007
200	root	1.41	- fix "testsuite" again :().
201			- fix check/idle/prepare/child watcher stop.
202	root	1.42	- enourmously many fixes.
203			- rewritten select backend (mostly for win32).
204			- cache socket handles on win32.
205	root	1.43	- provide considerably finer control over configuration.
206	root	1.41
207	root	1.40	0.7 Fri Nov 9 20:37:58 CET 2007
208	root	1.39	- move AnyEvent adaptor into the AnyEvent module.
209	root	1.41	- use private copy of evdns.[ch].
210	root	1.39	- many minor fixes.
211
212	root	1.38	0.6 Thu Nov 8 18:23:43 CET 2007
213	root	1.95	- (libev) better native win32 support.
214	root	1.35	- fix idle watchers.
215	root	1.37	- implement and document periodic reschedule callbacks.
216			- do not run dns test on !linux platforms (actually to exclude win32).
217	root	1.38	- fix (unused in EV :) poll backend.
218	root	1.34
219	root	1.33	0.51 Tue Nov 6 19:50:22 CET 2007
220	root	1.32	- fix kqueue/poll compilation issue.
221	root	1.33	- work around design issues in kqueue.
222	root	1.32	- enable kqueue by default, seems to work.
223
224	root	1.31	0.5 Tue Nov 6 17:37:44 CET 2007
225	root	1.23	- add signal and pid mutators.
226	root	1.27	- add rstatus/rpid accessors.
227	root	1.24	- updated libev (lower cost for clock monotonic).
228	root	1.25	- support event priorities.
229	root	1.26	- try to find SIG_SIZE on perls that don't have it (Slaven Rezic).
230	root	1.28	- improved signal handling, fixed child watchers.
231	root	1.29	- experimentally add kqueue backend, completely untested.
232	root	1.30	- ported to cygwin and native win32.
233	root	1.23
234	root	1.22	0.1 Thu Nov 1 18:29:22 CET 2007
235	root	1.18	- replaced libevent by libev (total rewrite).
236			- many bugfixes w.r.t. libevent.
237			- new watcher types: periodic, check, prepare, child, idle.
238	root	1.16	- performance optimisations.
239	root	1.19	- added interactive configuration.
240	root	1.21	- added fork support.
241	root	1.16
242	root	1.14	0.03 Mon Oct 29 20:52:50 CET 2007
243	root	1.9	- add timed_io convenience constructors.
244			- improve documentation.
245	root	1.8	- support signal names in addition to signal numbers.
246	root	1.9	- support signal anyevent watchers.
247	root	1.10	- vastly improved testsuite (its all relative :).
248	root	1.11	- add EV::MakeMaker, beginning of C-level API.
249	root	1.12	- force strings to byte form.
250	root	1.6
251	root	1.5	0.02 Sun Oct 28 07:40:21 CET 2007
252	root	1.15	- call $EV::DIED in case a callback throws an exception.
253	root	1.4	- add const char * to typemap for possible 5.6 compatibility.
254	root	1.3
255			0.01 Sat Oct 27 19:10:18 CEST 2007
256			- initial release.
257
258			0.00 Fri Oct 26 11:12:57 CEST 2007
259	root	1.1	- original version; cloned from JSON::XS
260