| 1 | Revision history for Perl extension EV |
1 | Revision history for Perl extension EV and the embedded libev library |
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| 3 | TODO: document fork watchers |
3 | - (libev) improve timing stability of timers and periodics. |
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4 | - clarify documentation for periodic reschedule callbacks. |
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5 | - verify that the passed callback argument is indeed a code |
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6 | reference, for earlier error reporting and a nice calling |
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7 | speed increase (as well as saving memory). |
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9 | 3.4 Tue May 20 21:51:55 CEST 2008 |
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10 | - (libev) work around both a windows bug and a bug in perl's |
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11 | select on windows when not waiting for any file descriptors. |
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12 | - bundle ev.pod into the tarball, just to increase its size |
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13 | (and for the poor internetless person). |
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15 | 3.33 Sun May 18 12:43:04 CEST 2008 |
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16 | - (libev) use numerous enhancements such as a more |
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17 | cache-friendly 4-heap and heap index caching for timers. |
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18 | - remove undocumented ev_timer->at accessor. |
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20 | 3.31 Wed Apr 16 20:48:59 CEST 2008 |
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21 | - (libev) post-last-minute fix for ev_poll.c problem. |
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23 | 3.3 Wed Apr 16 19:04:47 CEST 2008 |
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24 | - (libev) linux eventfd support. |
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25 | - (libev) inline more with C99 compilers. |
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26 | - (libev) work around a number of bugs in valgrind. |
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27 | - (libev) work around broken realloc on openbsd and darwin. |
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28 | - added example to EV::MakeMaker manpage. |
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29 | - add async_pending method. |
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31 | 3.2 Wed Apr 2 17:08:16 CEST 2008 |
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32 | - "ported" again to the Microsoft "C" language. |
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33 | - relax testsuite timing for the benefit of freebsd users once more. |
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34 | - fix EVAPI's ev_time and ev_sleep macros. |
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35 | - (libev) fix select backend on 64 bit architetcures. |
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36 | - (libev) ev_loop flags are now local to each invocation. |
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38 | 3.1 Sat Mar 8 11:41:14 CET 2008 |
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39 | - add ev_sync_* and ev_fork_* to EVAPI.h. |
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40 | - provide EV::Embed->sweep method. |
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41 | - new watcher type: async (not very useful in perl). |
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43 | 3.0 Mon Jan 28 13:23:11 CET 2008 |
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44 | - upgrade to libev-3.0. |
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45 | - change child handler to incorporate tracing flag. |
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47 | 2.01 Mon Dec 31 01:59:19 CET 2007 |
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48 | - found a minor problem in the testsuite that is only |
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49 | caught by new Test::Harness versions (reported by Andreas |
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50 | König). |
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52 | 2.0 Sat Dec 22 17:47:03 CET 2007 |
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53 | - no longer force kqueue when enabled, enable it |
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54 | on more systems (as its now by default not used on most). |
| 5 | - expose fork watchers. |
55 | - expose fork watchers. |
| 6 | - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API. |
56 | - switch to libev's MULTIPLICITY API. |
| 7 | - use a slightly different include file name strategy. |
57 | - use a slightly different include file name strategy. |
| 8 | - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation. |
58 | - get rid of (unused) libevent emulation. |
| 9 | - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation |
59 | - 5% watcher management speedup due to callback optimisation |
| 10 | when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity. |
60 | when inline closures are used, 5% slowdown due to multiplicity. |
| 11 | - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers. |
61 | - very minimal support for dynamic event loops and embed watchers. |
| 12 | - (libev) renamed ev_embed.loop to other. |
62 | - fix name of prepare start/stop methods. |
| 13 | - (libev) added exported Symbol tables. |
63 | - create and export EV::sleep and EV::set_*_collect_interval. |
| 14 | - (libev) undefine member wrapper macros at the end of ev.c. |
64 | - fix typos in manpage (Alex Efros). |
| 15 | - (libev) respect EV_H in ev++.h. |
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| 17 | 1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007 |
66 | 1.86 Tue Dec 18 02:36:57 CET 2007 |
| 18 | - (libev) fix memleak on loop destroy (not relevant for perl). |
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| 19 | - add periodic->at methods. |
67 | - add periodic->at methods. |
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| 21 | 1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007 |
69 | 1.85 Fri Dec 14 20:32:40 CET 2007 |
| 22 | - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that |
70 | - further optimise epoll backend by adding a heuristic that |
| 23 | avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible. |
71 | avoids EPOLL_CTL_DEL calls if possible. |
| 24 | - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe. |
72 | - EV::signal->start was not async-signal safe. |
| 25 | - (libev) fix some aliasing issues w.r.t. timers and periodics |
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| 26 | (not relevant for perl). |
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| 27 | - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed. |
73 | - optimise start/stop when the fd hasn't changed. |
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| 29 | 1.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007 |
75 | 1.8 Tue Dec 11 22:17:46 CET 2007 |
| 30 | - API version 3:0. |
76 | - API version 3:0. |
| 31 | - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll |
77 | - reduced fudge factor to zero for select, poll, epoll |
