1 Revision history for Perl extension threads.
4 - Sundry test suite fixes
6 1.63 Tue Jun 26 21:15:27 EDT 2007
7 - Avoid double-free of the thread function
8 - Added reference in POD to perlmod section on thread safety
9 - Mention leaked and unreferenced scalar warnings in POD
10 - Removed BEGIN in threads.pm
11 - Only need to require Config
13 1.62 Thu May 17 16:10:49 2007
14 - Fixed :all import option
15 - Fixed problems in test suite
16 - Subversion repository on Google
18 1.61 Wed Mar 21 16:09:15 EDT 2007
19 - Fix 'list/array' context - both keywords are supported
20 - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.11
21 - Removed embed.t - unreliable
23 1.59 Mon Feb 5 16:05:44 EST 2007
24 - POD tweaks per Wolfgang Laun
26 1.58 Wed Jan 24 13:15:34 EST 2007
27 - Fix race conditions on thread destruction (Dave Mitchell)
28 - Ignore thread return value(s) in void context
29 - Check for missing args for 'use threads' options
30 - Check that stack size argument is numeric
32 1.57 Wed Dec 20 13:10:26 EST 2006
33 - Fixes courtesy of Michael J. Pomraning
35 Eliminates multiple, simultaneous joins on a thread
36 Protects thread->state variable with mutexes
37 Checks that OS join call is successful
39 1.56 Fri Dec 15 12:18:47 EST 2006
40 - More fixes to test suite
42 1.55 Fri Dec 15 11:24:46 EST 2006
45 1.54 Thu Dec 14 14:12:30 EST 2006
46 - Added ->error() method
48 1.53 Mon Nov 27 12:08:27 EST 2006
49 - Fix for a thread cloning bug
52 1.52 Tue Nov 21 11:04:03 EST 2006
53 - Fix compiler warnings
55 1.51 Wed Nov 15 14:25:30 EST 2006
56 - Thread destruction fix
58 1.49 Fri Nov 3 08:33:28 EST 2006
59 - Fix a warning message
61 1.48 Thu Nov 2 12:33:22 EST 2006
62 - Fix for segfault during thread destruction
64 1.47 Mon Oct 30 16:02:53 EST 2006
65 - Fix t/thread.t crash under Win32
66 - Test multiple embedded Perl support
68 1.46 Fri Oct 27 19:51:48 EST 2006
69 - Support multiple embedded Perls
70 - Document workaround for non-threadsafe modules
72 1.45 Wed Oct 25 14:22:23 EDT 2006
73 - Makefile.PL changes for CORE
76 1.44 Wed Oct 11 08:55:50 EDT 2006
77 - Complain about bad import options
78 - Added example threads script
80 1.43 Fri Oct 6 15:12:07 EDT 2006
81 - Stringify threads objects
82 - Removed 'typemap' file
84 1.42 Mon Sep 18 11:17:13 EDT 2006
86 - Move $threads::threads outside of BEGIN block
88 1.41 Fri Sep 8 19:28:41 EST 2006
89 - Race condition fixes
91 1.39 Tue Aug 30 12:00:00 EDT 2006
92 - Signals are safe in 5.8.0
93 - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.10
95 1.38 Tue Aug 1 11:48:56 EDT 2006
98 1.37 Fri Jul 21 10:51:36 EDT 2006
99 - Revert 'exit' behavior with override
101 1.36 Mon Jul 10 15:58:13 EDT 2006
102 - Ignore signals sent to terminated threads
104 1.35 Mon Jul 10 09:44:47 EDT 2006
105 - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.09
106 - Fix for Borland compiler
108 1.34 Thu Jul 6 10:29:37 EDT 2006
109 - Added ->is_running, ->is_detached, ->is_joinable, ->wantarray
110 - Enhanced ->list to return running or joinable threads
112 1.33 Mon Jul 3 10:11:20 EDT 2006
113 - 'exit' inside a thread silently terminates thread only
114 - Added 'threads->exit()' (just calls CORE::exit(0))
115 - Handle 'die/exit' in thread warn handlers if thread terminates
117 - Give exact accounting of unjoined threads on program termination
118 - Fix spurious 'failures' from t/blocks.t
119 - Set correct path to threads module in tests that use test.pl
121 1.32 Mon Jun 5 09:27:53 EDT 2006
122 - Fix for HP-UX 10.20 pthread_attr_getstacksize usage
123 - Check for threads::shared in tests
125 1.31 Fri May 19 16:06:42 EDT 2006
126 - Explicit thread context
128 1.29 Thu May 18 16:09:28 EDT 2006
129 - Fix warning/core dump from ->create('foo') in BEGIN block
131 1.28 Wed May 17 14:33:13 EDT 2006
132 - Fix for build failure under older Perl versions
133 - Skip signalling tests if using unsafe signals
135 1.27 Thu May 11 11:52:21 EDT 2006
136 - Added $thr->kill() method for thread signalling
137 - Check for 'C' compiler when building module
139 1.26 Mon May 8 13:18:29 EDT 2006
140 - Fix for Win32 build WRT page size
142 1.25 Thu May 4 12:34:02 EDT 2006
143 - Final sync with blead
144 - Lock counters in tests
146 1.24 Mon Apr 24 10:29:11 EDT 2006
147 - assert() that thread 0 is never destructed
148 - Determinancy in free.t
150 1.23 Thu Apr 13 16:57:00 EDT 2006
151 - BUG (RE)FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
152 - It's an error to detach a thread twice
153 - More XS code cleanups
155 1.22 Fri Apr 7 21:35:06 EDT 2006
156 - Documented maximum stack size error
158 1.21 Tue Apr 4 13:57:23 EDT 2006
159 - Corrected ->_handle() to return a pointer
162 1.19 Sat Mar 25 18:46:02 EST 2006
163 - Use 'DEFINE' instead of 'CCFLAGS' in Makefile.PL
165 1.18 Fri Mar 24 14:21:36 EST 2006
166 - ->equal returns 0 on false for backwards compatibility
167 - Changed UVs to IVs in XS code (except for TID)
168 - Use ->create in tests
170 1.17 Thu Mar 23 10:31:20 EST 2006
171 - Restoration of 'core' build parameters
173 1.15 Wed Mar 22 13:46:51 EST 2006
174 - BUG FIX: Replaced SvPV_nolen_const macro
175 - Disabled closure return test again and added note in POD
177 1.14 Tue Mar 21 08:40:16 EST 2006
178 - BUG FIX: Corrected UV formatting string
180 1.13 Mon Mar 20 15:09:42 EST 2006
181 - BUG FIX: Round stack sizes to multiple of page size
182 - Use PTHREAD_STACK_MIN if available
184 1.12 Sun Mar 19 17:34:49 EST 2006
185 - Implemented $thr1->equal($thr2) in XS
186 - Use $ENV{PERL_CORE} in tests
188 1.11 Fri Mar 17 13:24:35 EST 2006
189 - BUG FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
190 - Removed BUGS POD item regarding returning objects from threads
191 - Enabled closure return test in t/problems.t
192 - Handle deprecation of :unique in tests
194 - Better POD coverage
196 1.09 Mon Mar 13 14:14:37 EST 2006
197 - Initial (re-)release to CPAN
199 - API for thread stack size (courtesy of Dean Arnold)
200 - Made threads->list() context sensitive
201 - Implemented threads->object($tid) in XS
202 - Added $thr->_handle() method
207 0.03 Mon Jul 2 12:00:50 CEST 2001
208 Fixed bug with threads->self() in main thread, thanks Hackworth!
210 0.02 Sat Jun 30 09:41:00 GMT 2001
211 Fixed bug in threads->self() reported by Hackworth
213 0.01 Tue Apr 24 19:04:12 2001
214 Cleaned up documentation