1 Revision history for Perl extension threads.
3 1.58 Wed Jan 24 13:15:34 EST 2007
4 - Fix race conditions on thread destruction (Dave Mitchell)
5 - Ignore thread return value(s) in void context
6 - Check for missing args for 'use threads' options
7 - Check that stack size argument is numeric
9 1.57 Wed Dec 20 13:10:26 EST 2006
10 - Fixes courtesy of Michael J. Pomraning
11 Eliminates self joins.
12 Eliminates multiple, simultaneous joins on a thread.
13 Protects thread->state variable with mutexes.
14 Checks that OS join call is successful.
16 1.56 Fri Dec 15 12:18:47 EST 2006
17 - More fixes to test suite
19 1.55 Fri Dec 15 11:24:46 EST 2006
22 1.54 Thu Dec 14 14:12:30 EST 2006
23 - Added ->error() method
25 1.53 Mon Nov 27 12:08:27 EST 2006
26 - Fix for a thread cloning bug
29 1.52 Tue Nov 21 11:04:03 EST 2006
30 - Fix compiler warnings
32 1.51 Wed Nov 15 14:25:30 EST 2006
33 - Thread destruction fix
35 1.49 Fri Nov 3 08:33:28 EST 2006
36 - Fix a warning message
38 1.48 Thu Nov 2 12:33:22 EST 2006
39 - Fix for segfault during thread destruction
41 1.47 Mon Oct 30 16:02:53 EST 2006
42 - Fix t/thread.t crash under Win32
43 - Test multiple embedded Perl support
45 1.46 Fri Oct 27 19:51:48 EST 2006
46 - Support multiple embedded Perls
47 - Document workaround for non-threadsafe modules
49 1.45 Wed Oct 25 14:22:23 EDT 2006
50 - Makefile.PL changes for CORE
53 1.44 Wed Oct 11 08:55:50 EDT 2006
54 - Complain about bad import options
55 - Added example threads script
57 1.43 Fri Oct 6 15:12:07 EDT 2006
58 - Stringify threads objects
59 - Removed 'typemap' file
61 1.42 Mon Sep 18 11:17:13 EDT 2006
63 - Move $threads::threads outside of BEGIN block
65 1.41 Fri Sep 8 19:28:41 EST 2006
66 - Race condition fixes
68 1.39 Tue Aug 30 12:00:00 EDT 2006
69 - Signals are safe in 5.8.0
70 - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.10
72 1.38 Tue Aug 1 11:48:56 EDT 2006
75 1.37 Fri Jul 21 10:51:36 EDT 2006
76 - Revert 'exit' behavior with override
78 1.36 Mon Jul 10 15:58:13 EDT 2006
79 - Ignore signals sent to terminated threads
81 1.35 Mon Jul 10 09:44:47 EDT 2006
82 - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.09
83 - Fix for Borland compiler
85 1.34 Thu Jul 6 10:29:37 EDT 2006
86 - Added ->is_running, ->is_detached, ->is_joinable, ->wantarray
87 - Enhanced ->list to return running or joinable threads
89 1.33 Mon Jul 3 10:11:20 EDT 2006
90 - 'exit' inside a thread silently terminates thread only
91 - Added 'threads->exit()' (just calls CORE::exit(0))
92 - Handle 'die/exit' in thread warn handlers if thread terminates
94 - Give exact accounting of unjoined threads on program termination
95 - Fix spurious 'failures' from t/blocks.t
96 - Set correct path to threads module in tests that use test.pl
98 1.32 Mon Jun 5 09:27:53 EDT 2006
99 - Fix for HP-UX 10.20 pthread_attr_getstacksize usage
100 - Check for threads::shared in tests
102 1.31 Fri May 19 16:06:42 EDT 2006
103 - Explicit thread context
105 1.29 Thu May 18 16:09:28 EDT 2006
106 - Fix warning/core dump from ->create('foo') in BEGIN block
108 1.28 Wed May 17 14:33:13 EDT 2006
109 - Fix for build failure under older Perl versions
110 - Skip signalling tests if using unsafe signals
112 1.27 Thu May 11 11:52:21 EDT 2006
113 - Added $thr->kill() method for thread signalling
114 - Check for 'C' compiler when building module
116 1.26 Mon May 8 13:18:29 EDT 2006
117 - Fix for Win32 build WRT page size
119 1.25 Thu May 4 12:34:02 EDT 2006
120 - Final sync with blead
121 - Lock counters in tests
123 1.24 Mon Apr 24 10:29:11 EDT 2006
124 - assert() that thread 0 is never destructed
125 - Determinancy in free.t
127 1.23 Thu Apr 13 16:57:00 EDT 2006
128 - BUG (RE)FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
129 - It's an error to detach a thread twice
130 - More XS code cleanups
132 1.22 Fri Apr 7 21:35:06 EDT 2006
133 - Documented maximum stack size error
135 1.21 Tue Apr 4 13:57:23 EDT 2006
136 - Corrected ->_handle() to return a pointer
139 1.19 Sat Mar 25 18:46:02 EST 2006
140 - Use 'DEFINE' instead of 'CCFLAGS' in Makefile.PL
142 1.18 Fri Mar 24 14:21:36 EST 2006
143 - ->equal returns 0 on false for backwards compatibility
144 - Changed UVs to IVs in XS code (except for TID)
145 - Use ->create in tests
147 1.17 Thu Mar 23 10:31:20 EST 2006
148 - Restoration of 'core' build parameters
150 1.15 Wed Mar 22 13:46:51 EST 2006
151 - BUG FIX: Replaced SvPV_nolen_const macro
152 - Disabled closure return test again and added note in POD
154 1.14 Tue Mar 21 08:40:16 EST 2006
155 - BUG FIX: Corrected UV formatting string
157 1.13 Mon Mar 20 15:09:42 EST 2006
158 - BUG FIX: Round stack sizes to multiple of page size
159 - Use PTHREAD_STACK_MIN if available
161 1.12 Sun Mar 19 17:34:49 EST 2006
162 - Implemented $thr1->equal($thr2) in XS
163 - Use $ENV{PERL_CORE} in tests
165 1.11 Fri Mar 17 13:24:35 EST 2006
166 - BUG FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
167 - Removed BUGS POD item regarding returning objects from threads
168 - Enabled closure return test in t/problems.t
169 - Handle deprecation of :unique in tests
171 - Better POD coverage
173 1.09 Mon Mar 13 14:14:37 EST 2006
174 - Initial (re-)release to CPAN
176 - API for thread stack size (courtesy of Dean Arnold)
177 - Made threads->list() context sensitive
178 - Implemented threads->object($tid) in XS
179 - Added $thr->_handle() method
184 0.03 Mon Jul 2 12:00:50 CEST 2001
185 Fixed bug with threads->self() in main thread, thanks Hackworth!
187 0.02 Sat Jun 30 09:41:00 GMT 2001
188 Fixed bug in threads->self() reported by Hackworth
190 0.01 Tue Apr 24 19:04:12 2001
191 Cleaned up documentation