Revision history for Perl extension threads.
+1.57 Wed Dec 20 13:10:26 EST 2006
+ - Fixes courtesy of Michael J. Pomraning
+ Eliminates self joins.
+ Eliminates multiple, simultaneous joins on a thread.
+ Protects thread->state variable with mutexes.
+ Checks that OS join call is successful.
+
+1.56 Fri Dec 15 12:18:47 EST 2006
+ - More fixes to test suite
+
+1.55 Fri Dec 15 11:24:46 EST 2006
+ - Fixes to test suite
+
+1.54 Thu Dec 14 14:12:30 EST 2006
+ - Added ->error() method
+
+1.53 Mon Nov 27 12:08:27 EST 2006
+ - Fix for a thread cloning bug
+ - Fixes to test suite
+
+1.52 Tue Nov 21 11:04:03 EST 2006
+ - Fix compiler warnings
+
+1.51 Wed Nov 15 14:25:30 EST 2006
+ - Thread destruction fix
+
+1.49 Fri Nov 3 08:33:28 EST 2006
+ - Fix a warning message
+
+1.48 Thu Nov 2 12:33:22 EST 2006
+ - Fix for segfault during thread destruction
+
+1.47 Mon Oct 30 16:02:53 EST 2006
+ - Fix t/thread.t crash under Win32
+ - Test multiple embedded Perl support
+
+1.46 Fri Oct 27 19:51:48 EST 2006
+ - Support multiple embedded Perls
+ - Document workaround for non-threadsafe modules
+
+1.45 Wed Oct 25 14:22:23 EDT 2006
+ - Makefile.PL changes for CORE
+ - Updated POD tests
+
+1.44 Wed Oct 11 08:55:50 EDT 2006
+ - Complain about bad import options
+ - Added example threads script
+
+1.43 Fri Oct 6 15:12:07 EDT 2006
+ - Stringify threads objects
+ - Removed 'typemap' file
+
+1.42 Mon Sep 18 11:17:13 EDT 2006
+ - Fixes to tests
+ - Move $threads::threads outside of BEGIN block
+
+1.41 Fri Sep 8 19:28:41 EST 2006
+ - Race condition fixes
+
+1.39 Tue Aug 30 12:00:00 EDT 2006
+ - Signals are safe in 5.8.0
+ - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.10
+
+1.38 Tue Aug 1 11:48:56 EDT 2006
+ - Fixes to tests
+
+1.37 Fri Jul 21 10:51:36 EDT 2006
+ - Revert 'exit' behavior with override
+
+1.36 Mon Jul 10 15:58:13 EDT 2006
+ - Ignore signals sent to terminated threads
+
+1.35 Mon Jul 10 09:44:47 EDT 2006
+ - Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.09
+ - Fix for Borland compiler
+
+1.34 Thu Jul 6 10:29:37 EDT 2006
+ - Added ->is_running, ->is_detached, ->is_joinable, ->wantarray
+ - Enhanced ->list to return running or joinable threads
+
+1.33 Mon Jul 3 10:11:20 EDT 2006
+ - 'exit' inside a thread silently terminates thread only
+ - Added 'threads->exit()' (just calls CORE::exit(0))
+ - Handle 'die/exit' in thread warn handlers if thread terminates
+ with a warning
+ - Give exact accounting of unjoined threads on program termination
+ - Fix spurious 'failures' from t/blocks.t
+ - Set correct path to threads module in tests that use test.pl
+
+1.32 Mon Jun 5 09:27:53 EDT 2006
+ - Fix for HP-UX 10.20 pthread_attr_getstacksize usage
+ - Check for threads::shared in tests
+
+1.31 Fri May 19 16:06:42 EDT 2006
+ - Explicit thread context
+
+1.29 Thu May 18 16:09:28 EDT 2006
+ - Fix warning/core dump from ->create('foo') in BEGIN block
+
+1.28 Wed May 17 14:33:13 EDT 2006
+ - Fix for build failure under older Perl versions
+ - Skip signalling tests if using unsafe signals
+
+1.27 Thu May 11 11:52:21 EDT 2006
+ - Added $thr->kill() method for thread signalling
+ - Check for 'C' compiler when building module
+
+1.26 Mon May 8 13:18:29 EDT 2006
+ - Fix for Win32 build WRT page size
+
+1.25 Thu May 4 12:34:02 EDT 2006
+ - Final sync with blead
+ - Lock counters in tests
+
+1.24 Mon Apr 24 10:29:11 EDT 2006
+ - assert() that thread 0 is never destructed
+ - Determinancy in free.t
+
+1.23 Thu Apr 13 16:57:00 EDT 2006
+ - BUG (RE)FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
+ - It's an error to detach a thread twice
+ - More XS code cleanups
+
+1.22 Fri Apr 7 21:35:06 EDT 2006
+ - Documented maximum stack size error
+
+1.21 Tue Apr 4 13:57:23 EDT 2006
+ - Corrected ->_handle() to return a pointer
+ - Overload !=
+
+1.19 Sat Mar 25 18:46:02 EST 2006
+ - Use 'DEFINE' instead of 'CCFLAGS' in Makefile.PL
+
+1.18 Fri Mar 24 14:21:36 EST 2006
+ - ->equal returns 0 on false for backwards compatibility
+ - Changed UVs to IVs in XS code (except for TID)
+ - Use ->create in tests
+
+1.17 Thu Mar 23 10:31:20 EST 2006
+ - Restoration of 'core' build parameters
+
+1.15 Wed Mar 22 13:46:51 EST 2006
+ - BUG FIX: Replaced SvPV_nolen_const macro
+ - Disabled closure return test again and added note in POD
+
+1.14 Tue Mar 21 08:40:16 EST 2006
+ - BUG FIX: Corrected UV formatting string
+
+1.13 Mon Mar 20 15:09:42 EST 2006
+ - BUG FIX: Round stack sizes to multiple of page size
+ - Use PTHREAD_STACK_MIN if available
+
+1.12 Sun Mar 19 17:34:49 EST 2006
+ - Implemented $thr1->equal($thr2) in XS
+ - Use $ENV{PERL_CORE} in tests
+
+1.11 Fri Mar 17 13:24:35 EST 2006
+ - BUG FIX: Properly free thread's Perl interpreter
+ - Removed BUGS POD item regarding returning objects from threads
+ - Enabled closure return test in t/problems.t
+ - Handle deprecation of :unique in tests
+ - XS code cleanup
+ - Better POD coverage
+
+1.09 Mon Mar 13 14:14:37 EST 2006
+ - Initial (re-)release to CPAN
+ - 64-bit TIDs
+ - API for thread stack size (courtesy of Dean Arnold)
+ - Made threads->list() context sensitive
+ - Implemented threads->object($tid) in XS
+ - Added $thr->_handle() method
+
+
+Ancient history:
+
0.03 Mon Jul 2 12:00:50 CEST 2001
Fixed bug with threads->self() in main thread, thanks Hackworth!