Revision history for Perl extension threads.

1.83 Sun Apr 17 23:37:01 2011

• Sync from blead

1.82 Fri Dec 24 16:21:56 2010

• Document issue with open dir handles
• Sync from blead
• POD update

1.81 Mon Sep 27 17:36:31 2010

• Make compatible with Perl 5.13.2 and higher

1.79 Fri Sep 24 18:40:59 2010

• Fix failing tests in t/kill2.t

1.78 Wed Sep 22 17:21:22 2010

• Handle missing signal handler in thread (threads bug #60460)

1.77 Fri Mar 26 13:36:33 2010

• Fix race condition in t/threads.t (threads bug #55633)

1.76 Tue Mar 9 14:02:43 EST 2010

• Handle magic on arg to ->object() (bug #73330)
• Make ->object(threads->tid()) work like ->self() (bug #73330)
• Noted memory consumption issue in POD
• Added reusable thread pool example

1.75 Mon Nov 23 15:32:28 2009

• Conditionally compile tmps stack cleanup code (bug #70411)
• Support mingw64
• Install in 'site' for Perl >= 5.011

1.74 Mon Aug 10 18:53:59 2009

• Updated DESCRIPTION in POD
• Added 'no_threads' test
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.19

1.73 Mon Jun 8 13:17:04 2009

• Signal handling during thread creation/destruction (John Wright)
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.17

1.72 Wed Feb 25 20:23:25 2009

• Correct flags to perl_get_sv() in threads.xs
• Use watchdog() in 'free' tests
• Simplified loading modules in tests
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.16

1.71 Tue Jun 10 17:07:25 2008

• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.14
• Discourage the use of END blocks in threads
• LICENSE section in POD
• 'die' properly if no compiler
• End all tests with exit(0)

1.69 Fri Feb 22 21:22:22 2008

• Allow installation on non-threaded Perls

1.68 Wed Feb 20 17:05:21 2008

• Blead change 33024
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.13_01

1.67 Tue Sep 18 20:44:40 2007

• Test fix for Perl < 5.8.7

1.66 Fri Sep 14 18:54:20 2007

• [perl #45053] Memory corruption with heavy module loading in threads
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.11_06

1.65 Wed Sep 5 13:19:09 2007

• Skip spelling test (maintainer only)

1.64 Sun Aug 19 13:59:16 EDT 2007

• Documented cwd and %ENV issues wrt threads
• Sundry test suite fixes
• POD spelling test

1.63 Tue Jun 26 21:15:27 EDT 2007

• Avoid double-free of the thread function
• Added reference in POD to perlmod section on thread safety
• Mention leaked and unreferenced scalar warnings in POD
• Removed BEGIN in threads.pm
• Only need to require Config

1.62 Thu May 17 16:10:49 2007

• Fixed :all import option
• Fixed problems in test suite
• Subversion repository on Google

1.61 Wed Mar 21 16:09:15 EDT 2007

• Fix 'list/array' context - both keywords are supported
• Upgraded ppport.h to Devel::PPPort 3.11
• Removed embed.t - unreliable

1.59 Mon Feb 5 16:05:44 EST 2007

• POD tweaks per Wolfgang Laun

1.58 Wed Jan 24 13:15:34 EST 2007

• Fix race conditions on thread destruction (Dave Mitchell)
• Ignore thread return value(s) in void context
• Check for missing args for 'use threads' options
• Check that stack size argument is numeric

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!

0.02 Sat Jun 30 09:41:00 GMT 2001

Fixed bug in threads->self() reported by Hackworth

0.01 Tue Apr 24 19:04:12 2001

Cleaned up documentation