Revision history for Perl extension threads. 1.87 Tue May 28 15:11:30 2013 - Ignore signals to finished threads (threads bug #85140) 1.86 Wed Dec 14 21:12:51 2011 - Fix for mingw-w64 build due to setjmp difference 1.85 Sat Sep 3 15:02:29 2011 - Version bump for blead 1.84 Sat Sep 3 02:54:19 2011 - Sync from blead - Document signal catching by thread 0 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 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