lanes/docs/index.html, branch v3.0.0A mirror of https://github.com/LuaLanes/lanes.git
https://git.lua4.win/lanes/atom?h=v3.0.02011-11-14T18:41:28+00:00* removed packagepath and packagecpath options, replaced by a package table, whose fields path, cpath, loaders, preload are transfered2011-11-14T18:41:28+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-11-14T18:41:28+00:00urn:sha1:87431bcc0ece1eaf9305593223bb0c5145004044
* code cleanup to facilitate transition between WIN32 and PTHREAD impleentations
* tentative fix for desinit crashes when free running lanes are killed at process shutdown
* process exit change: close everything at GC when main state closes, not when atexit() handlers are processed2011-11-05T16:31:02+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-11-05T16:31:02+00:00urn:sha1:053f7cff3c95acb915e6babfd306971f11bb7986
* Lua 5.2-style module:
* module() is no longer used to implement lanes.lua
* a global "lanes" variable is no longer created when the module is required
* the Lanes module table is returned instead
* Lanes must be initialized before used:
* the first occurence of 'require "lanes"' produces a minimal interface that only contains a configure() function
* the remainder of the interface is made available once this function is called
* subsequent calls to configure() do nothing
* configure() controls the number of keeper states and the startup of timers
* LuaJIT 2 compatibility
* non-Lua functions are no longer copied by creating a C closure from a C pointer, but through 2-way lookup tables
* this means that if a lane function body pulls non-Lua functions, the lane generator description must contain the list of libraries and modules that exports them
* introduces a change in configuration .globals management: contents are copied *after* std libs are loaded
* new .required configuration entry to list modules that must be require()'ed before lane body is transferred
* lane:cancel() wakes up waiting lindas like what is done at lane shutdown
* linda uses a fast FIFO implementation to speed up data exchanges2011-04-18T06:25:23+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-04-18T06:25:23+00:00urn:sha1:05256f1e75f8583829bbaa7cdf1fb1518b93332a
* new linda:count() method
* new linda batched data read mode
* proper key type check in all linda methods
* fix setup-vc.cmd to support Visual Studio 2010 and Windows 7 64 bits
* bugfix: release keeper state mutex at desinit
New features2011-03-30T17:44:17+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-03-30T17:16:39+00:00urn:sha1:2d5d798c24286f10c1bffd5ea4ac466c2c3a12fa
* linda honors __tostring and __concat
* new accessor linda:keys(), to retrieve the list of keys with pending data inside a linda
* new lanes options packagepath and packagecpath, in case one needs to set them differently than the default
* fixed potential crash at application shutdown when calling lua_close() on a killed thread's VM.2011-03-01T20:12:56+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-03-01T20:12:56+00:00urn:sha1:e97adefde985e30fe31ffa036c74ffb0ce10ca26
* exposed cancel_test() in the lanes to enable manual testing for cancellation requests.
* removed kludgy {globals={threadName}} support, replaced with a new function set_debug_threadname().
Make the number of internal keeper states selectable by an optional parameter passed to require.2011-02-21T19:33:39+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-02-21T19:33:39+00:00urn:sha1:974aa4343cf900938b5d357d10798d91faf60f5a* keeper.lua is now embedded in text form instead of bytecode to improve LuaJIT2-compatibility (but this is not enough).2011-02-18T19:33:43+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-02-18T19:33:43+00:00urn:sha1:1760eafa1d2ebce8f07e11414a53d4a251af5b8e
* moved keeper-related code in a separate source file
Lane userdata implementation refactoring:2011-02-17T06:52:53+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-02-17T06:52:53+00:00urn:sha1:ab233d0c9a1edc34836e2249c1eb6d714f1066b5
- Refactor lane proxy implementation: it is now a full userdata instead
of a table, and its methods are implemented in C instead of Lua.
* its metatable is no longer accessible.
* writing to the proxy raises an error.
* it is no longer possible to overwrite its join() and cancel() methods
- when a deep userdata idfunc requests a module to be required, manually
check that it is not loaded before requiring it instead of relying on
the require function's loop detection feature.
- when a module must be required, raise an error if the 'require' function
is not found in the target state.
- we know Lanes is loaded in the master state, so we don't force it
to be required in every lane too when a linda deep userdata is copied.
Changed idfunc signature and contract to clarify that fact it is not lua-callable and to be able to require the module it was exported from in the target lanes.2011-02-12T16:06:03+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-02-12T16:06:03+00:00urn:sha1:a661736f7984292a41d71847de68590f6b8ca08aUpdated CHANGES2011-01-29T16:40:50+00:00Benoit Germainbnt.germain@gmail.com2011-01-29T16:40:50+00:00urn:sha1:3dc924cac5f687ca03d187d0c4ed7d088834ffc3
Fixed makefile so that make finds lua.exe
Updated contact information in documentation