lanes/docs, branch v3.1.5 A mirror of https://github.com/LuaLanes/lanes.git https://git.lua4.win/lanes/atom?h=v3.1.5 2012-07-10T19:43:32+00:00 one more step toward 5.2 compatibility 2012-07-10T19:43:32+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-07-10T19:43:32+00:00 urn:sha1:0373f863a9dbabbbe3e9aa74bea3e4b778f3a0cd * lua51-lanes renamed lanes.core * keeper state microcode is no longer embedded inside lanes.core, but located and loaded with package.loaders[2] * changed rockspec build type from "make" to "builtin" * when a transfered function is not found in source, guess its name to help the user find out what's wrong 2012-06-27T12:07:55+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-06-27T12:07:55+00:00 urn:sha1:6234c2113a2b52ddc9fa900e7848f2cd19bd9394 * new function lanes.nameof() fix issue #25 2012-06-24T13:12:32+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-06-24T13:12:32+00:00 urn:sha1:14acdd61de1e3679cb731713c6e5aba274fa8869 * lanes.timer() accepts a first_secs=nil to stop a timer * timer lane catches errors and prints them * fixed some typos in manual * linda:receive() batched mode now accepts a max_count optional argument 2012-06-12T05:47:33+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-06-12T05:47:33+00:00 urn:sha1:2f1efc2d1f63adbd8099991ff9b0f0e35b52a26f * fixed thread_cancel() not working when called without argument 2012-06-05T19:15:02+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-06-05T19:15:02+00:00 urn:sha1:d8e446dfad1195d0ed3a63e8945a2f96c73f84cc * new lane-global function set_error_reporting() to enable more data detailed data provided by lane_error() bumping version number to 3.1.1 2012-05-08T19:10:50+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-05-08T19:10:50+00:00 urn:sha1:1c33960abd867e425bad2633a85504f55a1f261c * changed lanes.configure signature to receive a table instead of individual parameters 2012-02-18T13:08:52+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2012-02-18T13:08:52+00:00 urn:sha1:076344633e7b2525cf48005f84f3935f324b60bf * added support for an on_state_create callback called to load custom functions in a state in addition to the base libraries * removed packagepath and packagecpath options, replaced by a package table, whose fields path, cpath, loaders, preload are transfered 2011-11-14T18:41:28+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2011-11-14T18:41:28+00:00 urn: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 processed 2011-11-05T16:31:02+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2011-11-05T16:31:02+00:00 urn: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 exchanges 2011-04-18T06:25:23+00:00 Benoit Germain bnt.germain@gmail.com 2011-04-18T06:25:23+00:00 urn: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