lanes/docs, branch v3.6.3

version 3.6.3

2013-08-13T06:12:05+00:00

* lane:cancel() only causes cancel_test() to return true but won't interrupt execution of the lane during linda operations * more explicit errors when trying to transfer unknown source functions (with new configure option verbose_errors) * default options wrap allocator around a mutex when run by LuaJIT

version 3.6.2

2013-05-20T16:35:15+00:00

* WIN32 builds use condition variables instead of PulseEvent() when available. * first steps toward fixing make-vc.cmd

Added a sample snippet for set_finalizer()

2013-05-20T09:13:05+00:00

Update index.html

2013-04-05T15:34:04+00:00

version 3.6.0

2013-03-14T21:13:30+00:00

* protect_allocator is an API change -> version bump * bugfix: allocator protection should be done once per primary Lua state, not once only the first time ever Lanes is required

version 3.5.2

2013-03-13T19:48:01+00:00

* stricter validation of with_timers config option: validator was accepting any non-boolean value * new configuration option protect_allocator for VMs with thread unsafe allocators (such as LuaJIT) * removed some obsolete bits of dead code

version 3.5.1

2013-02-13T19:30:26+00:00

* new lanes.h header and API call luaopen_lanes_embedded() for embedders * "lanes.core" is an acceptable library in the generator libs argument * library "*" wildcard also opens lanes.core * tweaked code for Xbox 360 build

version 3.5.0

2013-01-30T19:28:47+00:00

* new: API lanes.require(), use it instead of regular require() for modules that export C functions you need to send over. * new: lanes no longer require 'lanes.core' by default in every created state. Use {required={"lanes.core"}} if you need to transfer lanes functions. * internal: because of the above, reworked the timer implementation to remove upvalue-dependency on lanes.core * new: API lanes.timer_lane, to be able to operate on timer lane if need be * improved: if a module is a full userdata, scan its metatable for function database population * improved: on_state_create can be a Lua function * changed: on_state_create is called after the base libraries are loaded * package[loaders|searchers] is no longer transfered as function naming depends on slot order * internal: changed separator from '.' to '/' in lookup databases to be able to distinguish search levels and dot coming from module names * added some mode debug spew * updated tests to reflect the above changes

version 3.4.4

2013-01-26T19:21:39+00:00

* bugfix: take into account the fact that "coroutine" is no longer part of base library in Lua 5.2 * bugfix: if "bit32" was listed in the libraries, it wouldn't open (library list parsing failing on digits) * bugfix: Use luaL_requiref() to open standard libraries in Lua 5.2 as we should * bugfix: any Lua state created by Lanes reuses the allocator function of the originating state * bugfix: don't call on_state_create() while GC is suspended during lua state initialization

version 3.4.3

2013-01-24T21:46:21+00:00

* raise an error if lane generator libs specification contains a lib more than once * bit32 is a valid lib name in the libs specification (silently ignored by the Lua 5.1 build) * improved lanes.nameof to search inside table- and userdata- metatables for an object's name * fixed an unwarranted error when trying to discover a function name upon a failed transfer * contents of package.[path,cpath,preload,loaders|searchers] are pulled *only once* inside keeper states at initialisation * Lua function upvalues equal to the global environment aren't copied by value, but bound to the destination's global environment especially useful for Lua 5.2 _ENV * fixed loading of base libraries that didn't create the global tables when built for Lua 5.2