lanes/tests, branch v3.1.0

* changed lanes.configure signature to receive a table instead of individual parameters

2012-02-18T13:08:52+00:00

* added support for an on_state_create callback called to load custom functions in a state in addition to the base libraries

* process exit change: close everything at GC when main state closes, not when atexit() handlers are processed

2011-11-05T16:31:02+00:00

* 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

2011-04-18T06:26:56+00:00

* 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

* fixed potential crash at application shutdown when calling lua_close() on a killed thread's VM.

2011-03-01T20:12:56+00:00

* 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().

Lane userdata implementation refactoring:

2011-02-17T06:52:53+00:00

- 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.

Fixed application hang-up because keeper state was not released in case of errors thrown by inter-state data copy for unsupported types

2011-02-14T20:20:24+00:00

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+00:00

Take all code from Asko Kauppi's SVN server, and push it here so that the github repository becomes the official Lanes source codebase.

2011-01-04T20:31:17+00:00

Note that Asko's SVN server holds version 2.0.9, whereas this is version 2.0.10, but I don't see any real need to update SVN if it is to become deprecated. Next steps: - upgrade the rockspec to the latest version - make the html help available online somewhere Signed-off-by: Benoit Germain

Import to git

2010-10-01T01:22:32+00:00