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 CHANGES:
-CHANGE 159: BGe 19-Mar-24
+CHANGE 1: BGe 9-Apr-24
-   * fix small internal issue with when hitting timeout on thread kill during thread_cancel() in pthread implementation
+   * reset changelog, next entry will list API changes since last C-implementation.
-CHANGE 158: BGe 22-Feb-24
-   * naive luajit detection in PUC-Lua-based builds, and vice-versa to detect mismatches
-   * internal version bumped to 3.16.3
-CHANGE 157: Mitalie 17-Aug-23
-   * Prevent crash on linux as non-root
-   * internal version bumped to 3.16.2
-CHANGE 156: BGe 9-Aug-23
-   * new configuration option .internal_allocator to help LuaJIT users.
-   * internal version bumped to 3.16.1
-CHANGE 155: BGe 28-Jul-23
-   * tweaks to linux thread priority management: do nothing if not super-user. if super-user, do nothing if nothing is provided (instead of trying to force a prio when LINUX_SCHED_RR is defined).
-CHANGE 154: eligovision 1-Mar-22
-   * Fix 3-parametrized __lanesclone
-CHANGE 153: BGe 17-Feb-22
-   * NEVER use allocator obtained from lua_getallocf to allocate stuff manually when compiling for LuaJIT
-CHANGE 152: BGe 7-Feb-22
-   * bumped version to 3.16.0
-   * __lanesclone is now called only once with 3 parameters dest, source, size -> BREAKS CUSTOM DEEP USERDATA API
-CHANGE 151: BGe 7-Feb-22
-   * bumped version to 3.15.2
-   * Lanes no longer relies on malloc/free for internal allocations, but uses the primary alloc function from the master Lua state
-CHANGE 150: BGe 22-Sep-21
-   * fix require() wrapper to return all values returned by original require()
-CHANGE 149: BGe 8-Jul-21
-   * bumped version to 3.15.1
-   * fix function transfer with lua_dump for Lua 5.4 failing for functions big enough to necessitate a buffer reallocation
-CHANGE 148: BGe 23-Jun-21
-   * __lanesclone now receives the original as light userdata the first time it is called -> BREAKS CUSTOM DEEP USERDATA API
-CHANGE 147: BGe 16-Jun-21
-   * changed lanes.threads() output so that several lanes with the same name don't clobber each other in the result table -> BREAKS API
-   * bumped version to 3.15 because of the API change
-CHANGE 146: BGe 26-Apr-19
-   * lane:cancel() rework (see doc).
-   * opt.cancelstep is gone, hook is installed by lane:cancel() if requested
-CHANGE 145: BGe 28-Nov-18
-   * more code refacto
-   * don't test __lanesignore for POD types (-> slightly faster when trasnfering lots of data)
-CHANGE 144: BGe 28-Nov-18
-   * some code refacto
-CHANGE 143: BGe 27-Nov-18
-   * Lua 5.4 support
-   * __lanesclone and  lanes.nameof support userdata uservalue(s)
-CHANGE 142: BGe 26-Nov-18
-   * Version is available in public header
-CHANGE 141: BGe 25-Nov-18
-   * protect_allocator configure option is gone, long live allocator (more embedders-friendly)
-CHANGE 140: BGe 22-Nov-18
-   * Raise an error instead of crashing when attempting to transfer a non-deep full userdata
-CHANGE 139: BGe 21-Nov-18
-   * more DEBUGSPEW
-CHANGE 138: BGe 19-Nov-18
-   * Registry access code utility macros
-   * CONFIG_REGKEY and LOOKUP_REGKEY are now lightuserdata instead of strings
-   * Stack checking debug macros improvements
-CHANGE 137: BGe 15-Nov-18
-   * Deep userdata must embed DeepPrelude to save an allocation (also changes Deep protocol)
-CHANGE 136: BGe 15-Nov-18
-   * split linda code in a separate file
-   * rockspec for version v3.13.0
-CHANGE 135: BGe 11-Nov-18
-   * fix a bunch of compilation warnings
-CHANGE 134: BGe 3-Dec-13
-   * new API lanes.set_thread_affinity()
-   * set_debug_threadname implemented with win32 pthread
-CHANGE 133: BGe 8-Nov-18
-   * Make sure any linda operation that can raise an error won't ever leave a mutex unreleased
-   * lane:join() now returns nil, "timeout" in case of timeout
-CHANGE 132: BGe 7-Nov-18
-   * __lanesclone mechanism should actually work now
-CHANGE 131: BGe 7-Nov-18
-   * Fix potential crash at application shutdown when deep userdata were created before Lanes is required
-CHANGE 130: BGe 2-Nov-18
-   * always duplicate the config structure in new lanes even when no libraries are initialized by the generator
-     (fixes an internal error trying to call on_state_create in a lane without any libs loaded)
-CHANGE 129: BGe 2-Nov-18
-   * Bumped version to 3.13
-   * fix error when autodetecting protect_allocator when running under LuaJIT
-CHANGE 128: BGe 31-Oct-18
-   * Better default value autodetection for protect_allocator setting
-CHANGE 127: BGe 30-Oct-18
-   * restrict internal light userdata constants to 47 significant bits when building against LuaJIT-x64
-CHANGE 126: Bge 29-Oct-18
-   * Add deep user data cloning support
-CHANGE 125: BGe 25-Oct-18
-   * Fix Lanes build by reorganizing types around a bit
-CHANGE 124: BGe 9-Jul-18
-   * Fix a stack overflow when copying large tables with verbose_errors option enabled
-   * Support for integer formatting in verbose errors
-CHANGE 123: BGe 2-Aug-17
-   * added support for user-provided __gc in deep userdata
-   * more complete deep userdata sample
-CHANGE 122: BGe 1-Aug-17
-   * fix crash trying to use a deep-aware module while not requiring Lanes
-   * bumped version to 3.12
-CHANGE 121: BGe 13-Jun-17
-   * no longer internally assert when an error message is not a string
-CHANGE 120: BGe 5-Jun-17
-   * new API function lanes.register( "name", module) to manually register a module table after it was required
-   * Transfering registered module tables will link the equivalent in the destination state instead of cloning it
-   * bumped version to 3.11
-CHANGE 119: BGe 10-May-17
-   * Fixed some compilation warnings
-   * Improved LuaJIT support
-CHANGE 118: trukanduk 21-Nov-16
-   * bumped version to 3.10.1
-   * objects with a metatable that contains __lanesignore are skipped during data transfers
-CHANGE 117: mpeterv 21-Nov-16
-   * Fix an implicit number-to-string conversion
-CHANGE 116: BGe, mpeterv 27-Apr-15
-   * bumped version to 3.10.0
-   * segfault fixed in LG_lane_new
-   * Lua 5.3 support
-CHANGE 115: BGe 18-Sep-14
-   * bumped version to 3.9.7
-   * new function lanes.sleep()
-CHANGE 114: BGe 8-Jul-14
-   * Postponed _G scan for function lookup database to after on_state_create invocation
-   * Fixed a crash when USE_DEBUG_SPEW == 1
-CHANGE 113: BGe 17-Jun-14
-   * bumped version to 3.9.6
-   * separate deep userdata code in a dedicated file to allow external modules to implement Lanes-compatible deep userdata without requiring a binary dependency against the Lanes module
-     because of this linda_id function(eDO_metatable) must push 2 values on the stack: a metatable and a deep version string obtained from luaG_pushdeepversion()
-CHANGE 112 BGe 16-May-14
-   * bumped version to 3.9.5
-   * fix linda.__towatch to return non-nil when the linda is empty
-   * lanes.gen() error reporting improvements
-CHANGE 111 BGe 24-Apr-14
-   * fixed linda:send() possibly returning an undefined value
-CHANGE 110 Stepets 20-Apr-14
-   * fix LuaJIT detection issues
-CHANGE 109 BGe 03-Apr-14
-   * moved some Lua-version compatibility code in separate source files
-CHANGE 108: BGe 20-Mar-14
-   * bumped version to 3.9.4
-   * set_finalizer throws an error if provided finalizer isn't a function
-   * fix error handling when the error doesn't generate an error handler call (IOW, all errors but LUA_ERRRUN)
-   * provide callstack if LUA_ERRRUN occurs inside a finalizer
-CHANGE 107: BGe 19-Mar-14
-   * Make sure we don't mutex-wrap require() more than once, just in case
-CHANGE 106: BGe 17-Mar-14
-   * Fixed crash when using protect_allocator option
-CHANGE 105: BGe 27-Feb-14
-   * Bumped version to 3.9.3
-   * new exposed variable linda.null that exposes the internal NIL_SENTINEL marker
-   * linda:send() interprets send key linda.null as authorization to silently send a single nil when not provided with anything to send
-     (useful when sending results of a function that can return nothing)
-CHANGE 104: BGe 25-Feb-14
-   * Bumped version to 3.9.2
-   * Internal rework: the whole Lanes engine now works "per universe" to allow concurrent Lanes execution in more than one embedded master state
-   * this universe is a full userdata created in the master state, selfdestruct_gc is the __gc for this userdata
-   * most of what was initialized only once is now per-universe
-   * Fixed potential crashes at desinit if problems occur during keeper states initialisation
-   * Fixed require() not always serialized properly
-   * Raise an error instead of crashing on deep userdata prelude memory allocation failure
-   * Added forgotten mutex desinitialisation at universe shutdown
-CHANGE 103: BGe 24-Feb-14
-   * Fix lookup database table not being created when it should if Lanes is required in more than one Lua master state
-CHANGE 102: BGe 18-Feb-14
-   * raise an error instead of dereferencing a NULL pointer on deep userdata creation and lane struct creation
-CHANGE 101: BGe 18-Feb-14
-   * version 3.9.1
-   * removed some keeper desinit legacy dead code
-   * keeper array is allocated with master state's alloc function instead of malloc()/free()
-   * prevent application crash when specifying a very large number of keepers in the configuration options
-   * any error occuring during one-time inits is raised outside the one-time mutex protected code region
-CHANGE 100: BGe 17-Feb-14
-   * lanes.linda() accepts an optional integer group to give control on keeper state repartition
-CHANGE 99: BGe 17-Feb-14
-   * version 3.9.0
-   * keepers now require "package", receive package.path & package.cpath, and call on_state_create() if it is a C function
-   * changed the deep public API (improved deep idfunc signature, renamed luaG_deep_userdata to luaG_newdeepuserdata)
-   * if an error occurs while copying a deep userdata, don't raise inside the keeper state
-   * fixed situations where raised errors could lead to memory leaks (deep gc)
-CHANGE 98: BGe 13-Feb-14
-   * version 3.8.5
-   * linda:limit() returns lanes.cancel_error on a limited linda
-   * lanes.genlock() and lanes.genatomic() support cancelled lindas by returning lanes.cancel_error whenever appropriate
-   * fixed a possible Lua stack overflow when calling linda:dump()
-   * fixed cases where linda:send() and linda:receive() would not return lanes.cancel_error when they should
-CHANGE 97: BGe 10-Feb-14
-   * version 3.8.4
-   * new API linda:cancel("read"|"write"|"both"|"none")
-   * all linda operations return lanes.cancel_error on a cancelled linda
-   * raised an internal string length so that longer linda names are fully output before truncation applies when doing tostring( linda)
-CHANGE 96: BGe 24-Jan-14
-   * another Lua stack overflow fix when sending complex function through lindas or as lane body
-CHANGE 95: BGe 22-Jan-14
-   * version 3.8.3
-   * fixed a possible Lua stack overflow when sending complex function through lindas or as lane body
-   * experimental: lanes.nameof() scans the registry if a regular search didn't yield anything interesting
-   * fixed lanes.nameof() misbehaving when encountering a LUA_TTHREAD object
-CHANGE 94: BGe 22-Jan-14
-   * version 3.8.2
-   * new lane launcher option gc_cb to set a callback that is invoked when a lane is garbage collected
-   * Fix more invalid memory accesses when fetching the name of a joined lane with lanes:threads() (because its lua_State is closed)
-CHANGE 93: BGe 20-Jan-14
-   * slightly improve linda performance when the producer/consumer scenario leaves leave the key empty
-CHANGE 92: BGe 20-Jan-14
-   * version 3.8.1
-   * new function lane:get_debug_threadname()
-   * Fix invalid memory accesses when fetching the name of a joined lane with lanes:threads() (because its lua_State is closed)
-   * use luaL_newmetatable() to create the metatable for lane objects
-   * prevent malicious code from crashing by calling lane methods without passing the lane as first argument (raise an error instead)
-   * set_debug_threadname() is no longer registered in the function lookup databases because it holds a C pointer as upvalue and it might crash if used maliciously
-CHANGE 91: BGe 20-Jan-14
-   * version 3.8.0
-   * linda:set() accepts multiple values to set in the specified slot
-   * linda:get() accepts an optional count to peek several values at once
-CHANGE 90: BGe 16-Jan-14
-   * version 3.7.8
-   * lane:cancel() now accepts a boolean second argument when soft cancelling (negative timeout) to wake the thread if necessary
-   * if a blocked linda send() or receive() call is interrupted by a cancellation request,
-     it returns CANCEL_ERROR so that this case can be differentiated from a simple timeout
-   * fixed WIN32 THREAD_CREATE() wrong _beginthreadex() error detection
-   * fatal WIN32 threading errors retrieve and output the error description string with FormatMessage()
-   * fixed missing lanes.set_singlethreaded
-   * fixed perftest.lua
-   * added test/cancel.lua
-CHANGE 89: BGe 09-Jan-14
-   * version 3.7.7
-   * fix crash when calling linda:count() on unknown keys
-   * purge key storage with linda:set( key, nil) on an unlimited key to reduce memory usage with lots of keys
-   * linda:limit() wakes write-blocked threads if necessary when the new limit enables writes to occur again
-   * linda:set() wakes write-blocked threads if necessary if the operation created some room to write into
-CHANGE 88: BGe 06-Jan-14
-   * version 3.7.6
-   * if config.on_state_create() is a C function, call it by direct C closure reconstruction in newly created states
-CHANGE 87: BGe 20-Dec-13
-   * version 3.7.5
-   * fixed a crash that can occur at shutdown when an object stored inside a keeper state performs a linda operation on a linda making use of another keeper
-   * new setting demote_full_userdata to select between light userdata demotion or raising an error when attempting to transfer a non-deep full userdata
-CHANGE 86: BGe 3-Dec-13
-   * version 3.7.4
-   * internal refactoring of pthread priority management code
-   * new API lanes.set_thread_priority()
-CHANGE 85: BGe 28-Nov-13
-   * version 3.7.3
-   * set pthread thread cancel type to PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
-   * lane_h:cancel() accepts a 3rd timeout argument used when waiting for actual thread termination (hitting the timeout raises an error)
-   * added PROPAGATE_ALLOCF macro to select state creation mode (lua_newstate or luaL_newstate)
-CHANGE 84: BGe 18-Nov-13
-   * Fix a deadlock when GCing during a linda operation.
-   * Fix a compilation warning about an unused variable
-   * Get rid of uintptr_t to remove dependency on stdint.h
-   * Fix internal error at lane creation when the generator doesn't open any base library
-CHANGE 83: BGe 16-Nov-13
-   * version 3.7.2
-   * Fixed function returned by lanes.genlock() not handling numeric keys properly when release lock
-   * Enable lanes.genlock() to attempt lock with an optional "try" mode
-   * make EnableCrashingOnCrashes a one-time operation
-CHANGE 82: BGe 13-Nov-13
-   * Fix a case where an error could be raised inside a keeper state
-CHANGE 81: BGe 07-Nov-13
-   * Make set_finalizer(), set_debug_threadname(), cancel_test() and set_error_reporting() transferable from lane to lane
-   * Improved some DEBUGSPEW output
-CHANGE 80: BGe 06-Nov-13
-   * Fix a few compilation warnings about uninitialized variables
-   * Fixed a bad extern variable declaration resulting in multiple instances (crashes the Pelles-C build)
-CHANGE 79: BGe 04-Nov-13
-   * Fix lanes.nameof() crashing when encountering a light userdata
-CHANGE 78: BGe 25-Oct-13
-   * Fix windows build not exporting public 'deep' API
-   * Don't call on_state_create in keeper states, as it is no longer necessary
-   * Remove inclusion of stdint.h
-   * Fix windows build for WINVER > 0x400
-CHANGE 77: BGe 22-Oct-13
-   * version 3.7.1
-   * errors inside finalizers generate a full stack just like any other error
-CHANGE 76: BGe 10-Oct-13
-   * version 3.7.0
-   * fix lanes.threads() not being available in a lane where lanes.configure() settings didn't contain track_lanes although the initial configure() call did.
-CHANGE 75: BGe 7-Oct-13
-   * require "lanes".configure() sequence is only necessary at the first require "lanes".
-CHANGE 74: BGe 7-Oct-13
-   * fix a crash at application shutdown where in some situations we could deinitialize the protected allocator mutex while a lane was still using it.
-CHANGE 73: BGe 4-Oct-13
-   * fix timers broken by change 69
-CHANGE 72: BGe 3-Oct-13
-   * bugfix: no longer create a global named "lanes.core" inside lanes having "*" as library list
-CHANGE 71: BGe 30-Sept-13
-   * version 3.6.6
-   * properly handle cases when a Lua C module is a C function
-CHANGE 70: BGe 27-Step-13
-   * no longer call core.configure with dummy params when requiring lanes more than once (fixes potential multithreading issues with LuaJIT allocator)
-   * activated EnableCrashingOnCrashes() is active on Win32 debug builds
-   * fixed some comments in code
-CHANGE 69: BGe 26-Sept-13
-   * version 3.6.5
-   * Reduce memory footprint, simplify module order setup in conjuction with Lanes, and send over native functions a bit faster as well
-   * Lanes no longer has to internally require modules inside the keeper states because they no longer need a lookup database
-     the lookup name is stored as-is and actually converted in the destination state
-   * optimisation: bypass cache when sending native functions over
-   * removed all the KEEPER_MODEL_LUA code, as it can no longer work anyway
-CHANGE 68: BGe 24-Sept-13
-   * version 3.6.4
-   * Fix possible application hang at shutdown if a keeper state referenced a linda.
-CHANGE 67: BGe 2-Aug-13
-   * version 3.6.3
-   * lane:cancel(<negative-timeout>) only causes cancel_test() to return true but won't interrupt execution of the lane during linda operations
-CHANGE 66: BGe 31-Jul-13
-   * more explicit errors when trying to transfer unknown source functions (with new configure option verbose_errors)
-CHANGE 65: BGe 23-Jul-13
-   * default options wrap allocator around a mutex when run by LuaJIT
-CHANGE 64: BGe 20-Jul-13
-   * WIN32 builds against pre-Vista versions no longer use PulseEvent to fix occasional hangs when a wake event is missed
-CHANGE 63: BGe 20-May-13
-   * version 3.6.2
-   * WIN32 builds use condition variables instead of PulseEvent() when available.
-   * first steps toward fixing make-vc.cmd
-CHANGE 62: BGe 05-Apr-13
-   * version 3.6.1
-   * function lookup database population keeps the 'smaller' name in case of multiple hits, to remove the no-LUA_COMPAT_ALL restriction on Lua5.2 builds
-CHANGE 61: BGe 14-Mar-13
-   * version 3.6.0
-   * 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
-CHANGE 60: BGe 13-Mar-13
-   * version 3.5.2
-   * 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
-CHANGE 59: BGe 12-Feb-13
-   * version 3.5.1
-   * 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
-CHANGE 58: BGe 30-Jan-13
-   * version 3.5.0
-   * 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
-CHANGE 57: BGe 28-Jan-13
-   * More detailed DEBUG_SPEW logs
-   * A bit of code cosmetics
-CHANGE 56: BGe 25-Jan-13
-   * version 3.4.4
-   * 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
-CHANGE 55: BGe 24-Jan-13
-   * version 3.4.3
-   * 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
-   * bugfix: 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
-   * bugfix: fixed loading of base libraries that didn't create the global tables when built for Lua 5.2
-CHANGE 54: BGe 10-Jan-13
-   * version 3.4.2
-   * Don't pull "package" settings in the timer lane
-   * removed a limitation preventing Lua functions with indirect recursive upvalue references from being transferable
-CHANGE 53: BGe 11-Dec-2012
-   * version 3.4.1
-   * new function lanes.timers(), returns a list of all active timers.
-CHANGE 52: BGe 03-Dec-2012
-   * linda:send() and linda:receive() no longer triggers string->number autocoercion when checking for the optional timeout argument:
-      a string is always a linda slot, even if coercible.
-CHANGE 51: BGe 27-Nov-2012
-   * linux flavors with older glibc use prctl instead of pthread_setname_np
-   * selfdestruct chain handling is now the same on all platforms
-CHANGE 50: BGe 22-Nov-2012
-   * bugfix: linda:set() no longer clears the storage limit
-CHANGE 49: BGe 21-Nov-2012
-   * fix application shutdown crash by not registering anything with atexit()
-   * rockspec for version v3.4.0
-CHANGE 48: BGe 25-Sep-2012
-   * version 3.4.0
-   * new method linda:dump() that outputs the full contents of a linda as a table, also linked to __towatch for Decoda support
-   * linda:receive() API change!
-   * instead of [val, key], linda:receive( timeout, key) returns [key, val]
-   * instead of [val, [...]], linda:receive( timeout, linda.batched key) returns [key, val[, ...]]
-     this is to unify the return values of regular and batched mode, and to be able to tell when batched mode is interrupted by a lane cancellation
-   * fixed Lua 5.2 build to take into account the "loaders"->"searchers" name change in 'package' module.
-   * a bit of html cleanup and added some infos in the documentation regarding the Lanes internals
-CHANGE 47: BGe 13-Sep-2012
-   * implemented set_debug_threadname() for pthread builds where possible
-   * refactored linda __tostring and __concat
-CHANGE 46: BGe 10-Sep-2012
-   * version 3.3.0
-   * lane.status can return "killed" if lane was forcefully killed with lanes:cancel()
-   * lane:join(): return nil, "killed" if called on a killed lane.
-   * lane[<n>]: produces [1] = nil, [2] = "killed" if the lane was killed
-   * lane:join(): fixed an assertion in debug builds when joining a lane forcefully cancelled with lane:cancel( <x>, true).
-   * indexing a lane with a string other than "join", "cancel" or "status" raises an error.
-   * fixed configure() to correctly apply defaults when they are missing from the provided settings
-   * added a shutdown_timeout to control the duration Lanes will wait for graceful termination of running lanes at application shutdown. Default is 0.25.
-CHANGE 45: BGe 21-Aug-2012
-   * keeper internals implemented in C instead of Lua for better performances
-   * fixed arguments checks in linda:limit() and linda:set()
-CHANGE 44: BGe 13-Aug-2012
-   * lanes code updated to build against Lua 5.1 and Lua 5.2
-   * removed the search for MSVCR80.DLL when building for MinGW32 since it no longer seems to be necessary
-CHANGE 43: BGe 09-Aug-2012
-   * fix possible crash at application shutdown when a race condition causes linda objects to be collected after the keeper states are cleaned up.
-CHANGE 42: BGe 06-Aug-2012
-   * lanes.linda() accepts an optional name for debug purposes
-CHANGE 41: BGe 07-Jul-2012
-   * 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"
-CHANGE 40: BGe 26-Jun-2012
-   * when a transfered function is not found in source, guess its name to help the user find out what's wrong
-   * new function lanes.nameof()
-CHANGE 39: BGe 23-Jun-2012
-   * lanes.timer() accepts a first_secs=nil to stop a timer
-   * timer lane catches errors and prints them
-   * fixed some typos in manual
-CHANGE 38: BGe 11-Jun-2012
-   * linda:receive() batched mode now accepts a max_count optional argument
-CHANGE 37: BGe 4-Jun-2012 (fix and idea courtesy of sonoro1234)
-   * fixed thread_cancel() not working when called without argument
-   * new lane-global function set_error_reporting() to enable more data detailed data provided by lane_error()
-CHANGE 36 BGe 26-Apr-2012
-   * improved LuaJIT2 compatibility by handling "*" library set through luaL_openlibs()
-CHANGE 35 BGe 17-Feb-2012
-   * changed lanes.configure signature to receive a table instead of individual parameters
-   * added support for an on_state_create callback called to load custom functions in a state in addition to the base libraries
-CHANGE 34 BGe 14-Nov-2011
-   * removed packagepath and packagecpath options, replaced by a package table, whose fields path, cpath, loaders, preload are transfered
-   * code cleanup to facilitate transition between WIN32 and PTHREAD implementations
-   * tentative fix for desinit crashes when free running lanes are killed at process shutdown
-CHANGE 33 BGe 5-Nov-2011: Lanes version 3.0-beta
-   * process exit change: close everything at GC when main state closes, not when atexit() handlers are processed
-   * 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
-CHANGE 32 BGe 14-May-2011
-   * raise an error when linda:send() has nothing to send
-CHANGE 31 BGe 17-Apr-2011
-   * linda uses a fast FIFO implementation to speed up data exchanges
-   * 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
-CHANGE 30 BGe 30-Mar-2011
-   * 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
-CHANGE 29 BGe 1-Mar-2011
-    fixed potential crash at application shutdown when calling lua_close() on a killed thread's VM.
-    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().
-CHANGE 28 BGe 18-Feb-2011
-    - moved keeper-related code in a separate source file
-    - keeper.lua is now embedded in text form instead of bytecode to improve LuaJIT2-compatibility
-CHANGE 27 BGe 17-Feb-2011
-    - 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
-    - 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
-CHANGE 26 BGe 14-Feb-2011:
-    Fixed application hang-up because keeper state was not released in case of errors thrown by
-    inter-state data copy for unsupported types
-CHANGE 25 BGe 12-Feb-2011:
-    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
-CHANGE 24 DPtr 25-Jan-2011:
-    Changed lanes.c to export functions as a module rather than writing them directly to the globals table.
-CHANGE 23 DPtr 23-Jan-2011:
-    Fixed bug where reference to Linda object was dropped for a short time ( crashing if GC was run during that time ).
-    Changed the atexit code to trip the timer thread's write signal. 
-CHANGE 22 DPtr 19-Jan-2011:
-    Changed luaG_push_proxy to cache deep userdata proxies.
-CHANGE 21 (bugfixes) BGe 3-Jan-2011:
-    Several fixes by Martin Krpan:
-    - linda_send was waiting on the wrong signal
-    - buildfix when using i586-mingw32msvc-gcc cross compiler
-    - lanes_h:cancel() returns a boolean as it should
-    - timers could get blocked sometimes because they were initialized with negative values
-    - prepare_timeout could generate an illegal setting
-CHANGE 20 BGe 3-Dec-2010:
-    Enable to specify a string as lane code instead of a function so that we dont use lua_dump, which
-    isn't supported by LuaJIT.
-CHANGE 19 BGe 2-Dec-2010:
-    No longer rely on global function 'tostring' to generate unique identifiers when caching data being transfered through la linda. Should fix a compatilibity issue with LuaJIT2.
-CHANGE 18 BGe 6-Oct-2010:
-    Fixed 'memory leak' in some situations where a free running lane is collected before application shutdown
-    A bit of code cleanup
-CHANGE 17 BGe 21-Sept-2010:
-    Fixed stupid compilation errors.
-CHANGE 16 PLM 24-Aug-2010:
-    Releasing memory at gc / atexit.
-    Finalizers actually get error strings.
-    Fixed missing argument propagation in lane:cancel
-    Added variable threadName sent trough globals-table. Set in s_lane, and in debuggers on windows.
-    Added argument checking for linda-objects, where missing them caused crashes.
-CHANGE 15 (minor) BGe 27-Jul-2010:
-    Version bump for a true upgrade release (2.0.4 package was only a renamed 2.0.3)
-CHANGE 14 (bug fix) BGe 09-Jul-2010:
-    Fixed lane status to be correctly returned as "waiting" when it should.
-CHANGE 13 (fix for multithreaded host apps) AKa 24-Jun-2009:
-    <borisusun-at-gmail> mentioned Lanes expects the host application to be singlethreaded,
-    and there are troubles if Lanes is used from multiple threads, opened by the host
-    (before requiring Lanes). This is true, and fix should now be in place.
-CHANGE 12 (bug fix on Windows, 2.0.3) AKa 25-Jan-2009:
-    Did CHANGE 9 the way it should be done.
-CHANGE 11 (new feature, 2.0.3) AKa 23-Jan-2009:
-    Finalizers ('set_finalizer()') for being able to do cleanup of a lane's
-    resources, whether it returned succesfully or via an error.
-CHANGE 10 (new feature, 2.0.3) AKa 23-Jan-2009:
-    Call stack showing where an error occurred is not merged with the error
-    message, but delivered as a separate stack table ({ "filename:line" [, ...] }).
-    Getting call stacks of errorred lanes is now possible.
-CHANGE 9 (bug fix on Windows) AKa 10-Dec-2008 (> 2.0.2):
-    Applied patch from Kriss Daniels to avoid issues on 'now_time()' in Win32
-    (http://luaforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=22704&forum_id=1781).
-CHANGE 8 (bug fix) AKa 26-Oct-2008:
-    Avoids occasional segfault at process exit (on multicore CPUs). Does this
-    by keeping track of "free running" threads (s.a. the time thread) and
-    cancelling them at process exit.
-    Tested (2.0.2) on Linux 64,x86, OS X, WinXP.
-CHANGE 7 (bug fix) AKa 15-Oct-2008:
-    Recursive functions that use themselves as direct upvalue can now be
-    passed to other lanes, and used as a lane function.
-CHANGE 6 (bug fix) AKa 15-Oct-2008:
-    Added local caches of the following to src/lanes.lua (was otherwise getting
-    errors at least in 'tests/irayo_recursive.lua').
-        local assert= assert
-        local string_gmatch= assert( string.gmatch )
-        local select= assert( select )
-        local type= assert( type )
-        local pairs= assert( pairs )
-        local tostring= assert( tostring )
-        local error= assert( error )
-        local setmetatable= assert( setmetatable )
-        local rawget= assert( rawget )
-    Thanks to Irayo for detecting and reporting this.
-CHANGE 5 (new feature):
-    Modifying Makefile so it's better suited to LuaRocks.
-CHANGE 4 (new feature):
-    Metatable copying, allowing Lua objects to be copied across lanes.
-CHANGE 3 (bug fix) AKa 5-Aug-2008:
-    The '__gc' method was not tied to thread userdata, at all. Caused memory
-    lifespan problems at least on OS X when threads were cancelled (EINVAL).
-CHANGE 2 (bug fix) AKa 5-Aug-2008:
-    Better calculation of timeouts, always making them absolute (even in Win32)
-    to allow for events that wake the lane up but don't read/write the Linda
-    key that it was observing.
-CHANGE 1 (bug fix) AKa 4-Aug-2008:
-    Signalling woke up only one waiting thread, not all. This caused i.e.
-    receive to not wake up if there was another thread waiting on the same
-    Linda object.
-    PThread fix: using 'pthread_cond_broadcast()' instead of 'pthread_cond_signal()'
-    Win32 fix: using manual events and 'PulseEvent()'
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