===== 2.4.2 (2012-09-28) =====
* fix the stub for Lwt_unix.readdir
* change the default method for Lwt_glib.install
(use the glib main loop by default: more portable)
* ignore invalid file descriptors returned by glib
(like the emulation of select in glib does)
* use environment variables in discover.ml
- use LIBRARY_PATH and C_INCLUDE_PATH for searching headers
- allow to pass flags for a library in <LIB>_CLFAGS and <LIB>_LIBS
* add Lwt_unix.on_signal_full
===== 2.4.1 (2012-08-22) =====
* Add Lwt_stream.on_terminate
* Fix Lwt_gc
* Fix stubs for get_credentials on *BSD
===== 2.4.0 (2012-07-16) =====
* Reimplement Lwt_stream
** much simpler and more efficient
** do not use Weak
** add bounded push streams
* Add Lwt.async
* Add Lwt_preemptive.run_in_main
* Implement Lwt_unix.get_credentials on MacOS X/OpenBSD
* Ensure that on_cancel functions are executed first
* Better implementation of Lwt.cancel with more tests
* Simplify the API for unix jobs
* Better handling of the master lock in libev stubs
* Windows fixes/updates:
** pass -lws2_32 instead of ws2_32.lib if building with mingw
** fix a bug causing Lwt_unix.read/write to block when a socket
is not readable/writable
** port Lwt_process and Lwt_unix.system to windows
* Compatibility with ocaml 4.00:
** add O_SHARE_DELETE to Lwt_unix.open_flag
** add -package compiler-libs.toplevel for files using Toploop
* Do not use module Sys for signal handling to avoid
ocaml code to be called in a C thread
* Fix Lwt_unix.wrap_syscall: try instead of Lwt.catch
* Fix a dead-lock between lwt_unix_send_notification
and lwt_unix_recv_notifications
* Fix #277: add a function to return the Ssl.socket of a Lwt_ssl.socket
* Fix problems with C libraries detection/linking
===== 2.3.2 (2011-11-04) =====
* Add location informations in logs:
** allow loggers to get the current location through local storage
** pass current location to logging functions
** pass the current location with the syntax extension
* Add Lwt.on_termination
* Add Lwt_unix.reinstall_signal_handler
* Add Lwt_io.flush_all
* Add assert_lwt keyword to the syntax extension
* Add Lwt.wrap
* Add Lwt_glib.iter and Lwt_glib.wakeup
* ocaml 3.13 ready
* Allow to compile without libev support
* Fix bugs in Lwt_io
* Better handling of forks
* Fix many problems on Windows
===== 2.3.1 (2011-07-13) =====
* Fix building of documentation when using the tarball
* Add Lwt_unix.fsync and Lwt_unix.fdatasync
* Fix the stubs for Lwt_unix.send_msg when fd-passing is not
available
* Add -lwt-sequence-strict option to the syntax extension
* Use a custom PRNG state for Lwt.choose and Lwt.pick
* Fix a display glitch when starting the toplevel
* Add Lwt_unix.fork which should now be used when one want to use
Lwt in the child process
* Better implementation of Lwt_unix.readlink and
Lwt_unix.gethostbyname, which fixes compilation on Hurd
* Add Lwt.wakeup_later and Lwt.wakeup_later_exn to be used when one
need to do lot of nested wakeup, which fixes a buffer overflow in
Lwt_mutex
* Fix Lwt_unix.abort and Lwt_unix.close (threads was never wakeup)
* Fix Lwt_throttle for correct timings
* Fix subtle use of cancel
===== 2.3.0 (2011-04-12) =====
* Add an extensible system of engines to:
** allow the user to replace libev by another event system, such
as select
** allow easier integration of external libraries supporting
asynchronous operations
* Lots of improvements for windows:
** use the ocaml select instead of libev by default on windows
** make asynchronous operations on non-socket file descriptors
such as pipes to work
** make glib integration to work
* Better use of engines in Lwt_unix: now events are cached to minimize
the amount of calls to epoll_ctl
* Use an eventfd when possible for notifications for faster delivery
* Add modules:
** Lwt_sys: allow to test availability of extra features
** Lwt_react: replace Lwt_event and Lwt_signal
* Allow to configure logging rules at runtime in Lwt_log
* Add match_lwt and while_lwt to the syntax extension
* Fixes:
** syntax extension: handle "lwt ... = ... in ..." at toplevel
** make the notification system fork-proof
** fix an issue with stubs not raising correctly exceptions
===== 2.2.1 (2011-01-26) =====
* Better interaction with Js_of_ocaml.
* Add functions {{{Lwt.register_pause_notifier}}} and {{{Lwt.paused_count}}}.
===== 2.2.0 (2010-12-13) =====
* Bugfixes:
** Fix a bug with cancellable threads causing {{{Canceled}}}
exceptions to be raised randomly
** Fix a fd-leak in Lwt_io.open_connection
* {{{Lwt_unix}}} now use libev instead of select
* Add thread local storage support to {{{Lwt}}}
* Add backtrace support to {{{Lwt}}}. Now {{{Lwt}}} exceptions can
be recored by using the syntax extension with the {{{-lwt-debug}}}
command line switch.
* Allow blocking system calls to be executed in parallels
* Change the type of many functions of {{{Lwt_unix}}}, which now
return a {{{Lwt}}} thread
* Add functions {{{Lwt_unix.readable}}} and {{{Lwt_unix.writable}}}
* Add function {{{Lwt_io.is_busy}}}
* Add functions {{{Lwt_event.delay}}} and {{{Lwt_signal.delay}}}
* Add function {{{Lwt_term.render_update}}}
* Add function {{{Lwt_ssl.embed_socket}}}
* Add module {{{Lwt_bytes}}} defining operations on bigarrays
instead of strings
* Use bigarrays in Lwt_io instead of strings for the internal buffer.
Lwt_io.make now takes a function that uses a bigarray.
* Add module {{{Lwt_switch}}}
===== 2.1.1 (2010-06-13) =====
* Many bugfixes, including:
** buggy behaviour of cancellable threads
** file descriptor leakage in {{{Lwt_unix.accept_n}}}
* Add {{{Lwt.nchoose}}} and {{{Lwt.npick}}}
* Use {{{set_close_on_exec}}} for fds created by {{{Lwt_log}}}
* Better implementation of lwtized react functions
===== 2.1.0 (2010-04-19) =====
* Rename {{{Lwt.select}}} to {{{Lwt.pick}}}
* Removing module {{{Lwt_monitor}}} in favour of {{{Lwt_mutex}}} and
new module {{{Lwt_condition}}}
* More react helpers:
** {{{Lwt_event.next}}}
** {{{Lwt_event.limit}}} and {{{Lwt_signal.limit}}}
** {{{Lwt_event.from}}}
* Adding function {{{Lwt_main.fast_yield}}}
* Adding unit tests
* Optimisation of {{{Lwt}}}
* Adding module {{{Lwt_log}}} for logging
* Adding a camlp4 filter for remmoving logging statement or inlining
tests
* Adding module {{{Lwt_daemon}}}
* Adding function {{{Lwt_unix.recv_msg}}} and {{{Lwt_unix.send_msg}}}
* Adding function {{{Lwt_unix.wait4}}}
* Adding function {{{Lwt_io.establish_server}}}
* Adding module {{{Lwt_list}}}
* Enhancement in {{{Lwt_process}}}, it now support redirections and
timeouts
* Allow to use {{{select}}} on arbitrary high file descriptors
* More commands and features in {{{Lwt_read_line}}}:
** Handle "undo" command
** New controlable read-lines instances
** More edition commands
** Completion as you type
** Backward search
* Enhancement in {{{Lwt_term}}}: more drawing functions and allow to
put the terminal into drawing mode
* Optimisation of {{{Lwt_stream}}}
* Optimisation of {{{Lwt_io.write_char}}} and {{{Lwt_io.read_char}}}
* Bugfix of {{{Lwt_stream}}}: two parallel {{{Lwt_stream.get}}}
returned the same value
* Bugfix in {{{Lwt_unix.connect}}}: it returned immediatly on EINPROGRESS
* Bugfixes in {{{Lwt_glib}}}: file descriptors were not monitored correctly
===== 2.0.0 (2009-10-15) =====
* Adding modules:
** {{{Lwt_stream}}}: lwt-aware version of the {{{Stream}}} module
** {{{Lwt_gc}}} for using {{{finalise}}} without
{{{Lwt_unix.run}}}
** {{{Lwt_io}}}: a new implementation of buffered channels with
more features and better handling of concurrent access
** {{{Lwt_text}}}: implementation of text channels
** {{{Lwt_process}}}: helpers to spawn processes and communicate
with them
** {{{Lwt_main}}} for abstracting the main loop and allowing
replacement by a custom main loop
** {{{Lwt_glib}}} for integration into the glib main event loop
** {{{Lwt_term}}} for interaction with the terminal
** {{{Lwt_read_line}}} for interactive user input
** {{{Lwt_monitor}}}, {{{Lwt_mvar}}}: combined locks for
synchronization with conditional variables for notification
** {{{Lwt_throttle}}} for limiting rate of execution
(e.g. for authentication procedure)
** {{{Lwt_sequence}}}: mutable sequence of elements
** {{{Lwt_event}}}, {{{Lwt_signal}}}: helpers for reactive
programming with lwt
* Adding a syntax extension {{{pa_lwt}}}:
** handles anonymous bind {{{a >> b}}}
** adds syntactic sugar for catching errors (ticket #6)
** adds syntactic sugar for parallel let-binding construction
** adds syntactic sugar for for-like loops
* Top-level integration:
** threads can runs while reading user input
** line editing support
* New enhanced OCaml toplevel with some basic completion features
* Adding C stubs to reimplement {{{Unix.read}}} and {{{Unix.write}}}
with assumption of non-blocking behaviour
* Adding more functions/helpers in {{{Lwt}}}
* Fixing memory leaks in {{{Lwt.choose}}}
* Bugfix in {{{Lwt_chan.close_*}}} (ticket #66)
* Separate the type of threads (covariant) from the type of thread
wakeners (contravariant); the type of many functions related to
{{{Lwt.wait}}} has been changed
* Add cancelable threads
* Unix-dependent part is now put in its own archive and findlib
package.
===== 1.1.0 (2008-06-25) =====
* Adding module {{{Lwt_pool}}} for creating pools (for example pools
of connections)
* Adding a few functions in {{{Lwt_chan}}}
* Fixing bugs in {{{Lwt_util.map_serial}}} and
{{{Lwt_util.iter_serial}}}
* Putting {{{Lwt_preemptive}}}, {{{Lwt_lib}}} and {{{Lwt_ssl}}} in
separate libraries and findlib subpackages so that lwt.cma depends
only on unix.cma.
===== 1.0.0 (and before) =====
* See Ocsigen changelog
