In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/e04fc787e1e33df064cc27d6711be40de8cab63f?hp=bce4a2abeb8652d19e97d3bf07dd2580a3cc2e6c>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit e04fc787e1e33df064cc27d6711be40de8cab63f Author: jdhedden <[email protected]> Date: Sun Feb 26 13:24:12 2017 -0500 Upgrade to threads::shared 1.55 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/Maintainers.pl | 2 +- dist/threads-shared/lib/threads/shared.pm | 18 ++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Porting/Maintainers.pl b/Porting/Maintainers.pl index 712735cb54..dd9f1da90d 100755 --- a/Porting/Maintainers.pl +++ b/Porting/Maintainers.pl @@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ use File::Glob qw(:case); }, 'threads::shared' => { - 'DISTRIBUTION' => 'JDHEDDEN/threads-shared-1.54.tar.gz', + 'DISTRIBUTION' => 'JDHEDDEN/threads-shared-1.55.tar.gz', 'FILES' => q[dist/threads-shared], 'EXCLUDED' => [ qw( examples/class.pl diff --git a/dist/threads-shared/lib/threads/shared.pm b/dist/threads-shared/lib/threads/shared.pm index d42981b86b..5a203b0cd7 100644 --- a/dist/threads-shared/lib/threads/shared.pm +++ b/dist/threads-shared/lib/threads/shared.pm @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use warnings; use Scalar::Util qw(reftype refaddr blessed); -our $VERSION = '1.54'; # Please update the pod, too. +our $VERSION = '1.55'; # Please update the pod, too. my $XS_VERSION = $VERSION; $VERSION = eval $VERSION; @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads =head1 VERSION -This document describes threads::shared version 1.54 +This document describes threads::shared version 1.55 =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -570,16 +570,18 @@ not propagate the blessing to the shared reference: Therefore, you should bless objects before sharing them. It is often not wise to share an object unless the class itself has been -written to support sharing. For example, an object's destructor may get -called multiple times, once for each thread's scope exit. Another danger is -that the contents of hash-based objects will be lost due to the above -mentioned limitation. See F<examples/class.pl> (in the CPAN distribution of -this module) for how to create a class that supports object sharing. +written to support sharing. For example, a shared object's destructor may +get called multiple times, once for each thread's scope exit, or may not +get called at all if it is embedded inside another shared object. Another +issue is that the contents of hash-based objects will be lost due to the +above mentioned limitation. See F<examples/class.pl> (in the CPAN +distribution of this module) for how to create a class that supports object +sharing. Destructors may not be called on objects if those objects still exist at global destruction time. If the destructors must be called, make sure there are no circular references and that nothing is referencing the -objects, before the program ends. +objects before the program ends. Does not support C<splice> on arrays. Does not support explicitly changing array lengths via $#array -- use C<push> and C<pop> instead. -- Perl5 Master Repository
