I put up on sf.net new Windows binaries for Unicon 11.9 (named it 11.9.1).
This is basically a non-concurrent release (no thread support) that has all
of the bug fixes applied to Unicon 12.0. Presumably it doesn't require any
DLLs to run.
Just in case someone like non-concurrent Unicon better or having trouble
running the concurrent version (we would love to have bugs reports in that
case!)
Cheers,
Jafar
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh <to.ja...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A new non-beta Unicon Version 12.0 with concurrency support for Windows is
> now available for download at :
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/unicon/
>
> This is the default download now replacing Version 11.9 but you can still
> access several old releases at:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/unicon/files/
>
> Here are some of the the bug fixes (We are still working on the recent
> Windows issues) and new features
>
> *** Several bug fixes including fixes for &error and &trace
>
> *** New syntax for critical regions / mutexes
>
> critical x expr # where x is a mutex. The expression expr is
> serialized on x
>
> this is equivalent to:
>
> lock(x)
> expr
> unlock(x)
>
> ex: assuming a mutex was initialize with : region:=mutex()
> this is how "critical" can be used
>
> critical region counter +:=1
>
> Be aware of that fact that breaking out of expr doesn't automatically
> unlock x.
> It is the programmer responsibility to do so.
>
> *** The join() function is pending for removal in favor of merging with
> wait().
> For now join(thread_co) is equivalent to wait(thread_co).
> Both functions block the calling thread until the thread thread_co
> finishes.
>
> *** The thread() function was extended with two optional parameters to give
> control over the
> initial size of the string and block regions for the new thread. This
> is would be particularly
> useful if you know the thread is doing (or NOT) a lot of memory
> allocation. Another case
> is when the you create tens, hundred or even thousands of threads
> (Thanks to your "exploding" examples Steve! :) ) . In that case small size
> regions would
> be a good idea.
>
> thread(co-exp, blocksize,stringsize)
>
> ex:
>
> thread(co, 2*1024*1024, 1024*1024 ). # fire co as a thread and give it
> 2MB for the block region and 1MB for the string region.
>
> By default new threads allocate regions with size equals to 25% of the
> main thread regions sizes.
>
> *** Optimized code that runs about 10% faster.
>
> Hopefully we will have another release in few weeks addressing the recent
> Windows bug reports.
> Thanks for everybody specially those who helped us identify/fix the bugs.
>
> Cheers,
> Jafar
>
>
>
>
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