Sunday, November 02, 2008

OmniThreadLibrary 1.01

OmniThreadLibrary 1.01 has been released yesterday. It is available via SVN (http://omnithreadlibrary.googlecode.com/svn/tags/release-1.01) or as a ZIP archive.

Changes since version 1.0a:

  • *** Breaking interface change ***
    • IOmniTask.Terminated renamed to IOmniTask.Stopped.
    • New IOmniTask.Terminated that check whether the task has been requested to terminate. [demo 22]
  • [GJ] Redesigned stack cotainer with better lock contention.
  • [GJ] Totally redesigned queue container, which is no longer based on stack and allows multiple readers.
  • Full D2009 support; D2009 packages, project files and Tests project group.
  • Invoke-by-name and invoke-by-address messaging implemented [http://17slon.com/blogs/gabr/2008/10/erlangenizing-omnithreadlibrary.html, http://17slon.com/blogs/gabr/2008/10/omnithreadlibrary-using-rtti-to-call.html, demos 18 and 19]
  • Implemented CreateTask(reference to function (task: ITaskControl)). [D2009 only, demo 21]
  • Implemented blocking wait (ReceiveWait). [demo 19]
  • Added enumerator to the IOmniTaskGroup interface.
  • Implemented IOmniTaskGroup.RegisterAllWithTask and .UnregisterAllFromTask.
  • Added automatic comm unregistration for IOmniTaskGroup.RegisterAllCommWith.
  • Implemented IOmniTaskGroup.SendToAll.
  • IOmniTaskControl.Terminate now kills the task after the timeout.
  • New/updated tests/demos:
    • 10_Containers
      • 2 -> 2, 1 -> 4 and 4 -> 4 tests for stacks and queues.
      • [1, 2, 4] -> [1, 2, 4] full tests.
      • Writes CSV file with cumulative test results.
    • 17_MsgWait: demo for the .MsgWait decorator.
    • 18_StringMsgDispatch: Invoke demo.
    • 19_StringMsgBenchmark: Invoke benchmark, ReceiveWait demo.
    • 20_QuickSort: Parallel quicksort demo.
    • 21_Anonymous_methods: Anonymous methods demo (D2009 only).
    • 22_TerminationTest: Task termination demo.
  • Message ID $FFFF is now reserved for internal purposes.
  • Better default queue length calculation that takes into account OtlContainers  overhead and FastMM4 granulation.
  • Bug fixed: TOmniValue.Null was not really initialized to Null.
  • Bug fixed: Setting timer interval resets timer countdown.
  • Bug fixed: TOmniTaskControl.Schedule always scheduled task to the global thread pool.
  • Current versions of 3rd part units included.

Known problems:

  • Thread pool is not stable under high  load.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous16:01

    Hello,

    as a general task a beginner with threads is going to do a longer operation (e.g. searching files on a driver) inside a thread to make the main application keep responsive.

    With delphi's tthread class he would override then method execute.
    But he does not get very happy with that, because the normal user would like to see a progress bar and at least a way to abort the operation if he feels it takes to long.

    TThread class of delphi does not provide support for this common situation.
    Or it would might make more sense, to extend TAction ?

    Could OmiThread library make this things smarter ?
    For example I miss the Events OnProgress and OnAbort.

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  2. In OTL, this is very simple - you just post a progress message from the task, receive it in the main thread and update the status bar when it is received.

    At the moment, OTL is not that simplified to provide events. You still have to do some coding.

    I'll put together a small demo that implements the background file searcher.

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