[Caml-list] [ANN] Lwt 2.4.0

[Caml-list] [ANN] Lwt 2.4.0

[Jérémie Dimino]

Hi,

The Lwt team is happy to announce the release of Lwt 2.4.0. This
version fixes compatibility problems with OCaml 4.00 and contains a
few other enhancements and bug fixes.

You can download it at:

  http://ocsigen.org/lwt/install

A description of changes is available at:

  http://ocsigen.org/lwt/Lwt240

Here is a list of changes from the previous version (2.3.2):

  * 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

-- 
Jérémie Dimino, for the Lwt team