Notes:
This release makes Actors first-class citizens:
now whatever thread or fiber you're in, an Actor
is available with Actor.current. It also paves
the way to thread safety: subsequent releases
should support sending Actors across threads.
The Actor.start method has been eliminated as
unnecessary. Just begin using Actors wherever you
feel like it and they will work.
Changes:
Eliminate Actor::Scheduler singleton and replace with
thread-specific scheduler objects.
Eliminate Actor.start: now there's a current Actor
by default in every thread. This paves the way
towards thread safety.
Rename Revactor::Server to Revactor::Delegator and
make more like delegator.rb
Factor apart actor.rb into scheduler.rb and
mailbox.rb
Provide Revactor modules classes within the Actor
namespace unless they have already been defined
Fix Revactor::Filter initialization bug
Include Revactor::VERSION variable
Mailbox filters can now include only a timeout
(i.e. sleep). Added an Actor.sleep shortcut to
this behavior.
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