wenzelm [Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:14:16 +0100] rev 34280
eliminated cache, which complicates the code without making a real difference (NB: deque_towards often disrupts caching, and daisy-chaining of workers already reduces queue overhead);
wenzelm [Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:56 +0100] rev 34279
tasks of canceled groups are considered "ready" -- enables to purge the queue from tasks depending on unfinished promises (also improves general reactivity);
shutdown: back to synchronous wait, which means no asynchronous interrupts within the loop;