Merge branch 'main' into rethrow-exit-loop-interrupt-to-repl

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
  - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
  with:
  version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
+ arch: ${{ (matrix.julia-version == '1.6' || matrix.julia-version == '1.7') && 'x64' || runner.arch }}
+
  - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
 
  # 🚗

Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Malt"
 uuid = "36869731-bdee-424d-aa32-cab38c994e3b"
 authors = ["Sergio Alejandro Vargas <savargasqu+git@unal.edu.co>"]
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 
 [deps]
 Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"

README.md

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Malt.jl worker processes **do not inherit** `ENV` variables, command-line argume
 ### Interrupt on Windows
 Malt.jl supports **interrupting a worker process on Windows**, not just on UNIX.
 
-### Heterogenous computing
-Malt.jl does not have API like `@everywhere` or `Distributed.procs`: Malt is **not the right tool for heterogenous computing**.
+### Homogenous computing
+Malt.jl does not have API like `@everywhere` or `Distributed.procs`: Malt is **not the right tool for homogenous computing**.
 
 ### Exception handling
 Exceptions in Malt.jl workers are converted to plaintext before being rethrown in the host. 
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ julia> @time Malt.Worker();
  0.964955 seconds (537 allocations: 308.734 KiB)
 ```
 
+### Limitations
+
+In contrast to Distributed.jl, Malt.jl currently does not support launching workers on another machine (e.g. SSH remote workers).
+
 # Sponsors
 
 Development of Malt.jl is sponsored by:

src/shared.jl

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function _serialize_msg(io::IO, msg_type::UInt8, msg_id::MsgID, msg_data::Any)
  try
  write(io, msg_type)
  write(io, msg_id)
- serialize(io, msg_data)
+ Base.invokelatest(serialize, io, msg_data)
  write(io, MSG_BOUNDARY)
  flush(io)
  finally

src/worker.jl

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function serve(server::Sockets.TCPServer)
  msg_id = read(io, MsgID)
 
  msg_data, success = try
- (deserialize(io), true)
+ (Base.invokelatest(deserialize, io), true)
  catch err
  (format_error(err, catch_backtrace()), false)
  finally