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1 | =head1 NAME |
2 | |
3 | HISTORY - public release history for Data::Dumper |
4 | |
5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
6 | |
7 | =over 8 |
8 | |
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9 | =item 2.121_20 (Jun 6 2009) |
10 | |
11 | - A host of bug fixes and improvements that have |
12 | accumulated in the perl core |
13 | |
14 | - Updated backport to 5.6.1 by Steffen Mueller <smueller@cpan.org>. |
15 | |
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16 | =item 2.121 (Aug 24 2003) |
17 | |
18 | Backport to 5.6.1 by Ilya Martynov <ilya@martynov.org>. |
19 | |
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20 | =item 2.11 (unreleased) |
21 | |
22 | C<0> is now dumped as such, not as C<'0'>. |
23 | |
24 | qr// objects are now dumped correctly (provided a post-5.005_58) |
25 | overload.pm exists). |
26 | |
27 | Implemented $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth, which was on the Todo list. |
28 | Thanks to John Nolan <jpnolan@Op.Net>. |
29 | |
30 | =item 2.101 (30 Apr 1999) |
31 | |
32 | Minor release to sync with version in 5.005_03. Fixes dump of |
33 | dummy coderefs. |
34 | |
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35 | =item 2.10 (31 Oct 1998) |
36 | |
37 | Bugfixes for dumping related undef values, globs, and better double |
38 | quoting: three patches suggested by Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>. |
39 | |
40 | Escaping of single quotes in the XS version could get tripped up |
41 | by the presence of nulls in the string. Fix suggested by |
42 | Slaven Rezic <eserte@cs.tu-berlin.de>. |
43 | |
44 | Rather large scale reworking of the logic in how seen values |
45 | are stashed. Anonymous scalars that may be encountered while |
46 | traversing the structure are properly tracked, in case they become |
47 | used in data dumped in a later pass. There used to be a problem |
48 | with the previous logic that prevented such structures from being |
49 | dumped correctly. |
50 | |
51 | Various additions to the testsuite. |
52 | |
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53 | =item 2.09 (9 July 1998) |
54 | |
55 | Implement $Data::Dumper::Bless, suggested by Mark Daku <daku@nortel.ca>. |
56 | |
57 | =item 2.081 (15 January 1998) |
58 | |
59 | Minor release to fix Makefile.PL not accepting MakeMaker args. |
60 | |
61 | =item 2.08 (7 December 1997) |
62 | |
63 | Glob dumps don't output superflous 'undef' anymore. |
64 | |
65 | Fixes from Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> to make Dumper() work with |
66 | overloaded strings in recent perls, and his new testsuite. |
67 | |
68 | require 5.004. |
69 | |
70 | A separate flag to always quote hash keys (on by default). |
71 | |
72 | Recreating known CODE refs is now better supported. |
73 | |
74 | Changed flawed constant SCALAR bless workaround. |
75 | |
76 | =item 2.07 (7 December 1996) |
77 | |
78 | Dumpxs output is now exactly the same as Dump. It still doesn't |
79 | honor C<Useqq> though. |
80 | |
81 | Regression tests test for identical output and C<eval>-ability. |
82 | |
83 | Bug in *GLOB{THING} output fixed. |
84 | |
85 | Other small enhancements. |
86 | |
87 | =item 2.06 (2 December 1996) |
88 | |
89 | Bugfix that was serious enough for new release--the bug cripples |
90 | MLDBM. Problem was "Attempt to modify readonly value..." failures |
91 | that stemmed for a misguided SvPV_force() instead of a SvPV().) |
92 | |
93 | =item 2.05 (2 December 1996) |
94 | |
95 | Fixed the type mismatch that was causing Dumpxs test to fail |
96 | on 64-bit platforms. |
97 | |
98 | GLOB elements are dumped now when C<Purity> is set (using the |
99 | *GLOB{THING} syntax). |
100 | |
101 | The C<Freezer> option can be set to a method name to call |
102 | before probing objects for dumping. Some applications: objects with |
103 | external data, can re-bless themselves into a transitional package; |
104 | Objects the maintain ephemeral state (like open files) can put |
105 | additional information in the object to facilitate persistence. |
106 | |
107 | The corresponding C<Toaster> option, if set, specifies |
108 | the method call that will revive the frozen object. |
109 | |
110 | The C<Deepcopy> flag has been added to do just that. |
111 | |
112 | Dumper does more aggressive cataloging of SCALARs encountered |
113 | within ARRAY/HASH structures. Thanks to Norman Gaywood |
114 | <norm@godel.une.edu.au> for reporting the problem. |
115 | |
116 | Objects that C<overload> the '""' operator are now handled |
117 | properly by the C<Dump> method. |
118 | |
119 | Significant additions to the testsuite. |
120 | |
121 | More documentation. |
122 | |
123 | =item 2.04beta (28 August 1996) |
124 | |
125 | Made dump of glob names respect C<Useqq> setting. |
126 | |
127 | [@$%] are now escaped now when in double quotes. |
128 | |
129 | =item 2.03beta (26 August 1996) |
130 | |
131 | Fixed Dumpxs. It was appending trailing nulls to globnames. |
132 | (reported by Randal Schwartz <merlyn@teleport.com>). |
133 | |
134 | Calling the C<Indent()> method on a dumper object now correctly |
135 | resets the internal separator (reported by Curt Tilmes |
136 | <curt@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov>). |
137 | |
138 | New C<Terse> option to suppress the 'C<VARI<n> = >' prefix |
139 | introduced. If the option is set, they are output only when |
140 | absolutely essential. |
141 | |
142 | The C<Useqq> flag is supported (but not by the XSUB version |
143 | yet). |
144 | |
145 | Embedded nulls in keys are now handled properly by Dumpxs. |
146 | |
147 | Dumper.xs now use various integer types in perl.h (should |
148 | make it compile without noises on 64 bit platforms, although |
149 | I haven't been able to test this). |
150 | |
151 | All the dump methods now return a list of strings in a list |
152 | context. |
153 | |
154 | |
155 | =item 2.02beta (13 April 1996) |
156 | |
157 | Non portable sprintf usage in XS code fixed (thanks to |
158 | Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>). |
159 | |
160 | |
161 | =item 2.01beta (10 April 1996) |
162 | |
163 | Minor bugfix (single digit numbers were always getting quoted). |
164 | |
165 | |
166 | =item 2.00beta (9 April 1996) |
167 | |
168 | C<Dumpxs> is now the exact XSUB equivalent of C<Dump>. The XS version |
169 | is 4-5 times faster. |
170 | |
171 | C<require 5.002>. |
172 | |
173 | MLDBM example removed (as its own module, it has a separate CPAN |
174 | reality now). |
175 | |
176 | Fixed bugs in handling keys with wierd characters. Perl can be |
177 | tripped up in its implicit quoting of the word before '=>'. The |
178 | fix: C<Data::Dumper::Purity>, when set, always triggers quotes |
179 | around hash keys. |
180 | |
181 | Andreas Koenig <k@anna.in-berlin.de> pointed out that handling octals |
182 | is busted. His patch added. |
183 | |
184 | Dead code removed, other minor documentation fixes. |
185 | |
186 | |
187 | =item 1.23 (3 Dec 1995) |
188 | |
189 | MLDBM example added. |
190 | |
191 | Several folks pointed out that quoting of ticks and backslashes |
192 | in strings is missing. Added. |
193 | |
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194 | Ian Phillipps <ian@pipex.net> pointed out that numerics may lose |
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195 | precision without quotes. Fixed. |
196 | |
197 | |
198 | =item 1.21 (20 Nov 1995) |
199 | |
200 | Last stable version I can remember. |
201 | |
202 | =back |
203 | |
204 | =cut |