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1 | Sat May 25 22:38:39 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
2 | |
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3 | Version 2.02 |
4 | |
5 | Rewrite Storable.xs so that the file header structure for write_magic |
6 | is built at compile time, and check_magic attempts to the header in |
7 | blocks rather than byte per byte. These changes make the compiled |
8 | extension 2.25% smaller, but are not significant enough to give a |
9 | noticeable speed up. |
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11 | Thu May 23 22:50:41 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
12 | |
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13 | Version 2.01 |
14 | |
15 | - New regression tests integer.t |
16 | - Add code to safely store large unsigned integers. |
17 | - Change code not to attempt to store large integers (ie > 32 bits) |
18 | in network order as 32 bits. |
19 | |
20 | *Never* underestimate the value of a pathological test suite carefully |
21 | crafted with maximum malice before writing a line of real code. It |
22 | prevents crafty bugs from stowing away in your released code. |
23 | It's much less embarrassing to find them before you ship. |
24 | (Well, never underestimate it if you ever want to work for me) |
25 | |
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26 | Fri May 17 22:48:59 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
27 | |
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28 | Version 2.0, binary format 2.5 (but writes format 2.4 on pre 5.7.3) |
29 | |
30 | The perl5 porters have decided to make sure that Storable still |
31 | builds on pre-5.8 perls, and make the 5.8 version available on CPAN. |
32 | The VERSION is now 2.0, and it passes all tests on 5.005_03, 5.6.1 |
33 | and 5.6.1 with threads. On 5.6.0 t/downgrade.t fails tests 34 and 37, |
34 | due to a bug in 5.6.0 - upgrade to 5.6.1. |
35 | |
36 | Jarkko and I have collated the list of changes the perl5 porters have |
37 | from the perl5 Changes file: |
38 | |
39 | - data features of upcoming perl 5.8.0 are supported: Unicode hash |
40 | keys (Unicode hash values have been supported since Storable 1.0.1) |
41 | and "restricted hashes" (readonly hashes and hash entries) |
42 | - a newer version of perl can now be used to serialize data which is |
43 | not supported in earlier perls: Storable will attempt to do the |
44 | right thing for as long as possible, croaking only when safe data |
45 | conversion simply isn't possible. Alternatively earlier perls can |
46 | opt to have a lossy downgrade data instead of croaking |
47 | - when built with perls pre 5.7.3 this Storable writes out files |
48 | with binary format 2.4, the same format as Storable 1.0.8 onwards. |
49 | This should mean that this Storable will inter-operate seamlessly |
50 | with any Storable 1.0.8 or newer on perls pre 5.7.3 |
51 | - dclone() now works with empty string scalar objects |
52 | - retrieving of large hashes is now more efficient |
53 | - more routines autosplit out of the main module, so Storable should |
54 | load slightly more quickly |
55 | - better documentation |
56 | - the internal context objects are now freed explicitly, rather than |
57 | relying on thread or process exit |
58 | - bugs fixed in debugging trace code affecting builds made with 64 bit |
59 | IVs |
60 | - code tidy-ups to allow clean compiles with more warning options |
61 | turned on avoid problems with $@ getting corrupted on 5.005_03 if |
62 | Carp wasn't already loaded |
63 | - added &show_file_magic, so you can add to /etc/magic and teach |
64 | Unix's file command about Storable files |
65 | |
66 | We plan to keep Storable on CPAN in sync with the Perl core, so |
67 | if you encounter bugs or other problems building or using Storable, |
68 | please let us know at perl5-porters@perl.org |
69 | Patches welcome! |
70 | |
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71 | Sat Dec 1 14:37:54 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
72 | |
25f64a11 |
73 | This is the LAST maintenance release of the Storable module. |
74 | Indeed, Storable is now part of perl 5.8, and will be maintained |
75 | as part of Perl. The CPAN module will remain available there |
76 | for people running pre-5.8 perls. |
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77 | |
25f64a11 |
78 | Avoid requiring Fcntl upfront, useful to embedded runtimes. |
79 | Use an eval {} for testing, instead of making Storable.pm |
80 | simply fail its compilation in the BEGIN block. |
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81 | |
25f64a11 |
82 | store_fd() will now correctly autoflush file if needed. |
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83 | |
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84 | Tue Aug 28 23:53:20 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
85 | |
25f64a11 |
86 | Fixed truncation race with lock_retrieve() in lock_store(). |
87 | The file has to be truncated only once the exclusive lock is held. |
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88 | |
25f64a11 |
89 | Removed spurious debugging messages in .xs file. |
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90 | |
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91 | Sun Jul 1 13:27:32 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
92 | |
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93 | Systematically use "=over 4" for POD linters. |
94 | Apparently, POD linters are much stricter than would |
95 | otherwise be needed, but that's OK. |
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96 | |
25f64a11 |
97 | Fixed memory corruption on croaks during thaw(). Thanks |
98 | to Claudio Garcia for reproducing this bug and providing the |
99 | code to exercise it. Added test cases for this bug, adapted |
100 | from Claudio's code. |
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101 | |
25f64a11 |
102 | Made code compile cleanly with -Wall (from Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
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103 | |
25f64a11 |
104 | Changed tagnum and classnum from I32 to IV in context. Also |
105 | from Jarkko. |
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106 | |
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107 | Thu Mar 15 01:22:32 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
108 | |
25f64a11 |
109 | Last version was wrongly compiling with assertions on, due |
110 | to an edit glitch. That did not cause any problem (apart from |
111 | a slight performance loss) excepted on Win* platforms, where the |
112 | assertion code does not compile. |
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113 | |
114 | Sat Feb 17 13:37:37 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
115 | |
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116 | Version 1.0.10. |
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117 | |
25f64a11 |
118 | Forgot to increase version number at previous patch (there were |
119 | two of them, which is why we jump from 1.0.8 to 1.0.10). |
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120 | |
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121 | Sat Feb 17 13:35:00 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
122 | |
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123 | Version 1.0.8, binary format 2.4. |
b12202d0 |
124 | |
25f64a11 |
125 | Fixed incorrect error message. |
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126 | |
25f64a11 |
127 | Now bless objects ASAP at retrieve time, which is meant to fix |
128 | two bugs: |
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129 | |
25f64a11 |
130 | * Indirect references to overloaded object were not able to |
131 | restore overloading if the object was not blessed yet, |
132 | which was possible since blessing occurred only after the |
133 | recursive retrieval. |
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134 | |
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135 | * Storable hooks asking for serialization of blessed ref could |
136 | get un-blessed refs at retrieval time, for the very same |
137 | reason. |
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138 | |
25f64a11 |
139 | The fix implemented here was suggested by Nick Ing-Simmons. |
b12202d0 |
140 | |
25f64a11 |
141 | Added support for blessed ref to tied structures. This is the |
142 | cause for the binary format change. |
b12202d0 |
143 | |
25f64a11 |
144 | Added EBCDIC version of the compatibility test with 0.6.11, |
145 | from Peter Prymmer |
b12202d0 |
146 | |
25f64a11 |
147 | Added tests for the new features, and to make sure the bugs they |
148 | are meant to fix are indeed fixed. |
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149 | |
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150 | Wed Jan 3 10:43:18 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
151 | |
25f64a11 |
152 | Removed spurious 'clean' entry in Makefile.PL. |
862382c7 |
153 | |
25f64a11 |
154 | Added CAN_FLOCK to determine whether we can flock() or not, |
155 | by inspecting Perl's configuration parameters, as determined |
156 | by Configure. |
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157 | |
25f64a11 |
158 | Trace offending package when overloading cannot be restored |
159 | on a scalar. |
862382c7 |
160 | |
25f64a11 |
161 | Made context cleanup safer to avoid dup freeing, mostly in the |
162 | presence of repeated exceptions during store/retrieve (which can |
163 | cause memory leaks anyway, so it's just additional safety, not a |
164 | definite fix). |
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165 | |
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166 | Sun Nov 5 18:23:48 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
167 | |
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168 | Version 1.0.6. |
90826881 |
169 | |
25f64a11 |
170 | Fixed severe "object lost" bug for STORABLE_freeze returns, |
171 | when refs to lexicals, taken within the hook, were to be |
172 | serialized by Storable. Enhanced the t/recurse.t test to |
173 | stress hook a little more with refs to lexicals. |
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174 | |
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175 | Thu Oct 26 19:14:38 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
176 | |
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177 | Version 1.0.5. |
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178 | |
25f64a11 |
179 | Documented that store() and retrieve() can return undef. |
180 | That is, the error reporting is not always made via exceptions, |
181 | as the paragraph on error reporting was implying. |
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182 | |
25f64a11 |
183 | Auto requires module of blessed ref when STORABLE_thaw misses. |
184 | When the Storable engine looks for the STORABLE_thaw hook and |
185 | does not find it, it now tries to require the package into which |
186 | the blessed reference is. |
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187 | |
25f64a11 |
188 | Just check $^O, in t/lock.t: there's no need to pull the whole |
189 | Config module for that. |
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190 | |
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191 | Mon Oct 23 20:03:49 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
192 | |
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193 | Version 1.0.4. |
8be2b38b |
194 | |
25f64a11 |
195 | Protected calls to flock() for DOS platform: apparently, the |
196 | flock/fcnlt emulation is reported to be broken on that |
197 | platform. |
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198 | |
25f64a11 |
199 | Added logcarp emulation if they don't have Log::Agent, since |
200 | we now use it to carp when lock_store/lock_retrieve is used |
201 | on DOS. |
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202 | |
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203 | Fri Sep 29 21:52:29 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
204 | |
25f64a11 |
205 | Version 1.0.3. |
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206 | |
25f64a11 |
207 | Avoid using "tainted" and "dirty" since Perl remaps them via |
208 | cpp (i.e. #define). This is deeply harmful when threading |
209 | is enabled. This concerned both the context structure and |
210 | local variable and argument names. Brrr..., scary! |
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211 | |
212 | Thu Sep 28 23:46:39 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
213 | |
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214 | Version 1.0.2. |
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215 | |
25f64a11 |
216 | Fixed spelling in README. |
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217 | |
25f64a11 |
218 | Added lock_store, lock_nstore, and lock_retrieve (advisory locking) |
219 | after a proposal from Erik Haugan <erik@solbors.no>. |
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220 | |
25f64a11 |
221 | Perls before 5.004_04 lack newSVpvn, added remapping in XS. |
dd19458b |
222 | |
25f64a11 |
223 | Fixed stupid typo in the t/utf8.t test. |
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224 | |
225 | Sun Sep 17 18:51:10 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
226 | |
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227 | Version 1.0.1, binary format 2.3. |
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228 | |
25f64a11 |
229 | Documented that doubles are stored stringified by nstore(). |
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230 | |
25f64a11 |
231 | Added Salvador Ortiz Garcia in CREDITS section, He identified |
232 | a bug in the store hooks and proposed the right fix: the class |
233 | id was allocated too soon. His bug case was also added to |
234 | the regression test suite. |
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235 | |
25f64a11 |
236 | Now only taint retrieved data when source was tainted. A bug |
237 | discovered by Marc Lehmann. |
dd19458b |
238 | |
25f64a11 |
239 | Added support for UTF-8 strings, a contribution of Marc Lehmann. |
240 | This is normally only activated in post-5.6 perls. |
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241 | |
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242 | Thu Aug 31 23:06:06 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
243 | |
25f64a11 |
244 | First official release Storable 1.0, for inclusion in perl 5.7.0. |
245 | The license scheme is now compatible with Perl's. |
9e21b3d0 |
246 | |
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247 | Thu Aug 24 01:02:02 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
248 | |
25f64a11 |
249 | ANSI-fied most of the code, preparing for Perl core integration. |
250 | The next version of Storable will be 0.8, and will be integrated |
251 | into the Perl core (development branch). |
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252 | |
25f64a11 |
253 | Dispatch tables were moved upfront to relieve some compilers, |
254 | especially on AIX and Windows platforms. |
f0ffaed8 |
255 | |
25f64a11 |
256 | Merged 64-bit fixes from perl5-porters. |
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257 | |
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258 | Mon Aug 14 09:22:04 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
259 | |
25f64a11 |
260 | Added a refcnt dec in retrieve_tied_key(): sv_magic() increases |
261 | the refcnt on the mg_ptr as well. |
7a6a85bf |
262 | |
25f64a11 |
263 | Removed spurious dependency to Devel::Peek, which was used for |
264 | testing only in t/tied_items.t. Thanks to Conrad Heiney |
265 | <conrad@fringehead.org> for spotting it first. |
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266 | |
267 | Sun Aug 13 22:12:59 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
268 | |
25f64a11 |
269 | Marc Lehmann kindly contributed code to add overloading support |
270 | and to handle references to tied variables. |
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271 | |
25f64a11 |
272 | Rewrote leading blurb about compatibility to make it clearer what |
273 | "backward compatibility" is about: when I say 0.7 is backward |
274 | compatible with 0.6, it means the revision 0.7 can read files |
275 | produced by 0.6. |
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276 | |
25f64a11 |
277 | Mention new Clone(3) extension in SEE ALSO. |
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278 | |
25f64a11 |
279 | Was wrongly optimizing for "undef" values in hashes by not |
280 | fully recursing: as a result, tied "undef" values were incorrectly |
281 | serialized. |
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282 | |
283 | Sun Jul 30 12:59:17 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
284 | |
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285 | First revision of Storable 0.7. |
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286 | |
25f64a11 |
287 | The serializing format is new, known as version 2.0. It is fully |
288 | backward compatible with 0.6. Earlier formats are deprecated and |
289 | have not even been tested: next version will drop pre-0.6 format. |
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290 | |
25f64a11 |
291 | Changes since 0.6@11: |
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292 | |
25f64a11 |
293 | - Moved interface to the "beta" status. Some tiny parts are still |
294 | subject to change, but nothing important enough to warrant an "alpha" |
295 | status any longer. |
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296 | |
25f64a11 |
297 | - Slightly reduced the size of the Storable image by factorizing |
298 | object class names and removing final object storage notification due |
299 | to a redesign of the blessed object storing. |
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300 | |
25f64a11 |
301 | - Classes can now redefine how they wish their instances to be serialized |
302 | and/or deep cloned. Serializing hooks are written in Perl code. |
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303 | |
25f64a11 |
304 | - The engine is now fully re-entrant. |
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305 | |
306 | Sun Apr 2 23:47:50 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
307 | |
25f64a11 |
308 | Added provision to detect more recent binary formats, since |
309 | the new upcoming Storable-0.7 will use a different format. |
310 | In order to prevent attempting the de-serialization of newer |
311 | formats by older versions, I'm adding this now to the 0.6 series. |
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312 | |
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313 | I'm expecting this revision to be the last of the 0.6 series. |
314 | Unless it does not work with perl 5.6, which I don't use yet, |
315 | and therefore against which I cannot test. |
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316 | |
317 | Wed Mar 29 19:55:21 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
318 | |
25f64a11 |
319 | Added note about format incompatibilities with old versions |
320 | (i.e. pre 0.5@9 formats, which cannot be understood as there |
321 | was no versionning information in the file by then). |
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322 | |
25f64a11 |
323 | Protect all $@ variables when eval {} used, to avoid corrupting |
324 | it when store/retrieve is called within an exception handler. |
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325 | |
25f64a11 |
326 | Mistakenly included "patchlevel.h" instead of <patchlevel.h>, |
327 | preventing Perl's patchlevel from being included, which is |
328 | needed starting from 5.6. |
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329 | |
330 | Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
331 | |
25f64a11 |
332 | Fixed shared "undef" bug in hashes, which did not remain shared |
333 | through store/retrieve. |
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334 | |
335 | Thu Feb 10 19:48:16 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
336 | |
25f64a11 |
337 | added last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
338 | documented last_op_in_netorder() |
339 | added tests for the new last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
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340 | |
341 | Wed Oct 20 19:07:36 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
342 | |
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343 | Forgot to update VERSION |
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344 | |
345 | Tue Oct 19 21:25:02 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
346 | |
25f64a11 |
347 | Added mention of japanese translation for the manual page. |
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348 | |
25f64a11 |
349 | Fixed typo in macro that made threaded code not compilable, |
350 | especially on Win32 platforms. |
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351 | |
25f64a11 |
352 | Changed detection of older perls (pre-5.005) by testing PATCHLEVEL |
353 | directly instead of relying on internal symbols. |
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354 | |
355 | Tue Sep 14 22:13:28 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
356 | |
25f64a11 |
357 | Integrated "thread-safe" patch from Murray Nesbitt. |
358 | Note that this may not be very efficient for threaded code, |
359 | see comment in the code. |
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360 | |
25f64a11 |
361 | Try to avoid compilation warning on 64-bit CPUs. Can't test it, |
362 | since I don't have access to such machines. |
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363 | |
364 | Mon Jul 12 14:37:19 METDST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
365 | |
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366 | changed my e-mail to pobox. |
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367 | |
25f64a11 |
368 | mentionned it is not thread-safe. |
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369 | |
25f64a11 |
370 | updated version number. |
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371 | |
25f64a11 |
372 | uses new internal PL_* naming convention. |
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373 | |
374 | Fri Jul 3 13:38:16 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
375 | |
25f64a11 |
376 | Updated benchmark figures due to recent optimizations done in |
377 | store(): tagnums are now stored as-is in the hash table, so |
378 | no surrounding SV is created. And the "shared keys" mode for |
379 | hash table was turned off. |
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380 | |
25f64a11 |
381 | Fixed backward compatibility (wrt 0.5@9) for retrieval of |
382 | blessed refs. That old version did something wrong, but the |
383 | bugfix prevented correct retrieval of the old format. |
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384 | |
385 | Mon Jun 22 11:00:48 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
386 | |
25f64a11 |
387 | Changed benchmark figures. |
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388 | |
25f64a11 |
389 | Adjust refcnt of tied objects after calling sv_magic() to avoid |
390 | memory leaks. Contributed by Jeff Gresham. |
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391 | |
392 | Fri Jun 12 11:50:04 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
393 | |
25f64a11 |
394 | Added workaround for persistent LVALUE-ness in perl5.004. All |
395 | scalars tagged as being an lvalue are handled as if they were |
396 | not an lvalue at all. Added test for that LVALUE bug workaround. |
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397 | |
25f64a11 |
398 | Now handles Perl immortal scalars explicitely, by storing &sv_yes |
399 | as such, explicitely. |
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400 | |
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401 | Retrieval of non-immortal undef cannot be shared. Previous |
402 | version was over-optimizing by not creating a separate SV for |
403 | all undefined scalars seen. |
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404 | |
405 | Thu Jun 4 17:21:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
406 | |
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407 | Baseline for Storable-0.6@0. |
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408 | |
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409 | This version introduces a binary incompatibility in the generated |
410 | binary image, which is more compact than older ones by approximatively |
411 | 15%, depending on the exact degree of sharing in your structures. |
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412 | |
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413 | The good news is that your older images can still be retrieved with |
414 | this version, i.e. backward compatibility is preserved. This version |
415 | of Storable can only generate new binaries however. |
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416 | |
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417 | Another good news is that the retrieval of data structure is |
418 | significantly quicker than before, because a Perl array is used |
419 | instead of a hash table to keep track of retrieved objects, and |
420 | also because the image being smaller, less I/O function calls are |
421 | made. |
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422 | |
423 | Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
424 | |
25f64a11 |
425 | Version number now got from Storable.pm directly. |
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426 | |
25f64a11 |
427 | Fixed overzealous sv_type() optimization, which would make |
428 | Storable fail when faced with an "upgraded" SV to the PVIV |
429 | or PVNV kind containing a reference. |
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430 | |
431 | Thu Apr 30 15:11:30 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
432 | |
25f64a11 |
433 | Extended the SYNOPSIS section to give quick overview of the |
434 | routines and their signature. |
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435 | |
25f64a11 |
436 | Optimized sv_type() to avoid flags checking when not needed, i.e. |
437 | when their type makes it impossible for them to be refs or tied. |
438 | This slightly increases throughput by a few percents when refs |
439 | and tied variables are marginal occurrences in your data. |
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440 | |
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441 | Stubs for XS now use OutputStream and InputStream file types to |
442 | make it work when the given file is actually a socket. Perl |
443 | makes a distinction for sockets in its internal I/O structures |
444 | by having both a read and a write structure, whereas plain files |
445 | share the same one. |
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446 | |
447 | Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
448 | |
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449 | Thanks to a contribution from Benjamin A. Holzman, Storable is now |
450 | able to correctly serialize tied SVs, i.e. tied arrays, hashes |
451 | and scalars. |
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452 | |
453 | Thu Apr 9 18:07:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
454 | |
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455 | I said SvPOK() had changed to SvPOKp(), but that was a lie... |
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456 | |
457 | Wed Apr 8 13:14:29 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
458 | |
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459 | Wrote sizeof(SV *) instead of sizeof(I32) when portable, which |
460 | in effect mangled the object tags and prevented portability |
461 | accross 32/64 bit architectures! |
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462 | |
463 | Wed Mar 25 14:57:02 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
464 | |
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465 | Added code example for store_fd() and retrieve_fd() in the |
466 | man page, to emphasize that file descriptors must be passed as |
467 | globs, not as plain strings. |
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468 | |
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469 | Cannot use SV addresses as tag when using nstore() on LP64. This |
470 | was the cause of problems when creating a storable image on an |
471 | LP64 machine and retrieving it on an ILP32 system, which is |
472 | exactly what nstore() is meant for... |
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473 | |
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474 | However, we continue to use SV addresses as tags for plain store(), |
475 | because benchamarking shows that it saves up to 8% of the store |
476 | time, and store() is meant to be fast at the expense of lack |
477 | of portability. |
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478 | |
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479 | This means there will be approximately an 8% degradation of |
480 | performance for nstore(), but it's now working as expected. |
481 | That cost may vary on your machine of course, since it is |
482 | solely caused by the memory allocation overhead used to create |
483 | unique SV tags for each distinct stored SV. |
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484 | |
485 | Tue Jan 20 09:21:53 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
486 | |
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487 | Don't use any '_' in version number. |
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488 | |
489 | Tue Jan 13 17:51:50 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
490 | |
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491 | Updated version number. |
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492 | |
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493 | added binmode() calls for systems where it matters. |
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494 | |
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495 | Be sure to pass globs, not plain file strings, to C routines, |
496 | so that Storable can be used under the Perl debugger. |
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497 | |
498 | Wed Nov 5 10:53:22 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
499 | |
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500 | Fix memory leaks on seen hash table and returned SV refs. |
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501 | |
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502 | Storable did not work properly when tainting enabled. |
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503 | |
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504 | Fixed "Allocation too large" messages in freeze/thaw and added. |
505 | proper regression test in t/freeze.t. |
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506 | |
507 | Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
508 | |
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509 | Updated version number |
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510 | |
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511 | Added freeze/thaw interface and dclone. |
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512 | |
513 | Fri May 16 10:45:47 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
514 | |
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515 | Forgot that AutoLoader does not export its own AUTOLOAD. |
516 | I could use |
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517 | |
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518 | use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD'; |
519 | |
520 | but that would not be backward compatible. So the export is |
521 | done by hand... |
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522 | |
523 | Tue Mar 25 11:21:32 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
524 | |
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525 | Empty scalar strings are now "defined" at retrieval time. |
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526 | |
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527 | New test to ensure an empty string is defined when retrieved. |
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528 | |
529 | Thu Feb 27 16:32:44 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
530 | |
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531 | Updated version number |
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532 | |
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533 | Declare VERSION as being used |
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534 | |
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535 | Fixed a typo in the PerlIO_putc remapping. |
536 | PerlIO_read and perlIO_write inverted size/nb_items. |
537 | (only relevant for pre-perl5.004 versions) |
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538 | |
539 | Thu Feb 27 15:58:31 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
540 | |
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541 | Updated version number |
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542 | |
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543 | Added VERSION identification |
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544 | |
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545 | Allow build with perl5.003, which is ante perlIO time |
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546 | |
547 | Mon Jan 13 17:53:18 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
548 | |
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549 | Random code fixes. |
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550 | |
551 | Wed Jan 22 15:19:56 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
552 | |
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553 | Updated version number in Makefile.PL. |
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554 | |
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555 | Added "thanks to" section to README. |
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556 | |
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557 | Documented new forgive_me variable. |
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558 | |
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559 | Made 64-bit clean. |
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560 | |
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561 | Added forgive_me support to allow store() of data structures |
562 | containing non-storable items like CODE refs. |