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1 | Mon Apr 25 07:29:14 IST 2005 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
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2 | |
3 | Version 2.14 |
4 | |
5 | 1. Store weak references |
2f796f32 |
6 | 2. Add STORABLE_attach hook. |
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7 | |
fa523c3a |
8 | Thu Jun 17 12:26:43 BST 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
9 | |
10 | Version 2.13 |
11 | |
12 | 1. Don't change the type of top level overloaded references to RV - |
13 | they are perfectly correct as PVMG |
14 | 2. Storable needs to cope with incoming frozen data that happens to be |
15 | utf8 encoded. |
16 | |
754c00ca |
17 | Wed Mar 17 15:40:29 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
18 | |
3f575d8d |
19 | Version 2.12 |
20 | |
754c00ca |
21 | 1. Add regression tests for the auto-require of STORABLE_thaw |
165cc789 |
22 | 2. Add auto-require of modules to restore overloading (and tests) |
3f575d8d |
23 | 3. Change to no context (should give speedup with ithreads) |
754c00ca |
24 | |
dfd91409 |
25 | Sat Mar 13 20:11:03 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
26 | |
27 | Version 2.11 |
28 | |
29 | 1. Storing restricted hashes in canonical order would SEGV. Fixed. |
30 | 2. It was impossible to retrieve references to PL_sv_no and and |
31 | PL_sv_undef from STORABLE_thaw hooks. |
32 | 3. restrict.t was failing on 5.8.0, due to 5.8.0's unique |
33 | implementation of restricted hashes using PL_sv_undef |
34 | 4. These changes allow a space optimisation for restricted hashes. |
35 | |
a8b7ef86 |
36 | Sat Jan 24 16:22:32 IST 2004 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
37 | |
38 | Version 2.10 |
39 | |
40 | 1. Thread safety: Storable::CLONE/init_perlinterp() now create |
41 | a new Perl context for each new ithread. |
42 | (From Stas Bekman and Jan Dubois.) |
43 | 2. Fix a tag count mismatch with $Storable::Deparse that caused |
44 | all back-references after a stored sub to be off-by-N (where |
45 | N was the number of code references in between). |
46 | (From Sam Vilain.) |
47 | 3. Prevent CODE references from turning into SCALAR references. |
48 | (From Slaven Rezic.) |
49 | |
dcf2e277 |
50 | Sat Jan 3 18:49:18 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
51 | |
52 | Version 2.09 |
53 | |
54 | Fix minor problems with the CPAN release |
7224c650 |
55 | 1: Make Storable.xs work on 5.8.2 and later (already in the core) |
dcf2e277 |
56 | 2: Ship the linux hints file |
57 | 3: Ship Test::More for the benefit of Perls pre 5.6.2 |
7224c650 |
58 | 4: Correct Makefile.PL to only install in core for 5.8.0 and later |
dcf2e277 |
59 | |
fcaa57e7 |
60 | Sat Sep 6 01:08:20 IST 2003 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
61 | |
62 | Version 2.08 |
63 | |
64 | This release works around a 5.8.0 bug which caused hashes to not |
65 | be marked as having key flags even though an HEK had HEK_WASUTF8 |
66 | set. (Note that the only reasonable solution is to silently drop |
67 | the flag from the affected key.) |
68 | |
69 | Users of RT 3 who were seeing assertion failures should upgrade. |
70 | (Perl 5.8.1 will have the bug fixed.) |
71 | |
a5271820 |
72 | Mon May 5 10:24:16 IST 2003 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
73 | |
74 | Version 2.07 |
75 | |
76 | Minor bugfixes (self-tied objects are now correctly stored, as |
77 | are the results of additions larger than INT_MAX). |
78 | |
a2307be4 |
79 | Mon Oct 7 21:56:38 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
80 | |
81 | Version 2.06 |
82 | |
83 | Remove qr// from t/downgrade.t so that it will run on 5.004 |
84 | Mention $File::Spec::VERSION a second time in t/forgive.t so that it |
85 | runs without warnings in 5.004 (this may be a 5.00405 bug I'm working |
86 | round) |
87 | Fix t/integer.t initialisation to actually generate 64 bits of 9c |
88 | Fix comparison tests to use eval to get around 64 bit IV conversion |
89 | issues on 5.6.x, following my t/integer.t ^ precedence bug found by |
90 | Rafael Garcia-Suarez |
91 | Alter t/malice.t to work with Test/More.pm in t/, and skip individual |
92 | subtests that use $Config{ptrsize}, so that the rest of the test can |
93 | now be run with 5.004 |
94 | Change t/malice.t and the error message in check_magic in Storable.xs |
95 | from "Pointer integer size" to "Pointer size" |
96 | Remove prerequisite of Test::More from Makefile.PL |
97 | Ship Test::Builder, Test::Simple and Test::More in t |
98 | |
9cfdba97 |
99 | Thu Oct 3 08:57:22 IST 2002 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
100 | |
101 | Version 2.05 |
102 | |
103 | Adds support for CODE references from Slaven Rezic |
104 | <slaven.rezic@berlin.de>. |
105 | |
17374ab3 |
106 | Fri Jun 7 23:55:41 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark |
107 | |
108 | Version 2.04 |
109 | |
110 | Bug fix from Radu Greab <radu@netsoft.ro> (plus regression test) |
111 | to fix a recently introduced bug detected by Dave Rolsky. |
112 | Bug was that for a non threaded build, the class information was |
113 | being lost at freeze time on the first object with a STORABLE_freeze |
114 | hook. Consequentially the object was not blessed at all when thawed. |
115 | (The presence (or lack) of STORABLE_thaw was irrelevant; this was |
116 | a store-time data lost bug, caused by failure to initialize internal |
117 | context) |
118 | The bug was introduced as development perl change 16442 (on |
119 | 2002/05/07), so has been present since 2.00. |
120 | Patches to introduce more regression tests to reduce the chance of |
121 | a reoccurance of this sort of goof are always welcome. |
122 | |
ee0f7aac |
123 | Thu May 30 20:31:08 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
124 | |
8932d55c |
125 | Version 2.03 Header changes on 5.6.x on Unix where IV is long long |
126 | |
127 | 5.6.x introduced the ability to have IVs as long long. However, |
128 | Configure still defined BYTEORDER based on the size of a long. |
129 | Storable uses the BYTEORDER value as part of the header, but |
130 | doesn't explicity store sizeof(IV) anywhere in the header. |
131 | Hence on 5.6.x built with IV as long long on a platform that |
132 | uses Configure (ie most things except VMS and Windows) headers |
133 | are identical for the different IV sizes, despite the files |
134 | containing some fields based on sizeof(IV) |
135 | |
136 | 5.8.0 is consistent; all platforms have BYTEORDER in config.h |
137 | based on sizeof(IV) rather than sizeof(long). This means that |
138 | the value of BYTEORDER will change from (say) 4321 to 87654321 |
139 | between 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 built with the same options to Configure |
140 | on the same machine. This means that the Storable header will |
141 | differ, and the two versions will wrongly thing that they are |
142 | incompatible. |
143 | |
144 | For the benefit of long term consistency, Storable now |
145 | implements the 5.8.0 BYTEORDER policy on 5.6.x. This means that |
146 | 2.03 onwards default to be incompatible with 2.02 and earlier |
147 | (ie the large 1.0.x installed base) on the same 5.6.x perl. |
148 | |
149 | To allow interworking, a new variable |
150 | $Storable::interwork_56_64bit is introduced. It defaults to |
151 | false. Set it to true to read and write old format files. Don't |
152 | use it unless you have existing stored data written with 5.6.x |
153 | that you couldn't otherwise read, or you need to interwork with |
154 | a machine running older Storable on a 5.6.x with long long IVs |
155 | (i.e., you probably don't need to use it). |
156 | |
2aeb6432 |
157 | Sat May 25 22:38:39 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
158 | |
25f64a11 |
159 | Version 2.02 |
160 | |
161 | Rewrite Storable.xs so that the file header structure for write_magic |
162 | is built at compile time, and check_magic attempts to the header in |
163 | blocks rather than byte per byte. These changes make the compiled |
164 | extension 2.25% smaller, but are not significant enough to give a |
165 | noticeable speed up. |
2aeb6432 |
166 | |
db670f21 |
167 | Thu May 23 22:50:41 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
168 | |
25f64a11 |
169 | Version 2.01 |
170 | |
171 | - New regression tests integer.t |
172 | - Add code to safely store large unsigned integers. |
173 | - Change code not to attempt to store large integers (ie > 32 bits) |
174 | in network order as 32 bits. |
175 | |
176 | *Never* underestimate the value of a pathological test suite carefully |
177 | crafted with maximum malice before writing a line of real code. It |
178 | prevents crafty bugs from stowing away in your released code. |
179 | It's much less embarrassing to find them before you ship. |
180 | (Well, never underestimate it if you ever want to work for me) |
181 | |
8989364b |
182 | Fri May 17 22:48:59 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
183 | |
25f64a11 |
184 | Version 2.0, binary format 2.5 (but writes format 2.4 on pre 5.7.3) |
185 | |
186 | The perl5 porters have decided to make sure that Storable still |
187 | builds on pre-5.8 perls, and make the 5.8 version available on CPAN. |
188 | The VERSION is now 2.0, and it passes all tests on 5.005_03, 5.6.1 |
189 | and 5.6.1 with threads. On 5.6.0 t/downgrade.t fails tests 34 and 37, |
190 | due to a bug in 5.6.0 - upgrade to 5.6.1. |
191 | |
192 | Jarkko and I have collated the list of changes the perl5 porters have |
193 | from the perl5 Changes file: |
194 | |
195 | - data features of upcoming perl 5.8.0 are supported: Unicode hash |
196 | keys (Unicode hash values have been supported since Storable 1.0.1) |
197 | and "restricted hashes" (readonly hashes and hash entries) |
198 | - a newer version of perl can now be used to serialize data which is |
199 | not supported in earlier perls: Storable will attempt to do the |
200 | right thing for as long as possible, croaking only when safe data |
201 | conversion simply isn't possible. Alternatively earlier perls can |
202 | opt to have a lossy downgrade data instead of croaking |
203 | - when built with perls pre 5.7.3 this Storable writes out files |
204 | with binary format 2.4, the same format as Storable 1.0.8 onwards. |
205 | This should mean that this Storable will inter-operate seamlessly |
206 | with any Storable 1.0.8 or newer on perls pre 5.7.3 |
207 | - dclone() now works with empty string scalar objects |
208 | - retrieving of large hashes is now more efficient |
209 | - more routines autosplit out of the main module, so Storable should |
210 | load slightly more quickly |
211 | - better documentation |
212 | - the internal context objects are now freed explicitly, rather than |
213 | relying on thread or process exit |
214 | - bugs fixed in debugging trace code affecting builds made with 64 bit |
215 | IVs |
216 | - code tidy-ups to allow clean compiles with more warning options |
217 | turned on avoid problems with $@ getting corrupted on 5.005_03 if |
218 | Carp wasn't already loaded |
219 | - added &show_file_magic, so you can add to /etc/magic and teach |
220 | Unix's file command about Storable files |
221 | |
222 | We plan to keep Storable on CPAN in sync with the Perl core, so |
223 | if you encounter bugs or other problems building or using Storable, |
224 | please let us know at perl5-porters@perl.org |
225 | Patches welcome! |
226 | |
596596d5 |
227 | Sat Dec 1 14:37:54 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
228 | |
25f64a11 |
229 | This is the LAST maintenance release of the Storable module. |
230 | Indeed, Storable is now part of perl 5.8, and will be maintained |
231 | as part of Perl. The CPAN module will remain available there |
232 | for people running pre-5.8 perls. |
596596d5 |
233 | |
25f64a11 |
234 | Avoid requiring Fcntl upfront, useful to embedded runtimes. |
235 | Use an eval {} for testing, instead of making Storable.pm |
236 | simply fail its compilation in the BEGIN block. |
596596d5 |
237 | |
25f64a11 |
238 | store_fd() will now correctly autoflush file if needed. |
596596d5 |
239 | |
6e0ac6f5 |
240 | Tue Aug 28 23:53:20 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
241 | |
25f64a11 |
242 | Fixed truncation race with lock_retrieve() in lock_store(). |
243 | The file has to be truncated only once the exclusive lock is held. |
6e0ac6f5 |
244 | |
25f64a11 |
245 | Removed spurious debugging messages in .xs file. |
6e0ac6f5 |
246 | |
e993d95c |
247 | Sun Jul 1 13:27:32 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
248 | |
25f64a11 |
249 | Systematically use "=over 4" for POD linters. |
250 | Apparently, POD linters are much stricter than would |
251 | otherwise be needed, but that's OK. |
e993d95c |
252 | |
25f64a11 |
253 | Fixed memory corruption on croaks during thaw(). Thanks |
254 | to Claudio Garcia for reproducing this bug and providing the |
255 | code to exercise it. Added test cases for this bug, adapted |
256 | from Claudio's code. |
e993d95c |
257 | |
25f64a11 |
258 | Made code compile cleanly with -Wall (from Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
e993d95c |
259 | |
25f64a11 |
260 | Changed tagnum and classnum from I32 to IV in context. Also |
261 | from Jarkko. |
e993d95c |
262 | |
8be2b38b |
263 | Thu Mar 15 01:22:32 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
264 | |
25f64a11 |
265 | Last version was wrongly compiling with assertions on, due |
266 | to an edit glitch. That did not cause any problem (apart from |
267 | a slight performance loss) excepted on Win* platforms, where the |
268 | assertion code does not compile. |
8be2b38b |
269 | |
270 | Sat Feb 17 13:37:37 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
271 | |
25f64a11 |
272 | Version 1.0.10. |
8be2b38b |
273 | |
25f64a11 |
274 | Forgot to increase version number at previous patch (there were |
275 | two of them, which is why we jump from 1.0.8 to 1.0.10). |
8be2b38b |
276 | |
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277 | Sat Feb 17 13:35:00 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
278 | |
25f64a11 |
279 | Version 1.0.8, binary format 2.4. |
b12202d0 |
280 | |
25f64a11 |
281 | Fixed incorrect error message. |
b12202d0 |
282 | |
25f64a11 |
283 | Now bless objects ASAP at retrieve time, which is meant to fix |
284 | two bugs: |
b12202d0 |
285 | |
25f64a11 |
286 | * Indirect references to overloaded object were not able to |
287 | restore overloading if the object was not blessed yet, |
288 | which was possible since blessing occurred only after the |
289 | recursive retrieval. |
b12202d0 |
290 | |
25f64a11 |
291 | * Storable hooks asking for serialization of blessed ref could |
292 | get un-blessed refs at retrieval time, for the very same |
293 | reason. |
b12202d0 |
294 | |
25f64a11 |
295 | The fix implemented here was suggested by Nick Ing-Simmons. |
b12202d0 |
296 | |
25f64a11 |
297 | Added support for blessed ref to tied structures. This is the |
298 | cause for the binary format change. |
b12202d0 |
299 | |
25f64a11 |
300 | Added EBCDIC version of the compatibility test with 0.6.11, |
301 | from Peter Prymmer |
b12202d0 |
302 | |
25f64a11 |
303 | Added tests for the new features, and to make sure the bugs they |
304 | are meant to fix are indeed fixed. |
b12202d0 |
305 | |
862382c7 |
306 | Wed Jan 3 10:43:18 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
307 | |
25f64a11 |
308 | Removed spurious 'clean' entry in Makefile.PL. |
862382c7 |
309 | |
25f64a11 |
310 | Added CAN_FLOCK to determine whether we can flock() or not, |
311 | by inspecting Perl's configuration parameters, as determined |
312 | by Configure. |
862382c7 |
313 | |
25f64a11 |
314 | Trace offending package when overloading cannot be restored |
315 | on a scalar. |
862382c7 |
316 | |
25f64a11 |
317 | Made context cleanup safer to avoid dup freeing, mostly in the |
318 | presence of repeated exceptions during store/retrieve (which can |
319 | cause memory leaks anyway, so it's just additional safety, not a |
320 | definite fix). |
862382c7 |
321 | |
90826881 |
322 | Sun Nov 5 18:23:48 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
323 | |
25f64a11 |
324 | Version 1.0.6. |
90826881 |
325 | |
25f64a11 |
326 | Fixed severe "object lost" bug for STORABLE_freeze returns, |
327 | when refs to lexicals, taken within the hook, were to be |
328 | serialized by Storable. Enhanced the t/recurse.t test to |
329 | stress hook a little more with refs to lexicals. |
90826881 |
330 | |
212e9bde |
331 | Thu Oct 26 19:14:38 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
332 | |
25f64a11 |
333 | Version 1.0.5. |
212e9bde |
334 | |
25f64a11 |
335 | Documented that store() and retrieve() can return undef. |
336 | That is, the error reporting is not always made via exceptions, |
337 | as the paragraph on error reporting was implying. |
212e9bde |
338 | |
25f64a11 |
339 | Auto requires module of blessed ref when STORABLE_thaw misses. |
340 | When the Storable engine looks for the STORABLE_thaw hook and |
341 | does not find it, it now tries to require the package into which |
342 | the blessed reference is. |
212e9bde |
343 | |
25f64a11 |
344 | Just check $^O, in t/lock.t: there's no need to pull the whole |
345 | Config module for that. |
212e9bde |
346 | |
8be2b38b |
347 | Mon Oct 23 20:03:49 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
348 | |
25f64a11 |
349 | Version 1.0.4. |
8be2b38b |
350 | |
25f64a11 |
351 | Protected calls to flock() for DOS platform: apparently, the |
352 | flock/fcnlt emulation is reported to be broken on that |
353 | platform. |
8be2b38b |
354 | |
25f64a11 |
355 | Added logcarp emulation if they don't have Log::Agent, since |
356 | we now use it to carp when lock_store/lock_retrieve is used |
357 | on DOS. |
8be2b38b |
358 | |
dd19458b |
359 | Fri Sep 29 21:52:29 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
360 | |
25f64a11 |
361 | Version 1.0.3. |
dd19458b |
362 | |
25f64a11 |
363 | Avoid using "tainted" and "dirty" since Perl remaps them via |
364 | cpp (i.e. #define). This is deeply harmful when threading |
365 | is enabled. This concerned both the context structure and |
366 | local variable and argument names. Brrr..., scary! |
dd19458b |
367 | |
368 | Thu Sep 28 23:46:39 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
369 | |
25f64a11 |
370 | Version 1.0.2. |
dd19458b |
371 | |
25f64a11 |
372 | Fixed spelling in README. |
dd19458b |
373 | |
25f64a11 |
374 | Added lock_store, lock_nstore, and lock_retrieve (advisory locking) |
375 | after a proposal from Erik Haugan <erik@solbors.no>. |
dd19458b |
376 | |
25f64a11 |
377 | Perls before 5.004_04 lack newSVpvn, added remapping in XS. |
dd19458b |
378 | |
25f64a11 |
379 | Fixed stupid typo in the t/utf8.t test. |
dd19458b |
380 | |
381 | Sun Sep 17 18:51:10 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
382 | |
25f64a11 |
383 | Version 1.0.1, binary format 2.3. |
dd19458b |
384 | |
25f64a11 |
385 | Documented that doubles are stored stringified by nstore(). |
dd19458b |
386 | |
25f64a11 |
387 | Added Salvador Ortiz Garcia in CREDITS section, He identified |
388 | a bug in the store hooks and proposed the right fix: the class |
389 | id was allocated too soon. His bug case was also added to |
390 | the regression test suite. |
dd19458b |
391 | |
25f64a11 |
392 | Now only taint retrieved data when source was tainted. A bug |
393 | discovered by Marc Lehmann. |
dd19458b |
394 | |
25f64a11 |
395 | Added support for UTF-8 strings, a contribution of Marc Lehmann. |
396 | This is normally only activated in post-5.6 perls. |
dd19458b |
397 | |
9e21b3d0 |
398 | Thu Aug 31 23:06:06 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
399 | |
25f64a11 |
400 | First official release Storable 1.0, for inclusion in perl 5.7.0. |
401 | The license scheme is now compatible with Perl's. |
9e21b3d0 |
402 | |
f0ffaed8 |
403 | Thu Aug 24 01:02:02 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
404 | |
25f64a11 |
405 | ANSI-fied most of the code, preparing for Perl core integration. |
406 | The next version of Storable will be 0.8, and will be integrated |
407 | into the Perl core (development branch). |
f0ffaed8 |
408 | |
25f64a11 |
409 | Dispatch tables were moved upfront to relieve some compilers, |
410 | especially on AIX and Windows platforms. |
f0ffaed8 |
411 | |
25f64a11 |
412 | Merged 64-bit fixes from perl5-porters. |
f0ffaed8 |
413 | |
7a6a85bf |
414 | Mon Aug 14 09:22:04 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
415 | |
25f64a11 |
416 | Added a refcnt dec in retrieve_tied_key(): sv_magic() increases |
417 | the refcnt on the mg_ptr as well. |
7a6a85bf |
418 | |
25f64a11 |
419 | Removed spurious dependency to Devel::Peek, which was used for |
420 | testing only in t/tied_items.t. Thanks to Conrad Heiney |
421 | <conrad@fringehead.org> for spotting it first. |
7a6a85bf |
422 | |
423 | Sun Aug 13 22:12:59 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
424 | |
25f64a11 |
425 | Marc Lehmann kindly contributed code to add overloading support |
426 | and to handle references to tied variables. |
7a6a85bf |
427 | |
25f64a11 |
428 | Rewrote leading blurb about compatibility to make it clearer what |
429 | "backward compatibility" is about: when I say 0.7 is backward |
430 | compatible with 0.6, it means the revision 0.7 can read files |
431 | produced by 0.6. |
7a6a85bf |
432 | |
25f64a11 |
433 | Mention new Clone(3) extension in SEE ALSO. |
7a6a85bf |
434 | |
25f64a11 |
435 | Was wrongly optimizing for "undef" values in hashes by not |
436 | fully recursing: as a result, tied "undef" values were incorrectly |
437 | serialized. |
7a6a85bf |
438 | |
439 | Sun Jul 30 12:59:17 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
440 | |
25f64a11 |
441 | First revision of Storable 0.7. |
7a6a85bf |
442 | |
25f64a11 |
443 | The serializing format is new, known as version 2.0. It is fully |
444 | backward compatible with 0.6. Earlier formats are deprecated and |
445 | have not even been tested: next version will drop pre-0.6 format. |
7a6a85bf |
446 | |
25f64a11 |
447 | Changes since 0.6@11: |
7a6a85bf |
448 | |
25f64a11 |
449 | - Moved interface to the "beta" status. Some tiny parts are still |
450 | subject to change, but nothing important enough to warrant an "alpha" |
451 | status any longer. |
7a6a85bf |
452 | |
25f64a11 |
453 | - Slightly reduced the size of the Storable image by factorizing |
454 | object class names and removing final object storage notification due |
455 | to a redesign of the blessed object storing. |
7a6a85bf |
456 | |
25f64a11 |
457 | - Classes can now redefine how they wish their instances to be serialized |
458 | and/or deep cloned. Serializing hooks are written in Perl code. |
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459 | |
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460 | - The engine is now fully re-entrant. |
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461 | |
462 | Sun Apr 2 23:47:50 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
463 | |
25f64a11 |
464 | Added provision to detect more recent binary formats, since |
465 | the new upcoming Storable-0.7 will use a different format. |
466 | In order to prevent attempting the de-serialization of newer |
467 | formats by older versions, I'm adding this now to the 0.6 series. |
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468 | |
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469 | I'm expecting this revision to be the last of the 0.6 series. |
470 | Unless it does not work with perl 5.6, which I don't use yet, |
471 | and therefore against which I cannot test. |
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472 | |
473 | Wed Mar 29 19:55:21 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
474 | |
25f64a11 |
475 | Added note about format incompatibilities with old versions |
476 | (i.e. pre 0.5@9 formats, which cannot be understood as there |
477 | was no versionning information in the file by then). |
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478 | |
25f64a11 |
479 | Protect all $@ variables when eval {} used, to avoid corrupting |
480 | it when store/retrieve is called within an exception handler. |
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481 | |
25f64a11 |
482 | Mistakenly included "patchlevel.h" instead of <patchlevel.h>, |
483 | preventing Perl's patchlevel from being included, which is |
484 | needed starting from 5.6. |
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485 | |
486 | Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
487 | |
25f64a11 |
488 | Fixed shared "undef" bug in hashes, which did not remain shared |
489 | through store/retrieve. |
7a6a85bf |
490 | |
491 | Thu Feb 10 19:48:16 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
492 | |
25f64a11 |
493 | added last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
494 | documented last_op_in_netorder() |
495 | added tests for the new last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
7a6a85bf |
496 | |
497 | Wed Oct 20 19:07:36 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
498 | |
25f64a11 |
499 | Forgot to update VERSION |
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500 | |
501 | Tue Oct 19 21:25:02 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
502 | |
25f64a11 |
503 | Added mention of japanese translation for the manual page. |
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504 | |
25f64a11 |
505 | Fixed typo in macro that made threaded code not compilable, |
506 | especially on Win32 platforms. |
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507 | |
25f64a11 |
508 | Changed detection of older perls (pre-5.005) by testing PATCHLEVEL |
509 | directly instead of relying on internal symbols. |
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510 | |
511 | Tue Sep 14 22:13:28 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
512 | |
25f64a11 |
513 | Integrated "thread-safe" patch from Murray Nesbitt. |
514 | Note that this may not be very efficient for threaded code, |
515 | see comment in the code. |
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516 | |
25f64a11 |
517 | Try to avoid compilation warning on 64-bit CPUs. Can't test it, |
518 | since I don't have access to such machines. |
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519 | |
520 | Mon Jul 12 14:37:19 METDST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
521 | |
25f64a11 |
522 | changed my e-mail to pobox. |
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523 | |
25f64a11 |
524 | mentionned it is not thread-safe. |
7a6a85bf |
525 | |
25f64a11 |
526 | updated version number. |
7a6a85bf |
527 | |
25f64a11 |
528 | uses new internal PL_* naming convention. |
7a6a85bf |
529 | |
530 | Fri Jul 3 13:38:16 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
531 | |
25f64a11 |
532 | Updated benchmark figures due to recent optimizations done in |
533 | store(): tagnums are now stored as-is in the hash table, so |
534 | no surrounding SV is created. And the "shared keys" mode for |
535 | hash table was turned off. |
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536 | |
25f64a11 |
537 | Fixed backward compatibility (wrt 0.5@9) for retrieval of |
538 | blessed refs. That old version did something wrong, but the |
539 | bugfix prevented correct retrieval of the old format. |
7a6a85bf |
540 | |
541 | Mon Jun 22 11:00:48 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
542 | |
25f64a11 |
543 | Changed benchmark figures. |
7a6a85bf |
544 | |
25f64a11 |
545 | Adjust refcnt of tied objects after calling sv_magic() to avoid |
546 | memory leaks. Contributed by Jeff Gresham. |
7a6a85bf |
547 | |
548 | Fri Jun 12 11:50:04 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
549 | |
25f64a11 |
550 | Added workaround for persistent LVALUE-ness in perl5.004. All |
551 | scalars tagged as being an lvalue are handled as if they were |
552 | not an lvalue at all. Added test for that LVALUE bug workaround. |
7a6a85bf |
553 | |
25f64a11 |
554 | Now handles Perl immortal scalars explicitely, by storing &sv_yes |
555 | as such, explicitely. |
7a6a85bf |
556 | |
25f64a11 |
557 | Retrieval of non-immortal undef cannot be shared. Previous |
558 | version was over-optimizing by not creating a separate SV for |
559 | all undefined scalars seen. |
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560 | |
561 | Thu Jun 4 17:21:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
562 | |
25f64a11 |
563 | Baseline for Storable-0.6@0. |
7a6a85bf |
564 | |
25f64a11 |
565 | This version introduces a binary incompatibility in the generated |
566 | binary image, which is more compact than older ones by approximatively |
567 | 15%, depending on the exact degree of sharing in your structures. |
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568 | |
25f64a11 |
569 | The good news is that your older images can still be retrieved with |
570 | this version, i.e. backward compatibility is preserved. This version |
571 | of Storable can only generate new binaries however. |
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572 | |
25f64a11 |
573 | Another good news is that the retrieval of data structure is |
574 | significantly quicker than before, because a Perl array is used |
575 | instead of a hash table to keep track of retrieved objects, and |
576 | also because the image being smaller, less I/O function calls are |
577 | made. |
7a6a85bf |
578 | |
579 | Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
580 | |
25f64a11 |
581 | Version number now got from Storable.pm directly. |
7a6a85bf |
582 | |
25f64a11 |
583 | Fixed overzealous sv_type() optimization, which would make |
584 | Storable fail when faced with an "upgraded" SV to the PVIV |
585 | or PVNV kind containing a reference. |
7a6a85bf |
586 | |
587 | Thu Apr 30 15:11:30 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
588 | |
25f64a11 |
589 | Extended the SYNOPSIS section to give quick overview of the |
590 | routines and their signature. |
7a6a85bf |
591 | |
25f64a11 |
592 | Optimized sv_type() to avoid flags checking when not needed, i.e. |
593 | when their type makes it impossible for them to be refs or tied. |
594 | This slightly increases throughput by a few percents when refs |
595 | and tied variables are marginal occurrences in your data. |
7a6a85bf |
596 | |
25f64a11 |
597 | Stubs for XS now use OutputStream and InputStream file types to |
598 | make it work when the given file is actually a socket. Perl |
599 | makes a distinction for sockets in its internal I/O structures |
600 | by having both a read and a write structure, whereas plain files |
601 | share the same one. |
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602 | |
603 | Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
604 | |
25f64a11 |
605 | Thanks to a contribution from Benjamin A. Holzman, Storable is now |
606 | able to correctly serialize tied SVs, i.e. tied arrays, hashes |
607 | and scalars. |
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608 | |
609 | Thu Apr 9 18:07:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
610 | |
25f64a11 |
611 | I said SvPOK() had changed to SvPOKp(), but that was a lie... |
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612 | |
613 | Wed Apr 8 13:14:29 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
614 | |
25f64a11 |
615 | Wrote sizeof(SV *) instead of sizeof(I32) when portable, which |
616 | in effect mangled the object tags and prevented portability |
617 | accross 32/64 bit architectures! |
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618 | |
619 | Wed Mar 25 14:57:02 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
620 | |
25f64a11 |
621 | Added code example for store_fd() and retrieve_fd() in the |
622 | man page, to emphasize that file descriptors must be passed as |
623 | globs, not as plain strings. |
7a6a85bf |
624 | |
25f64a11 |
625 | Cannot use SV addresses as tag when using nstore() on LP64. This |
626 | was the cause of problems when creating a storable image on an |
627 | LP64 machine and retrieving it on an ILP32 system, which is |
628 | exactly what nstore() is meant for... |
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629 | |
25f64a11 |
630 | However, we continue to use SV addresses as tags for plain store(), |
631 | because benchamarking shows that it saves up to 8% of the store |
632 | time, and store() is meant to be fast at the expense of lack |
633 | of portability. |
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634 | |
25f64a11 |
635 | This means there will be approximately an 8% degradation of |
636 | performance for nstore(), but it's now working as expected. |
637 | That cost may vary on your machine of course, since it is |
638 | solely caused by the memory allocation overhead used to create |
639 | unique SV tags for each distinct stored SV. |
7a6a85bf |
640 | |
641 | Tue Jan 20 09:21:53 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
642 | |
25f64a11 |
643 | Don't use any '_' in version number. |
7a6a85bf |
644 | |
645 | Tue Jan 13 17:51:50 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
646 | |
25f64a11 |
647 | Updated version number. |
7a6a85bf |
648 | |
25f64a11 |
649 | added binmode() calls for systems where it matters. |
7a6a85bf |
650 | |
25f64a11 |
651 | Be sure to pass globs, not plain file strings, to C routines, |
652 | so that Storable can be used under the Perl debugger. |
7a6a85bf |
653 | |
654 | Wed Nov 5 10:53:22 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
655 | |
25f64a11 |
656 | Fix memory leaks on seen hash table and returned SV refs. |
7a6a85bf |
657 | |
25f64a11 |
658 | Storable did not work properly when tainting enabled. |
7a6a85bf |
659 | |
25f64a11 |
660 | Fixed "Allocation too large" messages in freeze/thaw and added. |
661 | proper regression test in t/freeze.t. |
7a6a85bf |
662 | |
663 | Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
664 | |
25f64a11 |
665 | Updated version number |
7a6a85bf |
666 | |
25f64a11 |
667 | Added freeze/thaw interface and dclone. |
7a6a85bf |
668 | |
669 | Fri May 16 10:45:47 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
670 | |
25f64a11 |
671 | Forgot that AutoLoader does not export its own AUTOLOAD. |
672 | I could use |
7a6a85bf |
673 | |
25f64a11 |
674 | use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD'; |
675 | |
676 | but that would not be backward compatible. So the export is |
677 | done by hand... |
7a6a85bf |
678 | |
679 | Tue Mar 25 11:21:32 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
680 | |
25f64a11 |
681 | Empty scalar strings are now "defined" at retrieval time. |
7a6a85bf |
682 | |
25f64a11 |
683 | New test to ensure an empty string is defined when retrieved. |
7a6a85bf |
684 | |
685 | Thu Feb 27 16:32:44 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
686 | |
25f64a11 |
687 | Updated version number |
7a6a85bf |
688 | |
25f64a11 |
689 | Declare VERSION as being used |
7a6a85bf |
690 | |
25f64a11 |
691 | Fixed a typo in the PerlIO_putc remapping. |
692 | PerlIO_read and perlIO_write inverted size/nb_items. |
693 | (only relevant for pre-perl5.004 versions) |
7a6a85bf |
694 | |
695 | Thu Feb 27 15:58:31 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
696 | |
25f64a11 |
697 | Updated version number |
7a6a85bf |
698 | |
25f64a11 |
699 | Added VERSION identification |
7a6a85bf |
700 | |
25f64a11 |
701 | Allow build with perl5.003, which is ante perlIO time |
7a6a85bf |
702 | |
703 | Mon Jan 13 17:53:18 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
704 | |
25f64a11 |
705 | Random code fixes. |
7a6a85bf |
706 | |
707 | Wed Jan 22 15:19:56 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
708 | |
25f64a11 |
709 | Updated version number in Makefile.PL. |
7a6a85bf |
710 | |
25f64a11 |
711 | Added "thanks to" section to README. |
7a6a85bf |
712 | |
25f64a11 |
713 | Documented new forgive_me variable. |
7a6a85bf |
714 | |
25f64a11 |
715 | Made 64-bit clean. |
7a6a85bf |
716 | |
25f64a11 |
717 | Added forgive_me support to allow store() of data structures |
718 | containing non-storable items like CODE refs. |