3 * added support for the following API
7 (thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
15 * add two missing files
19 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
20 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
21 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
22 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
23 * added support for the following API
28 * added tests for all PL_* variables
29 * added progress indicator to soak script
30 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
31 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
32 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
36 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
40 * added support for the following API
43 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
47 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
51 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
54 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
55 - output is colored (can be turned off)
56 * add a section on integrating this module into
57 the core to the HACKERS file
61 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
63 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
64 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
65 * add a --version option to ppport.h
69 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
70 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
71 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
72 * load the shared files only when testing the module
73 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
77 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
79 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
84 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
85 caused slightly wrong output
86 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
87 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
92 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
93 * improve and speed up the development tools
99 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
100 * improve soak script
101 - can now search directories for perl executables
102 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
103 revision using the --min option
104 - sorts tests by perl version
105 - shows a summary of failed versions
106 * added support for the following API
107 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
114 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
115 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
116 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
122 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
123 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
124 * added support for the following API
145 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
146 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
150 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
151 * minor internal cleanups
152 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
163 * add --strip / --unstrip options
164 * added support for the following API
172 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
173 * fix compiler warnings
174 * fix test for PL_signals
180 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
181 * added support for the following API
184 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
189 * fix --compat-version argument checking
190 * filter files passed on the command line by default
191 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
192 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
193 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
194 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
199 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
204 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
205 * add more examples to tht documentation
206 * improve wording baseline information
207 * added support for the following API
217 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
218 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
219 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
220 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
224 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
228 * added support for the following API:
232 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
243 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
244 directories while running in the core test suite
248 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
249 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
253 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
255 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
256 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
257 * added support for the following API:
264 PL_perl_destruct_level
272 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
274 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
284 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
285 working on the 3.00 internals
289 * improve/check documentation
290 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
296 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
297 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
298 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
299 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
300 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
304 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
305 unsupported API calls
309 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
310 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
311 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
312 * some small adjustments
316 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
318 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
319 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
321 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
322 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
323 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
325 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
331 * feature complete for 3.00
332 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
333 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
334 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
335 - checks source for unsupported API calls
336 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
337 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
338 - can use custom diff utility / options
339 - can write one patch against the module
340 - can write single copies with changes applied
341 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
342 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
343 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
344 * added HACKERS file to document internals
345 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
346 using search.cpan.org
350 * first beta towards 3.00
351 * complete rework of internals
352 * autogenerated API-checks
353 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
355 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
356 - can now be run without -x
357 - now shows hints and dependencies
358 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
360 - now uses File::Find when available
361 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
362 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
363 * added support for the following API:
456 2.008 - 20th October 2003
461 2.007 - 18th September 2003
463 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
465 2.006 - 8th September 2003
467 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
468 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
470 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
472 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
473 go away for older perls
474 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
476 2.004 - 22th August 2003
478 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
482 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
484 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
486 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
487 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
488 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
492 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
496 * Initial port to the perl core.
500 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.