3 * fix: PERL_HASH() was emitting a warning when passed in a
5 * fix: sv_magic_portable() was emitting a warning when
6 passed in a const char pointer
7 * fix: make sure arguments to sv_magic_portable() are only
12 * fix: ignore strings and XS comments when scanning and
14 * added support for the following API
18 * use PERL_BCDREVISION for version checking to save some
20 * improve the --strip option
21 - strip all C comments
22 - strip most superfluous whitespace
23 with these changes, the stripped ppport.h is now almost
26 ------------------------------------------
27 uncompressed 87988 62573 -28.9%
28 gzip'd 17985 12725 -29.2%
32 * fix an infinite recursion in ppport.h that could be
33 triggered by circular dependencies
34 * fix PERL_BCDREVISION, which wasn't BCD but simply
35 shifted decimal (just in time for 5.10)
36 * fix detection of macros that are not listed in the
37 implementation/dontwarn sections
41 * fix cpan #25372: special case sv_magic(sv, obj, how, name, 0)
42 * fix cpan #27906: [PATCH] add UTF8_MAXBYTES
43 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
44 * added support for the following API
49 SV_COW_SHARED_HASH_KEYS
62 SvPV_flags_const_nolen
66 SvPV_force_flags_mutable
67 SvPV_force_flags_nolen
77 * provide compatibility macros for vanished variables
78 PL_expect, PL_copline, PL_rsfp, PL_rsfp_filters
79 * add warnings support to ppport.h
80 * update ppport.h file searching logic
81 * add -c.inc and -xs.inc to the list of supported extensions
82 * document that --copy doesn't include the dot
83 * improve soak script and devel/buildperl.pl
87 * added support for the following API
91 (thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
99 * add two missing files
103 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
104 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
105 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
106 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
107 * added support for the following API
112 * added tests for all PL_* variables
113 * added progress indicator to soak script
114 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
115 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
116 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
120 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
124 * added support for the following API
127 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
131 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
135 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
137 * improve soak script
138 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
139 - output is colored (can be turned off)
140 * add a section on integrating this module into
141 the core to the HACKERS file
145 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
147 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
148 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
149 * add a --version option to ppport.h
153 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
154 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
155 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
156 * load the shared files only when testing the module
157 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
161 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
163 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
168 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
169 caused slightly wrong output
170 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
171 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
176 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
177 * improve and speed up the development tools
183 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
184 * improve soak script
185 - can now search directories for perl executables
186 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
187 revision using the --min option
188 - sorts tests by perl version
189 - shows a summary of failed versions
190 * added support for the following API
191 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
198 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
199 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
200 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
206 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
207 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
208 * added support for the following API
229 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
230 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
234 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
235 * minor internal cleanups
236 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
247 * add --strip / --unstrip options
248 * added support for the following API
256 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
257 * fix compiler warnings
258 * fix test for PL_signals
264 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
265 * added support for the following API
268 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
273 * fix --compat-version argument checking
274 * filter files passed on the command line by default
275 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
276 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
277 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
278 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
283 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
288 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
289 * add more examples to tht documentation
290 * improve wording baseline information
291 * added support for the following API
301 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
302 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
303 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
304 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
308 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
312 * added support for the following API:
316 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
327 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
328 directories while running in the core test suite
332 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
333 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
337 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
339 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
340 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
341 * added support for the following API:
348 PL_perl_destruct_level
356 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
358 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
368 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
369 working on the 3.00 internals
373 * improve/check documentation
374 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
380 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
381 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
382 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
383 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
384 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
388 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
389 unsupported API calls
393 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
394 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
395 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
396 * some small adjustments
400 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
402 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
403 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
405 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
406 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
407 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
409 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
415 * feature complete for 3.00
416 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
417 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
418 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
419 - checks source for unsupported API calls
420 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
421 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
422 - can use custom diff utility / options
423 - can write one patch against the module
424 - can write single copies with changes applied
425 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
426 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
427 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
428 * added HACKERS file to document internals
429 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
430 using search.cpan.org
434 * first beta towards 3.00
435 * complete rework of internals
436 * autogenerated API-checks
437 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
439 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
440 - can now be run without -x
441 - now shows hints and dependencies
442 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
444 - now uses File::Find when available
445 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
446 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
447 * added support for the following API:
540 2.008 - 20th October 2003
545 2.007 - 18th September 2003
547 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
549 2.006 - 8th September 2003
551 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
552 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
554 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
556 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
557 go away for older perls
558 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
560 2.004 - 22th August 2003
562 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
566 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
568 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
570 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
571 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
572 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
576 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
580 * Initial port to the perl core.
584 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.