3 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
4 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
5 * added support for the following API
26 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
27 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
31 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
32 * minor internal cleanups
33 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
44 * add --strip / --unstrip options
45 * added support for the following API
53 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
54 * fix compiler warnings
55 * fix test for PL_signals
61 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
62 * added support for the following API
65 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
70 * fix --compat-version argument checking
71 * filter files passed on the command line by default
72 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
73 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
74 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
75 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
80 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
85 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
86 * add more examples to tht documentation
87 * improve wording baseline information
88 * added support for the following API
98 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
99 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
100 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
101 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
105 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
109 * added support for the following API:
113 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
124 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
125 directories while running in the core test suite
129 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
130 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
134 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
136 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
137 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
138 * added support for the following API:
145 PL_perl_destruct_level
153 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
155 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
165 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
166 working on the 3.00 internals
170 * improve/check documentation
171 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
177 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
178 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
179 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
180 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
181 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
185 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
186 unsupported API calls
190 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
191 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
192 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
193 * some small adjustments
197 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
199 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
200 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
202 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
203 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
204 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
206 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
212 * feature complete for 3.00
213 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
214 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
215 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
216 - checks source for unsupported API calls
217 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
218 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
219 - can use custom diff utility / options
220 - can write one patch against the module
221 - can write single copies with changes applied
222 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
223 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
224 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
225 * added HACKERS file to document internals
226 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
227 using search.cpan.org
231 * first beta towards 3.00
232 * complete rework of internals
233 * autogenerated API-checks
234 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
236 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
237 - can now be run without -x
238 - now shows hints and dependencies
239 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
241 - now uses File::Find when available
242 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
243 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
244 * added support for the following API:
337 2.008 - 20th October 2003
342 2.007 - 18th September 2003
344 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
346 2.006 - 8th September 2003
348 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
349 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
351 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
353 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
354 go away for older perls
355 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
357 2.004 - 22th August 2003
359 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
363 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
365 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
367 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
368 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
369 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
373 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
377 * Initial port to the perl core.
381 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.