3 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
4 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
5 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
6 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
7 * added support for the following API
12 * added tests for all PL_* variables
13 * added progress indicator to soak script
14 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
15 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
16 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
20 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
24 * added support for the following API
27 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
31 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
35 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
38 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
39 - output is colored (can be turned off)
40 * add a section on integrating this module into
41 the core to the HACKERS file
45 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
47 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
48 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
49 * add a --version option to ppport.h
53 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
54 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
55 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
56 * load the shared files only when testing the module
57 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
61 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
63 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
68 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
69 caused slightly wrong output
70 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
71 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
76 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
77 * improve and speed up the development tools
83 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
85 - can now search directories for perl executables
86 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
87 revision using the --min option
88 - sorts tests by perl version
89 - shows a summary of failed versions
90 * added support for the following API
91 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
98 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
99 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
100 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
106 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
107 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
108 * added support for the following API
129 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
130 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
134 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
135 * minor internal cleanups
136 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
147 * add --strip / --unstrip options
148 * added support for the following API
156 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
157 * fix compiler warnings
158 * fix test for PL_signals
164 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
165 * added support for the following API
168 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
173 * fix --compat-version argument checking
174 * filter files passed on the command line by default
175 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
176 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
177 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
178 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
183 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
188 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
189 * add more examples to tht documentation
190 * improve wording baseline information
191 * added support for the following API
201 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
202 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
203 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
204 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
208 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
212 * added support for the following API:
216 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
227 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
228 directories while running in the core test suite
232 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
233 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
237 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
239 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
240 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
241 * added support for the following API:
248 PL_perl_destruct_level
256 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
258 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
268 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
269 working on the 3.00 internals
273 * improve/check documentation
274 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
280 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
281 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
282 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
283 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
284 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
288 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
289 unsupported API calls
293 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
294 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
295 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
296 * some small adjustments
300 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
302 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
303 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
305 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
306 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
307 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
309 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
315 * feature complete for 3.00
316 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
317 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
318 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
319 - checks source for unsupported API calls
320 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
321 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
322 - can use custom diff utility / options
323 - can write one patch against the module
324 - can write single copies with changes applied
325 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
326 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
327 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
328 * added HACKERS file to document internals
329 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
330 using search.cpan.org
334 * first beta towards 3.00
335 * complete rework of internals
336 * autogenerated API-checks
337 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
339 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
340 - can now be run without -x
341 - now shows hints and dependencies
342 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
344 - now uses File::Find when available
345 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
346 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
347 * added support for the following API:
440 2.008 - 20th October 2003
445 2.007 - 18th September 2003
447 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
449 2.006 - 8th September 2003
451 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
452 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
454 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
456 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
457 go away for older perls
458 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
460 2.004 - 22th August 2003
462 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
466 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
468 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
470 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
471 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
472 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
476 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
480 * Initial port to the perl core.
484 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.