3 * fix an infinite recursion in ppport.h that could be
4 triggered by circular dependencies
5 * fix PERL_BCDREVISION, which wasn't BCD but simply
6 shifted decimal (just in time for 5.10)
7 * fix detection of macros that are not listed in the
8 implementation/dontwarn sections
12 * fix cpan #25372: special case sv_magic(sv, obj, how, name, 0)
13 * fix cpan #27906: [PATCH] add UTF8_MAXBYTES
14 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
15 * added support for the following API
20 SV_COW_SHARED_HASH_KEYS
33 SvPV_flags_const_nolen
37 SvPV_force_flags_mutable
38 SvPV_force_flags_nolen
48 * provide compatibility macros for vanished variables
49 PL_expect, PL_copline, PL_rsfp, PL_rsfp_filters
50 * add warnings support to ppport.h
51 * update ppport.h file searching logic
52 * add -c.inc and -xs.inc to the list of supported extensions
53 * document that --copy doesn't include the dot
54 * improve soak script and devel/buildperl.pl
58 * added support for the following API
62 (thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
70 * add two missing files
74 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
75 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
76 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
77 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
78 * added support for the following API
83 * added tests for all PL_* variables
84 * added progress indicator to soak script
85 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
86 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
87 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
91 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
95 * added support for the following API
98 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
102 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
106 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
108 * improve soak script
109 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
110 - output is colored (can be turned off)
111 * add a section on integrating this module into
112 the core to the HACKERS file
116 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
118 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
119 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
120 * add a --version option to ppport.h
124 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
125 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
126 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
127 * load the shared files only when testing the module
128 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
132 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
134 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
139 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
140 caused slightly wrong output
141 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
142 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
147 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
148 * improve and speed up the development tools
154 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
155 * improve soak script
156 - can now search directories for perl executables
157 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
158 revision using the --min option
159 - sorts tests by perl version
160 - shows a summary of failed versions
161 * added support for the following API
162 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
169 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
170 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
171 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
177 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
178 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
179 * added support for the following API
200 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
201 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
205 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
206 * minor internal cleanups
207 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
218 * add --strip / --unstrip options
219 * added support for the following API
227 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
228 * fix compiler warnings
229 * fix test for PL_signals
235 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
236 * added support for the following API
239 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
244 * fix --compat-version argument checking
245 * filter files passed on the command line by default
246 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
247 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
248 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
249 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
254 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
259 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
260 * add more examples to tht documentation
261 * improve wording baseline information
262 * added support for the following API
272 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
273 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
274 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
275 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
279 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
283 * added support for the following API:
287 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
298 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
299 directories while running in the core test suite
303 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
304 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
308 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
310 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
311 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
312 * added support for the following API:
319 PL_perl_destruct_level
327 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
329 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
339 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
340 working on the 3.00 internals
344 * improve/check documentation
345 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
351 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
352 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
353 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
354 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
355 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
359 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
360 unsupported API calls
364 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
365 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
366 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
367 * some small adjustments
371 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
373 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
374 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
376 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
377 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
378 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
380 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
386 * feature complete for 3.00
387 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
388 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
389 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
390 - checks source for unsupported API calls
391 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
392 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
393 - can use custom diff utility / options
394 - can write one patch against the module
395 - can write single copies with changes applied
396 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
397 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
398 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
399 * added HACKERS file to document internals
400 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
401 using search.cpan.org
405 * first beta towards 3.00
406 * complete rework of internals
407 * autogenerated API-checks
408 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
410 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
411 - can now be run without -x
412 - now shows hints and dependencies
413 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
415 - now uses File::Find when available
416 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
417 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
418 * added support for the following API:
511 2.008 - 20th October 2003
516 2.007 - 18th September 2003
518 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
520 2.006 - 8th September 2003
522 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
523 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
525 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
527 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
528 go away for older perls
529 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
531 2.004 - 22th August 2003
533 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
537 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
539 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
541 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
542 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
543 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
547 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
551 * Initial port to the perl core.
555 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.