3 * added support for the following API
6 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
10 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
14 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
17 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
18 - output is colored (can be turned off)
19 * add a section on integrating this module into
20 the core to the HACKERS file
24 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
26 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
27 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
28 * add a --version option to ppport.h
32 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
33 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
34 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
35 * load the shared files only when testing the module
36 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
40 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
42 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
47 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
48 caused slightly wrong output
49 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
50 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
55 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
56 * improve and speed up the development tools
62 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
64 - can now search directories for perl executables
65 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
66 revision using the --min option
67 - sorts tests by perl version
68 - shows a summary of failed versions
69 * added support for the following API
70 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
77 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
78 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
79 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
85 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
86 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
87 * added support for the following API
108 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
109 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
113 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
114 * minor internal cleanups
115 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
126 * add --strip / --unstrip options
127 * added support for the following API
135 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
136 * fix compiler warnings
137 * fix test for PL_signals
143 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
144 * added support for the following API
147 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
152 * fix --compat-version argument checking
153 * filter files passed on the command line by default
154 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
155 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
156 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
157 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
162 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
167 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
168 * add more examples to tht documentation
169 * improve wording baseline information
170 * added support for the following API
180 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
181 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
182 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
183 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
187 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
191 * added support for the following API:
195 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
206 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
207 directories while running in the core test suite
211 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
212 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
216 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
218 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
219 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
220 * added support for the following API:
227 PL_perl_destruct_level
235 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
237 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
247 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
248 working on the 3.00 internals
252 * improve/check documentation
253 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
259 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
260 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
261 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
262 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
263 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
267 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
268 unsupported API calls
272 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
273 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
274 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
275 * some small adjustments
279 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
281 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
282 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
284 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
285 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
286 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
288 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
294 * feature complete for 3.00
295 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
296 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
297 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
298 - checks source for unsupported API calls
299 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
300 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
301 - can use custom diff utility / options
302 - can write one patch against the module
303 - can write single copies with changes applied
304 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
305 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
306 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
307 * added HACKERS file to document internals
308 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
309 using search.cpan.org
313 * first beta towards 3.00
314 * complete rework of internals
315 * autogenerated API-checks
316 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
318 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
319 - can now be run without -x
320 - now shows hints and dependencies
321 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
323 - now uses File::Find when available
324 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
325 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
326 * added support for the following API:
419 2.008 - 20th October 2003
424 2.007 - 18th September 2003
426 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
428 2.006 - 8th September 2003
430 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
431 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
433 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
435 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
436 go away for older perls
437 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
439 2.004 - 22th August 2003
441 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
445 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
447 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
449 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
450 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
451 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
455 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
459 * Initial port to the perl core.
463 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.