3 * add two missing files
7 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
8 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
9 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
10 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
11 * added support for the following API
16 * added tests for all PL_* variables
17 * added progress indicator to soak script
18 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
19 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
20 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
24 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
28 * added support for the following API
31 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
35 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
39 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
42 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
43 - output is colored (can be turned off)
44 * add a section on integrating this module into
45 the core to the HACKERS file
49 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
51 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
52 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
53 * add a --version option to ppport.h
57 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
58 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
59 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
60 * load the shared files only when testing the module
61 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
65 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
67 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
72 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
73 caused slightly wrong output
74 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
75 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
80 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
81 * improve and speed up the development tools
87 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
89 - can now search directories for perl executables
90 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
91 revision using the --min option
92 - sorts tests by perl version
93 - shows a summary of failed versions
94 * added support for the following API
95 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
102 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
103 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
104 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
110 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
111 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
112 * added support for the following API
133 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
134 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
138 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
139 * minor internal cleanups
140 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
151 * add --strip / --unstrip options
152 * added support for the following API
160 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
161 * fix compiler warnings
162 * fix test for PL_signals
168 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
169 * added support for the following API
172 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
177 * fix --compat-version argument checking
178 * filter files passed on the command line by default
179 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
180 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
181 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
182 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
187 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
192 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
193 * add more examples to tht documentation
194 * improve wording baseline information
195 * added support for the following API
205 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
206 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
207 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
208 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
212 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
216 * added support for the following API:
220 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
231 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
232 directories while running in the core test suite
236 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
237 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
241 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
243 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
244 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
245 * added support for the following API:
252 PL_perl_destruct_level
260 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
262 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
272 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
273 working on the 3.00 internals
277 * improve/check documentation
278 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
284 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
285 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
286 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
287 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
288 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
292 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
293 unsupported API calls
297 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
298 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
299 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
300 * some small adjustments
304 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
306 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
307 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
309 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
310 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
311 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
313 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
319 * feature complete for 3.00
320 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
321 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
322 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
323 - checks source for unsupported API calls
324 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
325 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
326 - can use custom diff utility / options
327 - can write one patch against the module
328 - can write single copies with changes applied
329 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
330 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
331 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
332 * added HACKERS file to document internals
333 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
334 using search.cpan.org
338 * first beta towards 3.00
339 * complete rework of internals
340 * autogenerated API-checks
341 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
343 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
344 - can now be run without -x
345 - now shows hints and dependencies
346 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
348 - now uses File::Find when available
349 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
350 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
351 * added support for the following API:
444 2.008 - 20th October 2003
449 2.007 - 18th September 2003
451 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
453 2.006 - 8th September 2003
455 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
456 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
458 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
460 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
461 go away for older perls
462 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
464 2.004 - 22th August 2003
466 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
470 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
472 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
474 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
475 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
476 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
480 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
484 * Initial port to the perl core.
488 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.