3 * fix CPAN #36197: filename nit in parse_partspec
4 (thanks to Craig A. Berry for providing a patch)
8 * fix CPAN #35835: SvPV_flags_const_nolen segfaults prior
13 * fix NV[efg]f format string macros for perl-5.6.0 built
14 using -Duselongdouble (thanks to Zefram for figuring this
15 out and to Jarkko Hietaniemi for keeping me in sync)
16 * add --patch and --oneshot options to devel/buildperl.pl
20 * fix dependency detection algorithm for functions
21 * fix some potential memory leaks in the test suite
22 * no need to use *_mg functions for mX?PUSH macros
23 * added support for the following API
30 * make sure soak works with cromfs
34 * fix cpan #29748: ppport.h problems with perl5.005_05
35 (spotted by Slaven Rezić)
36 * fix a compiler warning
40 [released without changes]
44 * fix cpan #29302: Perl_croak_nocontext doesn't need aTHX_
45 (spotted by Jerry D. Hedden)
46 * fix a Win32 VC++ compiler warning (thanks to Steve Hay for
48 * don't generate redundant specs for provided Perl_ functions
49 * fun with const and casts to avoid compiler warnings
50 * bump max supported version to 5.10.0
54 * fix: PERL_HASH() was emitting a warning when passed in a
56 * fix: sv_magic_portable() was emitting a warning when
57 passed in a const char pointer
58 * fix: make sure arguments to sv_magic_portable() are only
63 * fix: ignore strings and XS comments when scanning and
65 * added support for the following API
69 * use PERL_BCDREVISION for version checking to save some
71 * improve the --strip option
72 - strip all C comments
73 - strip most superfluous whitespace
74 with these changes, the stripped ppport.h is now almost
77 ------------------------------------------
78 uncompressed 87988 62573 -28.9%
79 gzip'd 17985 12725 -29.2%
83 * fix an infinite recursion in ppport.h that could be
84 triggered by circular dependencies
85 * fix PERL_BCDREVISION, which wasn't BCD but simply
86 shifted decimal (just in time for 5.10)
87 * fix detection of macros that are not listed in the
88 implementation/dontwarn sections
92 * fix cpan #25372: special case sv_magic(sv, obj, how, name, 0)
93 * fix cpan #27906: [PATCH] add UTF8_MAXBYTES
94 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
95 * added support for the following API
100 SV_COW_SHARED_HASH_KEYS
113 SvPV_flags_const_nolen
117 SvPV_force_flags_mutable
118 SvPV_force_flags_nolen
121 SvPV_force_nomg_nolen
125 SvPV_nomg_const_nolen
128 * provide compatibility macros for vanished variables
129 PL_expect, PL_copline, PL_rsfp, PL_rsfp_filters
130 * add warnings support to ppport.h
131 * update ppport.h file searching logic
132 * add -c.inc and -xs.inc to the list of supported extensions
133 * document that --copy doesn't include the dot
134 * improve soak script and devel/buildperl.pl
138 * added support for the following API
142 (thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
150 * add two missing files
154 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
155 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
156 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
157 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
158 * added support for the following API
163 * added tests for all PL_* variables
164 * added progress indicator to soak script
165 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
166 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
167 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
171 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
175 * added support for the following API
178 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
182 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
186 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
188 * improve soak script
189 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
190 - output is colored (can be turned off)
191 * add a section on integrating this module into
192 the core to the HACKERS file
196 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
198 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
199 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
200 * add a --version option to ppport.h
204 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
205 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
206 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
207 * load the shared files only when testing the module
208 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
212 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
214 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
219 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
220 caused slightly wrong output
221 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
222 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
227 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
228 * improve and speed up the development tools
234 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
235 * improve soak script
236 - can now search directories for perl executables
237 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
238 revision using the --min option
239 - sorts tests by perl version
240 - shows a summary of failed versions
241 * added support for the following API
242 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
249 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
250 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
251 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
257 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
258 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
259 * added support for the following API
280 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
281 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
285 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
286 * minor internal cleanups
287 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
298 * add --strip / --unstrip options
299 * added support for the following API
307 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
308 * fix compiler warnings
309 * fix test for PL_signals
315 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
316 * added support for the following API
319 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
324 * fix --compat-version argument checking
325 * filter files passed on the command line by default
326 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
327 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
328 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
329 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
334 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
339 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
340 * add more examples to tht documentation
341 * improve wording baseline information
342 * added support for the following API
352 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
353 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
354 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
355 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
359 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
363 * added support for the following API:
367 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
378 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
379 directories while running in the core test suite
383 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
384 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
388 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
390 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
391 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
392 * added support for the following API:
399 PL_perl_destruct_level
407 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
409 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
419 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
420 working on the 3.00 internals
424 * improve/check documentation
425 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
431 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
432 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
433 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
434 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
435 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
439 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
440 unsupported API calls
444 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
445 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
446 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
447 * some small adjustments
451 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
453 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
454 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
456 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
457 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
458 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
460 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
466 * feature complete for 3.00
467 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
468 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
469 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
470 - checks source for unsupported API calls
471 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
472 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
473 - can use custom diff utility / options
474 - can write one patch against the module
475 - can write single copies with changes applied
476 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
477 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
478 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
479 * added HACKERS file to document internals
480 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
481 using search.cpan.org
485 * first beta towards 3.00
486 * complete rework of internals
487 * autogenerated API-checks
488 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
490 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
491 - can now be run without -x
492 - now shows hints and dependencies
493 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
495 - now uses File::Find when available
496 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
497 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
498 * added support for the following API:
591 2.008 - 20th October 2003
596 2.007 - 18th September 2003
598 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
600 2.006 - 8th September 2003
602 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
603 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
605 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
607 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
608 go away for older perls
609 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
611 2.004 - 22th August 2003
613 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
617 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
619 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
621 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
622 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
623 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
627 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
631 * Initial port to the perl core.
635 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.