3 * remove MAN3PODS option from Makefile.PL, which is
4 no longer needed (thanks to Nicholas Clark for
6 * adapt mktests.PL for new layout of ext modules in
11 * rework PTR macros, fixing PTR2ul for 5.6.1
12 (fixes CPAN #39802, thanks to CHOCOLATE for
13 reporting and providing a patch)
14 * added support for the following API
16 (second part of fix for CPAN #39802)
20 * fix DEFSV_set() for threaded 5.005 perls
21 * add G_METHOD support to call_sv()
25 * added support for the following API
27 * fix --unstrip for development versions
31 * fix stupid bugs in pv_pretty tests (only the
32 tests were broken, ppport.h was find)
36 * added support for the following API
47 PERL_PV_ESCAPE_FIRSTCHAR
48 PERL_PV_ESCAPE_NOBACKSLASH
49 PERL_PV_ESCAPE_NOCLEAR
53 PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI_DETECT
55 PERL_PV_PRETTY_ELLIPSES
57 PERL_PV_PRETTY_NOCLEAR
59 PERL_PV_PRETTY_REGPROP
66 * fix C++ compilation issue with last release
67 (spotted by Nicholas Clark)
68 * added support for the following API
76 * added support for the following API
85 (fixes CPAN #39809 and CPAN #39808)
86 * add read/write support for
92 * sync my_snprintf implementation with bleadperl
96 * resolve CPAN #37451: add PERLIO_FUNCS_DECL and
102 * fix CPAN #36197: filename nit in parse_partspec
103 (thanks to Craig A. Berry for providing a patch)
107 * fix CPAN #35835: SvPV_flags_const_nolen segfaults prior
112 * fix NV[efg]f format string macros for perl-5.6.0 built
113 using -Duselongdouble (thanks to Zefram for figuring this
114 out and to Jarkko Hietaniemi for keeping me in sync)
115 * add --patch and --oneshot options to devel/buildperl.pl
119 * fix dependency detection algorithm for functions
120 * fix some potential memory leaks in the test suite
121 * no need to use *_mg functions for mX?PUSH macros
122 * added support for the following API
129 * make sure soak works with cromfs
133 * fix cpan #29748: ppport.h problems with perl5.005_05
134 (spotted by Slaven Rezić)
135 * fix a compiler warning
139 [released without changes]
143 * fix cpan #29302: Perl_croak_nocontext doesn't need aTHX_
144 (spotted by Jerry D. Hedden)
145 * fix a Win32 VC++ compiler warning (thanks to Steve Hay for
147 * don't generate redundant specs for provided Perl_ functions
148 * fun with const and casts to avoid compiler warnings
149 * bump max supported version to 5.10.0
153 * fix: PERL_HASH() was emitting a warning when passed in a
155 * fix: sv_magic_portable() was emitting a warning when
156 passed in a const char pointer
157 * fix: make sure arguments to sv_magic_portable() are only
162 * fix: ignore strings and XS comments when scanning and
164 * added support for the following API
168 * use PERL_BCDREVISION for version checking to save some
170 * improve the --strip option
171 - strip all C comments
172 - strip most superfluous whitespace
173 with these changes, the stripped ppport.h is now almost
175 3.11_03 3.11_04 delta
176 ------------------------------------------
177 uncompressed 87988 62573 -28.9%
178 gzip'd 17985 12725 -29.2%
182 * fix an infinite recursion in ppport.h that could be
183 triggered by circular dependencies
184 * fix PERL_BCDREVISION, which wasn't BCD but simply
185 shifted decimal (just in time for 5.10)
186 * fix detection of macros that are not listed in the
187 implementation/dontwarn sections
191 * fix cpan #25372: special case sv_magic(sv, obj, how, name, 0)
192 * fix cpan #27906: [PATCH] add UTF8_MAXBYTES
193 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
194 * added support for the following API
199 SV_COW_SHARED_HASH_KEYS
212 SvPV_flags_const_nolen
216 SvPV_force_flags_mutable
217 SvPV_force_flags_nolen
220 SvPV_force_nomg_nolen
224 SvPV_nomg_const_nolen
227 * provide compatibility macros for vanished variables
228 PL_expect, PL_copline, PL_rsfp, PL_rsfp_filters
229 * add warnings support to ppport.h
230 * update ppport.h file searching logic
231 * add -c.inc and -xs.inc to the list of supported extensions
232 * document that --copy doesn't include the dot
233 * improve soak script and devel/buildperl.pl
237 * added support for the following API
241 (thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
249 * add two missing files
253 * fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
254 * fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
255 * added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
256 the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
257 * added support for the following API
262 * added tests for all PL_* variables
263 * added progress indicator to soak script
264 * added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
265 * added comments to all autogenerated files that
266 clearly indicate their purpose and origin
270 * remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
274 * added support for the following API
277 (thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
281 * avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
285 * fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
287 * improve soak script
288 - now counts warnings emitted during testing
289 - output is colored (can be turned off)
290 * add a section on integrating this module into
291 the core to the HACKERS file
295 * fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
297 * only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
298 version of Devel::PPPort is installed
299 * add a --version option to ppport.h
303 * fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
304 the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
305 (thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
306 * load the shared files only when testing the module
307 * remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
311 * when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
313 * PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
318 * fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
319 caused slightly wrong output
320 * improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
321 we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
326 * add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
327 * improve and speed up the development tools
333 * changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
334 * improve soak script
335 - can now search directories for perl executables
336 - can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
337 revision using the --min option
338 - sorts tests by perl version
339 - shows a summary of failed versions
340 * added support for the following API
341 PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
348 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
349 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
350 SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
356 * update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
357 * update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
358 * added support for the following API
379 * thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
380 * add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
384 * improve internals documentation in HACKERS
385 * minor internal cleanups
386 * thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
397 * add --strip / --unstrip options
398 * added support for the following API
406 * fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
407 * fix compiler warnings
408 * fix test for PL_signals
414 * improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
415 * added support for the following API
418 PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
423 * fix --compat-version argument checking
424 * filter files passed on the command line by default
425 to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
426 * add --nofilter option to override the filtering
427 * testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
428 * check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
433 * fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
438 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
439 * add more examples to tht documentation
440 * improve wording baseline information
441 * added support for the following API
451 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
452 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
453 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
454 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
458 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
462 * added support for the following API:
466 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
477 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
478 directories while running in the core test suite
482 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
483 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
487 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
489 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
490 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
491 * added support for the following API:
498 PL_perl_destruct_level
506 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
508 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
518 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
519 working on the 3.00 internals
523 * improve/check documentation
524 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
530 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
531 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
532 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
533 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
534 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
538 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
539 unsupported API calls
543 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
544 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
545 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
546 * some small adjustments
550 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
552 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
553 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
555 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
556 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
557 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
559 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
565 * feature complete for 3.00
566 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
567 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
568 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
569 - checks source for unsupported API calls
570 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
571 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
572 - can use custom diff utility / options
573 - can write one patch against the module
574 - can write single copies with changes applied
575 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
576 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
577 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
578 * added HACKERS file to document internals
579 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
580 using search.cpan.org
584 * first beta towards 3.00
585 * complete rework of internals
586 * autogenerated API-checks
587 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
589 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
590 - can now be run without -x
591 - now shows hints and dependencies
592 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
594 - now uses File::Find when available
595 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
596 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
597 * added support for the following API:
690 2.008 - 20th October 2003
695 2.007 - 18th September 2003
697 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
699 2.006 - 8th September 2003
701 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
702 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
704 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
706 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
707 go away for older perls
708 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
710 2.004 - 22th August 2003
712 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
716 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
718 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
720 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
721 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
722 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
726 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
730 * Initial port to the perl core.
734 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.