3 * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
4 * add more examples to tht documentation
5 * improve wording baseline information
6 * added support for the following API
16 * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
17 * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
18 not preserving case (perl change #23367)
19 * add --api-info switch for ppport.h
23 * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
27 * added support for the following API:
31 PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
42 * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
43 directories while running in the core test suite
47 * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
48 as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
52 * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
54 * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
55 global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
56 * added support for the following API:
63 PL_perl_destruct_level
71 sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
73 sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
83 * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
84 working on the 3.00 internals
88 * improve/check documentation
89 * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
95 * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
96 provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
97 * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
98 * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
99 looks ugly on search.cpan.org
103 * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
104 unsupported API calls
108 * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
109 * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
110 check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
111 * some small adjustments
115 * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
117 * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
118 well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
120 * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
121 * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
122 * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
124 * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
130 * feature complete for 3.00
131 * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
132 - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
133 - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
134 - checks source for unsupported API calls
135 - can now lists provided and unsupported API
136 - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
137 - can use custom diff utility / options
138 - can write one patch against the module
139 - can write single copies with changes applied
140 * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
141 * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
142 * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
143 * added HACKERS file to document internals
144 * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
145 using search.cpan.org
149 * first beta towards 3.00
150 * complete rework of internals
151 * autogenerated API-checks
152 * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
154 - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
155 - can now be run without -x
156 - now shows hints and dependencies
157 - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
159 - now uses File::Find when available
160 * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
161 from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
162 * added support for the following API:
255 2.008 - 20th October 2003
260 2.007 - 18th September 2003
262 * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
264 2.006 - 8th September 2003
266 * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
267 * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
269 2.005 - 2nd September 2003
271 * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
272 go away for older perls
273 * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
275 2.004 - 22th August 2003
277 * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
281 * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
283 2.002 - 2nd December 2001
285 * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
286 * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
287 * More documentation in PPPort.pm
291 * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
295 * Initial port to the perl core.
299 * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.