Revision history for Devel-PPPort
3.61 - 2020-10-12
* Fix scanprov
* Define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_CROAK_XS_USAGE when setting croak_xs_usage
* Backport ck_warner, ck_warner_d, ckWARN_d, ckWARN_2, ckWARN_3, ckWARN_4, ckWARN2_d, ckWARN3_d, ckWARN4_d
* Backport packWARN, packWARN2, packWARN3, packWARN4
* Backport LC_NUMERIC locale handling
* Backport SvPVx_nolen_const
* Backport MUTABLE_AV, MUTABLE_CV, MUTABLE_GV, MUTABLE_HV, MUTABLE_IO
* Backport vwarner
* Use PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
* Remove C `register` declaration
* Implement return value for newCONSTSUB()
3.60 - 2020-08-11
* Restore PERL_BCDVERSION helper which is used on CPAN
* A few API elements were not properly found, like IVTYPE
3.59 - 2020-08-10
* Add PERL_VERSION_* compare macros
* Rename PERL_BCDVERSION to internal name to discourage future use
* Stop versioning generated test files
* Enforce strict & warnings
* Avoid indirect calls
* scanprov: multiple improvements
* Use ivers() in tests
* Update POD documentation and HACKERS file
* Change ppport.h --api-info to not output non-API info unless that is the
only match
* Find more elements to be listed in the --api-info option (and similar) to
ppport.h
3.58 - 2020-03-09
* Safer definition of UVCHR_SKIP
* Make sure WIDEST_UTYPE is unsigned
* Avoid Pax Header in tarballs
3.57 - 2020-01-31
* Fix eval_sv for Perl versions prior to 5.6.0 (Pali)
* Fix t/ppphtest.t for Perl versions prior to 5.6.0 (Pali)
* Fix compilation of sv_setsv_flags when GCC extensions are not present (Pali)
* Fix SV_NOSTEAL on 5.7.2 (Karl Williamson)
* Fix multiple unit test issues (Craig A. Berry, Karl Williamson, Pali)
* Avoid generating warnings on early Perls (Karl Williamson)
* Backport memCHRs (Karl Williamson)
* Implement sv_setsv_flags() with SV_NOSTEAL and SV_GMAGIC flags for Perl versions < 5.7.3 (Pali)
* Implement UTF8f format and its UTF8fARG macro (Pali)
3.56 - 2019-11-25
* mktests.PL: use FindBin for INC setup
* devel/regenerate: Adjust POD line length
* Fix compilation with Visual C++ bugs introduced in 3.55 (Tomasz Konojacki)
* Fix mess.t failures when on VC++ when $0 contains backslashes (Tomasz Konojacki)
* Fix failing builds on 5.20.[1-3] introduced in 3.55 (Karl Williamson)
* Change tests to accept and use Test::More-like functions (Karl Williamson)
3.55 - 2019-11-07
* Fix p5-Text-Xslate on Perl 5.8.5 (Nicolas R)
* Fix EBCDIC build problem (Karl Williamson)
* Fix isGRAPH_L1() bug (Karl Williamson)
* utf8_to_uvchr_buf: Fix error checking on early EBCDICs and proper length (Karl Williamson)
* HACKERS: fix typos and clarification (Karl Williamson)
* Update bugtracker and repository URLs (Nicolas R) (upstream/urls)
* Add warning about UTF-8 unreliable in early perls (Karl Williamson)
* Add withinCOUNT and inRANGE (Karl Williamson)
* Implement G_RETHROW for eval_sv (Pali)
* Backport some isFOO_LC macros (Karl Williamson)
* Backport isFOO_LC_utf8_safe() (Karl Williamson)
* Backport toFOO_uvchr() (Karl Williamson)
* Backport isFOO_uvchr() (Karl Williamson)
* Backport isFOO_utf8_safe() macros (Karl Williamson)
* Backport toLOWER_utf8_safe and kin (Karl Williamson)
* Backport UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE (Karl Williamson)
* Backport UTF8_CHK_SKIP (Karl Williamson)
* Backport UTF8_SKIP (Karl Williamson)
* Backport UNI to/from NATIVE (Karl Williamson)
3.54 - 2019-09-27
* Fix Unix-format path in Devel::PPPort's Makefile.PL
* Fix utf8_to_uvchr_buf for 5.7.0
* Add hint for utf8_to_uvchr()
* Fix hints for is_ascii_string
* Use numeric comparisons with $]
* Fix 'for loops' to work on early perls
* Can't use GCC brace groups before 5.4
* Add script to regenerate ppport.fnc
* Suppress useless warning
* Fix mktests.PL for Perl 5.8.0
* Implement sv_len_utf8_nomg() and sv_len_utf8()
* Fix eval_pv for Perl versions prior to 5.31.2
* Consolidate UTF-8 functions/macros into new file
* Implement sv_mortalcopy_flags()
* Implement newSVsv_flags()
* Enable Perl compile-time warnings at all place
* Improve Makefile.PL
* Add tests for IVdf, UVuf, IV_MAX and UV_MAX
3.53 - 2019-09-27
* Rename PPPort_xs.PL to RealPPPort_xs.PL
* Fix compilation issues with version older than 5.010
* Fix compilation issues with version older than 5.010
3.52 - 2019-05-14
* fix utf8_to_uvchr_buf retval in 5.30
3.51 - 2019-05-01
* include the module version in metadata for proper PAUSE indexing
3.50 - 2019-04-30
* Order warn before uv for packWARN (shown in 5.6.1)
3.49 - 2019-04-29
* Fix tests for 64bit int, 32bit ptr platforms
3.48 - 2019-04-28
* Order misc before uv for UNLIKELY (<=5.8.8)
3.47 - 2019-04-27
* re-fix leaky code (used only in tests)
3.46 - 2019-04-26
* Fix the isFOO character type classification macros to work properly on
all versions, as follows:
* Fixed isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isIDFIRST, isLOWER, and isUPPER on
very early perls to not be locale-dependent
* Fixed isASCII on early perls to work with signed char arguments
* Fixed isCNTRL on early perls to know that DEL is a control
* Fixed isSPACE on perls before 5.20 to know that VERTICAL TAB is a
space
* Added isALPHANUMERIC, synonym for isALNUMC
* Added isIDCONT, to match legal non-initial characters in an
identifier
* Added isOCTAL, to match [0-7]
* Added isWORDCHAR, synonym for isALNUM
* Make all the character classification isFOO macros work on EBCDIC
platforms on all versions
* Added isFOO_A synonyms for all character classification isFOO
macros
* Provide LIKELY/UNLIKELY branch prediction
* Provide av_tindex/av_top_index
* Provide __ASSERT_ for assertions inside macros
* Provide UTF8_SAFE_SKIP
* Provide my_strnlen()
* Provide utf8_to_uvchr_buf()
* Replace utf8_to_uvchr() with a safer version
* Provide UNICODE_REPLACEMENT
3.45 - 2019-03-19
* Restore missing unit tests from the previous release.
3.44 - 2019-02-20
* Fix D_PPP_FIX_UTF8_ERRSV macro to use errsv value from passed argument
3.43 - 2018-09-19
* Fix Devel::PPPort with Visual Studio by quoting $0.
3.42 - 2018-04-21
* Include 'Changes' (this file) in the distribution.
3.41 - 2018-04-21
* Fix security problem: CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String.
* Fix WIDEST_UTYPE.
* Add the following functions:
croak_sv, die_sv, mess_sv, warn_sv, mess, vmess, warn_nocontext,
croak_nocontext, croak_no_modify, croak_memory_wrap, croak_xs_usage.
* Delist functions listed as deprecated or unstable.
* (perl #132876) define API macros on if the NEED_ macro is defined.
* (perl #132876) only define croak_xs_usage()'s assert macro if cxu requested.
* (perl #132761) updates for older perls.
* Do not define PERL_MAGIC_qr more times.
* Do not mask Perl_warn_nocontext and Perl_croak_nocontext.
(Fixes compile errors on older threaded Perl versions.)
* Skip ASCII tests on non-ASCII platforms.
* Skip tests invalid on EBCDIC.
* Will now compile under C++11.
* Documentation improvements.
3.36 - 2017-05-14
* Support Perl 5.26.* which no longer has '.' in @INC
3.35 - 2016-06-17
* Fix compilation in bleadperl by removing a bad test.
3.34 - 2016-06-04
* Fix compilation on Windows with certain compilers.
(__attribute__ not recognized. (#GH 36))
3.33 - 2016-06-03
* Add PERL_OP_PARENT related macros, and cBOOL
* Add SvRXOK/SvRX/PERL_MAGIC_qr
(Thanks to arc)
* sort files from all_files_in_dir (GH #28, https://bugs.debian.org/801523
(Thanks to ntyni)
* Fix coverity finding in test (GH #25)
(Thanks to jhi)
* Add PERL_UNUSED_RESULT and a test (GH #20)
* Don't redefine MUTABLE_PTR if it's already there (GH #23)
* Add C_ARRAY_LENGTH and C_ARRAY_END (GH #16)
* Fix gv_fetchpvn_flags and add gv_init_pvn (#GH 32)
(Thanks to leont)
* Fix compiler warnings
(Thanks to Dave M.)
3.32 - 2015-09-30
* Lexical topic no longer works as of perl 5.23
3.31 - 2015-03-12
* Regen todo files to sync with blead
3.30 - 2015-03-05
* Update typemap to account for STRLEN added in
3.29, which prevented compiling on older Perls
3.29 - 2015-03-05
* Fix issue found by Coverity
(Thanks to Dave M. for patch)
3.28 - 2015-01-16
* Update MANIFEST for regened base/todo files
3.27 - 2015-01-13
* Regen base and todo files.
* Fix isASCII and isCNTRL for <5.6.0
* Other minor fixups.
(Thanks to mhx for all of the work on this release)
3.26 - 2015-01-07
* Silence some warnings on compilation in perl core
(Thanks to Dave M. for patches)
3.25 - 2014-12-02
* Add caller_cx (works back to Perl 5.6.0)
(Thanks to Ben Morrow for patch)
* Silence compiler and coverity warnings
(Thanks to jhi for patches)
3.24 - 2014-05-08
* Remove SvREFCNT_dec_NN until it can be implemented
properly.
(Thanks to bulk88 for reporting GH #10)
* Fix GH #11 - compiler warning under clang
(Thanks to jhi for reporting it)
* Fix GH #12 - compiler warnings
(Thanks to jhi for reporting it)
3.23 - 2014-04-12
* Add support for HeUTF8
* Add GetFileContents() to retrieve the contents of the
ppport.h file
* Update MAX_VER to be 5.20
* Update issue tracker to GitHub
3.22 - 2014-03-19
* Add support for the following API
SvREFCNT_dec_NN
mg_findext
sv_unmagicext
* Update META
Move bug tracker to github
Provide link to repository
* Avoid syntax disallowed by C++11
(Thanks to Tony C for the patch)
3.21 - 2013-08-17
* Fix cpan #87870: Merge core perl commit 90b0dc0e2e
(Thanks to Father Chrysostomos for the original patch and
to Steve Hay for forwarding it)
* Fix cpan #86975: Deterministically order API elements in POD
(Thanks to Karl Williamson for providing a patch.)
* Fix cpan #81796: my $_ is deprecated
(Thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
* Fix cpan #81484: fix isASCII and isCNTRL for inputs > 255
(Thanks to Karl Williamson for providing a patch)
* Fix cpan #80314: make use of PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT the default
* Fix cpan #79814: Install to 'site' for perl 5.11+
(Thanks to Robert Sedlacek for providing a patch)
* Fix cpan #78271: Need SvPV_nomg_nolen
* Adapt buildperl.pl for newer Perl releases
* Update masked_versions regex for 5.005 thread builds
* Some tweaks needed to support 5.003 on 64-bit platforms
3.20 - 2011-09-10
* fix CPAN #56749: isASCII and isCNTRL macros are buggy
(thanks to Karl Williamson for providing a patch and patiently
waiting almost two years for me to integrate it)
* fix CPAN #70427: RealPPPort.xs:1587: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand
3.19_03 - 2011-04-13
* keep up with latest core changes
3.19_02 - 2010-03-07
* fix a warning emitted by the test suite with older perls
* added support for the following API
newSVpvs_share
get_cvn_flags
get_cvs
(thanks to Goro Fuji for providing a patch to
implement all of these, fixes CPAN #47174)
3.19_01 - 2010-02-20
* fix CPAN #50763: mistaken use of $[
(thanks to Zefram for spotting this)
* remove spurious PUSHMARK from Perl_ppaddr_t
(thanks to Gerard Goossen for providing a patch)
* improved support for newer compilers in buildperl.pl
(thanks to Philippe Bruhat (BooK) for providing a patch)
* added support for the following API
memEQs
memNEs
* lots of small toolchain updates
3.19 - 2009-06-14
* updated base/todo files
3.18_01 - 2009-06-12
* fix CPAN #44614: Please support XSBODY
* fix CPAN #44655: Please support SVfARG
* added support for the following API
gv_fetchpvn_flags
gv_fetchpvs
gv_stashpvs
GvSVn
HvNAME_get
HvNAMELEN_get
isGV_with_GP
newSV_type
PL_error_count
PL_in_my
PL_in_my_stash
SVfARG
XSPROTO
(thanks to Goro Fuji for providing a patch to
implement almost all of these, fixes CPAN #44087)
3.18 - 2009-06-12
* remove MAN3PODS option from Makefile.PL, which is
no longer needed (thanks to Nicholas Clark for
providing a patch)
* adapt mktests.PL for new layout of ext modules in
the core
3.17 - 2009-03-15
* rework PTR macros, fixing PTR2ul for 5.6.1
(fixes CPAN #39802, thanks to CHOCOLATE for
reporting and providing a patch)
* added support for the following API
PTR2nat
(second part of fix for CPAN #39802)
3.16 - 2009-01-23
* fix DEFSV_set() for threaded 5.005 perls
* add G_METHOD support to call_sv()
3.15 - 2009-01-18
* added support for the following API
DEFSV_set
* fix --unstrip for development versions
3.14_05 - 2008-10-31
* fix stupid bugs in pv_pretty tests (only the
tests were broken, ppport.h was find)
3.14_04 - 2008-10-30
* added support for the following API
isALNUMC [depend]
isASCII
isBLANK
isCNTRL
isGRAPH
isPRINT
isPSXSPC
isPUNCT
isXDIGIT
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_ALL
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_FIRSTCHAR
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_NOBACKSLASH
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_NOCLEAR
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_QUOTE
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_RE
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI
PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI_DETECT
PERL_PV_PRETTY_DUMP
PERL_PV_PRETTY_ELLIPSES
PERL_PV_PRETTY_LTGT
PERL_PV_PRETTY_NOCLEAR
PERL_PV_PRETTY_QUOTE
PERL_PV_PRETTY_REGPROP
pv_display
pv_escape
pv_pretty
3.14_03 - 2008-10-21
* fix C++ compilation issue with last release
(spotted by Nicholas Clark)
* added support for the following API
Perl_ppaddr_t
Perl_check_t
CPERLscope
(fixes CPAN #40078)
3.14_02 - 2008-10-12
* added support for the following API
my_sprintf
PL_linestr
PL_bufptr
PL_bufend
PL_lex_state
PL_lex_stuff
PL_tokenbuf
SvPV_renew
(fixes CPAN #39809 and CPAN #39808)
* add read/write support for
PL_expect
PL_copline
PL_rsfp
PL_rsfp_filters
(fixes CPAN #39802)
* sync my_snprintf implementation with bleadperl
3.14_01 - 2008-07-11
* resolve CPAN #37451: add PERLIO_FUNCS_DECL and
PERLIO_FUNCS_CAST
* update API info
3.14 - 2008-06-01
* fix CPAN #36197: filename nit in parse_partspec
(thanks to Craig A. Berry for providing a patch)
3.13_03 - 2008-05-13
* fix CPAN #35835: SvPV_flags_const_nolen segfaults prior
to perl 5.8.8
3.13_02 - 2008-04-13
* fix NV[efg]f format string macros for perl-5.6.0 built
using -Duselongdouble (thanks to Zefram for figuring this
out and to Jarkko Hietaniemi for keeping me in sync)
* add --patch and --oneshot options to devel/buildperl.pl
3.13_01 - 2008-01-04
* fix dependency detection algorithm for functions
* fix some potential memory leaks in the test suite
* no need to use *_mg functions for mX?PUSH macros
* added support for the following API
mPUSHs
mXPUSHs
newSVpvn_flags
newSVpvn_utf8
newSVpvs_flags
SVf_UTF8
* make sure soak works with cromfs
3.13 - 2007-10-04
* fix cpan #29748: ppport.h problems with perl5.005_05
(spotted by Slaven Rezić)
* fix a compiler warning
3.12 - 2007-09-22
[released without changes]
3.11_06 - 2007-09-11
* fix cpan #29302: Perl_croak_nocontext doesn't need aTHX_
(spotted by Jerry D. Hedden)
* fix a Win32 VC++ compiler warning (thanks to Steve Hay for
providing a patch)
* don't generate redundant specs for provided Perl_ functions
* fun with const and casts to avoid compiler warnings
* bump max supported version to 5.10.0
3.11_05 - 2007-08-20
* fix: PERL_HASH() was emitting a warning when passed in a
const char pointer
* fix: sv_magic_portable() was emitting a warning when
passed in a const char pointer
* fix: make sure arguments to sv_magic_portable() are only
evaluated once
3.11_04 - 2007-08-20
* fix: ignore strings and XS comments when scanning and
patching files
* added support for the following API
newSVpvn_share
PERL_HASH
SvSHARED_HASH
* use PERL_BCDREVISION for version checking to save some
bytes in ppport.h
* improve the --strip option
- strip all C comments
- strip most superfluous whitespace
with these changes, the stripped ppport.h is now almost
30% smaller:
3.11_03 3.11_04 delta
------------------------------------------
uncompressed 87988 62573 -28.9%
gzip'd 17985 12725 -29.2%
3.11_03 - 2007-08-14
* fix an infinite recursion in ppport.h that could be
triggered by circular dependencies
* fix PERL_BCDREVISION, which wasn't BCD but simply
shifted decimal (just in time for 5.10)
* fix detection of macros that are not listed in the
implementation/dontwarn sections
3.11_02 - 2007-08-13
* fix cpan #25372: special case sv_magic(sv, obj, how, name, 0)
* fix cpan #27906: [PATCH] add UTF8_MAXBYTES
(thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
* added support for the following API
sv_2pv_flags
sv_2pvbyte_nolen
SV_CONST_RETURN
SV_COW_DROP_PV
SV_COW_SHARED_HASH_KEYS
SV_GMAGIC
SV_HAS_TRAILING_NUL
SV_IMMEDIATE_UNREF
sv_magic_portable
SV_MUTABLE_RETURN
SV_NOSTEAL
sv_pvn_force_flags
SV_SMAGIC
SV_UTF8_NO_ENCODING
SvPV_const
SvPV_flags
SvPV_flags_const
SvPV_flags_const_nolen
SvPV_flags_mutable
SvPV_force
SvPV_force_flags
SvPV_force_flags_mutable
SvPV_force_flags_nolen
SvPV_force_mutable
SvPV_force_nolen
SvPV_force_nomg_nolen
SvPV_mutable
SvPV_nolen_const
SvPV_nomg_const
SvPV_nomg_const_nolen
SvUOK
UTF8_MAXBYTES
* provide compatibility macros for vanished variables
PL_expect, PL_copline, PL_rsfp, PL_rsfp_filters
* add warnings support to ppport.h
* update ppport.h file searching logic
* add -c.inc and -xs.inc to the list of supported extensions
* document that --copy doesn't include the dot
* improve soak script and devel/buildperl.pl
3.11_01 - 2007-03-23
* added support for the following API
PL_expect
load_module
vload_module
(thanks to Nicholas Clark for providing a patch)
3.11 - 2007-02-14
* happy new year!
3.10_02 - 2006-12-02
* add two missing files
3.10_01 - 2006-12-02
* fix cpan #21239: Signals safe in Perl 5.8.0
* fix PL_ppaddr and PL_no_modify support 5.005 perls
* added dTHXR, aTHXR and aTHXR_ for API that need
the context argument in pre-5.6.0 perls
* added support for the following API
PL_DBsignal
PL_DBtrace
PL_laststatval
PL_statcache
* added tests for all PL_* variables
* added progress indicator to soak script
* added --test-archives option to buildperl.pl script
* added comments to all autogenerated files that
clearly indicate their purpose and origin
3.10 - 2006-08-14
* remove timestamp from generated ppport.h
3.09_02 - 2006-07-25
* added support for the following API
my_strlcat
my_strlcpy
(thanks to Steve Peters for providing a patch)
3.09_01 - 2006-07-21
* avoid using 'glob' when running under miniperl
3.09 - 2006-07-08
* fix Makefile.PL's c_o override
* update API info
* improve soak script
- now counts warnings emitted during testing
- output is colored (can be turned off)
* add a section on integrating this module into
the core to the HACKERS file
3.08_07 - 2006-07-03
* fix cpan #20179: Licensing information for PPPort is
unclear
* only --unstrip a stripped ppport.h if an appropriate
version of Devel::PPPort is installed
* add a --version option to ppport.h
3.08_06 - 2006-06-25
* fix breakage on MSWin32, where generating XS files on
the fly doesn't seem to work the same way as under Linux
(thanks to Sadahiro Tomoyuki for providing a patch)
* load the shared files only when testing the module
* remove PPPort.xs from CPAN distribution
3.08_05 - 2006-06-23
* when in the core, generate PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs
automatically
* PPPort.pm can now be loaded by miniperl
3.08_04 - 2006-05-29
* update API info
* fix a bug in the automated API info generator that
caused slightly wrong output
* improve the speed of the automated API info generator;
we're now down from several hours to a few minutes
3.08_03 - 2006-05-25
* update API info
* add devel/regenerate script to regenerate API info
* improve and speed up the development tools
3.08_02 - 2006-05-22
* fix a POD error
* added POD test
* changed hv_stores() to omit the hash parameter
* improve soak script
- can now search directories for perl executables
- can use only perl binaries of at least a certain
revision using the --min option
- sorts tests by perl version
- shows a summary of failed versions
* added support for the following API
PERL_USE_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS
PoisonFree
PoisonNew
PoisonWith
SvREFCNT_inc
SvREFCNT_inc_NN
SvREFCNT_inc_simple
SvREFCNT_inc_simple_NN
SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void
SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN
SvREFCNT_inc_void
SvREFCNT_inc_void_NN
3.08_01 - 2006-05-20
* update NOOP and dNOOP to include lint directives
* update API info (for 5.8.8 and 5.9.3)
* added support for the following API
ckWARN
dVAR
hv_fetchs
hv_stores
my_snprintf
newSVpvs
packWARN
PERL_ABS
PERL_UNUSED_ARG
PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT
PERL_UNUSED_VAR
STR_WITH_LEN
sv_catpvs
sv_setpvs
SVf
SvVSTRING_mg
warner
3.08 - 2006-01-19
* thanks to Craig Berry for fixing my broken ppphtest
* add AUTHOR and ABSTRACT_FROM to Makefile.PL
3.07 - 2006-01-16
* improve internals documentation in HACKERS
* minor internal cleanups
* thanks to Steve Peters for adding support for
the following API
SvMAGIC_set
SvPVX_const
SvPVX_mutable
SvRV_set
SvSTASH_set
SvUV_set
3.06_04 - 2005-10-30
* add --strip / --unstrip options
* added support for the following API
Newx
Newxc
Newxz
XSRETURN
3.06_03 - 2005-10-18
* fix extra ')' in PPPort_pm.PL
* fix compiler warnings
* fix test for PL_signals
* fix API listing
* more tests
3.06_02 - 2005-10-18
* improve devel/buildperl.pl utility
* added support for the following API
dAXMARK
PL_signals
PERL_SIGNALS_UNSAFE_FLAG
XSprePUSH
3.06_01 - 2005-06-25
* fix --compat-version argument checking
* filter files passed on the command line by default
to make sure 'perl ppport.h *' does something useful
* add --nofilter option to override the filtering
* testsuite now hopefully supports MacOS Classic
* check definedness of PERL_UNUSED_DECL
* update API info
3.06 - 2005-02-02
* fix cpan #11327: make fails with syntax error
* fix XCPT_* macros
3.05 - 2005-01-31
* fix a test for SvPV_nolen
* add more examples to tht documentation
* improve wording baseline information
* added support for the following API
dXCPT
dXSTARG
XCPT_CATCH
XCPT_RETHROW
XCPT_TRY_END
XCPT_TRY_START
3.04 - 2004-12-29
* fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
* fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
not preserving case (perl change #23367)
* add --api-info switch for ppport.h
3.03 - 2004-09-08
* MY_CXT_CLONE was broken
3.02 - 2004-09-08
* added support for the following API:
END_EXTERN_C
EXTERN_C
MY_CXT_CLONE
PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
START_EXTERN_C
STMT_END
STMT_START
3.01 - 2004-08-23
* patchlevel.h tweak
3.00_03 - 2004-08-20
* make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
directories while running in the core test suite
3.00_02 - 2004-08-19
* remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary
3.00_01 - 2004-08-17
* fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
the core on OpenBSD
* fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
* added support for the following API:
PL_DBsingle
PL_DBsub
PL_debstash
PL_diehook
PL_errgv
PL_no_modify
PL_perl_destruct_level
PL_ppaddr
PL_stack_sp
PL_sv_arenaroot
PL_tainted
PL_tainting
PUSHu
sv_catpvf_mg
sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
sv_setpvf_mg
sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
sv_vcatpvf
sv_vcatpvf_mg
sv_vsetpvf
sv_vsetpvf_mg
vnewSVpvf
XPUSHu
3.00 - 2004-08-16
* added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
working on the 3.00 internals
2.99_07 - 2004-08-13
* improve/check documentation
* add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
* add file headers
* some code cleanups
2.99_06 - 2004-08-11
* --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
* fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
* turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
looks ugly on search.cpan.org
2.99_05 - 2004-08-10
* --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
unsupported API calls
2.99_04 - 2004-08-10
* added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
* added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
* some small adjustments
2.99_03 - 2004-08-09
* remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
Craig A. Berry)
* added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
script
* added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
* added a hint for gv_stashpvn
* fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
* added more tests
* renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
* renamed some files
2.99_02 - 2004-08-08
* second beta
* feature complete for 3.00
* implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
- can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
- checks source for missing aTHX arguments
- checks source for unsupported API calls
- can now lists provided and unsupported API
- can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
- can use custom diff utility / options
- can write one patch against the module
- can write single copies with changes applied
* updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
* added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
* merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
* added HACKERS file to document internals
* now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
using search.cpan.org
2.99_01 - 2004-08-07
* first beta towards 3.00
* complete rework of internals
* autogenerated API-checks
* autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
* ppport.h changes:
- no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
- can now be run without -x
- now shows hints and dependencies
- now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
- now has options
- now uses File::Find when available
* tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
* added support for the following API:
CopFILE
CopFILEAV
CopFILEGV
CopFILEGV_set
CopFILE_set
CopFILESV
CopSTASH
CopSTASH_eq
CopSTASHPV
CopSTASHPV_set
CopSTASH_set
CopyD
dUNDERBAR
IN_PERL_COMPILETIME
IV_MAX
IV_MIN
IVTYPE
memEQ
memNE
MoveD
mPUSHi
mPUSHn
mPUSHp
mPUSHu
mXPUSHi
mXPUSHn
mXPUSHp
mXPUSHu
newCONSTSUB
newSVuv
PERL_INT_MAX
PERL_INT_MIN
PERL_LONG_MAX
PERL_LONG_MIN
PERL_QUAD_MAX
PERL_QUAD_MIN
PERL_SHORT_MAX
PERL_SHORT_MIN
PERL_UCHAR_MAX
PERL_UCHAR_MIN
PERL_UINT_MAX
PERL_UINT_MIN
PERL_ULONG_MAX
PERL_ULONG_MIN
PERL_UQUAD_MAX
PERL_UQUAD_MIN
PERL_USHORT_MAX
PERL_USHORT_MIN
PL_hexdigit
PL_rsfp
Poison
PUSHmortal
sv_2pvbyte
sv_2pvbyte_nolen
sv_2pv_nolen
sv_2uv
sv_catpv_mg
sv_catpvn_mg
sv_catpvn_nomg
sv_catsv_mg
sv_catsv_nomg
SvGETMAGIC
SvIV_nomg
SvPV_force_nomg
sv_pvn
sv_pvn_force
sv_pvn_nomg
SvPV_nomg
sv_setiv_mg
sv_setnv_mg
sv_setpv_mg
sv_setpvn_mg
sv_setsv_mg
sv_setsv_nomg
sv_setuv
sv_setuv_mg
sv_usepvn_mg
sv_uv
SvUV
SvUV_nomg
SvUVx
SvUVX
SvUVXx
UNDERBAR
UV_MAX
UV_MIN
UVTYPE
XPUSHmortal
XSRETURN_UV
XST_mUV
ZeroD
2.008 - 20th October 2003
* eval_(pv|sv) added
* PERL_MAGIC_* added
2.007 - 18th September 2003
* small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized
2.006 - 8th September 2003
* call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
* still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed
2.005 - 2nd September 2003
* Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
go away for older perls
* grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added
2.004 - 22th August 2003
* Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants
2.003 - 8th May 2003
* Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv
2.002 - 2nd December 2001
* More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
* Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
* More documentation in PPPort.pm
2.001
* Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
2.000
* Initial port to the perl core.
1.007
* Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.