Revision history for Debug-Easy
0.01 2011
Initial private use release.
0.02 June 14, 2013
Actual public release
0.03 January 8, 2014
Minor operational improvements
0.04 March 11, 2014
Parameters for initialization are now case-insensitive.
0.05 April 14, 2014
Multiline output only shows the benchmark time for the first line to
avoid confusion. This fix was previously listed in version 0.04, but
was never actually implemented, sorry.
0.06 July 18, 2014
Benchmark data turned on for first line only for multiline output.
Corrections and additions to documentation.
Additions to code comments
Simplified 'debug' object and split it into two.
Added tests to build process
0.07 July 19, 2014
Added the ability to customize the debug level labels
Fixed the warning message in the END block that was reported during testing.
This was caused when the module is loaded, but the object never created (which
happens in one of the tests).
Additional code comments added
Tweaks to the Makefile.PL build script to allow for parallel testing
0.08 July 23, 2014
Added DEBUGWAIT experimental debug level.
0.09 July 25, 2014
Removed the Perldocs for 'send_to_logger' and made it an
internal class only by renaming it '_send_to_logger'.
Made 'Data::Dumper::Simple' optional, and will fall back to
just 'Data::Dumper' if it cannot find it.
0.10 November 26, 2014
Made the LogLevel parameter case-insensitive.
Tweaked the Makefile.PL to be more CPAN friendly.
0.11 November 26, 2014
Data::Dumper::Simple is now a requirement.
Some of the test files worked incorrectly in Perl versions < 5.10
That should be fixed now.
0.12 November 27, 2014
Modified Makefile.PL to be more platform friendly.
0.20 March 21, 2015
Version number bump, because of the drastic change of switching to
Data::Printer and removing Data::Dumper::Simple.
Data:Printer's format more closely goes along with this module's
output format.
Fixed a small bug if you passed a mixture of strings and references
in the anonymous array. Now references are now passed properly
through Dumper.
0.30 March 31, 2015
Another version number bump. I did a little bit of backtracking.
'Data::Printer' and 'Data::Dumper::Simple' are now optional. They
will be used if available, otherwise 'Data::Dumper' is used.
Also, '__LINE__' is no longer necessary. '__LINE__' was used as
'caller' never seemed to give the right line number. I believe I
have solved that problem. The code checks for a '__LINE__' parameter,
but doesn't use it. You may leave this parameter out entirely.
0.31 April 06, 2015
Ouch, it seems 'Module::Load::Conditional' is more trouble than it
is worth. Hopefully, this fix will allow more tests to succeed on
different platforms, as version 0.30 failed a lot of them. Seriously,
I got a lot of failed Test::Reporter reports back. I am so sorry.
I have chosen my own way of testing and loading modules, and it
seems to be working much better.
0.32 May 24, 2015
Improved (fixed really) the PREFIX setting.
0.33 May 25, 2015
Added %F to th prefix fields. It inserts the script's name.
0.34 May 31, 2015
The Data::* module loading has been fixed, and yes, another
required module has been added to the install.
** Please don't use this version. It's output is ugly and messed up.
0.35 June 10, 2015
Wow, I sure screwed up 0.34. Sorry about that. I put the padding in
the wrong portion of the output. I'm not sure if it's worth placing
in there anymore anyway.
Added a few new filters to 'prefix'.
It now detects if running as a child, and indicates as such. Helpful
for forking scripts.
0.36 June 13, 2015
Lots of fixes.
* Complete rewrite of the line number and caller location algorithmn.
It now properly prints exactly the calling location, it's proper line
number, and the preceeding line numbers from where those subroutines
were called. You get the entire tree in names and line numbers.
This may slightly slow down the output, but it's very neglegible.
* Indenting of output for nested calls done properly now. Only one
space per level. No need to use up even more precious line space.
* Line number(s) are auto-padded for proper alignment (at least in
subsequent output). This behavior matches the subroutine name
padding behavior.
* Speaking of subroutine name padding... the default has been changed
from 25 spaces to 15. You, of course, can change that when you
instantiate the object, as usual.
* Line number padding is adjustable now too.
* You can now indicate on output whether running as a forked child or
the parent. This is with the "%f" prefix placeholder. It only
prints a "P" for parent, or "C" for child. This adds to the
behavior of version 0.35, where it only printed it was a child
when the child exited (which it still does).
0.37 June 13, 2015
Important fix
Ok, the verbosity of the tree was a bit much I see. So... I added
a couple new prefix options.
* %s gives you just the caller line number, no nested numbers
* %S gives you just the caller name, no nested names mile long.
Also, you can define a specific prefix for each log level. The default
is short (above) callers and numbers, BUT the DEBUGMAX prefix is
using the detailed %P and %l.
1.00 June 15, 2015
Major changes, thus a version upgrade. Also, this is not backwards
compatible with earlier versions that have custom prefixes. You have
been warned!
The filters are completely different. Read the POD to find out.
Nevertheless, they are easier to read now, and no longer cryptic.
This renders the older versions obsolete.
Log level checking is faster, and thus will not significantly slow
down your code.
** This version was removed from CPAN due to a prefix error related
to the new changes
1.01 July 1, 2015
Prefix issues have been fixed. Everything is back to normal.
1.02 July 1, 2015
Ugh... missed the date and time
1.03 July 10, 2015
Benchmarking fixes.
1.04 July 10, 2015
Made some changes in benchmarking and loglevel output. Nothing major.
Mostly fixes and cosmetic changes.
1.05 July 10, 2015
Renaming of some internal variables for easier reading.
Cleaned up with Perltidy.
1.06 October 12, 2015
Restored basic Data::Dumper support, but only for legacy compatibility.
1.11 February 10, 2016
Revamped the documentation to make it easier to read. There were
previous POD issues. They should be corrected now. Consolidated
some documentation, once again for readability.
Discouraged the usage of the "debug" method in favor of the direct
ERR, WARN etc. methods. "debug" remains for legacy compatibility,
however.
1.13 July 19, 2016
Added option for Threads.
1.14 July 30, 2016
Addressed threading code for non-threaded Perls, at install
instead of runtime. Build.PL and MakeMaker.PL actually
physically removes the code reporting on thread-specific
information.
1.15 October 19, 2016
Fixed thread labeling sprintf issue
1.16 November 22, 2016
Removed the now defunct "$Modules" from the exportable variables.
Fixed the code in the "examples" directory. I am terribly sorry
these were not working. I have brought them up to date, and they
should be functioning properly.
1.17 December 18, 2016
Added "Best" module dependency. This was added to allow for automatic
loading of "Data::Dumper::Simple" or "Data::Dumper", depending on what
the user has installed in their system. The "Data::Dumper" package is
included with the Perl core installation. So at least "Data::Dumper"
will work. The "Data::Dumper::Simple" module is very handy for
debugging, and I deemed it important to use if it is available.
If "Data::Dumper" nor "Data::Dumper::Simple" is not your preference
for variable structure representation, then you will have to load
your own and use it to generate the debugging output desired.
1.18 March 10, 2017
Some minor documentation and threads check changes.
1.18.1 March 10, 2017
Added GitHub info to the documentation.
1.18.2 June 3, 2017
Fixed the tests.
1.18.3 June 14, 2017
Apparently the tests were still flakey. This should fix.
1.19 July 12, 2017
Dumper sorting and purity is enabled by default
1.20 August 17, 2017
Removed Data::Dumper::Simple support and the need for Best.
Data::Dumper::Simple takes far too long to start up. It's nice output
isn't worth the execution delay.
1.21 June 06, 2018
Added "%Epoch%" prefix value
1.22 June 08, 2018
Make it multi-object aware. Now you can instantiate more than one
instance using different file handles.
1.23 June 12, 2018
It seems the Log::Fast documentation on instantiating objects is vague
Changed "global" to "new".