Revision history for Variable-Magic
0.25 2008-11-12 19:40 UTC
+ Fix : Compatibility with 5.8.9.
+ Fix : Old Pod::Coverage don't ignore CLONE.
+ Upd : META.yml spec updated to 1.4.
0.24 2008-10-12 14:55 UTC
+ Fix : Really fix it.
0.23 2008-10-11 17:25 UTC
+ Fix : Building on perls with multiplicity but not ithreads.
0.22 2008-09-29 19:40 UTC
+ Doc : Explain how magic differs from overloading.
+ Fix : Disable thread safety for perl 5.8 on Windows. If you want it
enabled, reliable feedback is welcome.
0.21_02 2008-09-28 23:10 UTC
+ Fix : Hide previously deleted magic tokens in vmg_svt_free (Yuval
Kogman).
0.21_01 2008-09-22 13:25 UTC
+ Chg : Shrink the context data.
+ Fix : Enable thread safety features for perls that just lack
MY_CXT_CLONE.
+ Tst : Output threads and threads::shared versions in threads tests.
0.20 2008-09-20 23:35 UTC
+ Fix : The module is now thread safe. You can test if it had been
built with thread safety features enabled through the
VMG_THREADSAFE constant.
+ Fix : Correct backtrace when wizard() croaks.
+ Fix : 'cast $a, undef' should throw an 'invalid wizard' error instead
of an 'invalid signature'.
0.19 2008-07-05 15:05 UTC
+ Add : The patchlevel with which the module has been built is now
exported with the VMG_PERL_PATCHLEVEL constant.
+ Chg : Version checking macros overhaul.
+ Fix : 'uvar' magic should only be enabled in maint-5.10 and higher
since it's never going to be backported to 5.8.
+ Fix : Likewise, the copy callback API change should only be enabled in
5.11 and higher.
+ Fix : Instead of those ackward fake refcount increments in the wizard
destructor, flag the wizard with SVf_BREAK and force temps
cleanup. This should fix the wizard destruction for all perls,
and solves the leak introduced by the previous solution.
0.18 2008-07-04 12:20 UTC
+ Fix : Enable uvar magic when patchlevel >= 28419.
+ Fix : Set VMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN for Windows ActiveState Perl
5.8.x.
0.17 2008-05-11 09:05 UTC
+ Fix : 5.8.4 and lower don't have mPUSHi. Gah. Yeah, I know, I should
use Devel::PPPort.
0.16 2008-05-10 22:05 UTC
+ Add : The samples/copy.pl script.
+ Chg : The sv_magical() + vmg_mg_magical() combo was simplified into
vmg_sv_magicuvar().
+ Tst : t/33-code.t was testing scalars, not code.
+ Tst : is() and like() are better than ok().
+ Tst : 100% coverage reached.
0.15 2008-04-11 18:25 UTC
+ Chg : Factor vmg_cb_call{1,2,3}() into one function.
+ Fix : len magic is no longer called when taking the length() of a
magical scalar since p32969. The VMG_COMPAT_SCALAR_LENGTH_NOLEN
constant was added to cover this.
+ Tst : More tests for t/22-len.t.
0.14 2008-03-24 12:35 UTC
+ Fix : t/16-huf.t failures on Solaris and FreeBSD caused by not
updating mg->mg_ptr after Renew-ing it on dispell.
+ Fix : Undefining MGf_DUP caused the wizard's magic to be wrongly
initialized. MGf_DUP now appears as true from the user point of
view, but the dup callback isn't actually set.
+ Fix : Warnings with blead due to copy callbacks now taking an I32 (API
change #33256).
+ Fix : vmg_svt_val() and vmg_uvar_del() aren't required if no uvar
magic is available.
+ Tst : Tests now output the version of optional modules loaded.
0.13 2008-03-19 14:35 UTC
+ Doc : Link to coverage report.
+ Fix : Correct dependencies listing in META.yml.
+ Tst : Improved test coverage.
+ Tst : Print the patchlevel as a comment.
+ Tst : Use is() where it's relevant.
+ Tst : t/16-huf.t now really tests interaction with H::U::FH.
0.12 2008-02-07 18:15 UTC
+ Fix : POD error. Thanks to Chris Williams (BinGOs) for the quick
feedback.
0.11 2008-02-07 17:55 UTC
+ Add : Copy callbacks now receive the current key/index in $_[2].
The current value/element is now in $_[3].
+ Chg : The trigger of copy magic on list assignment with perls greater
than 5.10.0 was caused by uvar magic. Hence,
VMG_COMPAT_HASH_LISTASSIGN_COPY was removed. Use VMG_UVAR
instead.
+ Fix : Build failures on patched perls.
+ Tst : Added missing exported symbols to 01-import.t.
0.10 2008-02-04 11:30 UTC
+ Add : New script : samples/vm_vs_tie.pl, that benchmarks our uvar
magic versus tied hashes.
+ Add : The VMG_COMPAT_* constants can be used from userspace to check
perl magic abilities.
+ Fix : Callbacks that returned undef made us croak, breaking the
variable behaviour (regression test in 14-callbacks.t).
+ Fix : uvar callbacks weren't tested for non-NULL-ity before being
called (regression test in 28-uvar.t).
+ Tst : Fix typo in 25-copy.t that prevented Tie::Hash tests to be ran.
0.09 2008-02-02 11:30 UTC
+ Doc : Explicitely say that uvar callbacks are safely ignored for
non-hashes.
+ Doc : Document caveats and fix the usual set of typos.
+ Fix : vmg_dispell() didn't check if the ext magic were ours when
counting wizards that have uvar callbacks, resulting in a
possible memory misread.
+ Fix : getdata() now returns directly the data object, and no longer a
copy. This caused a leak.
+ Tst : Prefix author tests by 9*-.
+ Tst : New optional author test : 95-portability-files.t, that uses
Test::Portability::Files when it's present.
+ Tst : New test : 14-self.t, that tests application of magic on the
wizard itself.
+ Tst : Move Hash::Util::FieldHash tests out of 11-multiple.t to
15-huf.t.
0.08 2008-02-01 16:55 UTC
+ Add : copy magic for tied arrays/hashes.
+ Add : local magic.
+ Add : uvar magics : fetch, store, exists, delete for hashes.
0.07_* 2008-01
Internal development versions.
0.06 2007-11-20 10:10 UTC
+ Chg : 5.7.3 is now officially required.
+ Fix : "data" test failures on 5.8.{0,2}.
+ Fix : Drand01() vs rand().
0.05 2007-11-19 09:10 UTC
+ Fix : 5.10.0_RC1 compatibility fix.
0.04 2007-08-28 12:25 UTC
+ Chg : s/require (XSLoader)/use $1/.
+ Fix : Tests are now strict.
+ Fix : Complete dependencies.
0.03 2007-08-01 17:20 UTC
+ Add : Passing the signature of an already defined magic to wizard()
now returns the corresponding magic object.
+ Add : You can pass the numeric signature as the wizard argument of
cast(), dispell() and getdata().
+ Add : Any argument specified after the wizard (or the signature) in a
call to cast() is now passed to the private data constructor in
$_[1] and after.
+ Chg : $_[0] is now always a reference to the magic variable in all
callbacks. The reason for changing from the previous behaviour
is that one may want to apply the same magic to a plain scalar
and to a scalar reference, and needs a way to distinguish
between them in the callback (say, ref()).
+ Fix : Wizard object destruction used not to free the signature.
0.02 2007-07-27 13:50 UTC
+ Fix : In response to test report 548152 :
Newx() and SvMAGIC_set() not present on older perls.
+ Fix : In response to test report 548275 :
Since perl 5.9.5, 'clear' magic is invoked when an array is
undefined (bug #43357). Moreover, 'len' magic is no longer
called by pushing an element since perl 5.9.3.
+ Fix : Missing glob test in MANIFEST.
0.01 2007-07-25 16:15 UTC
First version, released on an unsuspecting world.