version 0.007; 2010-03-19

  * add "check_" functions for argument checking

  * supply regexps to check module name and spec syntax

  * in "is_" functions, also cleanly handle non-string arguments

  * in require_module() (also affecting use_module()), call require()
    as a function (with appropriate name translation) instead of using
    string eval, to avoid unnecessary complication of exception handling

  * provide the "is_valid_" functions under shorter "is_" names

  * revise POD markup

  * check for required Perl version at runtime

  * in tests, supply test modules to avoid requiring unrelated math
    modules

  * in Build.PL, explicitly declare configure-time requirements

  * remove bogus "exit 0" from Build.PL

version 0.006; 2009-05-19

  * bugfix: avoid unreliable "\w" in regexps in code

  * document that module name syntax is restricted to ASCII

  * use simpler "parent" pragma in place of "base"

  * in documentation, use the term "truth value" instead of the less
    precise "boolean"

  * use full stricture in Build.PL

version 0.005; 2007-09-17

  * bugfix: override any ambient $SIG{__DIE__} handler when using eval { }

  * use "base" pragma to import Exporter behaviour

  * test POD syntax and coverage, and rename an internal function to
    satisfy the coverage test

  * build with Module::Build instead of ExtUtils::MakeMaker

  * complete dependency list

  * include signature in distribution

  * in documentation, separate "license" section from "copyright" section

version 0.004; 2007-08-12

  * change choice of module to test use_package_optimistically(), because
    some old versions of Math::BigInt don't have a version number which
    was causing a false test failure

version 0.003; 2007-01-27

  * loosen tests to work with perl v5.9's changed diagnostics

version 0.002; 2006-06-15

  * new function use_package_optimistically() to duplicate the "base"
    pragma's quiet module loading

  * insert missing bracket in documentation for use_module()

version 0.001; 2004-10-29

  * new function use_module()

  * document return value of require_module()

  * more stringent tests for the return value of require_module()

  * explicitly declare lack of module dependencies in Makefile.PL

  * include Changes file

version 0.000; 2004-02-15

  * initial released version