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 newSVpvnflags 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.