Scalar-List-Utils

1.23 -- Wed Mar 10 20:50:00 CST 2010

Add a test file to ensure 'GETMAGIC' called once [gfx]
"GETMAGIC" should be called only once [gfx]
Use PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT for efficiency (see perlguts) [gfx]
Don't care about dVAR. ExtUtils::ParseXS deals with it. [gfx]
t/p_max.t, t/p_min.t fail on perl5.8.1. [tokuhirom]
avoid non-portable warnings
Fix PP::reftype in edge cases [gfx]

1.22 -- Sat Nov 14 09:26:15 CST 2009

silence a compiler warning about an unreferenced local variable [Steve Hay]
RT#51484 Preserve utf8 flag of string passed to dualvar()
RT#51454 Check first argument to first/reduce is a code reference
RT#50528 [PATCH] p_tainted.t fix for VMS [Craig A. Berry]
RT#48550 fix pure perl looks_like_number not to match non-ascii digits

1.21 -- Mon May 18 10:32:14 CDT 2009

Change build system for perl-only install not to need to modify blib
When building inside perl, tests for weaken should be always run (Alexandr Ciornii)

1.20 -- Wed May 13 16:42:53 CDT 2009

*** NOTE***
This distribution now requires perl 5.6 or greater

Bug Fixes

Fixed stack pop issue in POP_MULTICALL
Fixed error reporting in import when XS not compiled
Check first argument to reduce is a CODE reference to avoid segfault
Handle overloaded and tied values
Fix tainted test to run on Win32

Enhancements

Added List::Util::XS so authors can depend on XS version
Removed need for dummy methods in UNIVERSAL for perl-only code

1.19 -- Sun Dec 10 09:58:03 CST 2006

Bug Fixes

Fix invalid conversion from `const char' to `char' warnings
Avoid Makefile error when building on Win32
Fix undefined symbol error for perl < 5.9.0
Fix hardcoded "/" in a filepath that causes p_tainted.t to fail on VMS

Documentation

Document that reduce calls BLOCK in a scalar context
Add SEE ALSO sections to docs

Enhancements

A new regression test for readonly, taking a reference to a constant passed to a sub

1.18 -- Fri Nov 25 09:30:29 CST 2005

Bug Fixes

Fix pure-perl version of refaddr to avoid blessing an un-blessed reference
Fix memory leak in first() and reduce()
Pure perl version of looks_like_number now matches XS version for references and undef. It will now return undef

Enhancements

Support for using XSLoader instead of DynaLoader
Use new multicall API

1.17 -- Mon May 23 08:55:26 CDT 2005

Bug Fixes

Update XS code to declare PERL_UNUSED_DECL conditionally

1.16 -- Fri May 20 10:22:49 CDT 2005

Bug Fixes

Change to refaddr.t test to avoid false errors on some 64 bit platforms
Fix all perl only tests to work when in the core build environment
Fix looks like number test to work for 5.8.5 and above

1.15 -- Fri May 13 11:01:15 CDT 2005

Bug Fixes

Fixed memory leak in first()

Enhancements

Converted tests to use Test::More
Improved test coverage
Changed Makefile.PL to use Module::Install
Refactor use of Sv..X() macros to be Sv.._set()
Changes from Jarkko for Symbian port of Perl
Documentation updates to weaken()

1.14 -- Sat May 22 08:01:19 BST 2004

Bug Fixes

Fixed memory leak in reduce()
Added tests to check passing a reference to a constant to weaken() in perl >= 5.008003
Fixed looks_like_number(undef) to return false for perl >= 5.009002
Fixed bug in refaddr() when passed a tied variable

Switch to svn repository at http://svn.mutatus.co.uk/wsvn/Scalar-List-Utils/trunk/ Old perforce revision log below

Change 827 on 2003/09/25 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.13

Change 826 on 2003/09/25 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Fix NV casting issue with some compilers

Change 825 on 2003/08/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.12

Change 824 on 2003/08/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Don't directly use the SV returned as $a in the next iteration,
        take a copy instead. Fixes problem if the code block result was from
        an eval or sub call

Change 823 on 2003/08/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Install into the 'perl' installdirs for >= 5.008

Change 822 on 2003/08/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Fix test for EBCDIC portability

Change 771 on 2003/03/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Get path for make from $Config

Change 770 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.11

Change 769 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add t/proto.t to MANIFEST

Change 768 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add set_prototype from Rafael Garcia-Suarez

Change 767 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Fix t/isvstring.t so it does not cause perl5.004 to segv
        because of the exit from within BEGIN

Change 766 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Change how patchlevel.h is included and check we got what we wanted (from Jarkko)

Change 765 on 2003/02/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add -DPERL_EXT to DEFINEs, requested by Jarkko for 5.8.1

Change 764 on 2003/02/04 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.10

Change 763 on 2003/02/04 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Fix linking error for older perls

Change 762 on 2003/02/04 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Make lln tests and perl implementation mimic changes to looks_like_number
        in different perl versions

Change 761 on 2003/02/04 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add looks_like_number

Change 760 on 2003/02/04 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Ensure PERL_DL_NONLAZY is false so we don't catch link errors during
        bootstrap and then test the perl only version

Change 759 on 2002/12/12 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.09

Change 758 on 2002/12/12 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Use UV to return refaddr

Change 757 on 2002/11/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add XS_VERSION

Change 756 on 2002/11/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Use PAD_* macros in 5.9
        Reuse our own target when calling pp_rand in shuffle() so we dont need to create a fake pad

Change 751 on 2002/10/18 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Fix context so that sub for reduce/first  is always in a scalar context
        Fix sum/min/max so that they don't upgrade their arguments to NVs
        if they are IV or UV

Change 750 on 2002/10/14 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add isvstring()

Change 745 on 2002/09/23 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Scalar::Util
        - Add refaddr()

Change 722 on 2002/04/29 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.0701

Change 721 on 2002/04/29 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add comment to README about failing tests on perl5.6.0

Change 714 on 2002/03/18 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.07

Change 713 on 2002/03/18 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add Scalar::Util::openhandle()

Change 647 on 2001/09/18 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.06

Change 645 on 2001/09/07 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Some platforms require the main executable to export symbols
        needed by modules. In 5.7.2 and prior releases of perl
        Perl_cxinc was not exported so we need to duplicate its
        functionality

Change 644 on 2001/09/07 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Generate a typemap for NV for all perl version up to and
        including 5.006

Change 643 on 2001/09/07 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Document problems known with specific versions of perl

Change 642 on 2001/09/05 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.05

Change 641 on 2001/09/05 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Fix shuffle() to compile with threaded perl

Change 640 on 2001/09/05 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.04

Change 639 on 2001/09/05 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Fix context type (caused a core on Tru64)
        Call pp_rand via *(PL_ppaddr[OP_RAND])

Change 638 on 2001/09/05 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Documentation updates

Change 637 on 2001/09/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.03

Change 636 on 2001/09/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

More changes to help merging with core dist

Change 635 on 2001/09/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Added List::Util::shuffle() similar to that described in
        the perl FAQ except it returns a shuffled list instead of
        modifying an array passed by reference

Change 632 on 2001/09/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Handle tied variables passed for the number to dualvar()
        Preserve number type (IV/UV/NV) in dualvar()

Change 631 on 2001/08/31 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Handle eval{} inside of the code blocks for first and reduce

Change 629 on 2001/08/22 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

perl5.004 does not like exit from within a BEGIN, it core dumps

Change 628 on 2001/08/22 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

        Fix stack problem in first() and reduce()
        Align with core dist

Change 483 on 2000/04/10 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.02

Change 482 on 2000/04/10 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Check for SvMAGICAL on argument for reftype and blessed

Change 366 on 2000/03/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Release 1.01

Change 365 on 2000/03/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Added auto-detection for a compiler and install the perl version if not found
Better perl implemenation of reftype, should be thread-safe now

Change 364 on 2000/03/03 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Added some examples of simple subs that have been requested but not added
Updated copyright dates

Change 344 on 1999/11/10 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Better testcase for reftype

Change 343 on 1999/11/10 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Modules are now called List::Util & Scalar::Util
Supports non-XS install
perl version of reftype now returns "REF" when it should

Change 311 on 1999/06/01 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Updated README

Change 275 on 1999/03/22 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Removed forall as it is very broken

Change 274 on 1999/03/22 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Added List::Util::forall

Change 273 on 1999/03/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Added weaken and isweak to Ref::Util

Change 272 on 1999/03/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Add new .pm files to repository

Change 271 on 1999/03/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Split into three packages Ref::Util, List::Util and Scalar::DualVar
readonly and clock were removed in favor of other modules

Change 270 on 1999/03/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Rename package

Change 269 on 1999/03/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Added reftype
improved reduce by not doing a sub call
reduce now uses $a and $b
now compiles with 5.005_5x

Change 178 on 1998/07/26 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Modified XS code so it will compile with 5.004 and 5.005

Change 115 on 1998/02/21 by <gbarr@pobox.com> (Graham Barr)

Fri Feb 20 1998 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>

        t/min.t, t/max.t
        - Change sor to do a numerical sort
        
        Fri Dec 19 1997 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
        
        - Added readonly()
        
        Wed Nov 19 1997 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>
        
        - Initial release