1 Revision history for Variable-Magic
3 0.28 2009-01-24 17:05 UTC
4 + Add : The 'copy_key' option to wizard(), that enables the safe edition
5 of $_[2] in uvar callbacks to redirect actions to another key.
6 + Fix : Exception objects thrown from callbacks at compile time were not
8 + Fix : free callbacks triggered during global destruction could lead to
9 segfaults because the wizard was already freed.
10 + Fix : Refcount of scalars with free callback.
11 + Fix : Segfaults when using get or uvar magic simultaneously with clear
13 + Doc : The documentation about what the callbacks take and should
14 return is now somewhat clearer.
16 0.27 2009-01-18 23:40 UTC
17 + Fix : Offset of 1 with len magic on scalars.
18 + Fix : Segfaults that seem to happen when one croak in a callback at
19 compile time (thanks Ash Berlin for the testcase).
20 + Upd : Resources in META.yml (Florian Ragwitz)
21 + Tst : Large cleanup resulting in a wider set of tested behaviours.
23 0.26 2008-11-29 22:05 UTC
24 + Fix : Leaks of cloned coderefs that access lexicals.
25 + Fix : Building with maint-5.8 and blead (thanks Andreas Koenig).
27 0.25 2008-11-12 19:40 UTC
28 + Fix : Compatibility with 5.8.9.
29 + Fix : Old Pod::Coverage don't ignore CLONE.
30 + Upd : META.yml spec updated to 1.4.
32 0.24 2008-10-12 14:55 UTC
33 + Fix : Really fix it.
35 0.23 2008-10-11 17:25 UTC
36 + Fix : Building on perls with multiplicity but not ithreads.
38 0.22 2008-09-29 19:40 UTC
39 + Doc : Explain how magic differs from overloading.
40 + Fix : Disable thread safety for perl 5.8 on Windows. If you want it
41 enabled, reliable feedback is welcome.
43 0.21_02 2008-09-28 23:10 UTC
44 + Fix : Hide previously deleted magic tokens in vmg_svt_free (Yuval
47 0.21_01 2008-09-22 13:25 UTC
48 + Chg : Shrink the context data.
49 + Fix : Enable thread safety features for perls that just lack
51 + Tst : Output threads and threads::shared versions in threads tests.
53 0.20 2008-09-20 23:35 UTC
54 + Fix : The module is now thread safe. You can test if it had been
55 built with thread safety features enabled through the
56 VMG_THREADSAFE constant.
57 + Fix : Correct backtrace when wizard() croaks.
58 + Fix : 'cast $a, undef' should throw an 'invalid wizard' error instead
59 of an 'invalid signature'.
61 0.19 2008-07-05 15:05 UTC
62 + Add : The patchlevel with which the module has been built is now
63 exported with the VMG_PERL_PATCHLEVEL constant.
64 + Chg : Version checking macros overhaul.
65 + Fix : 'uvar' magic should only be enabled in maint-5.10 and higher
66 since it's never going to be backported to 5.8.
67 + Fix : Likewise, the copy callback API change should only be enabled in
69 + Fix : Instead of those ackward fake refcount increments in the wizard
70 destructor, flag the wizard with SVf_BREAK and force temps
71 cleanup. This should fix the wizard destruction for all perls,
72 and solves the leak introduced by the previous solution.
74 0.18 2008-07-04 12:20 UTC
75 + Fix : Enable uvar magic when patchlevel >= 28419.
76 + Fix : Set VMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN for Windows ActiveState Perl
79 0.17 2008-05-11 09:05 UTC
80 + Fix : 5.8.4 and lower don't have mPUSHi. Gah. Yeah, I know, I should
83 0.16 2008-05-10 22:05 UTC
84 + Add : The samples/copy.pl script.
85 + Chg : The sv_magical() + vmg_mg_magical() combo was simplified into
87 + Tst : t/33-code.t was testing scalars, not code.
88 + Tst : is() and like() are better than ok().
89 + Tst : 100% coverage reached.
91 0.15 2008-04-11 18:25 UTC
92 + Chg : Factor vmg_cb_call{1,2,3}() into one function.
93 + Fix : len magic is no longer called when taking the length() of a
94 magical scalar since p32969. The VMG_COMPAT_SCALAR_LENGTH_NOLEN
95 constant was added to cover this.
96 + Tst : More tests for t/22-len.t.
98 0.14 2008-03-24 12:35 UTC
99 + Fix : t/16-huf.t failures on Solaris and FreeBSD caused by not
100 updating mg->mg_ptr after Renew-ing it on dispell.
101 + Fix : Undefining MGf_DUP caused the wizard's magic to be wrongly
102 initialized. MGf_DUP now appears as true from the user point of
103 view, but the dup callback isn't actually set.
104 + Fix : Warnings with blead due to copy callbacks now taking an I32 (API
106 + Fix : vmg_svt_val() and vmg_uvar_del() aren't required if no uvar
108 + Tst : Tests now output the version of optional modules loaded.
110 0.13 2008-03-19 14:35 UTC
111 + Doc : Link to coverage report.
112 + Fix : Correct dependencies listing in META.yml.
113 + Tst : Improved test coverage.
114 + Tst : Print the patchlevel as a comment.
115 + Tst : Use is() where it's relevant.
116 + Tst : t/16-huf.t now really tests interaction with H::U::FH.
118 0.12 2008-02-07 18:15 UTC
119 + Fix : POD error. Thanks to Chris Williams (BinGOs) for the quick
122 0.11 2008-02-07 17:55 UTC
123 + Add : Copy callbacks now receive the current key/index in $_[2].
124 The current value/element is now in $_[3].
125 + Chg : The trigger of copy magic on list assignment with perls greater
126 than 5.10.0 was caused by uvar magic. Hence,
127 VMG_COMPAT_HASH_LISTASSIGN_COPY was removed. Use VMG_UVAR
129 + Fix : Build failures on patched perls.
130 + Tst : Added missing exported symbols to 01-import.t.
132 0.10 2008-02-04 11:30 UTC
133 + Add : New script : samples/vm_vs_tie.pl, that benchmarks our uvar
134 magic versus tied hashes.
135 + Add : The VMG_COMPAT_* constants can be used from userspace to check
136 perl magic abilities.
137 + Fix : Callbacks that returned undef made us croak, breaking the
138 variable behaviour (regression test in 14-callbacks.t).
139 + Fix : uvar callbacks weren't tested for non-NULL-ity before being
140 called (regression test in 28-uvar.t).
141 + Tst : Fix typo in 25-copy.t that prevented Tie::Hash tests to be ran.
143 0.09 2008-02-02 11:30 UTC
144 + Doc : Explicitely say that uvar callbacks are safely ignored for
146 + Doc : Document caveats and fix the usual set of typos.
147 + Fix : vmg_dispell() didn't check if the ext magic were ours when
148 counting wizards that have uvar callbacks, resulting in a
149 possible memory misread.
150 + Fix : getdata() now returns directly the data object, and no longer a
151 copy. This caused a leak.
152 + Tst : Prefix author tests by 9*-.
153 + Tst : New optional author test : 95-portability-files.t, that uses
154 Test::Portability::Files when it's present.
155 + Tst : New test : 14-self.t, that tests application of magic on the
157 + Tst : Move Hash::Util::FieldHash tests out of 11-multiple.t to
160 0.08 2008-02-01 16:55 UTC
161 + Add : copy magic for tied arrays/hashes.
163 + Add : uvar magics : fetch, store, exists, delete for hashes.
166 Internal development versions.
168 0.06 2007-11-20 10:10 UTC
169 + Chg : 5.7.3 is now officially required.
170 + Fix : "data" test failures on 5.8.{0,2}.
171 + Fix : Drand01() vs rand().
173 0.05 2007-11-19 09:10 UTC
174 + Fix : 5.10.0_RC1 compatibility fix.
176 0.04 2007-08-28 12:25 UTC
177 + Chg : s/require (XSLoader)/use $1/.
178 + Fix : Tests are now strict.
179 + Fix : Complete dependencies.
181 0.03 2007-08-01 17:20 UTC
182 + Add : Passing the signature of an already defined magic to wizard()
183 now returns the corresponding magic object.
184 + Add : You can pass the numeric signature as the wizard argument of
185 cast(), dispell() and getdata().
186 + Add : Any argument specified after the wizard (or the signature) in a
187 call to cast() is now passed to the private data constructor in
189 + Chg : $_[0] is now always a reference to the magic variable in all
190 callbacks. The reason for changing from the previous behaviour
191 is that one may want to apply the same magic to a plain scalar
192 and to a scalar reference, and needs a way to distinguish
193 between them in the callback (say, ref()).
194 + Fix : Wizard object destruction used not to free the signature.
196 0.02 2007-07-27 13:50 UTC
197 + Fix : In response to test report 548152 :
198 Newx() and SvMAGIC_set() not present on older perls.
199 + Fix : In response to test report 548275 :
200 Since perl 5.9.5, 'clear' magic is invoked when an array is
201 undefined (bug #43357). Moreover, 'len' magic is no longer
202 called by pushing an element since perl 5.9.3.
203 + Fix : Missing glob test in MANIFEST.
205 0.01 2007-07-25 16:15 UTC
206 First version, released on an unsuspecting world.