1 Revision history for Variable-Magic
3 0.23 2008-10-11 17:25 UTC
4 + Fix : Building on perls with multiplicity but not ithreads.
6 0.22 2008-09-29 19:40 UTC
7 + Doc : Explain how magic differs from overloading.
8 + Fix : Disable thread safety for perl 5.8 on Windows. If you want it
9 enabled, reliable feedback is welcome.
11 0.21_02 2008-09-28 23:10 UTC
12 + Fix : Hide previously deleted magic tokens in vmg_svt_free (Yuval
15 0.21_01 2008-09-22 13:25 UTC
16 + Chg : Shrink the context data.
17 + Fix : Enable thread safety features for perls that just lack
19 + Tst : Output threads and threads::shared versions in threads tests.
21 0.20 2008-09-20 23:35 UTC
22 + Fix : The module is now thread safe. You can test if it had been
23 built with thread safety features enabled through the
24 VMG_THREADSAFE constant.
25 + Fix : Correct backtrace when wizard() croaks.
26 + Fix : 'cast $a, undef' should throw an 'invalid wizard' error instead
27 of an 'invalid signature'.
29 0.19 2008-07-05 15:05 UTC
30 + Add : The patchlevel with which the module has been built is now
31 exported with the VMG_PERL_PATCHLEVEL constant.
32 + Chg : Version checking macros overhaul.
33 + Fix : 'uvar' magic should only be enabled in maint-5.10 and higher
34 since it's never going to be backported to 5.8.
35 + Fix : Likewise, the copy callback API change should only be enabled in
37 + Fix : Instead of those ackward fake refcount increments in the wizard
38 destructor, flag the wizard with SVf_BREAK and force temps
39 cleanup. This should fix the wizard destruction for all perls,
40 and solves the leak introduced by the previous solution.
42 0.18 2008-07-04 12:20 UTC
43 + Fix : Enable uvar magic when patchlevel >= 28419.
44 + Fix : Set VMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN for Windows ActiveState Perl
47 0.17 2008-05-11 09:05 UTC
48 + Fix : 5.8.4 and lower don't have mPUSHi. Gah. Yeah, I know, I should
51 0.16 2008-05-10 22:05 UTC
52 + Add : The samples/copy.pl script.
53 + Chg : The sv_magical() + vmg_mg_magical() combo was simplified into
55 + Tst : t/33-code.t was testing scalars, not code.
56 + Tst : is() and like() are better than ok().
57 + Tst : 100% coverage reached.
59 0.15 2008-04-11 18:25 UTC
60 + Chg : Factor vmg_cb_call{1,2,3}() into one function.
61 + Fix : len magic is no longer called when taking the length() of a
62 magical scalar since p32969. The VMG_COMPAT_SCALAR_LENGTH_NOLEN
63 constant was added to cover this.
64 + Tst : More tests for t/22-len.t.
66 0.14 2008-03-24 12:35 UTC
67 + Fix : t/16-huf.t failures on Solaris and FreeBSD caused by not
68 updating mg->mg_ptr after Renew-ing it on dispell.
69 + Fix : Undefining MGf_DUP caused the wizard's magic to be wrongly
70 initialized. MGf_DUP now appears as true from the user point of
71 view, but the dup callback isn't actually set.
72 + Fix : Warnings with blead due to copy callbacks now taking an I32 (API
74 + Fix : vmg_svt_val() and vmg_uvar_del() aren't required if no uvar
76 + Tst : Tests now output the version of optional modules loaded.
78 0.13 2008-03-19 14:35 UTC
79 + Doc : Link to coverage report.
80 + Fix : Correct dependencies listing in META.yml.
81 + Tst : Improved test coverage.
82 + Tst : Print the patchlevel as a comment.
83 + Tst : Use is() where it's relevant.
84 + Tst : t/16-huf.t now really tests interaction with H::U::FH.
86 0.12 2008-02-07 18:15 UTC
87 + Fix : POD error. Thanks to Chris Williams (BinGOs) for the quick
90 0.11 2008-02-07 17:55 UTC
91 + Add : Copy callbacks now receive the current key/index in $_[2].
92 The current value/element is now in $_[3].
93 + Chg : The trigger of copy magic on list assignment with perls greater
94 than 5.10.0 was caused by uvar magic. Hence,
95 VMG_COMPAT_HASH_LISTASSIGN_COPY was removed. Use VMG_UVAR
97 + Fix : Build failures on patched perls.
98 + Tst : Added missing exported symbols to 01-import.t.
100 0.10 2008-02-04 11:30 UTC
101 + Add : New script : samples/vm_vs_tie.pl, that benchmarks our uvar
102 magic versus tied hashes.
103 + Add : The VMG_COMPAT_* constants can be used from userspace to check
104 perl magic abilities.
105 + Fix : Callbacks that returned undef made us croak, breaking the
106 variable behaviour (regression test in 14-callbacks.t).
107 + Fix : uvar callbacks weren't tested for non-NULL-ity before being
108 called (regression test in 28-uvar.t).
109 + Tst : Fix typo in 25-copy.t that prevented Tie::Hash tests to be ran.
111 0.09 2008-02-02 11:30 UTC
112 + Doc : Explicitely say that uvar callbacks are safely ignored for
114 + Doc : Document caveats and fix the usual set of typos.
115 + Fix : vmg_dispell() didn't check if the ext magic were ours when
116 counting wizards that have uvar callbacks, resulting in a
117 possible memory misread.
118 + Fix : getdata() now returns directly the data object, and no longer a
119 copy. This caused a leak.
120 + Tst : Prefix author tests by 9*-.
121 + Tst : New optional author test : 95-portability-files.t, that uses
122 Test::Portability::Files when it's present.
123 + Tst : New test : 14-self.t, that tests application of magic on the
125 + Tst : Move Hash::Util::FieldHash tests out of 11-multiple.t to
128 0.08 2008-02-01 16:55 UTC
129 + Add : copy magic for tied arrays/hashes.
131 + Add : uvar magics : fetch, store, exists, delete for hashes.
134 Internal development versions.
136 0.06 2007-11-20 10:10 UTC
137 + Chg : 5.7.3 is now officially required.
138 + Fix : "data" test failures on 5.8.{0,2}.
139 + Fix : Drand01() vs rand().
141 0.05 2007-11-19 09:10 UTC
142 + Fix : 5.10.0_RC1 compatibility fix.
144 0.04 2007-08-28 12:25 UTC
145 + Chg : s/require (XSLoader)/use $1/.
146 + Fix : Tests are now strict.
147 + Fix : Complete dependencies.
149 0.03 2007-08-01 17:20 UTC
150 + Add : Passing the signature of an already defined magic to wizard()
151 now returns the corresponding magic object.
152 + Add : You can pass the numeric signature as the wizard argument of
153 cast(), dispell() and getdata().
154 + Add : Any argument specified after the wizard (or the signature) in a
155 call to cast() is now passed to the private data constructor in
157 + Chg : $_[0] is now always a reference to the magic variable in all
158 callbacks. The reason for changing from the previous behaviour
159 is that one may want to apply the same magic to a plain scalar
160 and to a scalar reference, and needs a way to distinguish
161 between them in the callback (say, ref()).
162 + Fix : Wizard object destruction used not to free the signature.
164 0.02 2007-07-27 13:50 UTC
165 + Fix : In response to test report 548152 :
166 Newx() and SvMAGIC_set() not present on older perls.
167 + Fix : In response to test report 548275 :
168 Since perl 5.9.5, 'clear' magic is invoked when an array is
169 undefined (bug #43357). Moreover, 'len' magic is no longer
170 called by pushing an element since perl 5.9.3.
171 + Fix : Missing glob test in MANIFEST.
173 0.01 2007-07-25 16:15 UTC
174 First version, released on an unsuspecting world.