X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Changes;h=60eb5485c05371766b3b605a42f187b455009ac3;hb=6c0a2afbec3921761d384fdebacba3f0407cb721;hp=668211e4a93a7158f74e32da06665cb1879eb0bb;hpb=90a100fdbbb882fff636d5bbcc2b8d66b96412fa;p=perl%2Fmodules%2FVariable-Magic.git diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 668211e..60eb548 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,5 +1,144 @@ Revision history for Variable-Magic +0.39 2009-12-01 00:05 UTC + + Add : You can use a function name as a callback by passing a string + reference to wizard() instead of a code reference. + + Fix : Compatiblity with perl 5.11.1 and 5.11.2. + + Fix : Scalars stored into the data slot no longer leak. + + Fix : Thread destruction should not segfault anymore. + + Opt : As a result of removing the deprecated features, less memory is + used for both threaded (a pointer table is used instead of a + hash) and non-threaded (no global structure is needed anymore) + perls. + + Rem : As advertised in the precendent version, all the signature + related features were removed. This includes the 'sig' option + to wizard(), the getsig() and gensig() functions, and the SIG_* + constants. + +0.38 2009-10-04 16:10 UTC + + Dep : All the signature-related features are DEPRECATED and will be + removed in december 2009. This includes the 'sig' option to + wizard(), the getsig() and gensig() functions, and the SIG_* + constants. + Afaik those features were never used in real life, and they make + the XS code slow and brittle. If you want your wizards to be + globally available, you'll have to handle that yourself by + storing them in a hash. + + Doc : More examples in a new COOKBOOK section. + + Fix : Compatiblity with the 5.11.0 release. The new compatibility + constant VMG_COMPAT_ARRAY_PUSH_NOLEN_VOID was added to cover + this. + + Fix : Work around Kwalitee test misfailures. + +0.37 2009-08-25 15:25 UTC + + Add : The new constant VMG_FORKSAFE can be tested to know whether the + module will behave nicely when fork()ing. It's currently always + true except on Windows where you need perl 5.10.1 for it to be + true. + + Doc : Nits and clarifications. + +0.36 2009-07-05 16:30 UTC + + Chg : getdata() now returns an empty list when no magic is present. + It used to return undef but did not croak as stated in the doc. + Thanks Matt S. Trout for pointing this out. + + Fix : Building and tests with ActiveState Perl 5.8 build >= 822. + +0.35 2009-05-15 20:50 UTC + This is a maintenance release. Users of 0.34 can skip this update. + + Chg : uvar magic used to be enabled for 5.9.5. It now requires 5.10 or + later. + + Fix : Silence compilation warnings for cxinc(). + + Rem : The workaround introduced in 0.31 for the "Unknown errors" issue + was removed, as regression tests show that 0.34 provides a + better fix. + + Tst : Skip t/40-threads.t on 5.8.x with old versions of threads and + threads::shared. + +0.34 2009-04-19 16:55 UTC + + Fix : Destruction of wizards in require. + + Fix : "panic: restartop" in 5.10 when dieing at compile time triggers + a destructor. + +0.33 2009-03-26 00:00 UTC + + Chg : cast() and getsig() now croak too when an invalid signature is + passed. + + Fix : It was possible to generate with gensig() the same signature + twice before actually defining the wizards. + + Tst : More stash tests. + + Tst : Test when the magic takes place in some cases. + + Tst : Improved coverage for the op object feature. + +0.32 2009-03-01 13:45 UTC + + Chg : dispell() and getdata() now croak when an invalid signature is + passed. + + Doc : More examples and a brand new synopsis. + + Fix : The signature is no longer stored in the mg_private member of + the MAGIC struct. This fixes possible clashes with magics from + other extensions. + + Fix : op info objects weren't blessed into the right class. + + Fix : Races when initializing the op names cache under threads. + +0.31 2009-02-19 23:50 UTC + + Doc : A somewhat better introduction. The FUNCTION section was moved + before CONSTANTS and HISTORY since it's more important. And + 'assignation' is really 'assignment', says Ricardo. :) + + Fix : The op_info features are now thread safe. + + Fix : Segfaults that occured when trying to get the op name during + global destruction. + + Fix : Segfaults and wrong "Unknown error" exceptions that happened + when dieing in require caused a free callback to fire. + Thanks Florian Ragwitz for reporting. + +0.30 2009-02-12 17:05 UTC + + Add : You can now get in all the callbacks either the name or a B::OP + object representing the current op if you pass the new 'op_info' + option to wizard() with respective values VMG_OP_INFO_NAME and + VMG_OP_INFO_OBJECT. + + Doc : Document magic on array/hashes values. + + Fix : Completely skip free callbacks during global destruction. + + Tst : Tests now pass again on 5.8.3 and lower (they were broken since + 0.27). + + Tst : Test magic on symbol table and on array/hash values. + +0.29 2009-02-08 11:10 UTC + + Add : Set $_[2] to the default length for len magic on scalars. + + Chg : Perl 5.8 is required. + + Chg : The CLONE method will no longer be defined for non-threaded + perls. + + Doc : Nits. + + Fix : The logic for turning off the GMAGICAL flag on hashes when no + uvar magic is involved could do nasty things on tied hashes. + + Upd : More resources in META.yml. + +0.28 2009-01-24 17:05 UTC + + Add : The 'copy_key' option to wizard(), that enables the safe edition + of $_[2] in uvar callbacks to redirect actions to another key. + + Fix : Exception objects thrown from callbacks at compile time were not + available in $@. + + Fix : free callbacks triggered during global destruction could lead to + segfaults because the wizard was already freed. + + Fix : Refcount of scalars with free callback. + + Fix : Segfaults when using get or uvar magic simultaneously with clear + magic. + + Doc : The documentation about what the callbacks take and should + return is now somewhat clearer. + +0.27 2009-01-18 23:40 UTC + + Fix : Offset of 1 with len magic on scalars. + + Fix : Segfaults that seem to happen when one croak in a callback at + compile time (thanks Ash Berlin for the testcase). + + Upd : Resources in META.yml (Florian Ragwitz) + + Tst : Large cleanup resulting in a wider set of tested behaviours. + +0.26 2008-11-29 22:05 UTC + + Fix : Leaks of cloned coderefs that access lexicals. + + Fix : Building with maint-5.8 and blead (thanks Andreas Koenig). + +0.25 2008-11-12 19:40 UTC + + Fix : Compatibility with 5.8.9. + + Fix : Old Pod::Coverage don't ignore CLONE. + + Upd : META.yml spec updated to 1.4. + 0.24 2008-10-12 14:55 UTC + Fix : Really fix it.