X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2FLexical-Types.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Changes;h=6508ff2f06dc7a2893970cdfb78e4ff2acfc9444;hp=a9b4f5feaeba3fb302974655e9a8b7afe9f27a5b;hb=HEAD;hpb=005b1303d3fd36462b38b097f8c4f5abc7aa8369 diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index a9b4f5f..6508ff2 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,5 +1,58 @@ Revision history for Lexical-Types +0.16 2017-11-04 17:15 UTC + + Fix : Test failures on perl 5.27.5 and above. + +0.15 2015-12-21 15:30 UTC + + Chg : The new environment variable to enable thread tests on older + perls is PERL_FORCE_TEST_THREADS. Note that this variable + should only be turned on by authors. + + Chg : A large chunk of boilerplate XS code, which is also used in + other XS modules, has been factored out of the main .xs file + to a collection of .h files in the xsh subdirectory. + + Fix : This module can once again be built with strict C89 compilers. + + Fix : Update the Windows ActivePerl + gcc 3.4 workaround for + ExtUtils::MakeMaker 7.04. Thanks Christian Walde for reporting + and feedback on this issue. + + Fix : Segfaults when the module is loaded by several threads (or + Windows emulated processes) ran in parallel. + + Fix : Test failures of threads tests on systems with harsh resource + constraints causing the threads to exit() during run. + +0.14 2015-03-14 03:10 UTC + + Chg : perl 5.8.4 is now required (instead of 5.8.3). + + Fix : [RT #100202] : Fix for 5.21.6-to-be. + Thanks Father Chrysostomos for reporting and contributing a + patch. + + Fix : Be really compatible with the optional OP_PARENT feature. + + Tst : $ENV{$Config{ldlibpthname}} is now preserved on all platforms, + which will address failures of t/81-threads-teardown.t with + unusual compilers (like icc) that link all their compiled + objects to their own libraries. + +0.13 2014-10-04 23:25 UTC + + Add : Support for the PERL_OP_PARENT optional feature introduced in + perl 5.21.2. + + Doc : The CAVEATS section now warns about the global slowdown during + compilation caused by this pragma. + + Fix : [RT #86112] : Doesn't hook new PADRANGE op in Perl 5.18. + The PADRANGE optimization is now fully supported. + Thanks Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker for reporting. + + Fix : Segfaults in eval in an END block of a Win32 pseudo-fork. + + Fix : Segfaults during global destruction of a thread or a + pseudo-fork. + + Fix : Check functions are now replaced and restored in a thread-safe + manner, either by using the wrap_op_checker() function from perl + when it is available (starting from perl 5.16) or by taking the + OP_REFCNT mutex on older perls. + + Tst : Author tests are no longer bundled with this distribution. + They are only made available to authors in the git repository. + + Tst : Test failures of t/81-threads-teardown.t on Cygwin and Android + should have been addressed. + + Tst : Threads tests will not fail anymore if resources constraints + prevent the system from creating all the required threads. + + Upd : Metadata overhaul. + 0.12 2011-08-24 16:30 UTC + Fix : The pragma no longer vivifies the "Lexical::Types" entry in the hints hash %^H on perl 5.8. @@ -22,7 +75,7 @@ Revision history for Lexical-Types + Fix : Compatibility with perl 5.13.1 and higher. + Fix : Broken linkage on Windows with gcc 3.4, which appears in particular when using ActivePerl's default compiler suite. - For those setups, the autovivification shared library will now + For those setups, the Lexical::Types shared library will now be linked against the perl dll directly (instead of the import library). + Tst : Threads tests are now only run on perl 5.13.4 and higher.