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Thu Jun 17 12:26:43 BST 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.13 |
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1. Don't change the type of top level overloaded references to RV - |
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they are perfectly correct as PVMG |
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2. Storable needs to cope with incoming frozen data that happens to be |
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utf8 encoded. |
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Wed Mar 17 15:40:29 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.12 |
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1. Add regression tests for the auto-require of STORABLE_thaw |
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2. Add auto-require of modules to restore overloading (and tests) |
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3. Change to no context (should give speedup with ithreads) |
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Sat Mar 13 20:11:03 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.11 |
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1. Storing restricted hashes in canonical order would SEGV. Fixed. |
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2. It was impossible to retrieve references to PL_sv_no and and |
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PL_sv_undef from STORABLE_thaw hooks. |
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3. restrict.t was failing on 5.8.0, due to 5.8.0's unique |
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implementation of restricted hashes using PL_sv_undef |
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4. These changes allow a space optimisation for restricted hashes. |
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Sat Jan 24 16:22:32 IST 2004 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
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Version 2.10 |
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1. Thread safety: Storable::CLONE/init_perlinterp() now create |
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a new Perl context for each new ithread. |
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(From Stas Bekman and Jan Dubois.) |
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2. Fix a tag count mismatch with $Storable::Deparse that caused |
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all back-references after a stored sub to be off-by-N (where |
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N was the number of code references in between). |
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(From Sam Vilain.) |
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3. Prevent CODE references from turning into SCALAR references. |
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(From Slaven Rezic.) |
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Sat Jan 3 18:49:18 GMT 2004 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.09 |
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Fix minor problems with the CPAN release |
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1: Make Storable.xs work on 5.8.2 and later (already in the core) |
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2: Ship the linux hints file |
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3: Ship Test::More for the benefit of Perls pre 5.6.2 |
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4: Correct Makefile.PL to only install in core for 5.8.0 and later |
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Sat Sep 6 01:08:20 IST 2003 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
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Version 2.08 |
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This release works around a 5.8.0 bug which caused hashes to not |
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be marked as having key flags even though an HEK had HEK_WASUTF8 |
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set. (Note that the only reasonable solution is to silently drop |
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the flag from the affected key.) |
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Users of RT 3 who were seeing assertion failures should upgrade. |
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(Perl 5.8.1 will have the bug fixed.) |
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Mon May 5 10:24:16 IST 2003 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
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Version 2.07 |
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Minor bugfixes (self-tied objects are now correctly stored, as |
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are the results of additions larger than INT_MAX). |
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Mon Oct 7 21:56:38 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.06 |
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Remove qr// from t/downgrade.t so that it will run on 5.004 |
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Mention $File::Spec::VERSION a second time in t/forgive.t so that it |
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runs without warnings in 5.004 (this may be a 5.00405 bug I'm working |
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round) |
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Fix t/integer.t initialisation to actually generate 64 bits of 9c |
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Fix comparison tests to use eval to get around 64 bit IV conversion |
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issues on 5.6.x, following my t/integer.t ^ precedence bug found by |
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Rafael Garcia-Suarez |
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Alter t/malice.t to work with Test/More.pm in t/, and skip individual |
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subtests that use $Config{ptrsize}, so that the rest of the test can |
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now be run with 5.004 |
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Change t/malice.t and the error message in check_magic in Storable.xs |
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from "Pointer integer size" to "Pointer size" |
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Remove prerequisite of Test::More from Makefile.PL |
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Ship Test::Builder, Test::Simple and Test::More in t |
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Thu Oct 3 08:57:22 IST 2002 Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> |
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Version 2.05 |
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Adds support for CODE references from Slaven Rezic |
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<slaven.rezic@berlin.de>. |
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Fri Jun 7 23:55:41 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark |
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Version 2.04 |
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Bug fix from Radu Greab <radu@netsoft.ro> (plus regression test) |
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to fix a recently introduced bug detected by Dave Rolsky. |
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Bug was that for a non threaded build, the class information was |
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being lost at freeze time on the first object with a STORABLE_freeze |
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hook. Consequentially the object was not blessed at all when thawed. |
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(The presence (or lack) of STORABLE_thaw was irrelevant; this was |
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a store-time data lost bug, caused by failure to initialize internal |
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context) |
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The bug was introduced as development perl change 16442 (on |
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2002/05/07), so has been present since 2.00. |
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Patches to introduce more regression tests to reduce the chance of |
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a reoccurance of this sort of goof are always welcome. |
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Thu May 30 20:31:08 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.03 Header changes on 5.6.x on Unix where IV is long long |
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5.6.x introduced the ability to have IVs as long long. However, |
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Configure still defined BYTEORDER based on the size of a long. |
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Storable uses the BYTEORDER value as part of the header, but |
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doesn't explicity store sizeof(IV) anywhere in the header. |
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Hence on 5.6.x built with IV as long long on a platform that |
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uses Configure (ie most things except VMS and Windows) headers |
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are identical for the different IV sizes, despite the files |
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containing some fields based on sizeof(IV) |
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5.8.0 is consistent; all platforms have BYTEORDER in config.h |
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based on sizeof(IV) rather than sizeof(long). This means that |
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the value of BYTEORDER will change from (say) 4321 to 87654321 |
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between 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 built with the same options to Configure |
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on the same machine. This means that the Storable header will |
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differ, and the two versions will wrongly thing that they are |
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incompatible. |
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For the benefit of long term consistency, Storable now |
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implements the 5.8.0 BYTEORDER policy on 5.6.x. This means that |
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2.03 onwards default to be incompatible with 2.02 and earlier |
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(ie the large 1.0.x installed base) on the same 5.6.x perl. |
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To allow interworking, a new variable |
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$Storable::interwork_56_64bit is introduced. It defaults to |
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false. Set it to true to read and write old format files. Don't |
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use it unless you have existing stored data written with 5.6.x |
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that you couldn't otherwise read, or you need to interwork with |
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a machine running older Storable on a 5.6.x with long long IVs |
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(i.e., you probably don't need to use it). |
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Sat May 25 22:38:39 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.02 |
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Rewrite Storable.xs so that the file header structure for write_magic |
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is built at compile time, and check_magic attempts to the header in |
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blocks rather than byte per byte. These changes make the compiled |
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extension 2.25% smaller, but are not significant enough to give a |
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noticeable speed up. |
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Thu May 23 22:50:41 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.01 |
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- New regression tests integer.t |
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- Add code to safely store large unsigned integers. |
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- Change code not to attempt to store large integers (ie > 32 bits) |
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in network order as 32 bits. |
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*Never* underestimate the value of a pathological test suite carefully |
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crafted with maximum malice before writing a line of real code. It |
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prevents crafty bugs from stowing away in your released code. |
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It's much less embarrassing to find them before you ship. |
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(Well, never underestimate it if you ever want to work for me) |
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Fri May 17 22:48:59 BST 2002 Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> |
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Version 2.0, binary format 2.5 (but writes format 2.4 on pre 5.7.3) |
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The perl5 porters have decided to make sure that Storable still |
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builds on pre-5.8 perls, and make the 5.8 version available on CPAN. |
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The VERSION is now 2.0, and it passes all tests on 5.005_03, 5.6.1 |
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and 5.6.1 with threads. On 5.6.0 t/downgrade.t fails tests 34 and 37, |
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due to a bug in 5.6.0 - upgrade to 5.6.1. |
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Jarkko and I have collated the list of changes the perl5 porters have |
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from the perl5 Changes file: |
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- data features of upcoming perl 5.8.0 are supported: Unicode hash |
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keys (Unicode hash values have been supported since Storable 1.0.1) |
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and "restricted hashes" (readonly hashes and hash entries) |
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- a newer version of perl can now be used to serialize data which is |
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not supported in earlier perls: Storable will attempt to do the |
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right thing for as long as possible, croaking only when safe data |
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conversion simply isn't possible. Alternatively earlier perls can |
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opt to have a lossy downgrade data instead of croaking |
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- when built with perls pre 5.7.3 this Storable writes out files |
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with binary format 2.4, the same format as Storable 1.0.8 onwards. |
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This should mean that this Storable will inter-operate seamlessly |
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with any Storable 1.0.8 or newer on perls pre 5.7.3 |
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- dclone() now works with empty string scalar objects |
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- retrieving of large hashes is now more efficient |
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- more routines autosplit out of the main module, so Storable should |
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load slightly more quickly |
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- better documentation |
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- the internal context objects are now freed explicitly, rather than |
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relying on thread or process exit |
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- bugs fixed in debugging trace code affecting builds made with 64 bit |
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IVs |
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- code tidy-ups to allow clean compiles with more warning options |
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turned on avoid problems with $@ getting corrupted on 5.005_03 if |
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Carp wasn't already loaded |
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- added &show_file_magic, so you can add to /etc/magic and teach |
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Unix's file command about Storable files |
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We plan to keep Storable on CPAN in sync with the Perl core, so |
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if you encounter bugs or other problems building or using Storable, |
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please let us know at perl5-porters@perl.org |
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Patches welcome! |
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Sat Dec 1 14:37:54 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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This is the LAST maintenance release of the Storable module. |
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Indeed, Storable is now part of perl 5.8, and will be maintained |
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as part of Perl. The CPAN module will remain available there |
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for people running pre-5.8 perls. |
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Avoid requiring Fcntl upfront, useful to embedded runtimes. |
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Use an eval {} for testing, instead of making Storable.pm |
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simply fail its compilation in the BEGIN block. |
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store_fd() will now correctly autoflush file if needed. |
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Tue Aug 28 23:53:20 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Fixed truncation race with lock_retrieve() in lock_store(). |
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The file has to be truncated only once the exclusive lock is held. |
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Removed spurious debugging messages in .xs file. |
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Sun Jul 1 13:27:32 MEST 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Systematically use "=over 4" for POD linters. |
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Apparently, POD linters are much stricter than would |
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otherwise be needed, but that's OK. |
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Fixed memory corruption on croaks during thaw(). Thanks |
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to Claudio Garcia for reproducing this bug and providing the |
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code to exercise it. Added test cases for this bug, adapted |
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from Claudio's code. |
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Made code compile cleanly with -Wall (from Jarkko Hietaniemi). |
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Changed tagnum and classnum from I32 to IV in context. Also |
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from Jarkko. |
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Thu Mar 15 01:22:32 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Last version was wrongly compiling with assertions on, due |
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to an edit glitch. That did not cause any problem (apart from |
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a slight performance loss) excepted on Win* platforms, where the |
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assertion code does not compile. |
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Sat Feb 17 13:37:37 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.10. |
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Forgot to increase version number at previous patch (there were |
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two of them, which is why we jump from 1.0.8 to 1.0.10). |
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Sat Feb 17 13:35:00 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.8, binary format 2.4. |
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Fixed incorrect error message. |
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Now bless objects ASAP at retrieve time, which is meant to fix |
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two bugs: |
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* Indirect references to overloaded object were not able to |
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restore overloading if the object was not blessed yet, |
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which was possible since blessing occurred only after the |
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recursive retrieval. |
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* Storable hooks asking for serialization of blessed ref could |
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get un-blessed refs at retrieval time, for the very same |
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reason. |
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The fix implemented here was suggested by Nick Ing-Simmons. |
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Added support for blessed ref to tied structures. This is the |
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cause for the binary format change. |
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Added EBCDIC version of the compatibility test with 0.6.11, |
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from Peter Prymmer |
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Added tests for the new features, and to make sure the bugs they |
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are meant to fix are indeed fixed. |
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Wed Jan 3 10:43:18 MET 2001 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Removed spurious 'clean' entry in Makefile.PL. |
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Added CAN_FLOCK to determine whether we can flock() or not, |
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by inspecting Perl's configuration parameters, as determined |
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by Configure. |
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Trace offending package when overloading cannot be restored |
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on a scalar. |
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Made context cleanup safer to avoid dup freeing, mostly in the |
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presence of repeated exceptions during store/retrieve (which can |
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cause memory leaks anyway, so it's just additional safety, not a |
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definite fix). |
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Sun Nov 5 18:23:48 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.6. |
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Fixed severe "object lost" bug for STORABLE_freeze returns, |
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when refs to lexicals, taken within the hook, were to be |
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serialized by Storable. Enhanced the t/recurse.t test to |
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stress hook a little more with refs to lexicals. |
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Thu Oct 26 19:14:38 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.5. |
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Documented that store() and retrieve() can return undef. |
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That is, the error reporting is not always made via exceptions, |
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as the paragraph on error reporting was implying. |
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Auto requires module of blessed ref when STORABLE_thaw misses. |
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When the Storable engine looks for the STORABLE_thaw hook and |
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does not find it, it now tries to require the package into which |
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the blessed reference is. |
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Just check $^O, in t/lock.t: there's no need to pull the whole |
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Config module for that. |
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Mon Oct 23 20:03:49 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.4. |
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Protected calls to flock() for DOS platform: apparently, the |
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flock/fcnlt emulation is reported to be broken on that |
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platform. |
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Added logcarp emulation if they don't have Log::Agent, since |
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we now use it to carp when lock_store/lock_retrieve is used |
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on DOS. |
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Fri Sep 29 21:52:29 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.3. |
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Avoid using "tainted" and "dirty" since Perl remaps them via |
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cpp (i.e. #define). This is deeply harmful when threading |
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is enabled. This concerned both the context structure and |
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local variable and argument names. Brrr..., scary! |
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Thu Sep 28 23:46:39 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.2. |
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Fixed spelling in README. |
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Added lock_store, lock_nstore, and lock_retrieve (advisory locking) |
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after a proposal from Erik Haugan <erik@solbors.no>. |
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Perls before 5.004_04 lack newSVpvn, added remapping in XS. |
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Fixed stupid typo in the t/utf8.t test. |
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Sun Sep 17 18:51:10 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Version 1.0.1, binary format 2.3. |
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Documented that doubles are stored stringified by nstore(). |
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Added Salvador Ortiz Garcia in CREDITS section, He identified |
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a bug in the store hooks and proposed the right fix: the class |
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id was allocated too soon. His bug case was also added to |
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the regression test suite. |
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Now only taint retrieved data when source was tainted. A bug |
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discovered by Marc Lehmann. |
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Added support for UTF-8 strings, a contribution of Marc Lehmann. |
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This is normally only activated in post-5.6 perls. |
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Thu Aug 31 23:06:06 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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First official release Storable 1.0, for inclusion in perl 5.7.0. |
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The license scheme is now compatible with Perl's. |
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Thu Aug 24 01:02:02 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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ANSI-fied most of the code, preparing for Perl core integration. |
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The next version of Storable will be 0.8, and will be integrated |
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into the Perl core (development branch). |
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Dispatch tables were moved upfront to relieve some compilers, |
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especially on AIX and Windows platforms. |
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Merged 64-bit fixes from perl5-porters. |
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Mon Aug 14 09:22:04 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Added a refcnt dec in retrieve_tied_key(): sv_magic() increases |
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the refcnt on the mg_ptr as well. |
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Removed spurious dependency to Devel::Peek, which was used for |
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testing only in t/tied_items.t. Thanks to Conrad Heiney |
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<conrad@fringehead.org> for spotting it first. |
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Sun Aug 13 22:12:59 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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Marc Lehmann kindly contributed code to add overloading support |
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and to handle references to tied variables. |
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Rewrote leading blurb about compatibility to make it clearer what |
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"backward compatibility" is about: when I say 0.7 is backward |
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compatible with 0.6, it means the revision 0.7 can read files |
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produced by 0.6. |
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Mention new Clone(3) extension in SEE ALSO. |
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Was wrongly optimizing for "undef" values in hashes by not |
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fully recursing: as a result, tied "undef" values were incorrectly |
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serialized. |
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Sun Jul 30 12:59:17 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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First revision of Storable 0.7. |
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The serializing format is new, known as version 2.0. It is fully |
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backward compatible with 0.6. Earlier formats are deprecated and |
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have not even been tested: next version will drop pre-0.6 format. |
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Changes since 0.6@11: |
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- Moved interface to the "beta" status. Some tiny parts are still |
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subject to change, but nothing important enough to warrant an "alpha" |
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status any longer. |
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- Slightly reduced the size of the Storable image by factorizing |
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object class names and removing final object storage notification due |
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to a redesign of the blessed object storing. |
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- Classes can now redefine how they wish their instances to be serialized |
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and/or deep cloned. Serializing hooks are written in Perl code. |
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- The engine is now fully re-entrant. |
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Sun Apr 2 23:47:50 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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Added provision to detect more recent binary formats, since |
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the new upcoming Storable-0.7 will use a different format. |
| 459 |
In order to prevent attempting the de-serialization of newer |
| 460 |
formats by older versions, I'm adding this now to the 0.6 series. |
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|
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I'm expecting this revision to be the last of the 0.6 series. |
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Unless it does not work with perl 5.6, which I don't use yet, |
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and therefore against which I cannot test. |
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|
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Wed Mar 29 19:55:21 MEST 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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Added note about format incompatibilities with old versions |
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(i.e. pre 0.5@9 formats, which cannot be understood as there |
| 470 |
was no versionning information in the file by then). |
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|
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Protect all $@ variables when eval {} used, to avoid corrupting |
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it when store/retrieve is called within an exception handler. |
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|
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Mistakenly included "patchlevel.h" instead of <patchlevel.h>, |
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preventing Perl's patchlevel from being included, which is |
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needed starting from 5.6. |
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|
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Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Fixed shared "undef" bug in hashes, which did not remain shared |
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through store/retrieve. |
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|
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Thu Feb 10 19:48:16 MET 2000 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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added last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
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documented last_op_in_netorder() |
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added tests for the new last_op_in_netorder() predicate |
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|
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Wed Oct 20 19:07:36 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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Forgot to update VERSION |
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|
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Tue Oct 19 21:25:02 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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Added mention of japanese translation for the manual page. |
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|
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Fixed typo in macro that made threaded code not compilable, |
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especially on Win32 platforms. |
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|
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Changed detection of older perls (pre-5.005) by testing PATCHLEVEL |
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directly instead of relying on internal symbols. |
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|
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Tue Sep 14 22:13:28 MEST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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Integrated "thread-safe" patch from Murray Nesbitt. |
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Note that this may not be very efficient for threaded code, |
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see comment in the code. |
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|
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Try to avoid compilation warning on 64-bit CPUs. Can't test it, |
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since I don't have access to such machines. |
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|
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Mon Jul 12 14:37:19 METDST 1999 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> |
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|
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changed my e-mail to pobox. |
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|
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mentionned it is not thread-safe. |
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|
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updated version number. |
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|
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uses new internal PL_* naming convention. |
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|
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Fri Jul 3 13:38:16 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Updated benchmark figures due to recent optimizations done in |
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store(): tagnums are now stored as-is in the hash table, so |
| 527 |
no surrounding SV is created. And the "shared keys" mode for |
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hash table was turned off. |
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|
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Fixed backward compatibility (wrt 0.5@9) for retrieval of |
| 531 |
blessed refs. That old version did something wrong, but the |
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bugfix prevented correct retrieval of the old format. |
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|
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Mon Jun 22 11:00:48 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Changed benchmark figures. |
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|
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Adjust refcnt of tied objects after calling sv_magic() to avoid |
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memory leaks. Contributed by Jeff Gresham. |
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|
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Fri Jun 12 11:50:04 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Added workaround for persistent LVALUE-ness in perl5.004. All |
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scalars tagged as being an lvalue are handled as if they were |
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not an lvalue at all. Added test for that LVALUE bug workaround. |
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|
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Now handles Perl immortal scalars explicitely, by storing &sv_yes |
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as such, explicitely. |
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|
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Retrieval of non-immortal undef cannot be shared. Previous |
| 551 |
version was over-optimizing by not creating a separate SV for |
| 552 |
all undefined scalars seen. |
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|
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Thu Jun 4 17:21:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Baseline for Storable-0.6@0. |
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|
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This version introduces a binary incompatibility in the generated |
| 559 |
binary image, which is more compact than older ones by approximatively |
| 560 |
15%, depending on the exact degree of sharing in your structures. |
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|
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The good news is that your older images can still be retrieved with |
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this version, i.e. backward compatibility is preserved. This version |
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of Storable can only generate new binaries however. |
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|
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Another good news is that the retrieval of data structure is |
| 567 |
significantly quicker than before, because a Perl array is used |
| 568 |
instead of a hash table to keep track of retrieved objects, and |
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also because the image being smaller, less I/O function calls are |
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made. |
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|
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Tue May 12 09:15:15 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Version number now got from Storable.pm directly. |
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|
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Fixed overzealous sv_type() optimization, which would make |
| 577 |
Storable fail when faced with an "upgraded" SV to the PVIV |
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or PVNV kind containing a reference. |
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|
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Thu Apr 30 15:11:30 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Extended the SYNOPSIS section to give quick overview of the |
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routines and their signature. |
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|
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Optimized sv_type() to avoid flags checking when not needed, i.e. |
| 586 |
when their type makes it impossible for them to be refs or tied. |
| 587 |
This slightly increases throughput by a few percents when refs |
| 588 |
and tied variables are marginal occurrences in your data. |
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|
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Stubs for XS now use OutputStream and InputStream file types to |
| 591 |
make it work when the given file is actually a socket. Perl |
| 592 |
makes a distinction for sockets in its internal I/O structures |
| 593 |
by having both a read and a write structure, whereas plain files |
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share the same one. |
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|
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Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Thanks to a contribution from Benjamin A. Holzman, Storable is now |
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able to correctly serialize tied SVs, i.e. tied arrays, hashes |
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and scalars. |
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|
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Thu Apr 9 18:07:51 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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I said SvPOK() had changed to SvPOKp(), but that was a lie... |
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|
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Wed Apr 8 13:14:29 METDST 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Wrote sizeof(SV *) instead of sizeof(I32) when portable, which |
| 609 |
in effect mangled the object tags and prevented portability |
| 610 |
accross 32/64 bit architectures! |
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|
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Wed Mar 25 14:57:02 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Added code example for store_fd() and retrieve_fd() in the |
| 615 |
man page, to emphasize that file descriptors must be passed as |
| 616 |
globs, not as plain strings. |
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|
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Cannot use SV addresses as tag when using nstore() on LP64. This |
| 619 |
was the cause of problems when creating a storable image on an |
| 620 |
LP64 machine and retrieving it on an ILP32 system, which is |
| 621 |
exactly what nstore() is meant for... |
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|
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However, we continue to use SV addresses as tags for plain store(), |
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because benchamarking shows that it saves up to 8% of the store |
| 625 |
time, and store() is meant to be fast at the expense of lack |
| 626 |
of portability. |
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|
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This means there will be approximately an 8% degradation of |
| 629 |
performance for nstore(), but it's now working as expected. |
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That cost may vary on your machine of course, since it is |
| 631 |
solely caused by the memory allocation overhead used to create |
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unique SV tags for each distinct stored SV. |
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|
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Tue Jan 20 09:21:53 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Don't use any '_' in version number. |
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|
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Tue Jan 13 17:51:50 MET 1998 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Updated version number. |
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|
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added binmode() calls for systems where it matters. |
| 643 |
|
| 644 |
Be sure to pass globs, not plain file strings, to C routines, |
| 645 |
so that Storable can be used under the Perl debugger. |
| 646 |
|
| 647 |
Wed Nov 5 10:53:22 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
| 649 |
Fix memory leaks on seen hash table and returned SV refs. |
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|
| 651 |
Storable did not work properly when tainting enabled. |
| 652 |
|
| 653 |
Fixed "Allocation too large" messages in freeze/thaw and added. |
| 654 |
proper regression test in t/freeze.t. |
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|
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Tue Jun 3 09:41:33 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Updated version number |
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|
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Added freeze/thaw interface and dclone. |
| 661 |
|
| 662 |
Fri May 16 10:45:47 METDST 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Forgot that AutoLoader does not export its own AUTOLOAD. |
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I could use |
| 666 |
|
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use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD'; |
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|
| 669 |
but that would not be backward compatible. So the export is |
| 670 |
done by hand... |
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|
| 672 |
Tue Mar 25 11:21:32 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Empty scalar strings are now "defined" at retrieval time. |
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|
| 676 |
New test to ensure an empty string is defined when retrieved. |
| 677 |
|
| 678 |
Thu Feb 27 16:32:44 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
| 680 |
Updated version number |
| 681 |
|
| 682 |
Declare VERSION as being used |
| 683 |
|
| 684 |
Fixed a typo in the PerlIO_putc remapping. |
| 685 |
PerlIO_read and perlIO_write inverted size/nb_items. |
| 686 |
(only relevant for pre-perl5.004 versions) |
| 687 |
|
| 688 |
Thu Feb 27 15:58:31 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
| 690 |
Updated version number |
| 691 |
|
| 692 |
Added VERSION identification |
| 693 |
|
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Allow build with perl5.003, which is ante perlIO time |
| 695 |
|
| 696 |
Mon Jan 13 17:53:18 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
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Random code fixes. |
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|
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Wed Jan 22 15:19:56 MET 1997 Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> |
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|
| 702 |
Updated version number in Makefile.PL. |
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|
| 704 |
Added "thanks to" section to README. |
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|
| 706 |
Documented new forgive_me variable. |
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|
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Made 64-bit clean. |
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|
| 710 |
Added forgive_me support to allow store() of data structures |
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containing non-storable items like CODE refs. |
