FYI, I've released the second beta. It's feature-complete.
So I don't plan to add lots of functionality until 3.00.
The uploaded file
Devel-PPPort-2.99_02.tar.gz
has entered CPAN as
file: $CPAN/authors/id/M/MH/MHX/Devel-PPPort-2.99_02.tar.gz
size: 99627 bytes
md5: d3e8e4e49b23adcd6111045478bae3da
Here's a brief list of changes:
* implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
- can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
- checks source for missing aTHX arguments
- checks source for unsupported API calls
- can now lists provided and unsupported API
- can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
- can use custom diff utility / options
- can write one patch against the module
- can write single copies with changes applied
* updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
* added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
* merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
* added HACKERS file to document internals
* now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
using search.cpan.org
* complete rework of internals
* autogenerated API-checks
* autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
* ppport.h changes:
- no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
- can now be run without -x
- now shows hints and dependencies
- now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
- now has options
- now uses File::Find when available
* tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
As the list states, there's now a HACKERS document that explains
in a little more detail what I've put in my last mail.
I'd like to get the bugs (and I'm sure there are bugs) out before 3.00.
So I would really appreciate if you could:
- check the documentation for inconsistencies / typos
- build the module on Platforms that are known to cause problems
- check if the generated ppport.h works for your XS projects
- test the ppport.h script functionality, as that's mainly what
I hacked in during the last 24 hours; the ppport.h script has
a lot more functionality now; just see 'perldoc ppport.h'
Thanks,
Marcus
--
Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly...
--Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
