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Revision history for Perl extension Config-Tiny:

2.30  2023-10-12T17:17:08
	- As of V 2.30, this module supports an array syntax for cases where you wish to
		assign an array of values to a key.
	- See the new POD section called ARRAY SYNTAX.
	- See also the updated question in the FAQ: What happens if a key is repeated?
	- See also the sample code in the Synopsis and in t/02.main.t and in t/test.conf.
	- In each case, search for the word greetings to find the new code samples.
	- This patch was kindly provided by Steven Schoch, with some additions by Ron Savage.

2.29  2023-04-05T12:53:00
	- Edit to remove Test::Pod from TEST_REQUIRES in Makefile.PL, again.
		Thanx to Andrew Daugherity for the patch.
	- Update versiojnn # in t/02.main.t.

2.28  2022-01-04T15:47:58
	- Accept pull request from Todd Rinaldo to replace both uses of bareword filehandles
		with my variables. With thanx.
	- Accept 2019 pull request to Makefile.PL, for the purpose of modernization, and with
		some slight modifications, from Grinnz.
	- Make corresponding patches where appropriate to Tiny.pm and t/02.main.t.
	- Thanx to Grinnz aka Dan Book for the prompting.

2.27  2021-09-21T15:48:00
	- Add the option of passing a hashref to the constructor, where it is turned into an
		object of the class. See POD under new([$config]) for details.
		This patch to the code and POD includes the new test t/08.constructor.t.
		The patch was provided by D Hauke, with thanx.
	- Move test.conf back into t/, where it was years ago, before someone tried to remove
		all uses of File::Spec. But since File::Spec is used often now, there is no point
		in keeping test.conf in the root directory of the distro.

2.26  2021-02-01T17:11:00
	- Update POD to change RT to github.
	- Reformat Makefile.PL.

2.25  2021-01-31T20:29:00
	- Merge in clean-up patches from Karen Etheridge, with thanx.
	- Add back file t/0. Who deleted it? It is required for t/05.zero.t.
	- Update Makefile.PL to switch issue tracker from rt.cpan.org to github.

2.24  2019-06-11T15:30:00
	- Delete from caveats in documentation where it used to say:
		'Config::Tiny will only recognize the first time an option is set in a config file.'
		'Any further attempts to set the same option later in the config file are ignored.'
		In reality the code uses the 2nd and subsequent values to overwrite earlier values.
	- Make this topic a new FAQ.
	- Add corresponding test t/06.repeat.key.t.
	- Update POD to clarify trailing comment options.
	- Add corresponding test t/07.trailing.comment.t.
	- Romanize Gregory Kidrenko's name so Config::IniFiles does not get 'Wide char in print'.
	- Move xt/pod.t to xt/author/pod.t.
	- Adopt new repo structure. See
		http://savage.net.au/Ron/html/My.Workflow.for.Building.Distros.html.
	- Move require 5.008001 from Tiny.pm into Makefile.PL.

2.23  2015-10-14T09:11:00
	- Add the utf8 BOM to this file. Let's hope the CPAN toolchain can cope. If it can't, another
		version of the code will have to be released.
	- Fix read() and write() so they work on files called '0' (zero). See RT#107754.
		Many thanx to Gregory Kidrenko for the report and patch.
	- Add t/05.zero.t and t/0 to test the new code.
	- Reformat the source slightly.

2.22  2015-02-17T08:32:00
	- Fix licence info in Makefile.PL to say Perl.

2.21  2015-02-16T08:59:00
	- Patch Makefile.PL to refer to the current repo, which is on github, and not the original one,
		which is on Adam's web site. See RT#102125.
	- Remove Build.PL because Karen Etheridge tells me Module::Build is no longer in core.
		See RT#102126.
	- Edit line lengths in this file to a max of 100 chars.
	- Edit line lengths in the docs the same way.
	- Expand the See Also section of the docs.

2.20  2013-11-24T10:52:00
	- Relax pre-req version requirements

2.19  2013-09-15T09:16:00
	- Change VERSION => $VERSION in Makefile.PL to VERSION_FROM => 'lib/Config/Tiny.pm'.
		Reported by Jean-Louis Morel. See RT#88670.

2.18  2013-09-14T10:03:00
	- Remove obsolete and wrong version # from Makefile.PL.
		Reported by Jean-Louis Morel. See RT#88658.
	- Implement Kevin Ryde's suggestion to test if read() will return undef.
		If so, set an error message and (still) return undef.

2.17  2013-09-13T12:41:00
	- Remove the file tests -efr during calls to read(). The open() tests for any error.
		Also, the -f test was reporting /dev/null as a directory, not a file.
		Thanx to Kevin Ryde for pushing me to implement this. See RT#36974.
	- Clean up some error messages slightly.

2.16  2013-09-06T11:54:00
	- Replace Path::Tiny with File::Spec, because the former's list of dependencies is so long :-(.
		Changed files: t/02.main.t, t/04.utf8.t, Build.PL and Makefile.PL.
		See: RT#88435 (for Tree::DAG_Node) for an explanation.

2.15  2013-08-04T14:59:00
	- Clean up the shambolic dates in this file.
	- Add a note under Caveats about setting options more that once. Only the first case is
		respected. Thanx to Kimmel K. See RT#69795.
	- Add a $encoding parameter to read_file() and write_file(). See docs for details.
		Add t/04.utf8.t and t/04.utf8.txt.
		Thanx to Mark Lawrence and Wolfgang Husmann. See RT#71029 and RT#85571.
	- For BSD-based systems, when writing a file during tests, use:
		my($temp_dir) = File::Temp -> newdir('temp.XXXX', CLEANUP => 1, EXLOCK => 0, TMPDIR => 1);
	- Rename t/*.t files. I use '.' rather than '_' in file names because the latter is a shift
		char.
	- Add MANIFEST.SKIP, Changelog.ini, Build.PL, META.json.
	- Add an FAQ to the docs.
	- Clean up the docs.
	- As of this version, maintanence is by Ron Savage.

2.14 Thu Mar 24 12:00:00 2011
	- Resolved #63080: module can write multiline values but not read them
	- Removed -w from tests to allow tests with tainting on

2.13 Fri Sep  3 12:00:00 2010
	- Resolved #60703: Display glitch in Config::Tiny 2.12 POD
	- Resolved #40585: member 'set;' doesn't exist
	- Resolved #30479: does not warn or die when writing data it
	  cannot later.

2.12 Thu Nov  1 12:00:00 2007
	- Converting build script from Module::Install to tinier EU:MM

2.10 Sat Sep 20 12:00:00 2006
	- This release contains only build-time changes
	- Did a little housekeeping on Makefile.PL and the unit tests
	- Upgrading to Module::Install 0.64

2.09 Sat Jul 15 12:00:00 2006
	- This release contains only build-time changes
	- Added a dependency on ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.11
	  Module::Install may have an issue with older EU:MM installs

2.08 Sat 15 Jul 12:00:00 2006
	- This release contains only build-time changes
	- Upgraded to Module::Install 0.63

2.07 Wed May 10 12:00:00 2006
	- This release contains only build-time changes
	- AutoInstall is only needed for options, so remove auto_install

2.06 Sun Apr 23 12:00:00 2006
	- No functional changes.
	- Moved test.conf to the root dir, removing last use of File::Spec
	- It also means we don't need FindBin, so removed that too
	- Upgrading to Module::Install 0.62

2.05 Thu Feb 23 12:00:00 2006
	- No functional changes.
	- Moved over from the old CVS repository to the new SVN one
	- Updated tests for the new release system
	- Upgrading to a newer Module::Install

2.04 Sat Dec 31 12:00:00 2005
	- No functional changes.
	- Upgrading to a newer Module::Install to address Cygwin problem

2.03 Fri Dec 30 12:00:00 2005
	- No functional changes.
	- POD Change: CPAN #15143 Clear things up about $! after
	  unsuccessful read()?  (flatworm)
	- Upgraded Makefile.PL to use Module::Install

2.02 Sun Jun 19 12:00:00 2005
	- Add trimming of whitespace from the section names so that we can
	  use section tags like [ section ] and have it Do What You Mean.
	- Cleaned up the POD a little more.

2.01 Thu Mar 24 12:00:00 2005
	- Lars Thegler noted in CSS::Tiny that 3-argument open is not
	  supported by 5.005. Added a small fix to change it to 2-argument
	  open.

2.00 Fri Jul 16 12:00:00 2004
	- Final tweaks to round out complete 5.004 and Win32 compatibility

1.9  Wed Jul  7 12:00:00 2004
	- Applied some small optimisations from Japheth Cleaver

1.8  Wed Jun 30 12:00:00 2004
	- Fixed a bug whereby trying to load an empty file returned an error,
	  when it should be valid (if an empty object)

1.7  Tue Jun 22 12:00:00 2004
	- Added a little more flexibility in the 'read' and 'read_string' methods
	  to handle being called in unexpected, but recoverable, ways.

1.6  Mon Mar  1 12:00:00 2004
	- Bug fix: Sections without keys didn't appear at all in the parsed struct

1.5  Wed Jan  7 12:00:00 2004
	- Updating documentation to provide a correct location to send bug reports

1.4  Wed Dec 24 12:00:00 2003
	- Caught a warning when trying to parse an undefined string.
	  Returns undef in that case.
	- Merry Christmas and a productive New Year to you all!

1.3  Fri Nov  7 12:00:00 2003
	- Slightly altered a regex so that trailing whitespace in properties
	  is dropped.

1.2  Wed Aug 12 15:51:12 2003
	- Applied a variety of small changed designed to reduce the number of
	  opcodes generated, without changing the functionality.
	  This should save a few K in load overhead.

1.1  Wed Apr 23 22:56:21 2003
	- When reporting a bad line, put single quotes around the
	  lines contents in the error message.
	- Small updates to the pod documentation

1.0  Sat Dec 21 11:53:51 2002
	- Removed file locking, since we read/write virtually atomically now
	- Removed mode support from ->write() it was erroneous
	- Removed dependency on Fcntl
	- Added the read_string() method
	- Other minor tweaks to shrink the code

0.3  Mon Dec 09 00:44:21 2002
	- Upgraded tests to Test::More, to deep test the structs
	- Added Fcntl to the required modules

0.2  Tue Nov 26 21:51:34 2002
	- Don't import Fcntl symbols

0.1  Wed Nov 13 16:50:23 2002
	- original version