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- Updated for 2.04 release

Index: Changes
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RCS file: /cvsroot/perl-xml/xml-simple/Changes,v
retrieving revision 1.8
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diff -u -d -r1.8 -r1.9
--- Changes	20 Jan 2003 07:48:59 -0000	1.8
+++ Changes	10 Apr 2003 10:21:29 -0000	1.9
@@ -1,159 +1,175 @@
 Revision history for Perl module XML::Simple
 
+2.04  Mar 10 2004
+      - integrated a patch from Michel Rodriguez
+        + new facility for removing extra levels of indirection (using
+          the new 'GroupTags' option)
+        + new facility for rolling the dreaded 'content' hash up into a
+          scalar if there are no keys left after array folding (using the
+          '-' prefix mode on the ContentKey option)
+        + new facility for doing variable substitution in the XML; variables
+          can be defined in Perl (using the new 'Variables' option) or in 
+          the XML document (using the new 'VarAttr' option)
+      - added 'NormaliseSpace' option for tidying up hash keys and other
+        text content if required (feature requested by Alex Manoussakis)
+      - option names are now case-insensitive and can include underscores
+      - XMLin() and XMLout() are now aliased to xml_in() and xml_out() when
+        called as methods or imported explicitly
+      - option names passed to XML::Simple->new() are now validated
+
 2.03  Jan 20 2003
-	- fixed circular reference check which was incorrectly catching
-          'parallel' references (patch from Theo Lengyel)
+      - fixed circular reference check which was incorrectly catching
+        'parallel' references (patch from Theo Lengyel)
 
 2.02  Dec 15 2002
-	- changed Storable calls to use locking (reported by Randal 
-          Schwarz)
+      - changed Storable calls to use locking (reported by Randal Schwarz)
 
 2.01  Dec 11 2002
-	- fixed bug whereby :strict mode required forcearray on 
-          XMLout() (reported by Ville Skytta)
+      - fixed bug whereby :strict mode required forcearray on 
+        XMLout() (reported by Ville Skytta)
 
 2.00  Dec 08 2002
-	- first production release with SAX support
-	- added support for 'strict mode' using :strict import tag
-	- removed locking code (as it was incompatible with iThreads)
-	- integrated patch for test failures from Sean Campbell
-	- fixed stringification of references during folding (reported
-	  by Trond Michelsen)
-        - fixed incompatability with Tie::IxHash (reported by
-          Venkataramana Mokkapati)
-	- POD: alphabetised options (patch from John Borwick)
-        - POD: updated suppressempty (patch from Kjetil Kjernsmo)
-	- added FAQ.pod to distribution and added new questions
+      - first production release with SAX support
+      - added support for 'strict mode' using :strict import tag
+      - removed locking code (as it was incompatible with iThreads)
+      - integrated patch for test failures from Sean Campbell
+      - fixed stringification of references during folding (reported
+        by Trond Michelsen)
+      - fixed incompatability with Tie::IxHash (reported by
+        Venkataramana Mokkapati)
+      - POD: alphabetised options (patch from John Borwick)
+      - POD: updated suppressempty (patch from Kjetil Kjernsmo)
+      - added FAQ.pod to distribution and added new questions
 
 1.08_01 Feb 14 2002 - beta release for testing SAX support
-	- fixed errors with default namespace handling
-	- minor POD updates
+      - fixed errors with default namespace handling
+      - minor POD updates
 
 1.08  Feb 09 2002
-	- re-release of 1.06 (stable) with minor updates ...
-	- searchpath option now defaults to current directory if not set
-	- fix to Storable test routine for test failures on Win32
-	- removed obselete 'convert' script from distribution
+      - re-release of 1.06 (stable) with minor updates ...
+      - searchpath option now defaults to current directory if not set
+      - fix to Storable test routine for test failures on Win32
+      - removed obselete 'convert' script from distribution
 
 1.07b Feb 05 2002 - beta release for testing SAX support
-	- added SAX support including:
-	  + using SAX parsers
-	  + acting as a SAX handler 
-	  + generating SAX events from XMLout() with new Handler option
-	  + acting as a SAX filter (via new DataHandler option)
-	- added $ENV{XML_SIMPLE_PREFERRED_PARSER} and
-	  $XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER for selecting a parser module
-	- added namespace support (SAX only) with nsexpand option for both 
-	  XMLin() and XMLout()
-	- searchpath now defaults to current directory
-	- parseropts option now officially deprecated
-	- removed obselete 'convert' script from distribution
-	- many POD updates (more to come)
+      - added SAX support including:
+        + using SAX parsers
+        + acting as a SAX handler 
+        + generating SAX events from XMLout() with new Handler option
+        + acting as a SAX filter (via new DataHandler option)
+      - added $ENV{XML_SIMPLE_PREFERRED_PARSER} and
+        $XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER for selecting a parser module
+      - added namespace support (SAX only) with nsexpand option for both 
+        XMLin() and XMLout()
+      - searchpath now defaults to current directory
+      - parseropts option now officially deprecated
+      - removed obselete 'convert' script from distribution
+      - many POD updates (more to come)
 
 1.06  Nov 19 2001
-	- fixed version number in default xmldecl (thanks to Matt Sergeant for
-	  bug report and patch)
-	- updated contact email address for author
+      - fixed version number in default xmldecl (thanks to Matt Sergeant for
+        bug report and patch)
+      - updated contact email address for author
 
 
 1.05  Aug 31 2000
-	- code re-org to make internals all OO for easier extending
-	- added 'noattr' option to tell XMLout() not to use attributes (only
-	  nested elements) and XMLin() to discard attributes
-	- added 'suppressempty' option to tell XMLin what to do with elements
-	  with no attributes and no content
-	- added 'parseropts' option for specifying options which should be
-	  passed to the underlying XML::Parser object
-	- added 'forcecontent' option to force text content to parse to a
-	  hash value even if the element has no attributes
-	- fix for forcearray getting applied to text content
-	- integrated patch from Paul Lindner to work around filenames sometimes
-	  being seen as XML when running under mod_perl
-	- integrated patch from Edward Avis: filename '-' means stdin
-	- fixed bug where a missing key attribute could cause a crash
-	- added a warning message for above situation
-	- added 'support' for CDATA sections - they always worked, but now
-	  they're in the test suite which should ensure they keep working
-	- fixed error message when caching enabled but parsing from filehandle
-	- fixed empty elements being skipped by XMLout() when folding enabled
-	- fixed text content of '0' being skipped by XMLout()
+      - code re-org to make internals all OO for easier extending
+      - added 'noattr' option to tell XMLout() not to use attributes (only
+        nested elements) and XMLin() to discard attributes
+      - added 'suppressempty' option to tell XMLin what to do with elements
+        with no attributes and no content
+      - added 'parseropts' option for specifying options which should be
+        passed to the underlying XML::Parser object
+      - added 'forcecontent' option to force text content to parse to a
+        hash value even if the element has no attributes
+      - fix for forcearray getting applied to text content
+      - integrated patch from Paul Lindner to work around filenames sometimes
+        being seen as XML when running under mod_perl
+      - integrated patch from Edward Avis: filename '-' means stdin
+      - fixed bug where a missing key attribute could cause a crash
+      - added a warning message for above situation
+      - added 'support' for CDATA sections - they always worked, but now
+        they're in the test suite which should ensure they keep working
+      - fixed error message when caching enabled but parsing from filehandle
+      - fixed empty elements being skipped by XMLout() when folding enabled
+      - fixed text content of '0' being skipped by XMLout()
 
 1.04  Apr 03 2000
-	- fix for text content being skipped by XMLout
-	- added (optional) OO interface for changing default options
-	- added 'keeproot' option (requested by Mark D. Anderson - MDA)
-	- added 'contentkey' option (also requested by MDA)
-	- incorporated 'forcearray' as arrayref patch from Andrew McNaughton
+      - fix for text content being skipped by XMLout
+      - added (optional) OO interface for changing default options
+      - added 'keeproot' option (requested by Mark D. Anderson - MDA)
+      - added 'contentkey' option (also requested by MDA)
+      - incorporated 'forcearray' as arrayref patch from Andrew McNaughton
 
 1.03  Mar 05 2000
-	- added 'maketest' script for make impaired platforms
-	- yet more cross platform robustness added to test scripts incl
-	  workaround for Win32 problem where writing to file changed contents
-	  but not timestamp(!)
-	- backed out one overzealous use of File::Spec in test script
-	- POD updates including XML::Twig description contributed by Michel
-	  Rodriguez
+      - added 'maketest' script for make impaired platforms
+      - yet more cross platform robustness added to test scripts incl
+        workaround for Win32 problem where writing to file changed contents
+        but not timestamp(!)
+      - backed out one overzealous use of File::Spec in test script
+      - POD updates including XML::Twig description contributed by Michel
+        Rodriguez
 
 1.02b Feb 16 2000 - limited distribution beta
-	- reinstated locking with new backwards compatibility code
-	- fixed platform dependant pathname handling to use File::Basename &
-	  File::Spec in XML::Simple.pm and test scripts
-	- fixed bug causing XMLout() to incorrectly barf on what it thought was
-	  a recursive data structure
-	- removed spurious checking code which stopped XMLout unfolding a
-	  single nested hash
-	- fixed t/4_MemShare.t to gracefully cope with the absense of utime()
-	- changed t/3_Storable.t and t/5_MemCopy.t to skip gracefully if no
-	  Storable.pm
-	- removed superflous eval blocks around requires
+      - reinstated locking with new backwards compatibility code
+      - fixed platform dependant pathname handling to use File::Basename &
+        File::Spec in XML::Simple.pm and test scripts
+      - fixed bug causing XMLout() to incorrectly barf on what it thought was
+        a recursive data structure
+      - removed spurious checking code which stopped XMLout unfolding a
+        single nested hash
+      - fixed t/4_MemShare.t to gracefully cope with the absense of utime()
+      - changed t/3_Storable.t and t/5_MemCopy.t to skip gracefully if no
+        Storable.pm
+      - removed superflous eval blocks around requires
 
 1.01  Dec  1 1999
-	- removed faulty locking code pending a fix
+      - removed faulty locking code pending a fix
 
 1.00  Nov 25 1999
-	- added escaping feature + noescape option
-	- added xmldecl option
-	- further tidy ups for thread safing
-	- more POD revisions (incl: pointers to other modules)
+      - added escaping feature + noescape option
+      - added xmldecl option
+      - further tidy ups for thread safing
+      - more POD revisions (incl: pointers to other modules)
 
 0.95  Nov  2 1999
-	- added rootname option
-	- added outputfile option
-	- lots of internal tidy ups for thread safing
-	- fixed bug in check for XML string to XMLin()
-	- extra tests (esp option handling)
+      - added rootname option
+      - added outputfile option
+      - lots of internal tidy ups for thread safing
+      - fixed bug in check for XML string to XMLin()
+      - extra tests (esp option handling)
 
 0.90  Oct 14 1999 (first beta release)
-	- module renamed to XML::Simple ready for CPAN upload
-	- XMLToOpt() renamed to XMLin()
-	- OptToXML() renamed to XMLout()
-	- added 'convert' script
+      - module renamed to XML::Simple ready for CPAN upload
+      - XMLToOpt() renamed to XMLin()
+      - OptToXML() renamed to XMLout()
+      - added 'convert' script
 
 0.05  Sep 18 1999
-	- fixed location of XML.pm in distribution (make install didn't work)
-	- added tests for MemCopy
-	- fixed ABSTRACT_FROM in Makefile.PL
-	- fixed PREREQ_PM in Makefile.PL
+      - fixed location of XML.pm in distribution (make install didn't work)
+      - added tests for MemCopy
+      - fixed ABSTRACT_FROM in Makefile.PL
+      - fixed PREREQ_PM in Makefile.PL
 
 0.04  Aug 10 1999
-	- added caching using Storable.pm
-        - updated MANIFEST to include missing test files
+      - added caching using Storable.pm
+      - updated MANIFEST to include missing test files
 
 0.03  Jun 20 1999
-        - rewrite of OptToXML
-	- anonymous array support
-	- more and better test routines
-	- POD updates
+      - rewrite of OptToXML
+      - anonymous array support
+      - more and better test routines
+      - POD updates
 
 0.02  Jun 10 1999
-	- added support for OptToXML
-	- fixed searchpath inconsistencies
-	- added 'forcearray' option
-	- POD improvements
-	- much improved test routines
+      - added support for OptToXML
+      - fixed searchpath inconsistencies
+      - added 'forcearray' option
+      - POD improvements
+      - much improved test routines
 
 0.01  May 27 1999
-	- original version; created by h2xs 1.18
-	- module called 'Getopt::XML'
-	- included basic XMLToOpt routine
+      - original version; created by h2xs 1.18
+      - module called 'Getopt::XML'
+      - included basic XMLToOpt routine
 

Index: README
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RCS file: /cvsroot/perl-xml/xml-simple/README,v
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--- README	20 Jan 2003 07:48:59 -0000	1.8
+++ README	10 Apr 2003 10:21:29 -0000	1.9
@@ -56,16 +56,26 @@
 
 STATUS
 
-  This version (2.03) is the current stable release.
+  This version (2.04) is the current stable release.
 
   Please send any feedback to the author: gr...@cp...
 
 
 NEW IN THIS RELEASE
+  - new 'GroupTags' option (patch from Michel Rodriguez)
+  - optionally collapse 'content' hashes to scalars after folding
+    (also from Michel)
+  - new variable substitution facility via 'Variables' and 'VarAttr'
+    options (Michel again)
+  - new 'NormaliseSpace' option (suggested by Alex Manoussakis)
+  - option names are no longer case-sensitive and can include '_'
+  - XMLin() and XMLout() aliased to xml_in() and xml_out()
+
+  New in Version 2.03
   - fixed circular reference check which was incorrectly catching
     'parallel' references (patch from Theo Lengyel)
 
-  New in Version 2.03:
+  New in Version 2.02:
   - changed Storable calls to use locking
 
   New in Version 2.01: