version 0.014; 2014-02-06

  * bugfix: suppress any CORE::GLOBAL::require override, where possible,
    to avoid use_package_optimistically() being misled into treating
    missing modules as broken

  * bugfix: in use_module() and use_package_optimistically(), pass a
    supplied VERSION parameter through for the version check even if it
    is undef

  * tighten use_package_optimistically()'s recognition of can't-locate
    errors (the same way that base.pm has recently been tightened),
    so that, when a module fails to load because a module that it uses
    isn't available, the outer module will be perceived as broken rather
    than missing

  * update documentation notes about the state of Unicode handling for
    module names

  * in META.{yml,json}, point to public git repository

version 0.013; 2012-02-16

  * fix false failure of the test for lack of unintended dependencies
    that occurred on systems using a sitecustomize.pl

version 0.012; 2012-02-12

  * work around Perl core bug [perl #68590] regarding leakage of %^H
    into modules being loaded

  * work around Perl core bug that made a failed module loading appear
    successful when re-requiring the same module

  * duplicate is_string() from Params::Classify, rather than importing it,
    to avoid circular dependency problems (affecting both installation
    and runtime)

  * duplicate minimal exporting behaviour from Exporter, and avoid using
    the "feature", "warnings", "strict", and "parent" pragmata, to allow
    for possible future use of this module by any infrastructure module

  * document core bug workarounds

  * document module name syntax more prominently, and discuss the state
    of Unicode handling

  * tweak documentation of use_package_optimistically()

  * test behaviour with tainted module name

  * test lack of unwanted eval frame around require

  * give test modules more meaningful names

  * convert .cvsignore to .gitignore

version 0.011; 2011-10-24

  * bugfix: in require_module() and use_module(), work around a Perl
    core bug affecting Perl 5.8 and 5.10 that could pass the wrong
    context to the file scope of a required file, which breaks some
    modules; this bug would only rarely afflict the core's require()
    in situations where it would afflict require_module()

version 0.010; 2011-10-07

  * bugfix: in use_package_optimistically(), fix regexp interpolation
    that broke operation if the module was loaded from a path containing
    metacharacters

version 0.009; 2011-10-04

  * new function module_notional_filename()

  * simplify behaviour of use_package_optimistically() to match simplified
    base.pm 2.18

version 0.008; 2011-05-16

  * change usage of Params::Classify functions to take advantage of
    custom ops in Params::Classify 0.012

  * use full stricture in test suite

  * in Build.PL, complete declaration of configure-time requirements

  * explicitly state version required of Params::Classify

  * include META.json in distribution

  * add MYMETA.json and MYMETA.yml to .cvsignore

version 0.007; 2010-03-19

  * add "check_" functions for argument checking

  * supply regexps to check module name and spec syntax

  * in "is_" functions, also cleanly handle non-string arguments

  * in require_module() (also affecting use_module()), call require()
    as a function (with appropriate name translation) instead of using
    string eval, to avoid unnecessary complication of exception handling

  * provide the "is_valid_" functions under shorter "is_" names

  * revise POD markup

  * check for required Perl version at runtime

  * in tests, supply test modules to avoid requiring unrelated math
    modules

  * in Build.PL, explicitly declare configure-time requirements

  * remove bogus "exit 0" from Build.PL

version 0.006; 2009-05-19

  * bugfix: avoid unreliable "\w" in regexps in code

  * document that module name syntax is restricted to ASCII

  * use simpler "parent" pragma in place of "base"

  * in documentation, use the term "truth value" instead of the less
    precise "boolean"

  * use full stricture in Build.PL

version 0.005; 2007-09-17

  * bugfix: override any ambient $SIG{__DIE__} handler when using eval { }

  * use "base" pragma to import Exporter behaviour

  * test POD syntax and coverage, and rename an internal function to
    satisfy the coverage test

  * build with Module::Build instead of ExtUtils::MakeMaker

  * complete dependency list

  * include signature in distribution

  * in documentation, separate "license" section from "copyright" section

version 0.004; 2007-08-12

  * change choice of module to test use_package_optimistically(), because
    some old versions of Math::BigInt don't have a version number which
    was causing a false test failure

version 0.003; 2007-01-27

  * loosen tests to work with perl v5.9's changed diagnostics

version 0.002; 2006-06-15

  * new function use_package_optimistically() to duplicate the "base"
    pragma's quiet module loading

  * insert missing bracket in documentation for use_module()

version 0.001; 2004-10-29

  * new function use_module()

  * document return value of require_module()

  * more stringent tests for the return value of require_module()

  * explicitly declare lack of module dependencies in Makefile.PL

  * include Changes file

version 0.000; 2004-02-15

  * initial released version