=item *
some platform specific improvements (including for VMS and Cygwin), with
-an optimization on C<abs2rel()> when handling both relative arguments.
+an optimization on C<abs2rel> when handling both relative arguments.
=back
=item *
-Improve g++ handling for systems using GDBM compatibility headers.
+Improve F<g++> handling for systems using GDBM compatibility headers.
=back
=item *
-[RT #40267] PerlIO::scalar doesn't respect readonly-ness
+[RT #40267] C<PerlIO::scalar> doesn't respect readonly-ness
=back
=item *
-Added new function C<GetCurrentProcessId()> which returns the regular Window
+Added new function C<GetCurrentProcessId> which returns the regular Window
process identifier of the current process, even when called from within a fork.
=back
=back
L<perllocale> documentation is adjusted for the number of localization and
-C<POSIX::setlocale()> to fix Debian bug #379463.
+C<POSIX::setlocale> to fix Debian bug #379463.
L<perlmodlib> is updated with C<CPAN::API::HOWTO> and
C<Sys::Syslog::win32::Win32>
=head2 Configuration improvements
-C<Configure> is now better at removing temporary files. Tom Callaway
+F<Configure> is now better at removing temporary files. Tom Callaway
(from RedHat) also contributed patches that completes the set of flags
passed to the compiler and the linker, in particular that C<-fPIC> is now
enabled on Linux. It will also croak when your F</dev/null> isn't a device.
-A new configuration variable C<d_pseudofork> has been to C<Configure>, and is
+A new configuration variable C<d_pseudofork> has been to F<Configure>, and is
available as C<$Config{d_pseudofork}> in the C<Config> module. This
distinguishes real C<fork> support from the pseudofork emulation used on
Windows platforms.
-C<Config.pod> and C<config.sh> are now placed correctly for cross-compilation.
+F<Config.pod> and F<config.sh> are now placed correctly for cross-compilation.
C<$Config{useshrplib}> is now 'true' rather than 'yes' when using a shared perl
library.
=item *
-Calling CORE::require()
+Calling C<CORE::require>
C<CORE::require> and C<CORE::do> were always parsed as C<require> and C<do>
when they were overridden. This is now fixed.
=item *
-A segfault observed with some gcc 3.3 optimisations is resolved.
+A segfault observed with some F<gcc> 3.3 optimisations is resolved.
=item *
=item *
-Fixed bug RT #32539, C<DynaLoader.o> is moved into C<libperl.so> to avoid the need to
-statically link DynaLoader into the stub perl executable. With this C<libperl.so>
-provides everything needed to get a functional embedded perl interpreter to run.
+Fixed bug RT #32539, F<DynaLoader.o> is moved into F<libperl.so> to avoid the
+need to statically link DynaLoader into the stub perl executable. With this
+F<libperl.so> provides everything needed to get a functional embedded perl
+interpreter to run.
=item *
=item *
-Fixed bug RT #54828 in C<perlio.c> when calling C<binmode> on Win32 and Cgywin
+Fixed bug RT #54828 in F<perlio.c> when calling C<binmode> on Win32 and Cgywin
may cause segmentation fault.
=back
=item *
-tr/// is now threadsafe. Previously it was storing a swash inside its OP,
+C<tr///> is now threadsafe. Previously it was storing a swash inside its OP,
rather than in a pad.
=item *
-C<pod2html> labels anchors more consistently and handles nested definition
+F<pod2html> labels anchors more consistently and handles nested definition
lists better.
=item *
C<newSVpvn("ISA", 3)>. It takes a single string constant, and at C compile
time determines its length.
-The new API function C<newSV_type()> can be used as a more efficient replacement
-of the common idiom
+The new API function C<Perl_newSV_type()> can be used as a more efficient
+replacement of the common idiom
sv = newSV(0);
sv_upgrade(sv, type);