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1 | =head1 NAME |
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70693193 | 3 | perl588delta - what is new for perl v5.8.8 |
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4 | |
5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
6 | ||
7 | This document describes differences between the 5.8.7 release and | |
8 | the 5.8.8 release. | |
9 | ||
10 | =head1 Incompatible Changes | |
11 | ||
12 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.8.7. If any exist, | |
13 | they are bugs and reports are welcome. | |
14 | ||
15 | =head1 Core Enhancements | |
16 | ||
17 | =over | |
18 | ||
19 | =item * | |
20 | ||
21 | C<chdir>, C<chmod> and C<chown> can now work on filehandles as well as | |
22 | filenames, if the system supports respectively C<fchdir>, C<fchmod> and | |
23 | C<fchown>, thanks to a patch provided by Gisle Aas. | |
24 | ||
25 | =back | |
26 | ||
27 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
28 | ||
29 | =over | |
30 | ||
31 | =item * | |
32 | ||
33 | C<Attribute::Handlers> upgraded to version 0.78_02 | |
34 | ||
35 | =over | |
36 | ||
37 | =item * | |
38 | ||
39 | Documentation typo fix | |
40 | ||
41 | =back | |
42 | ||
43 | =item * | |
44 | ||
45 | C<attrs> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
46 | ||
47 | =over | |
48 | ||
49 | =item * | |
50 | ||
51 | Internal cleanup only | |
52 | ||
53 | =back | |
54 | ||
55 | =item * | |
56 | ||
57 | C<autouse> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
58 | ||
59 | =over | |
60 | ||
61 | =item * | |
62 | ||
63 | Simplified implementation | |
64 | ||
65 | =back | |
66 | ||
67 | =item * | |
68 | ||
69 | C<B> upgraded to version 1.09_01 | |
70 | ||
71 | =over | |
72 | ||
73 | =item * | |
74 | ||
75 | The inheritance hierarchy of the C<B::> modules has been corrected; | |
76 | C<B::NV> now inherits from C<B::SV> (instead of C<B::IV>). | |
77 | ||
78 | =back | |
79 | ||
80 | =item * | |
81 | ||
82 | C<blib> upgraded to version 1.03 | |
83 | ||
84 | =over | |
85 | ||
86 | =item * | |
87 | ||
88 | Documentation typo fix | |
89 | ||
90 | =back | |
91 | ||
92 | =item * | |
93 | ||
94 | C<ByteLoader> upgraded to version 0.06 | |
95 | ||
96 | =over | |
97 | ||
98 | =item * | |
99 | ||
100 | Internal cleanup | |
101 | ||
102 | =back | |
103 | ||
104 | =item * | |
105 | ||
106 | C<CGI> upgraded to version 3.15 | |
107 | ||
108 | =over | |
109 | ||
110 | =item * | |
111 | ||
112 | Extraneous "?" from C<self_url()> removed | |
113 | ||
114 | =item * | |
115 | ||
116 | C<scrolling_list()> select attribute fixed | |
117 | ||
118 | =item * | |
119 | ||
120 | C<virtual_port> now works properly with the https protocol | |
121 | ||
122 | =item * | |
123 | ||
124 | C<upload_hook()> and C<append()> now works in function-oriented mode | |
125 | ||
126 | =item * | |
127 | ||
128 | C<POST_MAX> doesn't cause the client to hang any more | |
129 | ||
130 | =item * | |
131 | ||
132 | Automatic tab indexes are now disabled and new C<-tabindex> pragma has | |
133 | been added to turn automatic indexes back on | |
134 | ||
135 | =item * | |
136 | ||
137 | C<end_form()> doesn't emit empty (and non-validating) C<< <div> >> | |
138 | ||
139 | =item * | |
140 | ||
141 | C<CGI::Carp> works better in certain mod_perl configurations | |
142 | ||
143 | =item * | |
144 | ||
145 | Setting C<$CGI::TMPDIRECTORY> is now effective | |
146 | ||
147 | =item * | |
148 | ||
149 | Enhanced documentation | |
150 | ||
151 | =back | |
152 | ||
153 | =item * | |
154 | ||
155 | C<charnames> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
156 | ||
157 | =over | |
158 | ||
159 | =item * | |
160 | ||
161 | C<viacode()> now accept hex strings and has been optimized. | |
162 | ||
163 | =back | |
164 | ||
165 | =item * | |
166 | ||
167 | C<CPAN> upgraded to version 1.76_02 | |
168 | ||
169 | =over | |
170 | ||
171 | =item * | |
172 | ||
173 | 1 minor bug fix for Win32 | |
174 | ||
175 | =back | |
176 | ||
177 | =item * | |
178 | ||
179 | C<Cwd> upgraded to version 3.12 | |
180 | ||
181 | =over | |
182 | ||
183 | =item * | |
184 | ||
185 | C<canonpath()> on Win32 now collapses F<foo\..> sections correctly. | |
186 | ||
187 | =item * | |
188 | ||
189 | Improved behaviour on Symbian OS. | |
190 | ||
191 | =item * | |
192 | ||
193 | Enhanced documentation and typo fixes | |
194 | ||
195 | =item * | |
196 | ||
197 | Internal cleanup | |
198 | ||
199 | =back | |
200 | ||
201 | =item * | |
202 | ||
203 | C<Data::Dumper> upgraded to version 2.121_08 | |
204 | ||
205 | =over | |
206 | ||
207 | =item * | |
208 | ||
209 | A problem where C<Data::Dumper> would sometimes update the iterator state | |
210 | of hashes has been fixed | |
211 | ||
212 | =item * | |
213 | ||
214 | Numeric labels now work | |
215 | ||
216 | =item * | |
217 | ||
218 | Internal cleanup | |
219 | ||
220 | =back | |
221 | ||
222 | =item * | |
223 | ||
224 | C<DB> upgraded to version 1.01 | |
225 | ||
226 | =over | |
227 | ||
228 | =item * | |
229 | ||
230 | A problem where the state of the regexp engine would sometimes get clobbered when running | |
231 | under the debugger has been fixed. | |
232 | ||
233 | =back | |
234 | ||
235 | =item * | |
236 | ||
237 | C<DB_File> upgraded to version 1.814 | |
238 | ||
239 | =over | |
240 | ||
241 | =item * | |
242 | ||
243 | Adds support for Berkeley DB 4.4. | |
244 | ||
245 | =back | |
246 | ||
247 | =item * | |
248 | ||
249 | C<Devel::DProf> upgraded to version 20050603.00 | |
250 | ||
251 | =over | |
252 | ||
253 | =item * | |
254 | ||
255 | Internal cleanup | |
256 | ||
257 | =back | |
258 | ||
259 | =item * | |
260 | ||
261 | C<Devel::Peek> upgraded to version 1.03 | |
262 | ||
263 | =over | |
264 | ||
265 | =item * | |
266 | ||
267 | Internal cleanup | |
268 | ||
269 | =back | |
270 | ||
271 | =item * | |
272 | ||
273 | C<Devel::PPPort> upgraded to version 3.06_01 | |
274 | ||
275 | =over | |
276 | ||
277 | =item * | |
278 | ||
279 | C<--compat-version> argument checking has been improved | |
280 | ||
281 | =item * | |
282 | ||
283 | Files passed on the command line are filtered by default | |
284 | ||
285 | =item * | |
286 | ||
287 | C<--nofilter> option to override the filtering has been added | |
288 | ||
289 | =item * | |
290 | ||
291 | Enhanced documentation | |
292 | ||
293 | =back | |
294 | ||
295 | =item * | |
296 | ||
297 | C<diagnostics> upgraded to version 1.15 | |
298 | ||
299 | =over | |
300 | ||
301 | =item * | |
302 | ||
303 | Documentation typo fix | |
304 | ||
305 | =back | |
306 | ||
307 | =item * | |
308 | ||
309 | C<Digest> upgraded to version 1.14 | |
310 | ||
311 | =over | |
312 | ||
313 | =item * | |
314 | ||
315 | The constructor now knows which module implements SHA-224 | |
316 | ||
317 | =item * | |
318 | ||
319 | Documentation tweaks and typo fixes | |
320 | ||
321 | =back | |
322 | ||
323 | =item * | |
324 | ||
325 | C<Digest::MD5> upgraded to version 2.36 | |
326 | ||
327 | =over | |
328 | ||
329 | =item * | |
330 | ||
331 | C<XSLoader> is now used for faster loading | |
332 | ||
333 | =item * | |
334 | ||
335 | Enhanced documentation including MD5 weaknesses discovered lately | |
336 | ||
337 | =back | |
338 | ||
339 | =item * | |
340 | ||
341 | C<Dumpvalue> upgraded to version 1.12 | |
342 | ||
343 | =over | |
344 | ||
345 | =item * | |
346 | ||
347 | Documentation fix | |
348 | ||
349 | =back | |
350 | ||
351 | =item * | |
352 | ||
353 | C<DynaLoader> upgraded but unfortunately we're not able to increment its version number :-( | |
354 | ||
355 | =over | |
356 | ||
357 | =item * | |
358 | ||
359 | Implements C<dl_unload_file> on Win32 | |
360 | ||
361 | =item * | |
362 | ||
363 | Internal cleanup | |
364 | ||
365 | =item * | |
366 | ||
367 | C<XSLoader> 0.06 incorporated; small optimisation for calling | |
368 | C<bootstrap_inherit()> and documentation enhancements. | |
369 | ||
370 | =back | |
371 | ||
372 | =item * | |
373 | ||
374 | C<Encode> upgraded to version 2.12 | |
375 | ||
376 | =over | |
377 | ||
378 | =item * | |
379 | ||
380 | A coderef is now acceptable for C<CHECK>! | |
381 | ||
382 | =item * | |
383 | ||
384 | 3 new characters added to the ISO-8859-7 encoding | |
385 | ||
386 | =item * | |
387 | ||
388 | New encoding C<MIME-Header-ISO_2022_JP> added | |
389 | ||
390 | =item * | |
391 | ||
392 | Problem with partial characters and C<< encoding(utf-8-strict) >> fixed. | |
393 | ||
394 | =item * | |
395 | ||
396 | Documentation enhancements and typo fixes | |
397 | ||
398 | =back | |
399 | ||
400 | =item * | |
401 | ||
402 | C<English> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
403 | ||
404 | =over | |
405 | ||
406 | =item * | |
407 | ||
408 | the C<< $COMPILING >> variable has been added | |
409 | ||
410 | =back | |
411 | ||
412 | =item * | |
413 | ||
414 | C<ExtUtils::Constant> upgraded to version 0.17 | |
415 | ||
416 | =over | |
417 | ||
418 | =item * | |
419 | ||
420 | Improved compatibility with older versions of perl | |
421 | ||
422 | =back | |
423 | ||
424 | =item * | |
425 | ||
426 | C<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> upgraded to version 6.30 (was 6.17) | |
427 | ||
428 | =over | |
429 | ||
430 | =item * | |
431 | ||
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433 | |
434 | =back | |
435 | ||
436 | =item * | |
437 | ||
438 | C<File::Basename> upgraded to version 2.74, with changes contributed by Michael Schwern. | |
439 | ||
440 | =over | |
441 | ||
442 | =item * | |
443 | ||
444 | Documentation clarified and errors corrected. | |
445 | ||
446 | =item * | |
447 | ||
448 | C<basename> now strips trailing path separators before processing the name. | |
449 | ||
450 | =item * | |
451 | ||
452 | C<basename> now returns C</> for parameter C</>, to make C<basename> | |
453 | consistent with the shell utility of the same name. | |
454 | ||
455 | =item * | |
456 | ||
457 | The suffix is no longer stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters | |
458 | in the name, again for consistency with the shell utility. | |
459 | ||
460 | =item * | |
461 | ||
462 | Some internal code cleanup. | |
463 | ||
464 | =back | |
465 | ||
466 | =item * | |
467 | ||
468 | C<File::Copy> upgraded to version 2.09 | |
469 | ||
470 | =over | |
471 | ||
472 | =item * | |
473 | ||
474 | Copying a file onto itself used to fail. | |
475 | ||
476 | =item * | |
477 | ||
478 | Moving a file between file systems now preserves the access and | |
479 | modification time stamps | |
480 | ||
481 | =back | |
482 | ||
483 | =item * | |
484 | ||
485 | C<File::Find> upgraded to version 1.10 | |
486 | ||
487 | =over | |
488 | ||
489 | =item * | |
490 | ||
491 | Win32 portability fixes | |
492 | ||
493 | =item * | |
494 | ||
495 | Enhanced documentation | |
496 | ||
497 | =back | |
498 | ||
499 | =item * | |
500 | ||
501 | C<File::Glob> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
502 | ||
503 | =over | |
504 | ||
505 | =item * | |
506 | ||
507 | Internal cleanup | |
508 | ||
509 | =back | |
510 | ||
511 | =item * | |
512 | ||
513 | C<File::Path> upgraded to version 1.08 | |
514 | ||
515 | =over | |
516 | ||
517 | =item * | |
518 | ||
519 | C<mkpath> now preserves C<errno> when C<mkdir> fails | |
520 | ||
521 | =back | |
522 | ||
523 | =item * | |
524 | ||
525 | C<File::Spec> upgraded to version 3.12 | |
526 | ||
527 | =over | |
528 | ||
529 | =item * | |
530 | ||
531 | C<File::Spec->rootdir()> now returns C<\> on Win32, instead of C</> | |
532 | ||
533 | =item * | |
534 | ||
535 | C<$^O> could sometimes become tainted. This has been fixed. | |
536 | ||
537 | =item * | |
538 | ||
539 | C<canonpath> on Win32 now collapses C<foo/..> (or C<foo\..>) sections | |
540 | correctly, rather than doing the "misguided" work it was previously doing. | |
541 | Note that C<canonpath> on Unix still does B<not> collapse these sections, as | |
542 | doing so would be incorrect. | |
543 | ||
544 | =item * | |
545 | ||
546 | Some documentation improvements | |
547 | ||
548 | =item * | |
549 | ||
550 | Some internal code cleanup | |
551 | ||
552 | =back | |
553 | ||
554 | =item * | |
555 | ||
556 | C<FileCache> upgraded to version 1.06 | |
557 | ||
558 | =over | |
559 | ||
560 | =item * | |
561 | ||
562 | POD formatting errors in the documentation fixed | |
563 | ||
564 | =back | |
565 | ||
566 | =item * | |
567 | ||
568 | C<Filter::Simple> upgraded to version 0.82 | |
569 | ||
570 | =item * | |
571 | ||
572 | C<FindBin> upgraded to version 1.47 | |
573 | ||
574 | =over | |
575 | ||
576 | =item * | |
577 | ||
578 | Now works better with directories where access rights are more | |
579 | restrictive than usual. | |
580 | ||
581 | =back | |
582 | ||
583 | =item * | |
584 | ||
585 | C<GDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.08 | |
586 | ||
587 | =over | |
588 | ||
589 | =item * | |
590 | ||
591 | Internal cleanup | |
592 | ||
593 | =back | |
594 | ||
595 | =item * | |
596 | ||
597 | C<Getopt::Long> upgraded to version 2.35 | |
598 | ||
599 | =over | |
600 | ||
601 | =item * | |
602 | ||
603 | C<prefix_pattern> has now been complemented by a new configuration | |
604 | option C<long_prefix_pattern> that allows the user to specify what | |
605 | prefix patterns should have long option style semantics applied. | |
606 | ||
607 | =item * | |
608 | ||
609 | Options can now take multiple values at once (experimental) | |
610 | ||
611 | =item * | |
612 | ||
613 | Various bug fixes | |
614 | ||
615 | =back | |
616 | ||
617 | =item * | |
618 | ||
619 | C<if> upgraded to version 0.05 | |
620 | ||
621 | =over | |
622 | ||
623 | =item * | |
624 | ||
625 | Give more meaningful error messages from C<if> when invoked with a | |
626 | condition in list context. | |
627 | ||
628 | =item * | |
629 | ||
630 | Restore backwards compatibility with earlier versions of perl | |
631 | ||
632 | =back | |
633 | ||
634 | =item * | |
635 | ||
636 | C<IO> upgraded to version 1.22 | |
637 | ||
638 | =over | |
639 | ||
640 | =item * | |
641 | ||
642 | Enhanced documentation | |
643 | ||
644 | =item * | |
645 | ||
646 | Internal cleanup | |
647 | ||
648 | =back | |
649 | ||
650 | =item * | |
651 | ||
652 | C<IPC::Open2> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
653 | ||
654 | =over | |
655 | ||
656 | =item * | |
657 | ||
658 | Enhanced documentation | |
659 | ||
660 | =back | |
661 | ||
662 | =item * | |
663 | ||
664 | C<IPC::Open3> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
665 | ||
666 | =over | |
667 | ||
668 | =item * | |
669 | ||
670 | Enhanced documentation | |
671 | ||
672 | =back | |
673 | ||
674 | =item * | |
675 | ||
676 | C<List::Util> upgraded to version 1.18 (was 1.14) | |
677 | ||
678 | =over | |
679 | ||
680 | =item * | |
681 | ||
682 | Fix pure-perl version of C<refaddr> to avoid blessing an un-blessed reference | |
683 | ||
684 | =item * | |
685 | ||
686 | Use C<XSLoader> for faster loading | |
687 | ||
688 | =item * | |
689 | ||
690 | Fixed various memory leaks | |
691 | ||
692 | =item * | |
693 | ||
694 | Internal cleanup and portability fixes | |
695 | ||
696 | =back | |
697 | ||
698 | =item * | |
699 | ||
700 | C<Math::Complex> upgraded to version 1.35 | |
701 | ||
702 | =over | |
703 | ||
704 | =item * | |
705 | ||
706 | C<atan2(0, i)> now works, as do all the (computable) complex argument cases | |
707 | ||
708 | =item * | |
709 | ||
710 | Fixes for certain bugs in C<make> and C<emake> | |
711 | ||
712 | =item * | |
713 | ||
714 | Support returning the I<k>th root directly | |
715 | ||
716 | =item * | |
717 | ||
718 | Support C<[2,-3pi/8]> in C<emake> | |
719 | ||
720 | =item * | |
721 | ||
722 | Support C<inf> for C<make>/C<emake> | |
723 | ||
724 | =item * | |
725 | ||
726 | Document C<make>/C<emake> more visibly | |
727 | ||
728 | =back | |
729 | ||
730 | =item * | |
731 | ||
732 | C<Math::Trig> upgraded to version 1.03 | |
733 | ||
734 | =over | |
735 | ||
736 | =item * | |
737 | ||
738 | Add more great circle routines: C<great_circle_waypoint> and | |
739 | C<great_circle_destination> | |
740 | ||
741 | =back | |
742 | ||
743 | =item * | |
744 | ||
745 | C<MIME::Base64> upgraded to version 3.07 | |
746 | ||
747 | =over | |
748 | ||
749 | =item * | |
750 | ||
751 | Use C<XSLoader> for faster loading | |
752 | ||
753 | =item * | |
754 | ||
755 | Enhanced documentation | |
756 | ||
757 | =item * | |
758 | ||
759 | Internal cleanup | |
760 | ||
761 | =back | |
762 | ||
763 | =item * | |
764 | ||
765 | C<NDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.06 | |
766 | ||
767 | =over | |
768 | ||
769 | =item * | |
770 | ||
771 | Enhanced documentation | |
772 | ||
773 | =back | |
774 | ||
775 | =item * | |
776 | ||
777 | C<ODBM_File> upgraded to version 1.06 | |
778 | ||
779 | =over | |
780 | ||
781 | =item * | |
782 | ||
783 | Documentation typo fixed | |
784 | ||
785 | =item * | |
786 | ||
787 | Internal cleanup | |
788 | ||
789 | =back | |
790 | ||
791 | =item * | |
792 | ||
793 | C<Opcode> upgraded to version 1.06 | |
794 | ||
795 | =over | |
796 | ||
797 | =item * | |
798 | ||
799 | Enhanced documentation | |
800 | ||
801 | =item * | |
802 | ||
803 | Internal cleanup | |
804 | ||
805 | =back | |
806 | ||
807 | =item * | |
808 | ||
809 | C<open> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
810 | ||
811 | =over | |
812 | ||
813 | =item * | |
814 | ||
815 | Enhanced documentation | |
816 | ||
817 | =back | |
818 | ||
819 | =item * | |
820 | ||
821 | C<overload> upgraded to version 1.04 | |
822 | ||
823 | =over | |
824 | ||
825 | =item * | |
826 | ||
827 | Enhanced documentation | |
828 | ||
829 | =back | |
830 | ||
831 | =item * | |
832 | ||
833 | C<PerlIO> upgraded to version 1.04 | |
834 | ||
835 | =over | |
836 | ||
837 | =item * | |
838 | ||
839 | C<PerlIO::via> iterate over layers properly now | |
840 | ||
841 | =item * | |
842 | ||
843 | C<PerlIO::scalar> understands C<< $/ = "" >> now | |
844 | ||
845 | =item * | |
846 | ||
847 | C<encoding(utf-8-strict)> with partial characters now works | |
848 | ||
849 | =item * | |
850 | ||
851 | Enhanced documentation | |
852 | ||
853 | =item * | |
854 | ||
855 | Internal cleanup | |
856 | ||
857 | =back | |
858 | ||
859 | =item * | |
860 | ||
861 | C<Pod::Functions> upgraded to version 1.03 | |
862 | ||
863 | =over | |
864 | ||
865 | =item * | |
866 | ||
867 | Documentation typos fixed | |
868 | ||
869 | =back | |
870 | ||
871 | =item * | |
872 | ||
873 | C<Pod::Html> upgraded to version 1.0504 | |
874 | ||
875 | =over | |
876 | ||
877 | =item * | |
878 | ||
879 | HTML output will now correctly link | |
880 | to C<=item>s on the same page, and should be valid XHTML. | |
881 | ||
882 | =item * | |
883 | ||
884 | Variable names are recognized as intended | |
885 | ||
886 | =item * | |
887 | ||
888 | Documentation typos fixed | |
889 | ||
890 | =back | |
891 | ||
892 | =item * | |
893 | ||
894 | C<Pod::Parser> upgraded to version 1.32 | |
895 | ||
896 | =over | |
897 | ||
898 | =item * | |
899 | ||
900 | Allow files that start with C<=head> on the first line | |
901 | ||
902 | =item * | |
903 | ||
904 | Win32 portability fix | |
905 | ||
906 | =item * | |
907 | ||
908 | Exit status of C<pod2usage> fixed | |
909 | ||
910 | =item * | |
911 | ||
912 | New C<-noperldoc> switch for C<pod2usage> | |
913 | ||
914 | =item * | |
915 | ||
916 | Arbitrary URL schemes now allowed | |
917 | ||
918 | =item * | |
919 | ||
920 | Documentation typos fixed | |
921 | ||
922 | =back | |
923 | ||
924 | =item * | |
925 | ||
926 | C<POSIX> upgraded to version 1.09 | |
927 | ||
928 | =over | |
929 | ||
930 | =item * | |
931 | ||
932 | Documentation typos fixed | |
933 | ||
934 | =item * | |
935 | ||
936 | Internal cleanup | |
937 | ||
938 | =back | |
939 | ||
940 | =item * | |
941 | ||
942 | C<re> upgraded to version 0.05 | |
943 | ||
944 | =over | |
945 | ||
946 | =item * | |
947 | ||
948 | Documentation typo fixed | |
949 | ||
950 | =back | |
951 | ||
952 | =item * | |
953 | ||
954 | C<Safe> upgraded to version 2.12 | |
955 | ||
956 | =over | |
957 | ||
958 | =item * | |
959 | ||
960 | Minor documentation enhancement | |
961 | ||
962 | =back | |
963 | ||
964 | =item * | |
965 | ||
966 | C<SDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
967 | ||
968 | =over | |
969 | ||
970 | =item * | |
971 | ||
972 | Documentation typo fixed | |
973 | ||
974 | =item * | |
975 | ||
976 | Internal cleanup | |
977 | ||
978 | =back | |
979 | ||
980 | =item * | |
981 | ||
982 | C<Socket> upgraded to version 1.78 | |
983 | ||
984 | =over | |
985 | ||
986 | =item * | |
987 | ||
988 | Internal cleanup | |
989 | ||
990 | =back | |
991 | ||
992 | =item * | |
993 | ||
994 | C<Storable> upgraded to version 2.15 | |
995 | ||
996 | =over | |
997 | ||
998 | =item * | |
999 | ||
1000 | This includes the C<STORABLE_attach> hook functionality added by | |
1001 | Adam Kennedy, and more frugal memory requirements when storing under C<ithreads>, by | |
1002 | using the C<ithreads> cloning tracking code. | |
1003 | ||
1004 | =back | |
1005 | ||
1006 | =item * | |
1007 | ||
1008 | C<Switch> upgraded to version 2.10_01 | |
1009 | ||
1010 | =over | |
1011 | ||
1012 | =item * | |
1013 | ||
1014 | Documentation typos fixed | |
1015 | ||
1016 | =back | |
1017 | ||
1018 | =item * | |
1019 | ||
1020 | C<Sys::Syslog> upgraded to version 0.13 | |
1021 | ||
1022 | =over | |
1023 | ||
1024 | =item * | |
1025 | ||
1026 | Now provides numeric macros and meaningful C<Exporter> tags. | |
1027 | ||
1028 | =item * | |
1029 | ||
1030 | No longer uses C<Sys::Hostname> as it may provide useless values in | |
1031 | unconfigured network environments, so instead uses C<INADDR_LOOPBACK> directly. | |
1032 | ||
1033 | =item * | |
1034 | ||
1035 | C<syslog()> now uses local timestamp. | |
1036 | ||
1037 | =item * | |
1038 | ||
1039 | C<setlogmask()> now behaves like its C counterpart. | |
1040 | ||
1041 | =item * | |
1042 | ||
1043 | C<setlogsock()> will now C<croak()> as documented. | |
1044 | ||
1045 | =item * | |
1046 | ||
1047 | Improved error and warnings messages. | |
1048 | ||
1049 | =item * | |
1050 | ||
1051 | Improved documentation. | |
1052 | ||
1053 | =back | |
1054 | ||
1055 | =item * | |
1056 | ||
1057 | C<Term::ANSIColor> upgraded to version 1.10 | |
1058 | ||
1059 | =over | |
1060 | ||
1061 | =item * | |
1062 | ||
1063 | Fixes a bug in C<colored> when C<$EACHLINE> is set that caused it to not color | |
1064 | lines consisting solely of 0 (literal zero). | |
1065 | ||
1066 | =item * | |
1067 | ||
1068 | Improved tests. | |
1069 | ||
1070 | =back | |
1071 | ||
1072 | =item * | |
1073 | ||
1074 | C<Term::ReadLine> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
1075 | ||
1076 | =over | |
1077 | ||
1078 | =item * | |
1079 | ||
1080 | Documentation tweaks | |
1081 | ||
1082 | =back | |
1083 | ||
1084 | =item * | |
1085 | ||
1086 | C<Test::Harness> upgraded to version 2.56 (was 2.48) | |
1087 | ||
1088 | =over | |
1089 | ||
1090 | =item * | |
1091 | ||
1092 | The C<Test::Harness> timer is now off by default. | |
1093 | ||
1094 | =item * | |
1095 | ||
1096 | Now shows elapsed time in milliseconds. | |
1097 | ||
1098 | =item * | |
1099 | ||
1100 | Various bug fixes | |
1101 | ||
1102 | =back | |
1103 | ||
1104 | =item * | |
1105 | ||
1106 | C<Test::Simple> upgraded to version 0.62 (was 0.54) | |
1107 | ||
1108 | =over | |
1109 | ||
1110 | =item * | |
1111 | ||
1112 | C<is_deeply()> no longer fails to work for many cases | |
1113 | ||
1114 | =item * | |
1115 | ||
1116 | Various minor bug fixes | |
1117 | ||
1118 | =item * | |
1119 | ||
1120 | Documentation enhancements | |
1121 | ||
1122 | =back | |
1123 | ||
1124 | =item * | |
1125 | ||
1126 | C<Text::Tabs> upgraded to version 2005.0824 | |
1127 | ||
1128 | =over | |
1129 | ||
1130 | =item * | |
1131 | ||
1132 | Provides a faster implementation of C<expand> | |
1133 | ||
1134 | =back | |
1135 | ||
1136 | =item * | |
1137 | ||
1138 | C<Text::Wrap> upgraded to version 2005.082401 | |
1139 | ||
1140 | =over | |
1141 | ||
1142 | =item * | |
1143 | ||
1144 | Adds C<$Text::Wrap::separator2>, which allows you to preserve existing newlines | |
1145 | but add line-breaks with some other string. | |
1146 | ||
1147 | =back | |
1148 | ||
1149 | =item * | |
1150 | ||
1151 | C<threads> upgraded to version 1.07 | |
1152 | ||
1153 | =over | |
1154 | ||
1155 | =item * | |
1156 | ||
1157 | C<threads> will now honour C<no warnings 'threads'> | |
1158 | ||
1159 | =item * | |
1160 | ||
1161 | A thread's interpreter is now freed after C<< $t->join() >> rather than after | |
1162 | C<undef $t>, which should fix some C<ithreads> memory leaks. (Fixed by Dave | |
1163 | Mitchell) | |
1164 | ||
1165 | =item * | |
1166 | ||
1167 | Some documentation typo fixes. | |
1168 | ||
1169 | =back | |
1170 | ||
1171 | =item * | |
1172 | ||
1173 | C<threads::shared> upgraded to version 0.94 | |
1174 | ||
1175 | =over | |
1176 | ||
1177 | =item * | |
1178 | ||
1179 | Documentation changes only | |
1180 | ||
1181 | =item * | |
1182 | ||
1183 | Note: An improved implementation of C<threads::shared> is available on | |
1184 | CPAN - this will be merged into 5.8.9 if it proves stable. | |
1185 | ||
1186 | =back | |
1187 | ||
1188 | =item * | |
1189 | ||
1190 | C<Tie::Hash> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
1191 | ||
1192 | =over | |
1193 | ||
1194 | =item * | |
1195 | ||
1196 | Documentation typo fixed | |
1197 | ||
1198 | =back | |
1199 | ||
1200 | =item * | |
1201 | ||
1202 | C<Time::HiRes> upgraded to version 1.86 (was 1.66) | |
1203 | ||
1204 | =over | |
1205 | ||
1206 | =item * | |
1207 | ||
1208 | C<clock_nanosleep()> and C<clock()> functions added | |
1209 | ||
1210 | =item * | |
1211 | ||
1212 | Support for the POSIX C<clock_gettime()> and C<clock_getres()> has been added | |
1213 | ||
1214 | =item * | |
1215 | ||
1216 | Return C<undef> or an empty list if the C C<gettimeofday()> function fails | |
1217 | ||
1218 | =item * | |
1219 | ||
1220 | Improved C<nanosleep> detection | |
1221 | ||
1222 | =item * | |
1223 | ||
1224 | Internal cleanup | |
1225 | ||
1226 | =item * | |
1227 | ||
1228 | Enhanced documentation | |
1229 | ||
1230 | =back | |
1231 | ||
1232 | =item * | |
1233 | ||
1234 | C<Unicode::Collate> upgraded to version 0.52 | |
1235 | ||
1236 | =over | |
1237 | ||
1238 | =item * | |
1239 | ||
1240 | Now implements UCA Revision 14 (based on Unicode 4.1.0). | |
1241 | ||
1242 | =item * | |
1243 | ||
1244 | C<Unicode::Collate->new> method no longer overwrites user's C<$_> | |
1245 | ||
1246 | =item * | |
1247 | ||
1248 | Enhanced documentation | |
1249 | ||
1250 | =back | |
1251 | ||
1252 | =item * | |
1253 | ||
1254 | C<Unicode::UCD> upgraded to version 0.24 | |
1255 | ||
1256 | =over | |
1257 | ||
1258 | =item * | |
1259 | ||
1260 | Documentation typos fixed | |
1261 | ||
1262 | =back | |
1263 | ||
1264 | =item * | |
1265 | ||
1266 | C<User::grent> upgraded to version 1.01 | |
1267 | ||
1268 | =over | |
1269 | ||
1270 | =item * | |
1271 | ||
1272 | Documentation typo fixed | |
1273 | ||
1274 | =back | |
1275 | ||
1276 | =item * | |
1277 | ||
1278 | C<utf8> upgraded to version 1.06 | |
1279 | ||
1280 | =over | |
1281 | ||
1282 | =item * | |
1283 | ||
1284 | Documentation typos fixed | |
1285 | ||
1286 | =back | |
1287 | ||
1288 | =item * | |
1289 | ||
1290 | C<vmsish> upgraded to version 1.02 | |
1291 | ||
1292 | =over | |
1293 | ||
1294 | =item * | |
1295 | ||
1296 | Documentation typos fixed | |
1297 | ||
1298 | =back | |
1299 | ||
1300 | =item * | |
1301 | ||
1302 | C<warnings> upgraded to version 1.05 | |
1303 | ||
1304 | =over | |
1305 | ||
1306 | =item * | |
1307 | ||
1308 | Gentler messing with C<Carp::> internals | |
1309 | ||
1310 | =item * | |
1311 | ||
1312 | Internal cleanup | |
1313 | ||
1314 | =item * | |
1315 | ||
1316 | Documentation update | |
1317 | ||
1318 | =back | |
1319 | ||
1320 | =item * | |
1321 | ||
1322 | C<Win32> upgraded to version 0.2601 | |
1323 | ||
1324 | =for cynics And how many perl 5.8.x versions can I release ahead of Vista? | |
1325 | ||
1326 | =over | |
1327 | ||
1328 | =item * | |
1329 | ||
1330 | Provides Windows Vista support to C<Win32::GetOSName> | |
1331 | ||
1332 | =item * | |
1333 | ||
1334 | Documentation enhancements | |
1335 | ||
1336 | =back | |
1337 | ||
1338 | =item * | |
1339 | ||
1340 | C<XS::Typemap> upgraded to version 0.02 | |
1341 | ||
1342 | =over | |
1343 | ||
1344 | =item * | |
1345 | ||
1346 | Internal cleanup | |
1347 | ||
1348 | =back | |
1349 | ||
1350 | =back | |
1351 | ||
1352 | =head1 Utility Changes | |
1353 | ||
1354 | =head2 C<h2xs> enhancements | |
1355 | ||
1356 | C<h2xs> implements new option C<--use-xsloader> to force use of | |
1357 | C<XSLoader> even in backwards compatible modules. | |
1358 | ||
1359 | The handling of authors' names that had apostrophes has been fixed. | |
1360 | ||
1361 | Any enums with negative values are now skipped. | |
1362 | ||
1363 | =head2 C<perlivp> enhancements | |
1364 | ||
1365 | C<perlivp> implements new option C<-a> and will not check for F<*.ph> | |
1366 | files by default any more. Use the C<-a> option to run I<all> tests. | |
1367 | ||
1368 | =head1 New Documentation | |
1369 | ||
1370 | The L<perlglossary> manpage is a glossary of terms used in the Perl | |
1371 | documentation, technical and otherwise, kindly provided by O'Reilly Media, | |
1372 | inc. | |
1373 | ||
1374 | =head1 Performance Enhancements | |
1375 | ||
1376 | =over 4 | |
1377 | ||
1378 | =item * | |
1379 | ||
1380 | Weak reference creation is now I<O(1)> rather than I<O(n)>, courtesy of | |
1381 | Nicholas Clark. Weak reference deletion remains I<O(n)>, but if deletion only | |
1382 | happens at program exit, it may be skipped completely. | |
1383 | ||
1384 | =item * | |
1385 | ||
1386 | Salvador FandiƱo provided improvements to reduce the memory usage of C<sort> | |
1387 | and to speed up some cases. | |
1388 | ||
1389 | =item * | |
1390 | ||
1391 | Jarkko Hietaniemi and Andy Lester worked to mark as much data as possible in | |
1392 | the C source files as C<static>, to increase the proportion of the executable | |
1393 | file that the operating system can share between process, and thus reduce | |
1394 | real memory usage on multi-user systems. | |
1395 | ||
1396 | =back | |
1397 | ||
1398 | =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements | |
1399 | ||
1400 | Parallel makes should work properly now, although there may still be problems | |
1401 | if C<make test> is instructed to run in parallel. | |
1402 | ||
1403 | Building with Borland's compilers on Win32 should work more smoothly. In | |
1404 | particular Steve Hay has worked to side step many warnings emitted by their | |
1405 | compilers and at least one C compiler internal error. | |
1406 | ||
1407 | C<Configure> will now detect C<clearenv> and C<unsetenv>, thanks to a patch | |
1408 | from Alan Burlison. It will also probe for C<futimes> and whether C<sprintf> | |
1409 | correctly returns the length of the formatted string, which will both be used | |
1410 | in perl 5.8.9. | |
1411 | ||
1412 | There are improved hints for next-3.0, vmesa, IX, Darwin, Solaris, Linux, | |
1413 | DEC/OSF, HP-UX and MPE/iX | |
1414 | ||
1415 | Perl extensions on Windows now can be statically built into the Perl DLL, | |
1416 | thanks to a work by Vadim Konovalov. (This improvement was actually in 5.8.7, | |
1417 | but was accidentally omitted from L<perl587delta>). | |
1418 | ||
1419 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes | |
1420 | ||
1421 | =head2 no warnings 'category' works correctly with -w | |
1422 | ||
1423 | Previously when running with warnings enabled globally via C<-w>, selective | |
1424 | disabling of specific warning categories would actually turn off all warnings. | |
1425 | This is now fixed; now C<no warnings 'io';> will only turn off warnings in the | |
1426 | C<io> class. Previously it would erroneously turn off all warnings. | |
1427 | ||
1428 | This bug fix may cause some programs to start correctly issuing warnings. | |
1429 | ||
1430 | =head2 Remove over-optimisation | |
1431 | ||
1432 | Perl 5.8.4 introduced a change so that assignments of C<undef> to a | |
1433 | scalar, or of an empty list to an array or a hash, were optimised away. As | |
1434 | this could cause problems when C<goto> jumps were involved, this change | |
1435 | has been backed out. | |
1436 | ||
1437 | =head2 sprintf() fixes | |
1438 | ||
1439 | Using the sprintf() function with some formats could lead to a buffer | |
1440 | overflow in some specific cases. This has been fixed, along with several | |
1441 | other bugs, notably in bounds checking. | |
1442 | ||
1443 | In related fixes, it was possible for badly written code that did not follow | |
1444 | the documentation of C<Sys::Syslog> to have formatting vulnerabilities. | |
1445 | C<Sys::Syslog> has been changed to protect people from poor quality third | |
1446 | party code. | |
1447 | ||
1448 | =head2 Debugger and Unicode slowdown | |
1449 | ||
1450 | It had been reported that running under perl's debugger when processing | |
1451 | Unicode data could cause unexpectedly large slowdowns. The most likely cause | |
1452 | of this was identified and fixed by Nicholas Clark. | |
1453 | ||
1454 | =head2 Smaller fixes | |
1455 | ||
1456 | =over 4 | |
1457 | ||
1458 | =item * | |
1459 | ||
1460 | C<FindBin> now works better with directories where access rights are more | |
1461 | restrictive than usual. | |
1462 | ||
1463 | =item * | |
1464 | ||
1465 | Several memory leaks in ithreads were closed. An improved implementation of | |
1466 | C<threads::shared> is available on CPAN - this will be merged into 5.8.9 if | |
1467 | it proves stable. | |
1468 | ||
1469 | =item * | |
1470 | ||
1471 | Trailing spaces are now trimmed from C<$!> and C<$^E>. | |
1472 | ||
1473 | =item * | |
1474 | ||
1475 | Operations that require perl to read a process' list of groups, such as reads | |
1476 | of C<$(> and C<$)>, now dynamically allocate memory rather than using a | |
1477 | fixed sized array. The fixed size array could cause C stack exhaustion on | |
1478 | systems configured to use large numbers of groups. | |
1479 | ||
1480 | =item * | |
1481 | ||
1482 | C<PerlIO::scalar> now works better with non-default C<$/> settings. | |
1483 | ||
1484 | =item * | |
1485 | ||
1486 | You can now use the C<x> operator to repeat a C<qw//> list. This used | |
1487 | to raise a syntax error. | |
1488 | ||
1489 | =item * | |
1490 | ||
1491 | The debugger now traces correctly execution in eval("")uated code that | |
1492 | contains #line directives. | |
1493 | ||
1494 | =item * | |
1495 | ||
1496 | The value of the C<open> pragma is no longer ignored for three-argument | |
1497 | opens. | |
1498 | ||
1499 | =item * | |
1500 | ||
1501 | The optimisation of C<for (reverse @a)> introduced in perl 5.8.6 could | |
1502 | misbehave when the array had undefined elements and was used in LVALUE | |
1503 | context. Dave Mitchell provided a fix. | |
1504 | ||
1505 | =item * | |
1506 | ||
1507 | Some case insensitive matches between UTF-8 encoded data and 8 bit regexps, | |
1508 | and vice versa, could give malformed character warnings. These have been | |
1509 | fixed by Dave Mitchell and Yves Orton. | |
1510 | ||
1511 | =item * | |
1512 | ||
1513 | C<lcfirst> and C<ucfirst> could corrupt the string for certain cases where | |
1514 | the length UTF-8 encoding of the string in lower case, upper case or title | |
1515 | case differed. This was fixed by Nicholas Clark. | |
1516 | ||
1517 | =item * | |
1518 | ||
1519 | Perl will now use the C library calls C<unsetenv> and C<clearenv> if present | |
1520 | to delete keys from C<%ENV> and delete C<%ENV> entirely, thanks to a patch | |
1521 | from Alan Burlison. | |
1522 | ||
1523 | =back | |
1524 | ||
1525 | =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics | |
1526 | ||
1527 | =head2 Attempt to set length of freed array | |
1528 | ||
1529 | This is a new warning, produced in situations such as this: | |
1530 | ||
1531 | $r = do {my @a; \$#a}; | |
1532 | $$r = 503; | |
1533 | ||
1534 | =head2 Non-string passed as bitmask | |
1535 | ||
1536 | This is a new warning, produced when number has been passed as a argument to | |
1537 | select(), instead of a bitmask. | |
1538 | ||
1539 | # Wrong, will now warn | |
1540 | $rin = fileno(STDIN); | |
1541 | ($nfound,$timeleft) = select($rout=$rin, undef, undef, $timeout); | |
1542 | ||
1543 | # Should be | |
1544 | $rin = ''; | |
1545 | vec($rin,fileno(STDIN),1) = 1; | |
1546 | ($nfound,$timeleft) = select($rout=$rin, undef, undef, $timeout); | |
1547 | ||
1548 | =head2 Search pattern not terminated or ternary operator parsed as search pattern | |
1549 | ||
1550 | This syntax error indicates that the lexer couldn't find the final | |
1551 | delimiter of a C<?PATTERN?> construct. Mentioning the ternary operator in | |
1552 | this error message makes it easier to diagnose syntax errors. | |
1553 | ||
1554 | =head1 Changed Internals | |
1555 | ||
1556 | There has been a fair amount of refactoring of the C<C> source code, partly to | |
1557 | make it tidier and more maintainable. The resulting object code and the | |
1558 | C<perl> binary may well be smaller than 5.8.7, in particular due to a change | |
1559 | contributed by Dave Mitchell which reworked the warnings code to be | |
1560 | significantly smaller. Apart from being smaller and possibly faster, there | |
1561 | should be no user-detectable changes. | |
1562 | ||
1563 | Andy Lester supplied many improvements to determine which function | |
1564 | parameters and local variables could actually be declared C<const> to the C | |
1565 | compiler. Steve Peters provided new C<*_set> macros and reworked the core to | |
1566 | use these rather than assigning to macros in LVALUE context. | |
1567 | ||
1568 | Dave Mitchell improved the lexer debugging output under C<-DT> | |
1569 | ||
1570 | Nicholas Clark changed the string buffer allocation so that it is now rounded | |
1571 | up to the next multiple of 4 (or 8 on platforms with 64 bit pointers). This | |
1572 | should reduce the number of calls to C<realloc> without actually using any | |
1573 | extra memory. | |
1574 | ||
1575 | The C<HV>'s array of C<HE*>s is now allocated at the correct (minimal) size, | |
1576 | thanks to another change by Nicholas Clark. Compile with | |
1577 | C<-DPERL_USE_LARGE_HV_ALLOC> to use the old, sloppier, default. | |
1578 | ||
1579 | For XS or embedding debugging purposes, if perl is compiled with | |
1580 | C<-DDEBUG_LEAKING_SCALARS_FORK_DUMP> in addition to | |
1581 | C<-DDEBUG_LEAKING_SCALARS> then a child process is C<fork>ed just before | |
1582 | global destruction, which is used to display the values of any scalars | |
1583 | found to have leaked at the end of global destruction. Without this, the | |
1584 | scalars have already been freed sufficiently at the point of detection that | |
1585 | it is impossible to produce any meaningful dump of their contents. This | |
1586 | feature was implemented by the indefatigable Nicholas Clark, based on an idea | |
1587 | by Mike Giroux. | |
1588 | ||
1589 | =head1 Platform Specific Problems | |
1590 | ||
1591 | The optimiser on HP-UX 11.23 (Itanium 2) is currently partly disabled (scaled | |
1592 | down to +O1) when using HP C-ANSI-C; the cause of problems at higher | |
1593 | optimisation levels is still unclear. | |
1594 | ||
1595 | There are a handful of remaining test failures on VMS, mostly due to | |
1596 | test fixes and minor module tweaks with too many dependencies to | |
1597 | integrate into this release from the development stream, where they have | |
1598 | all been corrected. The following is a list of expected failures with | |
1599 | the patch number of the fix where that is known: | |
1600 | ||
1601 | ext/Devel/PPPort/t/ppphtest.t #26913 | |
1602 | ext/List/Util/t/p_tainted.t #26912 | |
1603 | lib/ExtUtils/t/PL_FILES.t #26813 | |
1604 | lib/ExtUtils/t/basic.t #26813 | |
1605 | t/io/fs.t | |
1606 | t/op/cmp.t | |
1607 | ||
1608 | =head1 Reporting Bugs | |
1609 | ||
1610 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
1611 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
1612 | bug database at http://bugs.perl.org. There may also be | |
1613 | information at http://www.perl.org, the Perl Home Page. | |
1614 | ||
1615 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> | |
1616 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
1617 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
1618 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
1619 | analysed by the Perl porting team. You can browse and search | |
1620 | the Perl 5 bugs at http://bugs.perl.org/ | |
1621 | ||
1622 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
1623 | ||
1624 | The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed. | |
1625 | ||
1626 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
1627 | ||
1628 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
1629 | ||
1630 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
1631 | ||
1632 | =cut |