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3 | =head1 NAME | |
4 | ||
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5 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as |
6 | XXX needs to be processed before release. ] | |
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ee0887a9 | 8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.13.6 |
4c793fe3 | 9 | |
ee0887a9 | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
0c692eed | 11 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
12 | This document describes differences between the 5.13.5 release and |
13 | the 5.13.6 release. | |
0c692eed | 14 | |
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15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.4, first read |
16 | L<perl5135delta>, which describes differences between 5.13.4 and | |
17 | 5.13.5. | |
0c692eed | 18 | |
ee0887a9 | 19 | =head1 Notice |
0c692eed | 20 | |
ee0887a9 | 21 | XXX Any important notices here |
4c793fe3 | 22 | |
ee0887a9 | 23 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
85318b69 | 24 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
25 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language |
26 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go | |
27 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. | |
85318b69 | 28 | |
ee0887a9 | 29 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
85318b69 | 30 | |
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31 | =head2 C<(?^...)> regex construct added to signify default modifiers |
32 | ||
33 | A caret (also called a "cirumflex accent") C<"^"> immediately following | |
34 | a C<"(?"> in a regular expression now means that the subexpression is to | |
35 | not inherit the surrounding modifiers such as C</i>, but to revert to the | |
36 | Perl defaults. Any modifiers following the caret override the defaults. | |
37 | ||
38 | The stringification of regular expressions now uses this notation. The | |
39 | main purpose of this is to allow tests that rely on the stringification | |
40 | to not have to change when new modifiers are added. See | |
41 | L<perlre/Extended Patterns>. | |
42 | ||
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43 | =head2 C<"d">, C<"l">, and C<"u"> regex modifiers added |
44 | ||
45 | These modifiers are currently only available within a C<(?...)> construct. | |
46 | ||
47 | The C<"l"> modifier says to compile the regular expression as if it were | |
48 | in the scope of C<use locale>, even if it is not. | |
49 | ||
50 | The C<"u"> modifier currently does nothing. | |
51 | ||
52 | The C<"d"> modifier is used in the scope of C<use locale> to compile the | |
53 | regular expression as if it were not in that scope. | |
54 | See L<perlre/(?dlupimsx-imsx)>. | |
55 | ||
ee0887a9 | 56 | =head1 Security |
85318b69 | 57 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
58 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
59 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
60 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
85318b69 | 61 | |
ee0887a9 | 62 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
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63 | |
64 | =head1 Incompatible Changes | |
65 | ||
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66 | =head2 Stringification of regexes has changed |
67 | ||
68 | Default regular expression modifiers are now notated by using | |
69 | C<(?^...)>. Code relying on the old stringification will fail. The | |
70 | purpose of this is so that when new modifiers are added, such code will | |
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71 | not have to change (after this one time), as the stringification will |
72 | automatically incorporate the new modifiers. | |
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73 | |
74 | Code that needs to work properly with both old- and new-style regexes | |
e23837fb | 75 | can avoid the whole issue by using (for Perls since 5.9.5): |
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76 | |
77 | use re qw(regexp_pattern); | |
78 | my ($pat, $mods) = regexp_pattern($re_ref); | |
79 | ||
80 | where C<$re_ref> is a reference to a compiled regular expression. Upon | |
81 | return, C<$mods> will be a string containing all the non-default | |
82 | modifiers used when the regular expression was compiled, and C<$pattern> | |
83 | the actual pattern. | |
84 | ||
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85 | If the actual stringification is important, or older Perls need to be |
86 | supported, you can use something like the following: | |
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87 | |
88 | # Accept both old and new-style stringification | |
89 | my $modifiers = (qr/foobar/ =~ /\Q(?^/) ? '^' : '-xism'; | |
44428a46 | 90 | |
fb85c044 | 91 | And then use C<$modifiers> instead of C<-xism>. |
44428a46 | 92 | |
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93 | =head2 Regular expressions retain their localeness when interpolated |
94 | ||
95 | Regular expressions compiled under C<"use locale"> now retain this when | |
96 | interpolated into a new regular expression compiled outside a | |
97 | C<"use locale">, and vice-versa. | |
98 | ||
99 | Previously, a regular expression interpolated into another one inherited | |
100 | the localeness of the surrounding one, losing whatever state it | |
101 | originally had. This is considered a bug fix, but may trip up code that | |
102 | has come to rely on the incorrect behavior. | |
103 | ||
ee0887a9 | 104 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
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105 | |
106 | =head1 Deprecations | |
107 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
108 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
109 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are | |
110 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
85318b69 | 111 | |
ee0887a9 | 112 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
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113 | |
114 | =head1 Performance Enhancements | |
115 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
116 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There |
117 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
4c793fe3 | 118 | |
ee0887a9 | 119 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
4c793fe3 | 120 | |
ee0887a9 | 121 | =over 4 |
4c793fe3 | 122 | |
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123 | =item * |
124 | ||
ee0887a9 | 125 | XXX |
e2babdfb | 126 | |
4c793fe3 FR |
127 | =back |
128 | ||
129 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
130 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
131 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
132 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
133 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
134 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
135 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
136 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
137 | cribbed. | |
fc1418b7 | 138 | |
ee0887a9 | 139 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
df91fef1 | 140 | |
ee0887a9 | 141 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
ccb45ef4 | 142 | |
ee0887a9 | 143 | =over 4 |
df91fef1 | 144 | |
ee0887a9 | 145 | =item * |
df91fef1 | 146 | |
ee0887a9 | 147 | XXX |
e2babdfb | 148 | |
ee0887a9 | 149 | =back |
e2babdfb | 150 | |
ee0887a9 | 151 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
fc1418b7 | 152 | |
ee0887a9 | 153 | =over 4 |
fc1418b7 | 154 | |
ee0887a9 | 155 | =item * |
e2babdfb | 156 | |
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157 | C<File::DosGlob> has been upgraded from version 1.02 to 1.03. |
158 | ||
159 | It allows patterns containing literal parentheses (they no longer need to | |
160 | be escaped). On Windows, it no longer adds an extra F<./> to the file names | |
161 | returned when the pattern is a relative glob with a drive specification, | |
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162 | like F<c:*.pl> |
163 | L<[perl #71712]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71712>. | |
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164 | |
165 | =item * | |
166 | ||
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167 | C<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18. |
168 | ||
169 | It improves handling of backslashes on Windows, so that paths such as | |
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170 | F<c:\dir\/file> are no longer generated |
171 | L<[perl #71710]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71710>. | |
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172 | |
173 | =item * | |
174 | ||
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175 | C<NEXT> has been upgraded from version 0.64 to 0.65. |
176 | ||
177 | =item * | |
178 | ||
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179 | C<PathTools> has been upgraded from version 3.31_01 to 3.33. |
180 | ||
181 | =item * | |
182 | ||
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183 | C<sigtrap> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to 1.05. |
184 | ||
185 | It no longer tries to modify read-only arguments when generating a | |
186 | backtrace | |
187 | L<[perl #72340]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72340>. | |
188 | ||
189 | =item * | |
190 | ||
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191 | C<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.59 to 0.60 |
192 | ||
193 | =item * | |
194 | ||
1c2dcb3e | 195 | C<Unicode::Normalize> has been upgraded from version 1.06 to 1.07 |
c9a84c8b | 196 | |
ee0887a9 | 197 | =back |
c9a84c8b | 198 | |
ee0887a9 | 199 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
c9a84c8b | 200 | |
ee0887a9 | 201 | =over 4 |
4c793fe3 | 202 | |
ee0887a9 | 203 | =item * |
48c1efd2 | 204 | |
ee0887a9 | 205 | XXX |
4c793fe3 FR |
206 | |
207 | =back | |
208 | ||
209 | =head1 Documentation | |
210 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
211 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
212 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
4c793fe3 | 213 | |
ee0887a9 | 214 | =head2 New Documentation |
4c793fe3 | 215 | |
ee0887a9 | 216 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
4c793fe3 | 217 | |
ee0887a9 | 218 | =head3 L<XXX> |
4c793fe3 | 219 | |
ee0887a9 | 220 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
4c793fe3 | 221 | |
ee0887a9 | 222 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
fc1418b7 | 223 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
224 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
225 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
226 | section. | |
fc1418b7 | 227 | |
ee0887a9 | 228 | =head3 L<XXX> |
e2babdfb | 229 | |
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230 | =over 4 |
231 | ||
232 | =item * | |
233 | ||
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234 | The documentation for the C<SvTRUE> macro was simply wrong in stating that |
235 | get-magic is not processed. It has been corrected. | |
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236 | |
237 | =back | |
e2babdfb | 238 | |
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239 | =head1 Diagnostics |
240 | ||
241 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, | |
242 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
243 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
244 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
245 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
246 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
4c793fe3 | 247 | |
ee0887a9 | 248 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
4c793fe3 | 249 | |
ee0887a9 | 250 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
4c793fe3 | 251 | |
ee0887a9 | 252 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here |
fc1418b7 | 253 | |
ee0887a9 | 254 | =over 4 |
fc1418b7 SH |
255 | |
256 | =item * | |
257 | ||
ee0887a9 | 258 | XXX |
ebce6c40 | 259 | |
4c793fe3 FR |
260 | =back |
261 | ||
ee0887a9 | 262 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
4c793fe3 | 263 | |
ee0887a9 | 264 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
4c793fe3 FR |
265 | |
266 | =over 4 | |
267 | ||
268 | =item * | |
269 | ||
ee0887a9 | 270 | XXX |
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271 | |
272 | =back | |
273 | ||
ee0887a9 | 274 | =head1 Utility Changes |
4c793fe3 | 275 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
276 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go |
277 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
4c793fe3 | 278 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
279 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
280 | entries for each change | |
281 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
fc1418b7 | 282 | |
ee0887a9 | 283 | =head3 L<XXX> |
fc1418b7 | 284 | |
ee0887a9 | 285 | =over 4 |
4c793fe3 | 286 | |
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287 | =item * |
288 | ||
ee0887a9 | 289 | XXX |
44428a46 | 290 | |
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291 | =back |
292 | ||
ee0887a9 | 293 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
4c793fe3 | 294 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
295 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
296 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
297 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
298 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
4c793fe3 | 299 | |
ee0887a9 | 300 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
4c793fe3 | 301 | |
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302 | =over 4 |
303 | ||
304 | =item * | |
305 | ||
ee0887a9 | 306 | XXX |
0c692eed FR |
307 | |
308 | =back | |
4c793fe3 | 309 | |
ee0887a9 | 310 | =head1 Testing |
0c692eed | 311 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
312 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
313 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
314 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
315 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
316 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
0c692eed | 317 | |
ee0887a9 | 318 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
0c692eed | 319 | |
ee0887a9 | 320 | =over 4 |
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321 | |
322 | =item * | |
323 | ||
ee0887a9 | 324 | XXX |
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325 | |
326 | =back | |
327 | ||
ee0887a9 | 328 | =head1 Platform Support |
4c793fe3 | 329 | |
ee0887a9 | 330 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
4c793fe3 | 331 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
332 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
333 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
4c793fe3 | 334 | |
ee0887a9 | 335 | =head2 New Platforms |
0c692eed | 336 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
337 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
338 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
339 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
340 | source tree. | |
0c692eed | 341 | |
ee0887a9 | 342 | =over 4 |
0c692eed | 343 | |
ee0887a9 | 344 | =item XXX-some-platform |
0c692eed | 345 | |
ee0887a9 | 346 | XXX |
0c692eed | 347 | |
ee0887a9 | 348 | =back |
0c692eed | 349 | |
ee0887a9 | 350 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
4c793fe3 | 351 | |
ee0887a9 | 352 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
8ebb9810 | 353 | |
ee0887a9 | 354 | =over 4 |
8ebb9810 | 355 | |
ee0887a9 | 356 | =item XXX-some-platform |
48c1efd2 | 357 | |
ee0887a9 | 358 | XXX |
48c1efd2 | 359 | |
ee0887a9 | 360 | =back |
44428a46 | 361 | |
ee0887a9 | 362 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
44428a46 | 363 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
364 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
365 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
366 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
367 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
f4beb78f | 368 | |
ee0887a9 | 369 | =over 4 |
f4beb78f | 370 | |
ee0887a9 | 371 | =item XXX-some-platform |
ccb45ef4 | 372 | |
ee0887a9 | 373 | XXX |
ccb45ef4 | 374 | |
ee0887a9 | 375 | =back |
85318b69 | 376 | |
ee0887a9 | 377 | =head1 Internal Changes |
85318b69 | 378 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
379 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
380 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
381 | be noted as well. | |
85318b69 | 382 | |
ee0887a9 | 383 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
80b6a949 | 384 | |
ee0887a9 | 385 | =over 4 |
80b6a949 | 386 | |
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387 | =item * |
388 | ||
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389 | See L</Regular expressions retain their localeness when interpolated>, |
390 | above. | |
e2babdfb | 391 | |
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392 | =item * |
393 | ||
394 | The C<sv_cmp_flags>, C<sv_cmp_locale_flags>, C<sv_eq_flags> and | |
395 | C<sv_collxfrm_flags> functions have been added. These are like their | |
396 | non-_flags counterparts, but allow one to specify whether get-magic is | |
397 | processed. | |
398 | ||
399 | The C<sv_cmp>, C<sv_cmp_locale>, C<sv_eq> and C<sv_collxfrm> functions have | |
400 | been replaced with wrappers around the new functions. | |
401 | ||
402 | =item * | |
403 | ||
404 | A new C<sv_2bool_flags> function has been added. | |
405 | ||
406 | This is like C<sv_2bool>, but it lets the calling code decide whether | |
407 | get-magic is handled. C<sv_2bool> is now a macro that calls the new | |
408 | function. | |
409 | ||
410 | =item * | |
411 | ||
412 | A new macro, C<SvTRUE_nomg>, has been added. | |
413 | ||
414 | This is like C<SvTRUE>, except that it does not process magic. It uses the | |
415 | new C<sv_2bool_flags> function. | |
416 | ||
417 | =item * | |
418 | ||
419 | C<sv_catsv_flags> no longer calls C<mg_get> on its second argument (the | |
420 | source string) if the flags passed to it do not include SV_GMAGIC. So it | |
421 | now matches what the documentation says it does. | |
422 | ||
ee0887a9 | 423 | =back |
e2babdfb | 424 | |
ee0887a9 | 425 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
e2babdfb | 426 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
427 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
428 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
429 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
e2babdfb | 430 | |
ee0887a9 | 431 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
346e4e56 | 432 | |
ee0887a9 | 433 | =over 4 |
346e4e56 | 434 | |
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435 | =item * |
436 | ||
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437 | A regular expression match in the right-hand side of a global substitution |
438 | (C<s///g>) that is in the same scope will no longer cause match variables | |
439 | to have the wrong values on subsequent iterations. This can happen when an | |
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440 | array or hash subscript is interpolated in the right-hand side, as in |
441 | C<s|(.)|@a{ print($1), /./ }|g> | |
442 | L<[perl #19078]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=19078>. | |
443 | ||
444 | =item * | |
445 | ||
446 | Constant-folding used to cause | |
447 | ||
448 | $text =~ ( 1 ? /phoo/ : /bear/) | |
449 | ||
450 | to turn into | |
451 | ||
452 | $text =~ /phoo/ | |
453 | ||
454 | at compile time. Now it correctly matches against C<$_> | |
455 | L<[perl #20444]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=20444>. | |
78846812 | 456 | |
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457 | =item * |
458 | ||
459 | Parsing Perl code (either with string C<eval> or by loading modules) from | |
460 | within a C<UNITCHECK> block no longer causes the interpreter to crash | |
461 | L<[perl #70614]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=70614>. | |
462 | ||
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463 | =item * |
464 | ||
465 | When C<-d> is used on the shebang (C<#!>) line, the debugger now has access | |
466 | to the lines of the main program. In the past, this sometimes worked and | |
467 | sometimes did not, depending on what order things happened to be arranged | |
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468 | in memory |
469 | L<[perl #71806]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71806>. | |
5a9a79a4 | 470 | |
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471 | =item * |
472 | ||
473 | The C<y///> or C<tr///> operator now calls get-magic (e.g., the C<FETCH> | |
474 | method of a tie) on its left-hand side just once, not twice | |
475 | L<[perl #76814]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76814>. | |
476 | ||
477 | =item * | |
478 | ||
479 | String comparison (C<eq>, C<ne>, C<lt>, C<gt>, C<le>, C<ge> and | |
480 | C<cmp>) and logical not (C<not> and C<!>) operators no longer call magic | |
481 | (e.g., tie methods) twice on their operands | |
482 | L<[perl #76814]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76814>. | |
483 | ||
484 | This bug was introduced in an earlier 5.13 release, and does not affect | |
485 | perl 5.12. | |
486 | ||
487 | =item * | |
488 | ||
489 | When a tied (or other magic) variable is used as, or in, a regular | |
490 | expression, it no longer has its C<FETCH> method called twice | |
491 | L<[perl #76814]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3//Public/Bug/Display.html?id=76814>. | |
492 | ||
493 | This bug was introduced in an earlier 5.13 release, and does not affect | |
494 | perl 5.12. | |
495 | ||
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496 | =back |
497 | ||
962fbe1d SH |
498 | =head1 Known Problems |
499 | ||
ee0887a9 SH |
500 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
501 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
502 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
962fbe1d | 503 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
504 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions |
505 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
962fbe1d | 506 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
507 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
508 | ||
509 | =over 4 | |
08d032c0 SH |
510 | |
511 | =item * | |
512 | ||
ee0887a9 | 513 | XXX |
962fbe1d SH |
514 | |
515 | =back | |
516 | ||
ee0887a9 | 517 | =head1 Obituary |
4c793fe3 | 518 | |
ee0887a9 SH |
519 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
520 | here. | |
0195fb5f | 521 | |
405fd67e DG |
522 | =head1 Errata |
523 | ||
524 | =over 4 | |
525 | ||
526 | =item * | |
527 | ||
528 | Fixed a typo in L<perl5135delta> regarding array slices and smart matching | |
529 | ||
530 | =back | |
531 | ||
ee0887a9 | 532 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
0195fb5f | 533 | |
ee0887a9 | 534 | XXX The list of people to thank goes here. |
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535 | |
536 | =head1 Reporting Bugs | |
537 | ||
538 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
539 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
540 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be | |
541 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
542 | ||
543 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> | |
544 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
545 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
546 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
547 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
548 | ||
549 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
550 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
ee0887a9 | 551 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription |
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552 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able |
553 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
554 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
ee0887a9 | 555 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
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556 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently |
557 | distributed on CPAN. | |
558 | ||
559 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
560 | ||
561 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
562 | on what changed. | |
563 | ||
564 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
565 | ||
566 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
567 | ||
568 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
569 | ||
570 | =cut |