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7 | =head1 NAME |
8 | ||
9 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as | |
10 | XXX needs to be processed before release. ] | |
11 | ||
12 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.13.8 | |
13 | ||
14 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
15 | ||
16 | This document describes differences between the 5.13.8 release and | |
17 | the 5.13.7 release. | |
18 | ||
dbbe2d83 | 19 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.6, first read |
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20 | L<perl5137delta>, which describes differences between 5.13.6 and |
21 | 5.13.7. | |
22 | ||
23 | =head1 Notice | |
24 | ||
25 | XXX Any important notices here | |
26 | ||
27 | =head1 Core Enhancements | |
28 | ||
29 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language | |
30 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go | |
31 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. | |
32 | ||
33 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] | |
34 | ||
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35 | =head2 C<-d:-foo> calls C<Devel::foo::unimport> |
36 | ||
37 | The syntax C<-dI<B<:>foo>> was extended in 5.6.1 to make C<-dI<:fooB<=bar>>> | |
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38 | equivalent to C<-MDevel::foo=bar>, which expands |
39 | internally to C<use Devel::foo 'bar';>. | |
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40 | F<perl> now allows prefixing the module name with C<->, with the same |
41 | semantics as C<-M>, I<i.e.> | |
42 | ||
43 | =over 4 | |
44 | ||
45 | =item C<-d:-foo> | |
46 | ||
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47 | Equivalent to C<-M-Devel::foo>, expands to |
48 | C<no Devel::foo;>, calls C<< Devel::foo->unimport() >> | |
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49 | if the method exists. |
50 | ||
51 | =item C<-d:-foo=bar> | |
52 | ||
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53 | Equivalent to C<-M-Devel::foo=bar>, expands to C<no Devel::foo 'bar';>, |
54 | calls C<< Devel::foo->unimport('bar') >> if the method exists. | |
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55 | |
56 | =back | |
57 | ||
58 | This is particularly useful to suppresses the default actions of a | |
59 | C<Devel::*> module's C<import> method whilst still loading it for debugging. | |
60 | ||
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61 | =head2 Filehandle method calls load IO::File on demand |
62 | ||
63 | When a method call on a filehandle would die because the method can not | |
64 | be resolved and L<IO::File> has not been loaded, Perl now loads IO::File | |
65 | via C<require> and attempts method resolution again: | |
66 | ||
67 | open my $fh, ">", $file; | |
68 | $fh->binmode(":raw"); # loads IO::File and succeeds | |
69 | ||
70 | This also works for globs like STDOUT, STDERR and STDIN: | |
71 | ||
72 | STDOUT->autoflush(1); | |
73 | ||
74 | Because this on-demand load only happens if method resolution fails, the | |
75 | legacy approach of manually loading an IO::File parent class for partial | |
76 | method support still works as expected: | |
77 | ||
78 | use IO::Handle; | |
79 | open my $fh, ">", $file; | |
80 | $fh->autoflush(1); # IO::File not loaded | |
81 | ||
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82 | =head2 Full functionality for C<use feature 'unicode_strings'> |
83 | ||
84 | This release provides full functionality for C<use feature | |
85 | 'unicode_strings'>. Under its scope, all string operations executed and | |
86 | regular expressions compiled (even if executed outside its scope) have | |
87 | Unicode semantics. See L<feature>. | |
88 | ||
89 | This feature avoids the "Unicode Bug" (See | |
90 | L<perlunicode/The "Unicode Bug"> for details.) If their is a | |
91 | possibility that your code will process Unicode strings, you are | |
92 | B<strongly> encouraged to use this subpragma to avoid nasty surprises. | |
93 | ||
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94 | =head1 Security |
95 | ||
96 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security | |
97 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
98 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
99 | ||
100 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] | |
101 | ||
102 | =head1 Incompatible Changes | |
103 | ||
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106 | Previously C<my $pi := 4;> was exactly equivalent to C<my $pi : = 4;>, |
107 | with the C<:> being treated as the start of an attribute list, ending before | |
108 | the C<=>. The use of C<:=> to mean C<: => was deprecated in 5.12.0, and is now | |
109 | a syntax error. This will allow the future use of C<:=> as a new token. | |
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111 | We find no Perl 5 code on CPAN using this construction, outside the core's |
112 | tests for it, so we believe that this change will have very little impact on | |
113 | real-world codebases. | |
114 | ||
115 | If it is absolutely necessary to have empty attribute lists (for example, | |
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116 | because of a code generator) then avoid the error by adding a space before |
117 | the C<=>. | |
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118 | |
119 | =head1 Deprecations | |
120 | ||
121 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. | |
122 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are | |
123 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
124 | ||
125 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] | |
126 | ||
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127 | =head2 C<?PATTERN?> is deprecated |
128 | ||
129 | C<?PATTERN?> (without the initial m) has been deprecated and now produces | |
130 | a warning. | |
131 | ||
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132 | =head2 C<sv_compile_2op> is now deprecated |
133 | ||
134 | The C<sv_compile_2op> is now deprecated, and will be removed. Searches suggest | |
135 | that nothing on CPAN is using it, so this should have zero impact. | |
136 | ||
137 | It attempted to provide an API to compile code down to an optree, but failed | |
138 | to bind correctly to lexicals in the enclosing scope. It's not possible to | |
139 | fix this problem within the constraints of its parameters and return value. | |
140 | ||
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141 | =head2 Tie functions on scalars holding typeglobs |
142 | ||
143 | Calling a tie function (C<tie>, C<tied>, C<untie>) with a scalar argument | |
144 | acts on a file handle if the scalar happens to hold a typeglob. | |
145 | ||
146 | This is a long-standing bug that will be removed in Perl 5.16, as | |
147 | there is currently no way to tie the scalar itself when it holds | |
148 | a typeglob, and no way to untie a scalar that has had a typeglob | |
149 | assigned to it. | |
150 | ||
151 | This bug was fixed in 5.13.7 but, because of the breakage it caused, the | |
152 | fix has been reverted. Now there is a deprecation warning whenever a tie | |
153 | function is used on a handle without an explicit C<*>. | |
154 | ||
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155 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
156 | ||
157 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There | |
158 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
159 | ||
160 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] | |
161 | ||
162 | =over 4 | |
163 | ||
164 | =item * | |
165 | ||
166 | XXX | |
167 | ||
168 | =back | |
169 | ||
170 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata | |
171 | ||
172 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> | |
173 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
174 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
175 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
176 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
177 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
178 | cribbed. | |
179 | ||
180 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] | |
181 | ||
182 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata | |
183 | ||
184 | =over 4 | |
185 | ||
186 | =item * | |
187 | ||
188 | XXX | |
189 | ||
190 | =back | |
191 | ||
192 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata | |
193 | ||
194 | =over 4 | |
195 | ||
196 | =item * | |
197 | ||
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198 | C<if> has been upgraded from 0.06 to 0.0601. |
199 | ||
200 | =item * | |
201 | ||
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202 | C<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from 0.64 to 0.66 |
203 | ||
204 | Resolves an issue with splitting Win32 command lines | |
205 | and documentation enhancements. | |
206 | ||
207 | =item * | |
208 | ||
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209 | C<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from version 3.14 to 3.15 |
210 | ||
211 | =item * | |
212 | ||
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213 | C<Memoize> has been upgraded from version 1.01_03 to 1.02. |
214 | ||
215 | =item * | |
216 | ||
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218 | |
219 | Now provides encode_base64url and decode_base64url functions to process | |
220 | the base64 scheme for "URL applications". | |
221 | ||
222 | =item * | |
223 | ||
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224 | C<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.05 to 1.06. |
225 | ||
226 | C<next::method> I<et al.> now take into account that every class inherits | |
227 | from UNIVERSAL | |
228 | L<[perl #68654]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68654>. | |
229 | ||
230 | =item * | |
231 | ||
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232 | C<overload> has been upgraded from 1.11 to 1.12. |
233 | ||
234 | =item * | |
235 | ||
236 | C<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from 0.10 to 0.11. | |
237 | ||
238 | A C<read> after a C<seek> beyond the end of the string no longer thinks it | |
239 | has data to read | |
240 | L<[perl #78716]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=78716>. | |
241 | ||
242 | =item * | |
243 | ||
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244 | C<re> has been upgraded from 0.14 to 0.15. |
245 | ||
246 | =item * | |
247 | ||
5ebfb99c | 248 | C<Socket> has been upgraded from 1.91 to 1.92. |
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249 | |
250 | It has several new functions for handling IPv6 addresses. | |
251 | ||
252 | =item * | |
253 | ||
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254 | C<Storable> has been upgraded from 2.24 to 2.25. |
255 | ||
256 | This adds support for serialising code references that contain UTF-8 strings | |
257 | correctly. The Storable minor version number changed as a result -- this means | |
258 | Storable users that set C<$Storable::accept_future_minor> to a C<FALSE> value | |
259 | will see errors (see L<Storable/FORWARD COMPATIBILITY> for more details). | |
260 | ||
261 | =item * | |
262 | ||
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263 | C<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from 1.9721 to 1.9721_01. |
264 | ||
265 | =item * | |
266 | ||
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267 | C<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from 0.67 to 0.68 |
268 | ||
269 | =item * | |
270 | ||
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3a5c9134 | 272 | |
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273 | =item * |
274 | ||
275 | C<version> has been upgraded from 0.82 to 0.86. | |
276 | ||
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277 | =back |
278 | ||
279 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata | |
280 | ||
281 | =over 4 | |
282 | ||
283 | =item * | |
284 | ||
285 | XXX | |
286 | ||
287 | =back | |
288 | ||
289 | =head1 Documentation | |
290 | ||
291 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by | |
292 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
293 | ||
294 | =head2 New Documentation | |
295 | ||
296 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. | |
297 | ||
298 | =head3 L<XXX> | |
299 | ||
300 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here | |
301 | ||
302 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation | |
303 | ||
304 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. | |
305 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
306 | section. | |
307 | ||
308 | =head3 L<XXX> | |
309 | ||
310 | =over 4 | |
311 | ||
312 | =item * | |
313 | ||
314 | XXX Description of the change here | |
315 | ||
316 | =back | |
317 | ||
318 | =head1 Diagnostics | |
319 | ||
320 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, | |
321 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
322 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
323 | ||
324 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also | |
325 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
326 | ||
327 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] | |
328 | ||
329 | =head2 New Diagnostics | |
330 | ||
331 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here | |
332 | ||
333 | =over 4 | |
334 | ||
335 | =item * | |
336 | ||
4d4ca6a5 | 337 | There is a new "Closure prototype called" error. |
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338 | |
339 | =back | |
340 | ||
341 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics | |
342 | ||
343 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here | |
344 | ||
345 | =over 4 | |
346 | ||
347 | =item * | |
348 | ||
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349 | The "Found = in conditional" warning that is emitted when a constant is |
350 | assigned to a variable in a condition is now withheld if the constant is | |
351 | actually a subroutine or one generated by C<use constant>, since the value | |
352 | of the constant may not be known at the time the program is written | |
353 | L<[perl #77762]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=77762>. | |
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354 | |
355 | =back | |
356 | ||
357 | =head1 Utility Changes | |
358 | ||
359 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go | |
360 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
361 | ||
362 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item | |
363 | entries for each change | |
364 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
365 | ||
366 | =head3 L<XXX> | |
367 | ||
368 | =over 4 | |
369 | ||
370 | =item * | |
371 | ||
372 | XXX | |
373 | ||
374 | =back | |
375 | ||
376 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation | |
377 | ||
378 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools | |
379 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
380 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
381 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
382 | ||
383 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. | |
384 | ||
385 | =over 4 | |
386 | ||
387 | =item * | |
388 | ||
389 | XXX | |
390 | ||
391 | =back | |
392 | ||
393 | =head1 Testing | |
394 | ||
395 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be | |
396 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
397 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
398 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
399 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
400 | ||
401 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] | |
402 | ||
403 | =over 4 | |
404 | ||
405 | =item * | |
406 | ||
407 | XXX | |
408 | ||
409 | =back | |
410 | ||
411 | =head1 Platform Support | |
412 | ||
413 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. | |
414 | ||
415 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific | |
416 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
417 | ||
418 | =head2 New Platforms | |
419 | ||
420 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous | |
421 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
422 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
423 | source tree. | |
424 | ||
425 | =over 4 | |
426 | ||
427 | =item XXX-some-platform | |
428 | ||
429 | XXX | |
430 | ||
431 | =back | |
432 | ||
433 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms | |
434 | ||
435 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. | |
436 | ||
437 | =over 4 | |
438 | ||
439 | =item XXX-some-platform | |
440 | ||
441 | XXX | |
442 | ||
443 | =back | |
444 | ||
445 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes | |
446 | ||
447 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration | |
448 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
449 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
450 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
451 | ||
452 | =over 4 | |
453 | ||
085d0904 | 454 | =item NetBSD |
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456 | The NetBSD hints file has been changed to make the system's malloc the |
457 | default. | |
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458 | |
459 | =back | |
460 | ||
461 | =head1 Internal Changes | |
462 | ||
463 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. | |
464 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
465 | be noted as well. | |
466 | ||
467 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] | |
468 | ||
469 | =over 4 | |
470 | ||
471 | =item * | |
472 | ||
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473 | C<mg_findext> and C<sv_unmagicext> have been added. |
474 | ||
475 | These new functions allow extension authors to find and remove magic attached to | |
476 | scalars based on both the magic type and the magic virtual table, similar to how | |
477 | C<sv_magicext> attaches magic of a certain type and with a given virtual table | |
478 | to a scalar. This eliminates the need for extensions to walk the list of | |
479 | C<MAGIC> pointers of an C<SV> to find the magic that belongs to them. | |
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480 | |
481 | =back | |
482 | ||
483 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes | |
484 | ||
485 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. | |
486 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
487 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
488 | ||
489 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] | |
490 | ||
491 | =over 4 | |
492 | ||
493 | =item * | |
494 | ||
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495 | C<BEGIN {require 5.12.0}> now behaves as documented, rather than behaving |
496 | identically to C<use 5.12.0;>. Previously, C<require> in a C<BEGIN> block | |
497 | was erroneously executing the C<use feature ':5.12.0'> and | |
498 | C<use strict; use warnings;> behaviour, which only C<use> was documented to | |
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499 | provide |
500 | L<[perl #69050]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69050>. | |
501 | ||
502 | =item * | |
503 | ||
504 | C<use 5.42> | |
505 | L<[perl #69050]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69050>, | |
506 | C<use 6> and C<no 5> no longer leak memory. | |
507 | ||
508 | =item * | |
509 | ||
510 | C<eval "BEGIN{die}"> no longer leaks memory on non-threaded builds. | |
3a5c9134 | 511 | |
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512 | =item * |
513 | ||
514 | PerlIO no longer crashes when called recursively, e.g., from a signal | |
515 | handler. Now it just leaks memory | |
516 | L<[perl #75556]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75556>. | |
517 | ||
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518 | =item * |
519 | ||
520 | Defining a constant with the same name as one of perl's special blocks | |
521 | (e.g., INIT) stopped working in 5.12.0, but has now been fixed | |
522 | L<[perl #78634]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=78634>. | |
523 | ||
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524 | =item * |
525 | ||
526 | A reference to a literal value used as a hash key (C<$hash{\"foo"}>) used | |
527 | to be stringified, even if the hash was tied | |
528 | L<[perl #79178]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=79178>. | |
529 | ||
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530 | =item * |
531 | ||
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532 | A closure containing an C<if> statement followed by a constant or variable |
533 | is no longer treated as a constant | |
534 | L<[perl #63540]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=63540>. | |
535 | ||
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536 | =item * |
537 | ||
538 | Calling a closure prototype (what is passed to an attribute handler for a | |
539 | closure) now results in a "Closure prototype called" error message | |
540 | L<[perl #68560]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68560>. | |
541 | ||
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542 | =item * |
543 | ||
544 | A regular expression optimisation would sometimes cause a match with a | |
545 | C<{n,m}> quantifier to fail when it should match | |
546 | L<[perl #79152]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=79152>. | |
547 | ||
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548 | =item * |
549 | ||
550 | What has become known as the "Unicode Bug" is resolved in this release. | |
551 | Under C<use feature 'unicode_strings'>, the internal storage format of a | |
552 | string no longer affects the external semantics. There are two known | |
553 | exceptions. User-defined case changing functions, which are planned to | |
554 | be deprecated in 5.14, require utf8-encoded strings to function; and the | |
555 | character C<LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S> in regular expression | |
556 | case-insensitive matching has a somewhat different set of bugs depending | |
557 | on the internal storage format. Case-insensitive matching of all | |
558 | characters that have multi-character matches, as this one does, is | |
559 | problematical in Perl. | |
560 | L<[perl #58182]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=58182>. | |
561 | ||
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562 | =back |
563 | ||
564 | =head1 Known Problems | |
565 | ||
566 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any | |
567 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
568 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
569 | ||
570 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions | |
571 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
572 | ||
573 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] | |
574 | ||
575 | =over 4 | |
576 | ||
577 | =item * | |
578 | ||
3ad6135d | 579 | XXX |
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580 | |
581 | =back | |
582 | ||
583 | =head1 Obituary | |
584 | ||
585 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary | |
586 | here. | |
587 | ||
588 | =head1 Acknowledgements | |
589 | ||
590 | XXX The list of people to thank goes here. | |
591 | ||
592 | =head1 Reporting Bugs | |
593 | ||
594 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
595 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl | |
596 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be | |
597 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
598 | ||
599 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> | |
600 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
601 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
602 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
603 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
604 | ||
605 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
606 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
607 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
608 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able | |
609 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
610 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
611 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for | |
612 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
613 | distributed on CPAN. | |
614 | ||
615 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
616 | ||
617 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
618 | on what changed. | |
619 | ||
620 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
621 | ||
622 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
623 | ||
624 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
625 | ||
626 | =cut |