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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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5438d4b8 | 8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.2 |
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5438d4b8 | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
5cd408a2 | 11 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
12 | This document describes differences between the 5.15.1 release and |
13 | the 5.15.2 release. | |
5cd408a2 | 14 | |
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15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.0, first read |
16 | L<perl5151delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.0 and | |
17 | 5.15.1. | |
062678b2 | 18 | |
5438d4b8 | 19 | =head1 Notice |
062678b2 | 20 | |
5438d4b8 | 21 | XXX Any important notices here |
4185c919 | 22 | |
5438d4b8 | 23 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
4185c919 | 24 | |
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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. | |
82aed44a | 28 | |
5438d4b8 | 29 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
82aed44a | 30 | |
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31 | =head2 C<__FILE__()> Syntax |
32 | ||
33 | The C<__FILE__>, C<__LINE__> and C<__PACKAGE__> tokens can now be written | |
34 | with an empty pair of parentheses after them. This makes them parse the | |
35 | same way as C<time>, C<fork> and other built-in functions. | |
36 | ||
5438d4b8 | 37 | =head1 Security |
2b679393 | 38 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
39 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
40 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
41 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
2b679393 | 42 | |
5438d4b8 | 43 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
7818c927 | 44 | |
5438d4b8 | 45 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
7818c927 | 46 | |
5438d4b8 | 47 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
760696b8 | 48 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
49 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
50 | If any exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. | |
6693394d | 51 | |
5438d4b8 | 52 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
6693394d | 53 | |
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54 | =head2 C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now returns $VERSION |
55 | ||
56 | C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> now return whatever is in $VERSION, instead of | |
57 | returning $VERSION converted to a version object and then to a string. | |
58 | As a result, it no longer parses the version when called without arguments, | |
59 | so it no longer dies in that case for malformed versions. This allows | |
60 | custom version number parsers to use C<< ->VERSION >> to retrieve the | |
61 | version number, as was the case in Perl 5.8 [perl #95544]. | |
62 | ||
5438d4b8 | 63 | =head1 Deprecations |
92c695db | 64 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
65 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
66 | In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are | |
67 | listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
92c695db | 68 | |
5438d4b8 | 69 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
6693394d | 70 | |
5438d4b8 | 71 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
bfafcb9a | 72 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
73 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There |
74 | may well be none in a stable release. | |
bfafcb9a | 75 | |
5438d4b8 | 76 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
72de20cd | 77 | |
5438d4b8 | 78 | =over 4 |
72de20cd | 79 | |
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80 | =item * |
81 | ||
5438d4b8 | 82 | XXX |
93905212 | 83 | |
6693394d FC |
84 | =back |
85 | ||
0890f1a5 | 86 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
bdb9ba77 | 87 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
88 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
89 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
90 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
91 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
92 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
93 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
94 | cribbed. | |
95 | ||
96 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] | |
97 | ||
0890f1a5 | 98 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
6693394d | 99 | |
0890f1a5 | 100 | =over 4 |
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101 | |
102 | =item * | |
103 | ||
5438d4b8 | 104 | XXX |
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105 | |
106 | =back | |
107 | ||
0890f1a5 | 108 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
760696b8 | 109 | |
0890f1a5 | 110 | =over 4 |
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111 | |
112 | =item * | |
113 | ||
115ff745 NC |
114 | L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.30 to version 1.31 |
115 | ||
116 | The XS code has changed slightly, as it was too tightly coupled to | |
987f2729 RU |
117 | the contents of the header F<embedvar.h>. Documentation in L<B::Terse> |
118 | and L<B::Xref> has been improved, hence their versions have been increased. | |
115ff745 NC |
119 | |
120 | =item * | |
121 | ||
4ea805df CBW |
122 | L<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.9600 to version 1.9800 |
123 | ||
124 | =item * | |
125 | ||
1ba7a2fb CBW |
126 | L<CPANPLUS> has been upgraded from version 0.9108 to version 0.9109 |
127 | ||
128 | Fixed support for v-strings and x.y.z versions with v5.8.4 | |
129 | ||
130 | =item * | |
131 | ||
730e5b5b CBW |
132 | L<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.110930_001 to version 2.112150 |
133 | ||
134 | Stringify any objects encountered during conversion. | |
135 | ||
136 | Clarified that file paths in the 'provides' section must be in | |
137 | Unix-style (i.e. forward slashes) | |
138 | ||
139 | =item * | |
140 | ||
37adef70 | 141 | L<DB_File> has been upgraded from version 1.822 to version 1.824 |
a30cae0b CBW |
142 | |
143 | Will now croak if attempt to freeze/thaw DB_File object [RT #69985] | |
144 | ||
145 | =item * | |
146 | ||
e46d9735 CBW |
147 | L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.43 to version 2.44 |
148 | ||
149 | Addressed 'decode_xs n-byte heap-overflow' security bug in Unicode.xs | |
150 | ||
151 | =item * | |
152 | ||
57126352 DG |
153 | L<ExtUtils::Install> has been upgraded from version 1.56 to version 1.57. |
154 | ||
155 | There is no change to ExtUtils::Install other than the version number | |
156 | increase, but L<ExtUtils::Installed> has been upgraded from version 1.999_001 | |
c493c0a1 | 157 | to version 1.999002 and a new C<skip_cwd> attribute has been added. |
259925f6 | 158 | |
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159 | =item * |
160 | ||
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161 | L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.58 to version 6.59 |
162 | ||
163 | =item * | |
164 | ||
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165 | L<IPC::Open3> has been upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12. |
166 | ||
167 | C<open3> with "-" for the program name works once more. This was broken in | |
168 | version 1.06 (and hence in Perl 5.14.0) [perl #95748]. | |
169 | ||
170 | =item * | |
171 | ||
2df9265e DG |
172 | L<Module::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.3800 to version 0.39_01. |
173 | ||
174 | Pod to HTML internals changed to support revisions to Pod::Html in core. | |
175 | Also fixes some minor bugs. [rt.cpan.org #68585] [rt.cpan.org #67893] | |
176 | [rt.cpan.org #67008] | |
177 | ||
178 | =item * | |
179 | ||
83b32788 CBW |
180 | L<Module::Load> has been upgraded from version 0.18 to version 0.20 |
181 | ||
182 | =item * | |
183 | ||
4eb81ef2 CBW |
184 | L<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000004 to version 1.000005 |
185 | ||
186 | Added C<new_from_handle()> method. | |
187 | ||
188 | =item * | |
189 | ||
cc48f4fe | 190 | L<Params::Check> has been upgraded from version 0.28 to version 0.32 |
82eefd8a CBW |
191 | |
192 | =item * | |
193 | ||
5213914c | 194 | L<PerlIO::via> has been upgraded from version 0.11 to version 0.12. |
6252d2e2 NC |
195 | |
196 | The only change is a correction in the documentation. | |
197 | ||
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198 | =item * |
199 | ||
200 | L<Term::ANSIColor> has been upgraded from version 3.00 to version 3.01 | |
201 | ||
202 | Only interpret an initial array reference as a list of colors, not any initial | |
203 | reference, allowing the colored function to work properly on objects with | |
204 | stringification defined. | |
205 | ||
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206 | =item * |
207 | ||
208 | L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.77 to version 0.78 | |
209 | ||
69f26f52 CBW |
210 | =item * |
211 | ||
212 | L<Unicode::Normalize> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to version 1.13 | |
213 | ||
5438d4b8 | 214 | =back |
77ccfaeb | 215 | |
5438d4b8 | 216 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
508236ce | 217 | |
5438d4b8 | 218 | =over 4 |
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219 | |
220 | =item * | |
221 | ||
5438d4b8 | 222 | XXX |
c69a30ec | 223 | |
5438d4b8 | 224 | =back |
c69a30ec | 225 | |
5438d4b8 | 226 | =head1 Documentation |
c69a30ec | 227 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
228 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
229 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
7c420290 | 230 | |
5438d4b8 | 231 | =head2 New Documentation |
7c420290 | 232 | |
5438d4b8 | 233 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
0cb4637e | 234 | |
5438d4b8 | 235 | =head3 L<XXX> |
7818c927 | 236 | |
5438d4b8 | 237 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
7818c927 | 238 | |
5438d4b8 | 239 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
dd413713 | 240 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
241 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
242 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
243 | section. | |
7818c927 | 244 | |
5438d4b8 | 245 | =head3 L<XXX> |
7818c927 | 246 | |
5438d4b8 | 247 | =over 4 |
7818c927 FC |
248 | |
249 | =item * | |
250 | ||
5438d4b8 | 251 | XXX Description of the change here |
5aeca1f7 | 252 | |
5438d4b8 | 253 | =back |
5aeca1f7 | 254 | |
5438d4b8 | 255 | =head1 Diagnostics |
0cb4637e | 256 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
257 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, |
258 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
259 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
0cb4637e | 260 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
261 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
262 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
00f02a57 | 263 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
264 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag, |
265 | e.g. | |
00f02a57 | 266 | |
5438d4b8 | 267 | =item * |
00f02a57 | 268 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
269 | L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object"> |
270 | ] | |
8b00e523 | 271 | |
5438d4b8 | 272 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
4abaf918 | 273 | |
5438d4b8 | 274 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here |
4abaf918 | 275 | |
5438d4b8 | 276 | =head3 New Errors |
4abaf918 | 277 | |
5438d4b8 | 278 | =over 4 |
4abaf918 Z |
279 | |
280 | =item * | |
281 | ||
5438d4b8 | 282 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
8b00e523 | 283 | |
e8e35311 FC |
284 | =back |
285 | ||
5438d4b8 | 286 | =head3 New Warnings |
bdb9ba77 | 287 | |
0890f1a5 | 288 | =over 4 |
bdb9ba77 DG |
289 | |
290 | =item * | |
291 | ||
5438d4b8 | 292 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
bdb9ba77 DG |
293 | |
294 | =back | |
295 | ||
5438d4b8 | 296 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
7818c927 | 297 | |
5438d4b8 | 298 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
0890f1a5 | 299 | |
0890f1a5 | 300 | =over 4 |
6693394d FC |
301 | |
302 | =item * | |
303 | ||
5438d4b8 | 304 | XXX Describe change here |
259925f6 | 305 | |
5438d4b8 | 306 | =back |
7818c927 | 307 | |
5438d4b8 | 308 | =head1 Utility Changes |
7818c927 | 309 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
310 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go |
311 | here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
7818c927 | 312 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
313 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
314 | entries for each change | |
315 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
7818c927 | 316 | |
71449ad0 | 317 | =head3 L<perlivp> |
b908e258 | 318 | |
5438d4b8 | 319 | =over 4 |
b908e258 Z |
320 | |
321 | =item * | |
322 | ||
71449ad0 DG |
323 | Fixed a bug whereby other perls under the current directory could cause |
324 | false positive failures. | |
325 | ||
326 | =item * | |
327 | ||
328 | Tests for .ph files have been removed, as these test have been optional since | |
329 | 2005 and .ph files are no longer generated during installation. | |
b908e258 | 330 | |
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331 | =back |
332 | ||
5438d4b8 | 333 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
b7188eb5 | 334 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
335 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
336 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
337 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
338 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
44691e6f | 339 | |
5438d4b8 | 340 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
42a91c97 | 341 | |
34dc2ec0 | 342 | =over 4 |
42a91c97 | 343 | |
6693394d | 344 | =item * |
42a91c97 | 345 | |
60a5fae4 NC |
346 | F<makedef.pl> has been refactored. This should have no noticeable affect on |
347 | any of the platforms that use it as part of their build (AIX, VMS, Win32). | |
42a91c97 | 348 | |
34dc2ec0 | 349 | =back |
42a91c97 | 350 | |
0890f1a5 | 351 | =head1 Testing |
bdab33d1 | 352 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
353 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
354 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
355 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
356 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs | |
357 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
f5938650 | 358 | |
5438d4b8 | 359 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
1fcb0052 | 360 | |
5438d4b8 | 361 | =over 4 |
1fcb0052 | 362 | |
b908e258 Z |
363 | =item * |
364 | ||
5438d4b8 | 365 | XXX |
b908e258 | 366 | |
f5938650 | 367 | =back |
2fbb14a0 | 368 | |
0890f1a5 | 369 | =head1 Platform Support |
975dff8c | 370 | |
5438d4b8 | 371 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
6693394d | 372 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
373 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
374 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
6693394d | 375 | |
9cfd094e MB |
376 | =over 4 |
377 | ||
378 | =item HP-UX PA-RISC/64 now supports gcc-4.x | |
379 | ||
380 | A fix to correct the socketsize now makes the test suite pass on HP-UX | |
381 | PA-RISC for 64bitall builds. | |
382 | ||
383 | =back | |
384 | ||
5438d4b8 | 385 | =head2 New Platforms |
1fcb0052 | 386 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
387 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
388 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
389 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
390 | source tree. | |
6693394d | 391 | |
0890f1a5 | 392 | =over 4 |
f5938650 | 393 | |
5438d4b8 | 394 | =item XXX-some-platform |
c62f68e3 | 395 | |
5438d4b8 | 396 | XXX |
f5938650 | 397 | |
0890f1a5 | 398 | =back |
25aa614d | 399 | |
5438d4b8 | 400 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
87d00a71 | 401 | |
5438d4b8 | 402 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
87d00a71 | 403 | |
5438d4b8 | 404 | =over 4 |
da507230 | 405 | |
5438d4b8 | 406 | =item XXX-some-platform |
fff96ff7 | 407 | |
5438d4b8 | 408 | XXX |
da507230 | 409 | |
5438d4b8 | 410 | =back |
bb3abb05 | 411 | |
5438d4b8 | 412 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
d25b0d7b | 413 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
414 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
415 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
416 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
417 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
d25b0d7b | 418 | |
5438d4b8 | 419 | =over 4 |
4bee03f8 | 420 | |
5438d4b8 | 421 | =item XXX-some-platform |
4bee03f8 | 422 | |
5438d4b8 | 423 | XXX |
d9463c66 | 424 | |
5438d4b8 | 425 | =back |
d9463c66 | 426 | |
5438d4b8 | 427 | =head1 Internal Changes |
7c4c6e7c | 428 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
429 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. |
430 | Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should | |
431 | be noted as well. | |
7c4c6e7c | 432 | |
5438d4b8 | 433 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
777d9014 | 434 | |
5438d4b8 | 435 | =over 4 |
95f7e41f FC |
436 | |
437 | =item * | |
438 | ||
115ff745 NC |
439 | F<embedvar.h> has been simplified, and one level of macro indirection for |
440 | PL_* variables has been removed for the default (non-multiplicity) | |
441 | configuration. PERLVAR*() macros now directly expand their arguments to | |
442 | tokens such as C<PL_defgv>, instead of expanding to C<PL_Idefgv>, with | |
443 | F<embedvar.h> defining a macro to map C<PL_Idefgv> to C<PL_defgv>. XS code | |
444 | which has unwarranted chumminess with the implementation may need updating. | |
df5b44bd | 445 | |
5438d4b8 | 446 | =back |
df5b44bd | 447 | |
5438d4b8 | 448 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
e22e289d | 449 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
450 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. |
451 | Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in | |
452 | L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
7818c927 | 453 | |
5438d4b8 | 454 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
7818c927 | 455 | |
5438d4b8 | 456 | =over 4 |
7818c927 FC |
457 | |
458 | =item * | |
459 | ||
f4df43b5 FC |
460 | Locking an lvalue subroutine (via C<lock &lvsub>) now locks the return |
461 | value, instead of trying to lock the sub (which has no effect). It also no | |
462 | longer tries to return the sub as a scalar, resulting in strange side | |
463 | effects like C<ref \$_> returning "CODE" in some instances. | |
7818c927 | 464 | |
3fdd840f FC |
465 | =item * |
466 | ||
467 | C<lock>'s prototype has been corrected to C<(\[$@%*])> from C<(\$)>, which | |
468 | was just wrong. | |
469 | ||
7ffa7e75 FC |
470 | =item * |
471 | ||
472 | Most dereferencing operators (C<${}>, etc.) used to call C<FETCH> twice on | |
473 | a tied operand when doing a symbolic dereference (looking up a variable by | |
474 | name, which is not permitted under C<use strict 'refs'>). Only C<&{}> did | |
475 | not have this problem. This has been fixed. | |
476 | ||
862b2c43 FC |
477 | =item * |
478 | ||
479 | A minor regression introduced in 5.15.0 has been fixed. Dereferencing a | |
480 | magical mortal (e.g., the return value of C<delete> on a tied hash element) | |
481 | explicitly returned from a subroutine called recursively was not calling | |
482 | C<FETCH>. This would affect code like C<@{ foo() }> where the C<foo> sub | |
483 | contains C<return delete $hash{elem}> and is calling itself. | |
484 | ||
c973bd4f KW |
485 | =item * |
486 | ||
487 | A panic involving the combination of the regular expression modifiers | |
488 | C</aa> and the C<\b> escape sequence introduced in 5.14.0 has been | |
489 | fixed [perl #95964]. | |
490 | ||
a6cefd81 TC |
491 | =item * |
492 | ||
493 | stat() would always return the inode number as an IV, even when the | |
494 | original was unsigned, or too large to fit in an IV. stat() now | |
495 | returns the inode number as the type that would best preserve the | |
496 | original value. [perl #84590] | |
497 | ||
c4499eff KW |
498 | =item * |
499 | ||
500 | The combination of the regular expression modifiers C</aa> and the C<\b> | |
501 | and C<\B> escape sequences did not work properly on UTF-8 encoded | |
502 | strings. All non-ASCII characters under C</aa> should be treated as | |
503 | non-word characters, but what was happening was that Unicode rules were | |
504 | used to determine wordness/non-wordness for non-ASCII characters. This | |
505 | is now fixed [perl #95968]. | |
506 | ||
5438d4b8 | 507 | =back |
c62f68e3 | 508 | |
5438d4b8 | 509 | =head1 Known Problems |
c62f68e3 | 510 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
511 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
512 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless | |
513 | they were specific to a particular platform (see below). | |
c62f68e3 | 514 | |
5438d4b8 Z |
515 | This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions |
516 | from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. | |
e22e289d | 517 | |
5438d4b8 | 518 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
e22e289d | 519 | |
5438d4b8 | 520 | =over 4 |
e22e289d | 521 | |
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522 | =item * |
523 | ||
5438d4b8 | 524 | XXX |
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5438d4b8 | 526 | =back |
4ec40670 | 527 | |
5438d4b8 | 528 | =head1 Obituary |
b908e258 | 529 | |
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530 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
531 | here. | |
42a91c97 | 532 | |
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533 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
534 | ||
f1c1ecab | 535 | XXX Generate this with: |
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536 | |
537 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.1..HEAD | |
29cf780c | 538 | |
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539 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
540 | ||
541 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles | |
34dc2ec0 | 542 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
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543 | bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be |
544 | information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
545 | ||
546 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> | |
547 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down | |
548 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the | |
549 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be | |
550 | analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
551 | ||
552 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
553 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send | |
34dc2ec0 | 554 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription |
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555 | unarchived mailing list, which includes |
556 | all the core committers, who will be able | |
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557 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help |
558 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all | |
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559 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
560 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently | |
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561 | distributed on CPAN. |
562 | ||
563 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
564 | ||
565 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details | |
566 | on what changed. | |
567 | ||
568 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
569 | ||
570 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
571 | ||
572 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
573 | ||
574 | =cut |