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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 XXX needs |
6 | to be processed before release. ] | |
7 | ||
8 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.21.7 | |
c68523cb | 9 | |
238894db | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
c68523cb | 11 | |
4dc623f0 | 12 | This document describes differences between the 5.21.6 release and the 5.21.7 |
238894db | 13 | release. |
c68523cb | 14 | |
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15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.5, first read |
16 | L<perl5216delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.5 and 5.21.6. | |
8435afd1 | 17 | |
4dc623f0 | 18 | =head1 Notice |
4cad5dc8 | 19 | |
4dc623f0 | 20 | XXX Any important notices here |
518159a1 | 21 | |
4dc623f0 | 22 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
518159a1 | 23 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
24 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language |
25 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go | |
26 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. | |
518159a1 | 27 | |
4dc623f0 | 28 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
518159a1 | 29 | |
67f2cc75 AC |
30 | =head2 C<fileno> now works on directory handles |
31 | ||
32 | When the relevant support is available in the operating system, the | |
33 | C<fileno> builtin now works on directory handles, yielding the | |
34 | underlying file descriptor in the same way as for filehandles. On | |
35 | operating systems without such support, C<fileno> on a directory handle | |
36 | continues to return the undefined value, as before, but also sets C<$!> to | |
37 | indicate that the operation is not supported. | |
38 | ||
39 | Currently, this uses either a C<dd_fd> member in the OS C<DIR> | |
40 | structure, or a dirfd(3) function as specified by POSIX.1-2008. | |
41 | ||
4dc623f0 | 42 | =head1 Security |
fe609065 | 43 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
44 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
45 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
46 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
fe609065 | 47 | |
4dc623f0 | 48 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
295f7815 | 49 | |
4dc623f0 | 50 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
295f7815 | 51 | |
4dc623f0 | 52 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
bb8c7e27 | 53 | |
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54 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
55 | If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a | |
56 | report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. | |
9f122eef | 57 | |
4dc623f0 | 58 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
5cfa0642 | 59 | |
aafa61ee | 60 | =head2 C<&> and C<\&> prototypes accepts only subs |
3f22ed99 FC |
61 | |
62 | The C<&> prototype character now accepts only anonymous subs (C<sub {...}>) | |
63 | and things beginning with C<\&>. Formerly it erroneously also allowed | |
64 | C<undef> and references to array, hashes, and lists. [perl #4539] | |
65 | [perl #123062] | |
66 | ||
aafa61ee FC |
67 | The C<\&> prototype was allowing subroutine calls, whereas now it only |
68 | allows subroutines. C<&foo> is permitted. C<&foo()> and C<foo()> are not. | |
69 | [perl #77860] | |
70 | ||
ef8784b7 FC |
71 | =head2 C<use encoding> is now lexical |
72 | ||
73 | The L<encoding> pragma's effect is now limited to lexical scope. This | |
74 | pragma is deprecated, but in the meantime, it could adversely affect | |
75 | unrelated modules that are included in the same program. | |
76 | ||
0a7766ab FC |
77 | =head2 List slices returning empty lists |
78 | ||
79 | List slices return an empty list now only if the original list was empty | |
80 | (or if there are no indices). Formerly, a list slice would return an empty | |
81 | list if all indices fell outside the original list. [perl #114498] | |
82 | ||
4dc623f0 | 83 | =head1 Deprecations |
5b306eef | 84 | |
4dc623f0 | 85 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
5b306eef | 86 | |
4dc623f0 | 87 | =head2 Module removals |
ef7051ba | 88 | |
4dc623f0 | 89 | XXX Remove this section if inapplicable. |
ef7051ba | 90 | |
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91 | The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a |
92 | future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN. | |
93 | Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as | |
94 | prerequisites. | |
b450ee68 | 95 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
96 | The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category |
97 | warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, | |
98 | install the modules in question from CPAN. | |
b450ee68 | 99 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
100 | Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged |
101 | to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their | |
102 | necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, | |
103 | not usually on concerns over their design. | |
1e461e16 | 104 | |
4dc623f0 | 105 | =over |
1e461e16 | 106 | |
4dc623f0 | 107 | =item XXX |
aa95859b | 108 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
109 | XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed |
110 | as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
aa95859b | 111 | |
86372193 | 112 | =back |
357205d5 | 113 | |
4dc623f0 | 114 | [ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
6ed80d55 | 115 | |
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116 | =head2 Setting C<${^ENCODING}> to anything but C<undef> |
117 | ||
118 | This variable allows Perl scripts to be written in a non-ASCII, | |
119 | non-UTF-8 encoding. However, it affects all modules globally, leading | |
120 | to wrong answers and segmentation faults. New scripts should be written | |
121 | in UTF-8; old scripts should be converted to UTF-8, which is easily done | |
122 | with the L<encoding> pragma. | |
123 | ||
4dc623f0 | 124 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
6ed80d55 | 125 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
126 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. |
127 | There may well be none in a stable release. | |
6ed80d55 | 128 | |
4dc623f0 | 129 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
6ed80d55 | 130 | |
4dc623f0 | 131 | =over 4 |
6ed80d55 CBW |
132 | |
133 | =item * | |
134 | ||
2adef77e DD |
135 | Win32 Perl uses 8 KB less of per-process memory than before for every perl |
136 | process of this version. This data is now memory mapped from disk and shared | |
137 | between perl processes from the same perl binary. | |
6ed80d55 | 138 | |
4dc623f0 | 139 | =back |
f4e81f96 | 140 | |
4dc623f0 | 141 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
bb6a367a | 142 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
143 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
144 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
145 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>. A paragraph summary | |
146 | for important changes should then be added by hand. In an ideal world, | |
147 | dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be cribbed. | |
f348c3d8 | 148 | |
4dc623f0 | 149 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
f348c3d8 | 150 | |
4dc623f0 | 151 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
6ed80d55 | 152 | |
4dc623f0 | 153 | =over 4 |
f348c3d8 A |
154 | |
155 | =item * | |
156 | ||
4dc623f0 | 157 | XXX |
7635ad4d | 158 | |
4dc623f0 | 159 | =back |
7635ad4d | 160 | |
4dc623f0 | 161 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
7635ad4d | 162 | |
4dc623f0 | 163 | =over 4 |
f348c3d8 | 164 | |
6ed80d55 | 165 | =item * |
f348c3d8 | 166 | |
cd3802ac FC |
167 | L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.53 to 1.54. |
168 | ||
169 | Nulled COPs are now of class C<B::COP>, rather than C<B::OP>. | |
170 | ||
d6c13051 FC |
171 | B::REGEXP objects now provide a C<qr_anoncv> method for accessing the |
172 | implicit CV associated with C<qr//> things containing code blocks. | |
173 | ||
02a0bddf FC |
174 | B::PMOP now provides a C<pmregexp> method returning a B::REGEXP object. |
175 | ||
128f4e12 FC |
176 | Two new classes, B::PADNAME and B::PADNAMELIST, have been introduced. |
177 | ||
cd3802ac FC |
178 | =item * |
179 | ||
7cf50cd1 FC |
180 | L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.30 to 1.31. |
181 | ||
182 | BEGIN blocks at the end of the enclosing scope are now deparsed in the | |
183 | right place. [perl #77452] | |
184 | ||
73fc9720 FC |
185 | Lexical subroutines are now fully deparsed. [perl #116553] |
186 | ||
9d67d695 FC |
187 | Deparsing of C<$lexical =~ //> was accidentally broken in 1.30 (perl |
188 | 5.21.6), omitting the C<$lexical =~>, but has now been fixed. | |
189 | ||
92e6b96d FC |
190 | C<Anything =~ y///r> with C</r> no longer omits the left-hand operand. |
191 | ||
aa9bed36 FC |
192 | The op trees that make up regexp code blocks are now deparsed for real. |
193 | Formerly, the original string that made up the regular expression was used. | |
194 | That caused problems with C<qr/(?{<<heredoc})/> and multiline code blocks, | |
195 | which were deparsed incorrectly. [perl #123217] [perl #115256] | |
196 | ||
9d6cb1a5 FC |
197 | C<$;> at the end of a statement no longer loses its semicolon. |
198 | [perl #123357] | |
199 | ||
d5ced743 FC |
200 | Some cases of subroutine declarations stored in the stash in shorthand form |
201 | were being omitted. | |
202 | ||
3b7745ab FC |
203 | Non-ASCII characters are now consistently escaped in strings, instead of |
204 | some of the time. (There are still outstanding problems with regular | |
205 | expressions and identifiers that have not been fixed.) | |
206 | ||
a2fb0b75 FC |
207 | When prototype sub calls are deparsed with C<&> (e.g., under the B<-P> |
208 | option), C<scalar> is now added where appropriate, to force the scalar | |
209 | context implied by the prototype. | |
210 | ||
7cf50cd1 FC |
211 | =item * |
212 | ||
7de6b801 TC |
213 | L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.26 to 3.27. |
214 | ||
215 | Only declare C<file> unused if we actually define it. | |
216 | ||
217 | Improve generated C<RETVAL> code generation to avoid repeated | |
218 | references to C<ST(0)>. [perl #123278] | |
f4eedc6b | 219 | |
190f5bb6 TC |
220 | =item * |
221 | ||
222 | The PathTools module collection has been upgraded from 3.52 to 3.53. | |
223 | ||
224 | Don't turn leading C<//> into C</> on Cygwin. [perl #122635] | |
225 | ||
ba31029d TR |
226 | =item * |
227 | ||
228 | L<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26. | |
229 | ||
4c7a0d98 DD |
230 | =item * |
231 | ||
232 | L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.20 | |
233 | ||
234 | Don't test twice for bootstrap file. | |
235 | ||
4dc623f0 | 236 | =back |
f4eedc6b | 237 | |
4dc623f0 | 238 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
f4eedc6b | 239 | |
4dc623f0 | 240 | =over 4 |
f348c3d8 | 241 | |
6ed80d55 CBW |
242 | =item * |
243 | ||
4dc623f0 | 244 | XXX |
f348c3d8 | 245 | |
4dc623f0 | 246 | =back |
f348c3d8 | 247 | |
4dc623f0 | 248 | =head1 Documentation |
f348c3d8 | 249 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
250 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
251 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
f348c3d8 | 252 | |
4dc623f0 | 253 | =head2 New Documentation |
f348c3d8 | 254 | |
4dc623f0 | 255 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
f348c3d8 | 256 | |
4dc623f0 | 257 | =head3 L<XXX> |
6ed80d55 | 258 | |
4dc623f0 | 259 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
f348c3d8 | 260 | |
6ed80d55 | 261 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
f348c3d8 | 262 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
263 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
264 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
265 | section. | |
266 | ||
267 | =head3 L<XXX> | |
84d03adf | 268 | |
86372193 | 269 | =over 4 |
ff433f2d | 270 | |
4cd408ba TC |
271 | =item * |
272 | ||
4dc623f0 | 273 | XXX Description of the change here |
f348c3d8 | 274 | |
86372193 | 275 | =back |
f348c3d8 | 276 | |
6ed80d55 CBW |
277 | =head1 Diagnostics |
278 | ||
279 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, | |
280 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
281 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
282 | ||
4dc623f0 CBW |
283 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
284 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
6ed80d55 | 285 | |
4dc623f0 | 286 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
f348c3d8 | 287 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
288 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors |
289 | and New Warnings | |
ab0b796c | 290 | |
4dc623f0 | 291 | =head3 New Errors |
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292 | |
293 | =over 4 | |
294 | ||
295 | =item * | |
296 | ||
4dc623f0 | 297 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
ab0b796c | 298 | |
86372193 | 299 | =back |
0561e60b | 300 | |
4dc623f0 | 301 | =head3 New Warnings |
dd200dff | 302 | |
4dc623f0 | 303 | =over 4 |
dd200dff | 304 | |
73e793fc FC |
305 | =item * |
306 | ||
4dc623f0 | 307 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
73e793fc | 308 | |
8c6180a9 KW |
309 | =back |
310 | ||
86372193 | 311 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
0561e60b | 312 | |
4dc623f0 | 313 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
4a328228 | 314 | |
4dc623f0 | 315 | =over 4 |
4cd408ba | 316 | |
1861205d FC |
317 | =item * |
318 | ||
fe20bd24 FC |
319 | "Variable %s will not stay shared" has been changed to say "Subroutine" |
320 | when it is actually a lexical sub that will not stay shared. | |
1861205d | 321 | |
86372193 | 322 | =back |
40a81b59 | 323 | |
4dc623f0 | 324 | =head1 Utility Changes |
2a395b86 | 325 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
326 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here. |
327 | Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>. | |
2a395b86 | 328 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
329 | [ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item |
330 | entries for each change | |
331 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
12d22d1f | 332 | |
4dc623f0 | 333 | =head2 L<XXX> |
2a395b86 | 334 | |
8c8d6154 | 335 | =over 4 |
2a395b86 PM |
336 | |
337 | =item * | |
338 | ||
4dc623f0 | 339 | XXX |
bb8c7e27 | 340 | |
86372193 | 341 | =back |
bb8c7e27 | 342 | |
4dc623f0 | 343 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
bb8c7e27 | 344 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
345 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
346 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
347 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
348 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
aa292ef2 | 349 | |
4dc623f0 | 350 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
83b69bfd DD |
351 | |
352 | =over 4 | |
353 | ||
354 | =item * | |
355 | ||
4dc623f0 | 356 | XXX |
13adb056 | 357 | |
83b69bfd DD |
358 | =back |
359 | ||
4dc623f0 | 360 | =head1 Testing |
391823f2 | 361 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
362 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
363 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
364 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
365 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs | |
366 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
6ff8f256 | 367 | |
4dc623f0 | 368 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
80cc3290 | 369 | |
86372193 | 370 | =over 4 |
db98db4e | 371 | |
8818afe8 TC |
372 | =item * |
373 | ||
4dc623f0 | 374 | XXX |
9d22ccf6 | 375 | |
4dc623f0 | 376 | =back |
480961b6 | 377 | |
4dc623f0 | 378 | =head1 Platform Support |
480961b6 | 379 | |
4dc623f0 | 380 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
94c9bf90 | 381 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
382 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
383 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
94c9bf90 | 384 | |
4dc623f0 | 385 | =head2 New Platforms |
8af808bf | 386 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
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. | |
8af808bf | 391 | |
4dc623f0 | 392 | =over 4 |
fdcaecb7 | 393 | |
4dc623f0 | 394 | =item XXX-some-platform |
fdcaecb7 | 395 | |
4dc623f0 | 396 | XXX |
2af7c6b6 | 397 | |
4dc623f0 | 398 | =back |
2af7c6b6 | 399 | |
4dc623f0 | 400 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
c0b32823 | 401 | |
4dc623f0 | 402 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
c0b32823 | 403 | |
4dc623f0 | 404 | =over 4 |
b1a4e8b3 | 405 | |
4dc623f0 | 406 | =item XXX-some-platform |
b1a4e8b3 | 407 | |
4dc623f0 | 408 | XXX |
9e26817d | 409 | |
4dc623f0 | 410 | =back |
9e26817d | 411 | |
4dc623f0 | 412 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
70cee83f | 413 | |
312159d9 | 414 | =head3 Win32 |
70cee83f | 415 | |
312159d9 | 416 | =over |
e5fbfbc1 | 417 | |
312159d9 | 418 | =item * |
e5fbfbc1 | 419 | |
312159d9 | 420 | Intel C builds are now always built with C99 mode on. |
353075a0 | 421 | |
4dc623f0 | 422 | =back |
353075a0 | 423 | |
4dc623f0 | 424 | =head1 Internal Changes |
9f122eef | 425 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
426 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other |
427 | significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as | |
428 | well. | |
9f122eef | 429 | |
4dc623f0 | 430 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
9f122eef | 431 | |
4dc623f0 | 432 | =over 4 |
9f122eef FC |
433 | |
434 | =item * | |
435 | ||
14f5a3e3 FC |
436 | The PADNAME and PADNAMELIST types are now separate types, and no longer |
437 | simply aliases for SV and AV. [perl #123223] | |
c7f058f0 | 438 | |
cd96a1b6 FC |
439 | =item * |
440 | ||
441 | Pad names are now always UTF8. The C<PadnameUTF8> macro always returns | |
442 | true. Previously, this was effectively the case already, but any support | |
443 | for two different internal representations of pad names has now been | |
444 | removed. | |
445 | ||
4dc623f0 | 446 | =back |
c7f058f0 | 447 | |
4dc623f0 | 448 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
0ef4323a | 449 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
450 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in |
451 | files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
0ef4323a | 452 | |
4dc623f0 | 453 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
c263379c | 454 | |
4dc623f0 | 455 | =over 4 |
c263379c | 456 | |
ff90be78 TC |
457 | =item * |
458 | ||
452466a5 FC |
459 | On Win32, restoring in a child pseudo-process a variable that was |
460 | C<local()>ed in a parent pseudo-process before the C<fork> happened caused | |
461 | memory corruption and a crash in the child pseudo-process (and therefore OS | |
64eb3958 | 462 | process). [perl #40565] |
ff90be78 | 463 | |
3e669301 KW |
464 | =item * |
465 | ||
279aef25 TC |
466 | Calling C<write> on a format with a C<^**> field could produce a panic |
467 | in sv_chop() if there were insufficient arguments or if the variable | |
468 | used to fill the field was empty. [perl #123245] | |
469 | ||
00ba25b8 FC |
470 | =item * |
471 | ||
472 | Non-ASCII lexical sub names (use in error messages) on longer have extra | |
473 | junk on the end. | |
474 | ||
567291b6 FC |
475 | =item * |
476 | ||
477 | The C<\@> subroutine prototype no longer flattens parenthesized arrays | |
478 | (taking a reference to each element), but takes a reference to the array | |
479 | itself. [perl #47363] | |
480 | ||
fcfb7b86 FC |
481 | =item * |
482 | ||
483 | A block containing nothing except a C-style C<for> loop could corrupt the | |
484 | stack, causing lists outside the block to lose elements or have elements | |
485 | overwritten. This could happen with C<map { for(...){...} } ...> and with | |
486 | lists containing C<do { for(...){...} }>. [perl #123286] | |
487 | ||
8bb83ec2 FC |
488 | =item * |
489 | ||
490 | C<scalar()> now propagates lvalue context, so that | |
491 | C<for(scalar($#foo)) { ... }> can modify C<$#foo> through C<$_>. | |
492 | ||
1318b6d7 FC |
493 | =item * |
494 | ||
495 | C<qr/@array(?{block})/> no longer dies with "Bizarre copy of ARRAY". | |
496 | [#123344] | |
497 | ||
86372193 | 498 | =back |
bb8c7e27 | 499 | |
86372193 | 500 | =head1 Known Problems |
bb8c7e27 | 501 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
502 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
503 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed | |
504 | platform specific bugs also go here. | |
28a42920 | 505 | |
4dc623f0 | 506 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
28a42920 | 507 | |
6ed80d55 CBW |
508 | =over 4 |
509 | ||
510 | =item * | |
511 | ||
4dc623f0 | 512 | XXX |
6ed80d55 CBW |
513 | |
514 | =back | |
515 | ||
86372193 | 516 | =head1 Errata From Previous Releases |
28a42920 | 517 | |
86372193 | 518 | =over 4 |
28a42920 A |
519 | |
520 | =item * | |
521 | ||
4dc623f0 CBW |
522 | XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in |
523 | the perldelta of a previous release. | |
f5630681 | 524 | |
8c8d6154 | 525 | =back |
3a085d00 | 526 | |
4dc623f0 | 527 | =head1 Obituary |
01d42a22 | 528 | |
4dc623f0 CBW |
529 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
530 | here. | |
6ed80d55 | 531 | |
4dc623f0 | 532 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
01d42a22 | 533 | |
4dc623f0 | 534 | XXX Generate this with: |
01d42a22 | 535 | |
4dc623f0 | 536 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.6..HEAD |
f5b73711 | 537 | |
44691e6f AB |
538 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
539 | ||
e08634c5 SH |
540 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently |
541 | posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at | |
238894db | 542 | https://rt.perl.org/ . There may also be information at |
7ef8b31d | 543 | http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. |
44691e6f | 544 | |
e08634c5 SH |
545 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program |
546 | included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but | |
547 | sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>, | |
548 | will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
44691e6f AB |
549 | |
550 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
e08634c5 SH |
551 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it |
552 | to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
553 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be | |
554 | able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
f9001595 | 555 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all |
e08634c5 SH |
556 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
557 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on | |
558 | CPAN. | |
44691e6f AB |
559 | |
560 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
561 | ||
e08634c5 SH |
562 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on |
563 | what changed. | |
44691e6f AB |
564 | |
565 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
566 | ||
567 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
568 | ||
569 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
570 | ||
571 | =cut |