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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 v5.21.4 | |
c68523cb | 9 | |
238894db | 10 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
c68523cb | 11 | |
39c4a6cf | 12 | This document describes differences between the 5.21.3 release and the 5.21.4 |
238894db | 13 | release. |
c68523cb | 14 | |
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15 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.2, first read |
16 | L<perl5213delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.2 and 5.21.3. | |
7065301c | 17 | |
39c4a6cf | 18 | =head1 Notice |
7e957246 | 19 | |
39c4a6cf | 20 | XXX Any important notices here |
7e957246 | 21 | |
39c4a6cf | 22 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
f88f10f5 | 23 | |
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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. | |
21f3b41e | 27 | |
39c4a6cf | 28 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
f88f10f5 | 29 | |
0346c3a9 | 30 | =head1 Security |
7e957246 | 31 | |
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32 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
33 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
34 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
13900f93 | 35 | |
39c4a6cf | 36 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
8bdb3f93 | 37 | |
13900f93 | 38 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
8bdb3f93 | 39 | |
39c4a6cf | 40 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
1178d2cf | 41 | |
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42 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
43 | If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a | |
44 | report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. | |
1178d2cf | 45 | |
39c4a6cf | 46 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
f6f3144e | 47 | |
39c4a6cf | 48 | =head1 Deprecations |
7065301c | 49 | |
39c4a6cf | 50 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |
7065301c | 51 | |
39c4a6cf | 52 | =head2 Module removals |
b3e82ed1 | 53 | |
39c4a6cf | 54 | XXX Remove this section if inapplicable. |
ca58223b | 55 | |
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56 | The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a |
57 | future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN. | |
58 | Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as | |
59 | prerequisites. | |
ca58223b | 60 | |
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61 | The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category |
62 | warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, | |
63 | install the modules in question from CPAN. | |
23b03637 | 64 | |
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65 | Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged |
66 | to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their | |
67 | necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, | |
68 | not usually on concerns over their design. | |
23b03637 | 69 | |
39c4a6cf | 70 | =over |
85e8fb10 | 71 | |
39c4a6cf | 72 | =item XXX |
85e8fb10 | 73 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
74 | XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed |
75 | as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
134f90c2 | 76 | |
39c4a6cf | 77 | =back |
134f90c2 | 78 | |
39c4a6cf | 79 | [ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
ff433f2d | 80 | |
39c4a6cf | 81 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
ff433f2d | 82 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
83 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. |
84 | There may well be none in a stable release. | |
134f90c2 | 85 | |
39c4a6cf | 86 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
134f90c2 | 87 | |
39c4a6cf | 88 | =over 4 |
7d19f6a1 | 89 | |
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90 | =item * |
91 | ||
39c4a6cf | 92 | XXX |
55e8b286 | 93 | |
39c4a6cf | 94 | =back |
55e8b286 | 95 | |
39c4a6cf | 96 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
d99849ae | 97 | |
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98 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
99 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
100 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>. A paragraph summary | |
101 | for important changes should then be added by hand. In an ideal world, | |
102 | dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be cribbed. | |
d99849ae | 103 | |
39c4a6cf | 104 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
ff433f2d | 105 | |
39c4a6cf | 106 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
ff433f2d | 107 | |
39c4a6cf | 108 | =over 4 |
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109 | |
110 | =item * | |
111 | ||
39c4a6cf | 112 | XXX |
0bb39c26 | 113 | |
39c4a6cf | 114 | =back |
0bb39c26 | 115 | |
39c4a6cf | 116 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
9c97a342 | 117 | |
39c4a6cf | 118 | =over 4 |
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119 | |
120 | =item * | |
121 | ||
39c4a6cf | 122 | L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. |
6ab3666b | 123 | |
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124 | =item * |
125 | ||
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126 | L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.992 to 0.993. |
127 | ||
608e531f SH |
128 | =item * |
129 | ||
130 | L<CPAN::Meta::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 2.126 to 2.128. | |
74d5bfab AS |
131 | |
132 | =item * | |
133 | ||
134 | L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280216 to 0.280219. | |
135 | [perl #122675]. | |
136 | ||
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137 | =item * |
138 | ||
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139 | L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.65 to 1.66. |
140 | [perl #122415]. | |
141 | ||
142 | =item * | |
143 | ||
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144 | L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to 1.28. |
145 | ||
146 | C<find()> and C<finddepth()> will now warn if passed inappropriate or | |
147 | misspelled options. | |
148 | ||
149 | =item * | |
150 | ||
151 | L<Getopt::Std> has been upgraded from version 1.10 to 1.11. | |
152 | ||
153 | =item * | |
154 | ||
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155 | L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.047 to 0.048. |
156 | ||
157 | =item * | |
158 | ||
159 | L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.021003 to 5.021004. | |
160 | ||
161 | =item * | |
162 | ||
163 | L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.42 to 1.43. | |
164 | ||
165 | =item * | |
166 | ||
167 | L<Pod::Perldoc> has been upgraded from version 3.23 to 3.24. | |
168 | ||
169 | =item * | |
170 | ||
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171 | Scalar-List-Utils has been upgraded from version 1.40 to 1.41. |
172 | ||
173 | =item * | |
174 | ||
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175 | L<constant> has been upgraded from version 1.31 to 1.32. |
176 | ||
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177 | It now accepts fully-qualified constant names, allowing constants to be |
178 | defined in packages other than the caller. | |
179 | ||
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180 | =item * |
181 | ||
182 | L<threads> has been upgraded from version 1.95 to 1.96. | |
183 | ||
39c4a6cf | 184 | =back |
9c97a342 | 185 | |
39c4a6cf | 186 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
d99849ae | 187 | |
39c4a6cf | 188 | =over 4 |
d99849ae | 189 | |
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190 | =item * |
191 | ||
39c4a6cf | 192 | XXX |
ff433f2d | 193 | |
13900f93 | 194 | =back |
aac7f82f | 195 | |
13900f93 | 196 | =head1 Documentation |
aac7f82f | 197 | |
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198 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
199 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
6d9b7c7c | 200 | |
39c4a6cf | 201 | =head2 New Documentation |
2a395b86 | 202 | |
39c4a6cf | 203 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
2a395b86 | 204 | |
39c4a6cf | 205 | =head3 L<XXX> |
2a395b86 | 206 | |
39c4a6cf | 207 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
2a395b86 | 208 | |
39c4a6cf | 209 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
2a395b86 | 210 | |
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211 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
212 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
213 | section. | |
214 | ||
215 | =head3 L<XXX> | |
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216 | |
217 | =over 4 | |
218 | ||
219 | =item * | |
220 | ||
39c4a6cf | 221 | XXX Description of the change here |
2a395b86 PM |
222 | |
223 | =back | |
224 | ||
39c4a6cf | 225 | =head1 Diagnostics |
2a395b86 | 226 | |
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227 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, |
228 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
229 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
2a395b86 | 230 | |
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231 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
232 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
2a395b86 | 233 | |
39c4a6cf | 234 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
0f4a583b | 235 | |
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236 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors |
237 | and New Warnings | |
2a395b86 | 238 | |
39c4a6cf | 239 | =head3 New Errors |
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240 | |
241 | =over 4 | |
242 | ||
243 | =item * | |
244 | ||
39c4a6cf | 245 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
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246 | |
247 | =back | |
248 | ||
39c4a6cf | 249 | =head3 New Warnings |
2a395b86 PM |
250 | |
251 | =over 4 | |
252 | ||
253 | =item * | |
254 | ||
39c4a6cf | 255 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
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256 | |
257 | =back | |
6d9b7c7c | 258 | |
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259 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
260 | ||
261 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here | |
7f55cec0 | 262 | |
13900f93 | 263 | =over 4 |
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264 | |
265 | =item * | |
266 | ||
39c4a6cf | 267 | XXX Describe change here |
aac7f82f | 268 | |
13900f93 | 269 | =back |
aac7f82f | 270 | |
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271 | =head2 Diagnostic Removals |
272 | ||
273 | =over 4 | |
274 | ||
275 | =item * | |
276 | ||
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277 | "Constant is not a FOO reference" |
278 | ||
279 | Compile-time checking of constant dereferencing (e.g., | |
280 | C<< my_constant->() >>) has been removed, since it was not taking | |
281 | overloading into account. [perl #69456] [perl #122607] | |
282 | ||
283 | =item * | |
284 | ||
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285 | The warning "Ambiguous use of -foo resolved as -&foo()" has been removed. |
286 | There is actually no ambiguity here, and this impedes the use of negated | |
287 | constants; e.g., C<-Inf>. | |
288 | ||
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289 | =item * |
290 | ||
291 | The little-known C<my Class $var> syntax (see L<fields> and L<attributes>) | |
292 | could get confused in the scope of C<use utf8> if C<Class> were a constant | |
293 | whose value contained Latin-1 characters. | |
294 | ||
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295 | =back |
296 | ||
39c4a6cf | 297 | =head1 Utility Changes |
091fed7c | 298 | |
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299 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here. |
300 | Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>. | |
902c1f75 | 301 | |
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302 | [ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item |
303 | entries for each change | |
304 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
2901561d | 305 | |
39c4a6cf | 306 | =head2 L<XXX> |
4594cf53 | 307 | |
13900f93 | 308 | =over 4 |
96dcbc37 DD |
309 | |
310 | =item * | |
311 | ||
39c4a6cf | 312 | XXX |
a1d26ccd | 313 | |
39c4a6cf | 314 | =back |
a1d26ccd | 315 | |
39c4a6cf | 316 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
7065301c | 317 | |
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318 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
319 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
320 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
321 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
58f25ac1 | 322 | |
39c4a6cf | 323 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
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324 | |
325 | =over 4 | |
58f25ac1 MH |
326 | |
327 | =item * | |
328 | ||
39c4a6cf | 329 | XXX |
a5873648 | 330 | |
39c4a6cf | 331 | =back |
a5873648 | 332 | |
39c4a6cf | 333 | =head1 Testing |
a5873648 | 334 | |
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335 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
336 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
337 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
338 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs | |
339 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
a5873648 | 340 | |
39c4a6cf | 341 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
a5873648 | 342 | |
39c4a6cf | 343 | =over 4 |
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344 | |
345 | =item * | |
346 | ||
39c4a6cf | 347 | XXX |
a5873648 | 348 | |
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349 | =back |
350 | ||
39c4a6cf | 351 | =head1 Platform Support |
b10906fb | 352 | |
39c4a6cf | 353 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
b10906fb | 354 | |
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355 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
356 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
b10906fb | 357 | |
39c4a6cf | 358 | =head2 New Platforms |
b10906fb | 359 | |
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360 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
361 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
362 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
363 | source tree. | |
13900f93 | 364 | |
7065301c | 365 | =over 4 |
24a38d90 | 366 | |
39c4a6cf | 367 | =item XXX-some-platform |
24a38d90 | 368 | |
39c4a6cf | 369 | XXX |
bb076206 | 370 | |
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371 | =back |
372 | ||
39c4a6cf | 373 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
097675bf | 374 | |
39c4a6cf | 375 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. |
b3211734 | 376 | |
6e97d65d | 377 | =over 4 |
b3211734 | 378 | |
39c4a6cf | 379 | =item XXX-some-platform |
7065301c | 380 | |
39c4a6cf | 381 | XXX |
13900f93 | 382 | |
39c4a6cf | 383 | =back |
7d0ccdba | 384 | |
39c4a6cf | 385 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
7d0ccdba | 386 | |
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387 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
388 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
389 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
390 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
6e97d65d | 391 | |
39c4a6cf | 392 | =over 4 |
6e97d65d | 393 | |
39c4a6cf | 394 | =item XXX-some-platform |
6e97d65d | 395 | |
39c4a6cf | 396 | XXX |
7d0ccdba | 397 | |
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398 | =back |
399 | ||
400 | =head1 Internal Changes | |
401 | ||
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402 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other |
403 | significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as | |
404 | well. | |
c9fcb674 | 405 | |
39c4a6cf | 406 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
a835cd47 | 407 | |
39c4a6cf | 408 | =over 4 |
c1284011 | 409 | |
7d15b1a8 | 410 | XXX |
1c43698b | 411 | |
6d9b7c7c | 412 | =back |
c1284011 | 413 | |
6d9b7c7c | 414 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
375f5f06 | 415 | |
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416 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in |
417 | files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
418 | ||
419 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] | |
420 | ||
0346c3a9 | 421 | =over 4 |
375f5f06 | 422 | |
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423 | =item * |
424 | ||
39c4a6cf | 425 | XXX |
2884baee | 426 | |
0aa1826c FC |
427 | =item * |
428 | ||
6f1a844b FC |
429 | Constant dereferencing now works correctly for typeglob constants. |
430 | Previously the glob was stringified and its name looked up. Now the glob | |
431 | itself is used. [perl #69456] | |
432 | ||
549ea8d4 FC |
433 | =item * |
434 | ||
435 | When parsing a funny character ($ @ % &) followed by braces, the parser no | |
436 | longer tries to guess whether it is a block or a hash constructor (causing | |
437 | a syntax error when it guesses the latter), since it can only be a block. | |
438 | ||
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439 | =item * |
440 | ||
441 | C<undef $reference> now frees the referent immediately, instead of hanging | |
442 | on to it until the next statement. [perl #122556] | |
443 | ||
1699f5c2 FC |
444 | =item * |
445 | ||
446 | Various cases where the name of a sub is used (autoload, overloading, error | |
447 | messages) used to crash for lexical subs, but have been fixed. | |
448 | ||
7e8b2071 FC |
449 | =item * |
450 | ||
451 | Bareword lookup now tries to avoid vivifying packages if it turns out the | |
452 | bareword is not going to be a subroutine name. | |
453 | ||
f9acf899 FC |
454 | =item * |
455 | ||
456 | Compilation of anonymous constants (e.g., C<sub () { 3 }>) no longer | |
457 | deletes any subroutine named C<__ANON__> in the current package. Not only | |
458 | was C<*__ANON__{CODE}> cleared, but there was a memory leak, too. This bug | |
459 | goes back to perl 5.8.0. | |
460 | ||
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461 | =item * |
462 | ||
463 | Stub declarations like C<sub f;> and C<sub f ();> no longer wipe out | |
464 | constants of the same name declared by C<use constant>. This bug was | |
465 | introduced in perl 5.10.0. | |
466 | ||
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467 | =item * |
468 | ||
469 | Under some conditions a warning raised in compilation of regular | |
470 | expression patterns could be displayed multiple times. This is now | |
471 | fixed. | |
472 | ||
8f0cd35a KW |
473 | =item * |
474 | ||
475 | C<qr/[\N{named sequence}]/> now works properly in many instances. Some | |
476 | names known to C<\N{...}> refer to a sequence of multiple characters, | |
477 | instead of the usual single character. Bracketed character classes | |
478 | generally only match single characters, but now special handling has | |
479 | been added so that they can match named sequences, but not if the class | |
480 | is inverted or the sequence is specified as the beginning or end of a | |
481 | range. In these cases, the only behavior change from before is a slight | |
482 | rewording of the fatal error message given when this class is part of a | |
483 | C<?[...])> construct. When the C<[...]> stands alone, the same | |
484 | non-fatal warning as before is raised, and only the first character in | |
485 | the sequence is used, again just as before. | |
486 | ||
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487 | =item * |
488 | ||
489 | Tainted constants evaluated at compile time no longer cause unrelated | |
490 | statements to become tainted. [perl #122669] | |
491 | ||
739e9bee FC |
492 | =item * |
493 | ||
494 | C<open $$fh, ...>, which vivifies a handle with a name like "main::_GEN_0", | |
495 | was not giving the handle the right reference count, so a double free could | |
496 | happen. | |
497 | ||
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498 | =item * |
499 | ||
500 | When deciding that a bareword was a method name, the parser would get | |
501 | confused if an "our" sub with the same name existed, and look up the method | |
502 | in the package of the "our" sub, instead of the package of the invocant. | |
503 | ||
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504 | =item * |
505 | ||
506 | The parser no longer gets confused by C<\U=> within a double-quoted string. | |
507 | It used to roduce a syntax error, but now compiles it correctly. | |
508 | [perl #80368] | |
509 | ||
39c4a6cf | 510 | =back |
b756670b | 511 | |
39c4a6cf | 512 | =head1 Known Problems |
b756670b | 513 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
514 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
515 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed | |
516 | platform specific bugs also go here. | |
e917e94e | 517 | |
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518 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
519 | ||
520 | =over 4 | |
e917e94e | 521 | |
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522 | =item * |
523 | ||
39c4a6cf | 524 | XXX |
26dd5fd6 | 525 | |
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526 | =back |
527 | ||
39c4a6cf | 528 | =head1 Errata From Previous Releases |
e831f11a | 529 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
530 | =over 4 |
531 | ||
532 | =item * | |
ff433f2d | 533 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
534 | XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in |
535 | the perldelta of a previous release. | |
ff433f2d | 536 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
537 | =back |
538 | ||
539 | =head1 Obituary | |
ff433f2d | 540 | |
39c4a6cf PM |
541 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
542 | here. | |
ff433f2d | 543 | |
39c4a6cf | 544 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
ff433f2d | 545 | |
39c4a6cf | 546 | XXX Generate this with: |
e831f11a | 547 | |
39c4a6cf | 548 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.3..HEAD |
f5b73711 | 549 | |
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550 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
551 | ||
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552 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently |
553 | posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at | |
238894db | 554 | https://rt.perl.org/ . There may also be information at |
7ef8b31d | 555 | http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. |
44691e6f | 556 | |
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557 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program |
558 | included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but | |
559 | sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>, | |
560 | will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
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561 | |
562 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
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563 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it |
564 | to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
565 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be | |
566 | able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
f9001595 | 567 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all |
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568 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
569 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on | |
570 | CPAN. | |
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571 | |
572 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
573 | ||
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574 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on |
575 | what changed. | |
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576 | |
577 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
578 | ||
579 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
580 | ||
581 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
582 | ||
583 | =cut |