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1=head1 NAME
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3perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.4
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5=head1 DESCRIPTION
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7This document describes differences between the 5.9.3 and the 5.9.4
8developement releases. See L<perl590delta>, L<perl591delta>, L<perl592delta>
9and L<perl593delta> for the differences between 5.8.0 and 5.9.3.
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11=head1 Incompatible Changes
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13=head2 chdir FOO
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15A bareword argument to chdir is now recognized as a file handle.
16Earlier releases interpreted the bareword as a directory name.
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18=head1 Core Enhancements
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20=head1 Modules and Pragmata
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22=head1 Utility Changes
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24=head1 Documentation
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26=head1 Performance Enhancements
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28=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
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30=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
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32=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
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34=head1 Changed Internals
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36=head1 Known Problems
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38=head2 Platform Specific Problems
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40=head1 Reporting Bugs
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42If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
43recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl
44bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/ . There may also be
45information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
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47If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
48program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down
49to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the
50output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be
51analysed by the Perl porting team.
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53=head1 SEE ALSO
54
55The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed.
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57The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
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59The F<README> file for general stuff.
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61The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
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