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=head1 NAME

perl5293delta - what is new for perl v5.29.3

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This document describes differences between the 5.29.2 release and the 5.29.3
release.

If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.1, first read
L<perl5292delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.1 and 5.29.2.

=head1 Modules and Pragmata

=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata

=over 4

=item *

L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.30 to 2.32

=item *

L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.50

=item *

L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.171 to 2.172

=item *

L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.42 to 3.43.

=item *

L<File::Path> has been upgraded from version 2.15 to 2.16.

=item *

PathTools has been upgraded from version 3.74 to 3.75

=item *

L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.20180605 to 5.0180915.

=back

=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata

=over 4

=item *

C<Locale::Codes> has been removed at the request of its author.  It
continues to be available on CPAN C<L<Locale::Codes>>.  [perl #133458].

=back

=head1 Documentation

=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation

We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
listed in this document.  If you find any we have missed, send email
to L<perlbug@perl.org|mailto:perlbug@perl.org>.

Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:

=head3 L<perlreapi>, L<perlvar>

=over 4

=item *

Improve docs for lastparen, lastcloseparen

=back

=head1 Testing

Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
in this release.

=head1 Platform Support

=head2 Platform-Specific Notes

=over 4

=item Windows

The Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK build, with its early x64 compiler and
tools, was accidentally broken in Perl 5.27.9.  This has now been fixed.

=back

=head1 Selected Bug Fixes

=over 4

=item *

Warnings produced from constant folding operations on overloaded
values no longer produce spurious "Use of uninitialized value"
warnings.  [perl #132683]

=item *

Fix for "mutator not seen in (lex = ...) .= ..." [perl #133441]

=back

=head1 Acknowledgements

Perl 5.29.3 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
5.29.2 and contains approximately 150,000 lines of changes across 190 files
from 15 authors.

Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
approximately 140,000 lines of changes to 92 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.

Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.29.3:

Andy Dougherty, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, David
Mitchell, Eugen Konkov, Graham Knop, H.Merijn Brand, James E Keenan, John SJ
Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Sawyer X, Slaven Rezic, Steve
Hay, Sullivan Beck, Tony Cook.

The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include
the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to
the Perl bug tracker.

Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
helping Perl to flourish.

For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.

=head1 Reporting Bugs

If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
at L<https://rt.perl.org/> .  There may also be information at
L<http://www.perl.org/> , the Perl Home Page.

If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
included with your release.  Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
sufficient test case.  Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.

If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then see
L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
for details of how to report the issue.

=head1 Give Thanks

If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5,
you can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:

    perlthanks

This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.

=head1 SEE ALSO

The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
what changed.

The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.

The F<README> file for general stuff.

The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.

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	3	=head1 NAME
	4
	5	perl5293delta - what is new for perl v5.29.3
	6
	7	=head1 DESCRIPTION
	8
	9	This document describes differences between the 5.29.2 release and the 5.29.3
	10	release.
	11
	12	If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.1, first read
	13	L<perl5292delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.1 and 5.29.2.
	14
	15	=head1 Modules and Pragmata
	16
	17	=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
	18
	19	=over 4
	20
	21	=item *
	22
	23	L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.30 to 2.32
	24
	25	=item *
	26
	27	L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.50
	28
	29	=item *
	30
	31	L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.171 to 2.172
	32
	33	=item *
	34
	35	L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.42 to 3.43.
	36
	37	=item *
	38
	39	L<File::Path> has been upgraded from version 2.15 to 2.16.
	40
	41	=item *
	42
	43	PathTools has been upgraded from version 3.74 to 3.75
	44
	45	=item *
	46
	47	L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.20180605 to 5.0180915.
	48
	49	=back
	50
	51	=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
	52
	53	=over 4
	54
	55	=item *
	56
	57	C<Locale::Codes> has been removed at the request of its author. It
	58	continues to be available on CPAN C<L<Locale::Codes>>. [perl #133458].
	59
	60	=back
	61
	62	=head1 Documentation
	63
	64	=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
65
66	We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
67	listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, send email
68	to L<perlbug@perl.org\|mailto:perlbug@perl.org>.
69
70	Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
71
72	=head3 L<perlreapi>, L<perlvar>
73
74	=over 4
75
76	=item *
77
78	Improve docs for lastparen, lastcloseparen
79
80	=back
81
82	=head1 Testing
83
84	Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
85	in this release.
86
87	=head1 Platform Support
88
89	=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
90
91	=over 4
92
93	=item Windows
94
95	The Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK build, with its early x64 compiler and
96	tools, was accidentally broken in Perl 5.27.9. This has now been fixed.
97
98	=back
99
100	=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
101
102	=over 4
103
104	=item *
105
106	Warnings produced from constant folding operations on overloaded
107	values no longer produce spurious "Use of uninitialized value"
108	warnings. [perl #132683]
109
110	=item *
111
112	Fix for "mutator not seen in (lex = ...) .= ..." [perl #133441]
113
114	=back
115
116	=head1 Acknowledgements
117
118	Perl 5.29.3 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
119	5.29.2 and contains approximately 150,000 lines of changes across 190 files
120	from 15 authors.
121
122	Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
123	approximately 140,000 lines of changes to 92 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
124
125	Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
126	community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
127	contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.29.3:
128
129	Andy Dougherty, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, David
130	Mitchell, Eugen Konkov, Graham Knop, H.Merijn Brand, James E Keenan, John SJ
131	Anderson, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Sawyer X, Slaven Rezic, Steve
132	Hay, Sullivan Beck, Tony Cook.
133
134	The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
135	generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include
136	the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to
137	the Perl bug tracker.
138
139	Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
140	included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
141	helping Perl to flourish.
142
143	For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
144	see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
145
146	=head1 Reporting Bugs
147
148	If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
149	at L<https://rt.perl.org/> . There may also be information at
150	L<http://www.perl.org/> , the Perl Home Page.
151
152	If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
153	included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
154	sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
155	will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
156
157	If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
158	inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then see
159	L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
160	for details of how to report the issue.
161
162	=head1 Give Thanks
163
164	If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5,
165	you can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:
166
167	perlthanks
168
169	This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
170
171	=head1 SEE ALSO
172
173	The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
174	what changed.
175
176	The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
177
178	The F<README> file for general stuff.
179
180	The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
181
182	=cut