5 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.33.8
9 This document describes differences between the 5.33.7 release and the 5.33.8
12 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.6, first read
13 L<perl5337delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.6 and 5.33.7.
15 =head1 Performance Enhancements
21 Fix a memory leak in RegEx (L<GH #18604|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18604>)
25 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
27 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
33 L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.100 to 2.101.
37 L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.100 to 2.101.
41 L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.176 to 2.177.
45 L<IO::Compress> has been upgraded from version 2.100 to 2.102.
47 - bin/zipdetails version 2.02
51 L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20210220 to 5.20210320.
55 L<Pod::Html> has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27.
59 L<Win32> has been upgraded from version 0.54 to 0.57.
61 - fix calling convention for PFNRegGetValueA
62 - added Win32::IsSymlinkCreationAllowed(), Win32::IsDeveloperModeEnabled(),
63 and Win32::GetProcessPrivileges()
64 - removed old code for versions before Windows 2000
70 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
72 We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
73 listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue
74 at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
76 Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
78 =head3 L<perlfunc> and L<perlsyn>
84 Document that caller() does not see try{} blocks
94 document how to create a remote-tracking branch for every PR
98 document how to get a PR as a local branch
108 Fix description of what Perl does with unencoded strings
114 Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and
115 changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were
122 Split Config-dependent tests in t/opbasic/arith.t to t/op/arith2.t
126 =head1 Internal Changes
132 A set of cop_hints_exists_{pv,pvn,pvs,sv} functions was added, to support checking
133 for the existence of keys in the hints hash of a specific cop without needing to
134 create a mortal copy of said value.
138 Make REFCOUNTED_HE_EXISTS available outside of core
142 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
148 Fix a memory leak in regcomp.c (L<GH #18604|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18604>)
152 =head1 Acknowledgements
154 Perl 5.33.8 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl
155 5.33.7 and contains approximately 3,300 lines of changes across 120 files
158 Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
159 approximately 1,100 lines of changes to 66 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
161 Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
162 community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
163 contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.33.8:
165 Aaron Crane, brian d foy, Craig A. Berry, David Mitchell, Felipe Gasper,
166 James E Keenan, Karl Williamson, Keith Thompson, Leon Timmermans, Nicolas
167 R., Paul Evans, Renee Baecker, Ricardo Signes, Tomasz Konojacki, Tony Cook.
169 The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
170 generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include
171 the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to
172 the Perl bug tracker.
174 Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
175 included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
176 helping Perl to flourish.
178 For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
179 see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
181 =head1 Reporting Bugs
183 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
184 at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. There may also be information at
185 L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
187 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
188 L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a
189 tiny but sufficient test case.
191 If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
192 inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see
193 L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
194 for details of how to report the issue.
198 If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5,
199 you can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:
203 This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
207 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
210 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
212 The F<README> file for general stuff.
214 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.