5 3f40aba3 Merge branch 'ebcdic' into blead
6 df8c7dee Fix segfault in filehandle duplication
7 b66f3475 Fix PerlIO_get_cnt and friends
11 [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs
12 to be processed before release. ]
14 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.19.4
18 This document describes differences between the 5.19.3 release and the 5.19.4
21 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.19.2, first read
22 L<perl5193delta>, which describes differences between 5.19.2 and 5.19.3.
26 XXX Any important notices here
28 =head1 Core Enhancements
30 XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language
31 enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
32 here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
34 [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
36 =head2 C<rand> now uses a consistent random number generator
38 Previously perl would use a platform specific random number generator, varying
39 between the libc rand(), random() or drand48().
41 This meant that the quality of perl's random numbers would vary from platform
42 to platform, from the 15 bits of rand() on Windows to 48-bits on POSIX
43 platforms such as Linux with drand48().
45 Perl now uses its own internal drand48() implementation on all platforms.
48 =head2 Better 64-bit support
50 On 64-bit platforms, the internal array functions now use 64-bit offsets,
51 allowing Perl arrays to hold more than 2**31 elements, if you have the memory
54 The regular expression engine now supports strings longer than 2**31
55 characters. [perl #112790, #116907]
57 =head2 New slice syntax
59 The new C<%hash{...}> and C<@array[...]> syntax returns a list of key/value (or
64 XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
65 vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
66 L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
68 [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
70 =head1 Incompatible Changes
72 =head2 Locale decimal point character no longer leaks outside of
73 S<C<use locale>> scope (with the exception of $!)
75 This is actually a bug fix, but some code has come to rely on the bug being
76 present, so this change is listed here. The current locale that the program is
77 running under is not supposed to be visible to Perl code except within the
78 scope of a S<C<use locale>>. However, until now under certain circumstances,
79 the character used for a decimal point (often a comma) leaked outside the
82 This continues the work released in Perl 5.19.1. It turns out that that did
83 not catch all the leaks, including C<printf> and C<sprintf> not respecting
84 S<C<use locale>>. If your code is affected by this change, simply add a
87 Now, the only known place where S<C<use locale>> is not respected is in the
88 stringification of L<$!|perlvar/$!>.
92 XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
94 =head2 Module removals
96 XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
98 The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
99 future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
100 Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
103 The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category
104 warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings,
105 install the modules in question from CPAN.
107 Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged
108 to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their
109 necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation,
110 not usually on concerns over their design.
114 XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
115 as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
119 [ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
121 =head1 Performance Enhancements
127 The trie performance enhancement for regular expressions has now been extended
128 to those compiled under C</iaa>.
132 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
134 XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
135 go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
136 following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
137 entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
138 below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
139 In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
142 [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
144 =head2 New Modules and Pragmata
154 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
160 L<autodie> has been upgraded from version 2.20 to 2.21.
162 Numerous improvements have been made, many speed-related. See the F<Changes>
163 file in the CPAN distribution for full details.
167 L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46.
169 The fix for [perl #118525] introduced a regression in the behaviour of
170 C<B::CV::GV>, changing the return value from a C<B::SPECIAL> object on a
171 C<NULL> C<CvGV> to C<undef>. C<B::CV::GV> again returns a C<B::SPECIAL> object
172 in this case. [perl #119351]
176 L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.98 to 0.99.
178 The handling of the C<glob> operator, broken since Perl 5.17.6, has been fixed
179 and handling of the new kvaslice and kvhslice operators have been added.
183 L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.23.
185 The new kvaslice and kvhslice operators have been added.
189 L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.31 to 1.32.
195 In stack traces, subroutine arguments that are strings are now quoted in a
196 consistent manner, regardless of what characters they contain and how they're
197 internally represented.
201 C<Carp> now takes care not to clobber the status variables $! and $^E.
205 C<Carp> now won't vivify the C<overload::StrVal> glob or subroutine or the
210 C<Carp> now avoids some unwanted Unicode warnings on older Perls. This doesn't
211 affect behaviour with current Perls.
215 C<Carp::Heavy> detects version mismatch with C<Carp>, to give a good error
216 message if a current (stub) C<Carp::Heavy> gets loaded by an old C<Carp> that
217 expects C<Carp::Heavy> to provide subroutines.
223 L<charnames> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39.
225 This module now works on EBCDIC platforms.
229 L<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.132140 to 2.132510.
231 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
232 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
236 L<CPAN::Meta::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 2.122 to 2.123.
238 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
239 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
243 L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.148 to 2.149.
245 This upgrade is part of a larger change to make the array interface 64-bit safe
246 by using SSize_t instead of I32 for array indices.
248 In addition, an EBCDIC fix has been applied.
252 L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
254 This upgrade is part of a larger change to preserve referential identity when
255 passing C<undef> to a subroutine by using NULL rather than &PL_sv_undef for
256 nonexistent array elements.
258 In addition, C<Dump> with no args was broken in Perl 5.19.3, but has now been
263 L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.
265 The documentation now makes it clear, as has always been the case, that
266 C<dl_unload_file> is only called automatically to unload all loaded shared
267 objects if the perl interpreter was built with the C macro
268 DL_UNLOAD_ALL_AT_EXIT defined. Support for GNU DLD has also been removed.
272 L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.52 to 2.55.
274 An erroneous early return in C<decode_utf8> has been removed, and a bug in
275 C<_utf8_on> under COW has been fixed. Encode also now uses L<parent> rather
276 than L<base> throughout.
280 L<Exporter> has been upgraded from version 5.69 to 5.70.
282 A number of typos have been corrected in the documentation.
286 L<ExtUtils::CBuilder> has been upgraded from version 0.280205 to 0.280212.
288 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
289 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
293 L<ExtUtils::Command> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18.
295 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
296 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
300 L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.72 to 6.76.
302 Numerous updates and bug fixes are incorporated. See the F<Changes> file for
307 L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.21 to 3.23.
309 Unquoted "here-doc" markers for typemaps can now be optionally followed by a
310 semicolon, just like quoted markers. [perl #119761]
314 L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to 1.25.
316 Better diagnostics are now provided in the case of a failed C<chdir>.
320 L<File::Glob> has been upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.
322 C<glob> now warns in the context of C<use warnings "syscalls";> if the supplied
323 pattern has an internal NUL (C<"\0">) character.
327 L<FileCache> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.09.
329 This upgrade is part of a larger change to use L<parent> rather than L<base>.
333 L<Hash::Util::FieldHash> has been upgraded from version 1.12 to 1.13.
335 This upgrade is part of a larger change to use L<parent> rather than L<base>.
339 L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.034 to 0.035.
341 Encoded data from C<post_form> now preserves term order if data is provided as
342 an array reference. (They are still sorted for consistency if provided as a
347 L<I18N::LangTags> has been upgraded from version 0.39 to 0.40.
349 Bosnian has now joined Croatian and Serbian in the lists of mutually
350 intelligible Slavic languages. [perl #72594]
354 L<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.28 to 1.29.
356 A minor internals-only change has been made to the XS code.
360 L<IPC::Open3> has been upgraded from version 1.15 to 1.16.
362 This upgrade is part of a larger change to preserve referential identity when
363 passing C<undef> to a subroutine by using NULL rather than &PL_sv_undef for
364 nonexistent array elements.
368 L<Locale::Codes> has been upgraded from version 3.26 to 3.27.
370 New codes have been added and the (deprecated) set of FIPS-10 country codes has
375 L<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.9992 to 1.9993.
377 Cleaned up the L<Math::BigInt> and L<Math::BigFloat> documentation to be more
378 consistent with other Perl documentation. [perl #86686]
380 Added a C<bint> method for rounding towards zero. [perl #85296]
384 L<Math::BigInt::FastCalc> has been upgraded from version 0.30 to 0.31.
386 This upgrade is part of a larger change to make the array interface 64-bit safe
387 by using SSize_t instead of I32 for array indices.
391 L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.97 to 2.98.
393 The list of Perl versions covered has been updated.
397 L<Module::Load::Conditional> has been upgraded from version 0.54 to 0.58.
399 C<requires> has been made more robust. [cpan #83728]
403 L<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000014 to 1.000018.
405 The module's DESCRIPTION has been re-worded regarding safety/security to
406 satisfy CVE-2013-1437. Also, versions are now detainted if needed. [cpan
411 L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
413 This upgrade is part of a larger change to make the array interface 64-bit safe
414 by using SSize_t instead of I32 for array indices.
418 L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26.
420 The new kvaslice and kvhslice operators have been added.
424 L<parent> has been upgraded from version 0.226 to 0.227.
426 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
427 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
431 L<Parse::CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 1.4405 to 1.4407.
433 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
434 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
438 L<Perl::OSType> has been upgraded from version 1.003 to 1.005.
440 The Unix OSType 'bitrig' has been added.
444 L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150043 to 5.0150044.
446 The use of C<gensym> in a number of examples has been removed, the use of C<&>
447 in subroutine calls is now clarified and several new questions have been
452 L<Pod::Html> has been upgraded from version 1.20 to 1.21.
454 This upgrade is part of a larger change to use L<parent> rather than L<base>.
458 L<re> has been upgraded from version 0.25 to 0.26.
460 This upgrade is part of a larger change to support 64-bit string lengths in the
461 regular expression engine.
465 L<Scalar::Util> has been upgraded from version 1.31 to 1.32.
467 The documentation of C<blessed> has been improved to mention the fact that
468 package "0" is defined but false.
472 L<Socket> has been upgraded from version 2.011 to 2.012.
474 Syntax errors when building on the WinCE platform have been fixed. [cpan
479 L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.46 to 2.47.
481 This upgrade is part of a larger change to preserve referential identity when
482 passing C<undef> to a subroutine by using NULL rather than &PL_sv_undef for
483 nonexistent array elements.
487 L<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.10 to 1.14.
489 Term::ReadLine::EditLine support has been added.
493 L<Time::Piece> has been upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.23.
495 Day of year parsing (like "%y%j") has been fixed.
499 L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.98 to 0.99.
501 By default, out-of-range values are replaced with C<U+FFFD> (REPLACEMENT
502 CHARACTER) when C<UCA_Version> E<gt>= 22, or ignored when C<UCA_Version> E<lt>=
503 20. When C<UCA_Version> E<gt>= 22, the weights of out-of-range values can be
508 L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.53 to 0.54.
510 This module now works on EBCDIC platforms.
514 L<version> has been upgraded from version 0.9903 to 0.9904.
516 No changes have been made to the installed code other than the version bump to
517 keep in sync with the latest CPAN release.
521 L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.18 to 1.19.
523 The C<syscalls> warnings category has been added to check for embedded NUL
524 (C<"\0">) characters in pathnames and string arguments to other system calls.
528 L<XS::Typemap> has been upgraded from version 0.10 to 0.11.
534 =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
546 XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by
547 file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
549 =head2 New Documentation
551 XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
555 XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
557 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
559 XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
560 However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
569 XXX Description of the change here
575 The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
576 including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of
577 diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
579 XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
580 include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
582 =head2 New Diagnostics
584 XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
593 XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
603 L<Invalid \0 character in %s for %s: %s\0%s|perldiag/"Invalid \0 character in %s for %s: %s\0%s">
605 (W syscalls) Embedded \0 characters in pathnames or other system call arguments
606 produce a warning as of 5.20. The parts after the \0 were formerly ignored by
611 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
613 XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
619 Warnings and errors from the regexp engine are now UTF-8 clean
623 The "Unknown switch condition" error message has some slight changes. This
624 error triggers when there is an unknown condition in a C<(?(foo))> conditional.
625 The error message used to read:
627 Unknown switch condition (?(%s in regex;
629 But what %s could be was mostly up to luck. For C<(?(foobar))>, you might have
630 seen "fo" or "f". For Unicode characters, you would generally get a corrupted
631 string. The message has been changed to read:
633 Unknown switch condition (?(...)) in regex;
635 Additionally, the C<'E<lt>-- HERE'> marker in the error will now point to the
636 correct spot in the regex.
640 =head1 Utility Changes
642 XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here.
643 Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
645 [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
646 entries for each change
647 Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
655 L<find2perl> now handles C<?> wildcards correctly. [perl #113054]
659 =head1 Configuration and Compilation
661 XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
662 go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
663 However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
664 L</Platform Support> section, instead.
666 [ List changes as a =item entry ].
672 The F<Makefile.PL> for C<SDBM_File> now generates a better F<Makefile>, which
673 avoids a race condition during parallel makes, which could cause the build to
674 fail. This is the last known parallel make problem (on *nix platforms), and
675 therefore we believe that a parallel make should now always be error free.
679 Strictly only for a build where build files such as F<Makefile.SH> have not
680 been updated by C<git> in an already configured and built tree.
686 XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
687 listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
688 large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
689 Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs
690 that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
692 [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
698 The test script F<t/bigmem/regexp.t> has been added to test that regular
699 expression matches on very large strings now succeed as expected.
703 Various cases of C<die>, C<last>, C<goto> and C<exit> triggering C<DESTROY> are
704 now tested by the new test script F<t/op/rt119311.t>.
708 The new test script F<t/win32/signal.t> tests that $! and $^E are now preserved
709 across signal handlers by the Win32 signal emulation code.
713 The test script F<t/x2p/find2perl.t> has been added to test the F<find2perl>
714 program on platforms where it is practical to do so.
718 =head1 Platform Support
720 XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
722 [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
723 changes as paragraphs below it. ]
727 XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
728 versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
729 directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
736 Compile support has been added for Bitrig, a fork of OpenBSD.
740 =head2 Discontinued Platforms
742 Configure hints and conditional code for several very old platforms has been
743 removed. We have not received reports for these in many years, typically not
750 Configure support for the 3b1, also known as the AT&T Unix PC (and the similar
751 AT&T 7300), has been removed.
755 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
757 XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
758 and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
759 changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
760 L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
766 The building of XS modules has largely been restored. Several still cannot
767 (yet) be built but it is now possible to build Perl on WinCE with only a couple
768 of further patches (to L<Socket> and L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>), hopefully to be
773 =head1 Internal Changes
775 XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other
776 significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
779 [ List each change as a =item entry ]
785 The internal representation has changed for the match variables $1, $2 etc.,
786 $`, $&, $', ${^PREMATCH}, ${^MATCH} and ${^POSTMATCH}. It uses slightly less
787 memory, avoids string comparisons and numeric conversions during lookup, and
788 uses 23 fewer lines of C. This change should not affect any external code.
792 Arrays now use NULL internally to represent unused slots, instead of
793 &PL_sv_undef. &PL_sv_undef is no longer treated as a special value, so
794 av_store(av, 0, &PL_sv_undef) will cause element 0 of that array to hold a
795 read-only undefined scalar. C<$array[0] = anything> will croak and
796 C<\$array[0]> will compare equal to C<\undef>.
800 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
802 XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in
803 files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
805 [ List each fix as a =item entry ]
811 The value of $^E is now saved across signal handlers on Windows. [perl #85104]
815 A lexical filehandle (as in C<open my $fh...>) is usually given a name based on
816 the current package and the name of the variable, e.g. "main::$fh". Under
817 recursion, the filehandle was losing the "$fh" part of the name. This has been
822 Perl 5.19.3 accidentally extended the previous bug to all closures, even when
823 not called recursively, i.e. lexical handles in closure would always be called
824 "main::" or "MyPackage::" etc. This has been fixed.
828 Uninitialized values returned by XSUBs are no longer exempt from uninitialized
829 warnings. [perl #118693]
833 C<elsif ("")> no longer erroneously produces a warning about void context.
838 Passing C<undef> to a subroutine now causes @_ to contain the same read-only
839 undefined scalar that C<undef> returns. Furthermore, C<exists $_[0]> will now
840 return true if C<undef> was the first argument. [perl #7508, #109726]
844 Passing a nonexistent array element to a subroutine does not usually autovivify
845 it unless the subroutine modifies its argument. This did not work correctly
846 with negative indices and with nonexistent elements within the array. The
847 element would be vivified immediately. The delayed vivification has been
848 extended to work with those. [perl #118691]
852 Assigning references or globs to the scalar returned by $#foo after the @foo
853 array has been freed no longer causes assertion failures on debugging builds
854 and memory leaks on regular builds.
858 Perl 5.19.2 threw line numbers off after some cases of line breaks following
864 This has been fixed. [perl #118931]
868 On 64-bit platforms, large ranges like 1..1000000000000 no longer crash, but
869 eat up all your memory instead. [perl #119161]
873 C<__DATA__> now puts the C<DATA> handle in the right package, even if the
874 current package has been renamed through glob assignment.
878 The string position set by C<pos> could shift if the string changed
879 representation internally to or from utf8. This could happen, e.g., with
880 references to objects with string overloading.
884 Taking references to the return values of two C<pos> calls with the same
885 argument, and then assigning a reference to one and C<undef> to the other,
886 could result in assertion failures or memory leaks.
890 Elements of @- and @+ now update correctly when they refer to nonexistent
891 captures. Previously, a referenced element (C<$ref = \$-[1]>) could refer to
892 the wrong match after subsequent matches.
896 When C<die>, C<last>, C<next>, C<redo>, C<goto> and C<exit> unwind the scope,
897 it is possible for C<DESTROY> recursively to call a subroutine or format that
898 is currently being exited. It that case, sometimes the lexical variables
899 inside the sub would start out having values from the outer call, instead of
900 being undefined as they should. This has been fixed. [perl #119311]
904 ${^MPEN} is no longer treated as a synonym for ${^MATCH}.
908 Perl now tries a little harder to return the correct line number in
909 C<(caller)[2]>. [perl #115768]
913 Line numbers inside multiline quote-like operators are now reported correctly.
918 C<#line> directives inside code embedded in quote-like operators are now
923 Line numbers are now correct inside the second here-doc when two here-doc
924 markers occur on the same line.
928 Starting with Perl 5.12, line numbers were off by one if the B<-d> switch was
929 used on the #! line. Now they are correct.
933 Perl 5.19.2 inadvertently stopped some lines of code from being available to
934 the debugger if C<=E<gt>> occurred at the beginning of a line and the previous
935 line ended with a keyword. This is now fixed.
939 Perl 5.19.2 allowed the PERL5DB environment variable to contain multiple lines
940 of code, but those lines were not made available to the debugger. Now they are
941 all stuffed into line number 0, accessible via C<$dbline[0]> in the debugger.
945 An optimisation in Perl 5.18 made incorrect assumptions causing a bad
946 interaction with the L<Devel::CallParser> CPAN module. If the module was
947 loaded then lexical variables declared in separate statements following a
948 C<my(...)> list might fail to be cleared on scope exit.
952 C<&xsub> and C<goto &xsub> calls now allow the called subroutine to autovivify
957 C<&xsub> and C<goto &xsub> no longer crash if *_ has been undefined and has no
958 ARRAY entry (i.e. @_ does not exist).
962 C<&xsub> and C<goto &xsub> now work with tied @_.
966 Overlong identifiers no longer cause a buffer overflow (and a crash). They
967 started doing so in Perl 5.18.
971 The warning "Scalar value @hash{foo} better written as $hash{foo}" now produces
972 far fewer false positives. In particular, C<@hash{+function_returning_a_list}>
973 and C<@hash{ qw "foo bar baz" }> no longer warn. The same applies to array
974 slices. [perl #28380, #114024]
978 =head1 Known Problems
980 XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
981 tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed
982 platform specific bugs also go here.
984 [ List each fix as a =item entry ]
996 XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
999 =head1 Acknowledgements
1001 XXX Generate this with:
1003 perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.19.3..HEAD
1005 =head1 Reporting Bugs
1007 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently
1008 posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at
1009 http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be information at
1010 http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page.
1012 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program
1013 included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but
1014 sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>,
1015 will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team.
1017 If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
1018 inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it
1019 to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
1020 unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be
1021 able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
1022 co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
1023 platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
1024 security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on
1029 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
1032 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
1034 The F<README> file for general stuff.
1036 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.