5 perl5341delta - what is new for perl v5.34.1
9 This document describes differences between the 5.34.0 release and the 5.34.1
12 If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.33.0, first read
13 L<perl5340delta>, which describes differences between 5.33.0 and 5.34.0.
15 =head1 Incompatible Changes
17 There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.34.0. If any exist,
18 they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See
19 L</Reporting Bugs> below.
21 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
23 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
29 L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.56 to 1.57.
33 L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 3.08 to 3.08_01.
37 L<GDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.19_01.
41 L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20210520 to 5.20220313.
45 L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.60 to 1.60_01.
51 Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes in this
54 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
64 Support for compiling perl on Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
65 (containing Visual C++ 14.3) has been added.
71 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
77 B::Deparse now correctly handles try/catch blocks with more complex scopes.
78 [L<GH #18874|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18874>]
82 =head1 Acknowledgements
84 Perl 5.34.1 represents approximately 10 months of development since Perl 5.34.0
85 and contains approximately 4,600 lines of changes across 60 files from 23
88 Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
89 approximately 1,100 lines of changes to 18 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
91 Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant community
92 of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
93 improvements that became Perl 5.34.1:
95 Andrew Fresh, Atsushi Sugawara, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dan Book, Hugo van der
96 Sanden, James E Keenan, Karen Etheridge, Leon Timmermans, Matthew Horsfall, Max
97 Maischein, Michiel Beijen, Neil Bowers, Nicolas R., Paul Evans, Renee Baecker,
98 Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Sawyer X, Sergey Poznyakoff, Steve Hay, Tomasz
99 Konojacki, Tony Cook, Yves Orton.
101 The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
102 from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
103 the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
106 Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
107 included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
108 helping Perl to flourish.
110 For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
111 the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
113 =head1 Reporting Bugs
115 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
116 at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. There may also be information at
117 L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
119 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
120 L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a
121 tiny but sufficient test case.
123 If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
124 inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see
125 L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
126 for details of how to report the issue.
130 If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5,
131 you can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:
135 This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
139 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
142 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
144 The F<README> file for general stuff.
146 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.