5 perl5293delta - what is new for perl v5.29.3
9 This document describes differences between the 5.29.2 release and the 5.29.3
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.
15 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
17 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
23 L<Archive::Tar> has been upgraded from version 2.30 to 2.32
27 L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.50
31 L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.171 to 2.172
35 L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.42 to 3.43.
39 L<File::Path> has been upgraded from version 2.15 to 2.16.
43 PathTools has been upgraded from version 3.74 to 3.75
47 L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.20180605 to 5.0180915.
51 =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
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].
64 =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
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>.
70 Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
72 =head3 L<perlreapi>, L<perlvar>
78 Improve docs for lastparen, lastcloseparen
84 Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
87 =head1 Platform Support
89 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
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.
100 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
106 Warnings produced from constant folding operations on overloaded
107 values no longer produce spurious "Use of uninitialized value"
108 warnings. [perl #132683]
112 Fix for "mutator not seen in (lex = ...) .= ..." [perl #133441]
116 =head1 Acknowledgements
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
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
146 =head1 Reporting Bugs
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.
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.
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.
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:
169 This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
173 The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
176 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
178 The F<README> file for general stuff.
180 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.