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-7dc8663 demerphq Hash Function Change - Murmur hash and true per process...
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=head1 NAME
[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs
to be processed before release. ]
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.6
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.9
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.17.5 release and the 5.17.6
+This document describes differences between the 5.17.8 release and the 5.17.9
release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.4, first read
-L<perl5175delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.4 and 5.17.5.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.7, first read
+L<perl5178delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.7 and 5.17.8.
=head1 Notice
[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-=head2 Character name aliases may now include non-Latin1-range characters
-
-It is possible to define your own names for characters for use in
-C<\N{...}>, C<charnames::vianame()>, etc. These names can now be
-comprised of characters from the whole Unicode range. This allows for
-names to be in your native language, and not just English. Certain
-restrictions apply to the characters that may be used (you can't define
-a name that has punctuation in it, for example). See L<charnames/CUSTOM
-ALIASES>.
+=head2 Interpolations now Accepted in Regular Expression Set Operations
-=head2 New hash function Murmurhash-32 (v3)
+Perl v5.17.8 introduced L<regular expression set operations|perlre/(?[ ])>.
+They have now been expanded to allow the interpolation of a
+previously-compiled set into a bigger set, like this:
-We have switched Perl's hash function to use Murmurhash-32, and added build
-support for several other hash functions. This new function is expected to
-perform equivalently to the old one for shorter strings and is faster,
-potentially twice as fast, for hashing longer strings.
+ my $thai_or_lao = qr/\p{Thai} + \p{Lao}/;
+ ...
+ qr/(?[ \p{Digit} & $thai_or_lao ])/;
=head1 Security
[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-=head2 An unknown character name in C<\N{...}> is now a syntax error
+=head1 Deprecations
-Previously, it warned, and the Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER was
-substituted. Unicode now recommends that this situation be a syntax
-error. Also, the previous behavior led to some confusing warnings and
-behaviors, and since the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER has no use other than as
-a stand-in for some unknown character, any code that has this problem is
-buggy.
+XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. In
+particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed as
+an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-=head2 Formerly deprecated characters in C<\N{}> character name aliases are now errors.
+[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-Since v5.12.0, it has been deprecated to use certain characters in
-user-defined C<\N{...}> character names. These now cause a syntax
-error. For example, it is now an error to begin a name with a digit,
-such as in
+=head2 Deprecated Modules
- my $undraftable = "\N{4F}"; # Syntax error!
+The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
+future release, and should be installed from CPAN instead. Distributions
+on CPAN which require these should add them to their prerequisites. The
+core versions of these modules C<warnings> will issue a deprecation warning.
-or to have commas anywhere in the name. See L<charnames/CUSTOM ALIASES>
+You can silence these deprecation warnings by installing the modules
+in question from CPAN.
-=head2 Per process hash randomization
+=over
-The seed used by Perl's hash function is now random. This means that the
-order which keys/values will be returned from functions like C<keys()>,
-C<values()>, and C<each()> will differ from run to run.
+=item L<Archive::Extract>
-This change was introduced to make Perl's hashes more robust to algorithmic
-complexity attacks, and also because we discovered that it exposes hash
-ordering dependency bugs and makes them easier to track down.
+=item L<B::Lint>
-Toolchain maintainers might want to invest in additional infrastructure to
-test for things like this. Running tests several times in a row and then
-comparing results will make it easier to spot hash order dependencies in
-code. Authors are strongly encouraged not to expose the key order of
-Perl's hashes to insecure audiences.
+=item L<B::Lint::Debug>
-=head2 PERL_HASH_SEED enviornment variable now takes a hex value
+=item L<CPANPLUS>
-PERL_HASH_SEED no longer accepts an integer as a parameter, instead the
-value is expected to be a binary string encoded in hex. This is to make
-the infrastructure support hash seeds of arbitrary lengths which might
-exceed that of an integer. (SipHash uses a 16 byte seed).
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Backend>
-=head2 Hash::Util::hash_seed() now returns a string
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Backend::RV>
-Hash::Util::hash_seed() now returns a string instead of an integer. This
-is to make the infrastructure support hash seeds of arbitrary lengths
-which might exceed that of an integer. (SipHash uses a 16 byte seed).
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Config>
-=head2 Output of PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG has been changed
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Config::HomeEnv>
-The environment variable PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG now shows both the hash
-function perl was built with AND the seed, in hex in use for that process.
-Code parsing this output, should it exist, must change to accomodate the
-new format. Example of the new format:
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Configure>
- $ PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG=1 ./perl -e1
- HASH_FUNCTION = MURMUR3 HASH_SEED = 0x1476bb9f
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Configure::Setup>
-=head1 Deprecations
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist>
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. In
-particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed as
-an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Autobundle>
-[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Base>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Build::Constants>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::MM>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Error>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals>
+
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants>
+
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Internals::Constants::Report>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Extract>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Fetch>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Report>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Search>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Source>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::Memory>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite>
+
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Internals::Source::SQLite::Tie>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils>
+
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Internals::Utils::Autoflush>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Module>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Module::Author>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Module::Checksums>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Module::Fake>
+
+=item C<CPANPLUS::Module::Signature>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Selfupdate>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell::Default>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Remote>
+
+=item L<CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::Source>
+
+=item L<Devel::InnerPackage>
+
+=item L<Log::Message>
+
+=item L<Log::Message::Config>
+
+=item L<Log::Message::Handlers>
+
+=item L<Log::Message::Item>
+
+=item L<Log::Message::Simple>
+
+=item L<Module::Pluggable>
+
+=item L<Module::Pluggable::Object>
+
+=item L<Object::Accessor>
+
+=item L<Term::UI>
+
+=item L<Term::UI::History>
+
+=back
+
+=head3 Deprecated Utilities
+
+The following utilities will be removed from the core distribution in a
+future release as their associated modules have been deprecated. They
+will remain available with the applicable CPAN distribution.
+
+=over
+
+=item L<cpanp>
+
+Included with L<CPANPLUS>.
+
+=item C<cpanp-run-perl>
+
+Included with L<CPANPLUS>.
+
+=item L<cpan2dist>
+
+Included with L<CPANPLUS>.
+
+=item L<pod2latex>
+
+The L<Pod::LaTeX> module was deprecated with 5.17.8.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Five additional characters should be escaped in patterns with C</x>
+
+When a regular expression pattern is compiled with C</x>, Perl treats 6
+characters as white space to ignore, such as SPACE and TAB. However,
+Unicode recommends 11 characters be treated thusly. In preparation to
+conforming with this in a future Perl version, in the meantime, use of
+any of the missing characters will raise a deprecation warning, unless
+turned off. The five characters are:
+U+0085 NEXT LINE,
+U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK,
+U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK,
+U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR,
+and
+U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR.
=head1 Performance Enhancements
=item *
-Lists of lexical variable declarations (C<my($x, $y)>) are now optimised
-down to a single op, and are hence faster than before.
-
-=item *
-
-A new C preprocessor define NO_TAINT_SUPPORT was added that, if set, disables
-Perl's taint support altogether. Using the -T or -t command line flags will
-cause a fatal error. Beware that both core tests as well as many a CPAN
-distribution's tests will fail with this change. On the upside, it provides
-a small performance benefit due to reduced branching.
-Do not enable this unless you know exactly what you are getting yourself into.
+XXX
=back
=item *
-XXX
+L<Config::Perl::V> version 0.16 has been added as a dual-lifed module.
+It provides structured data retrieval of C<perl -V> output including
+information only known to the C<perl> binary and not available via L<Config>.
=back
=item *
-L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to 1.28.
+L<Benchmark> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14.
-Carp is no longer confused when C<caller> returns undef for a package that
-has been deleted.
+The "too few iterations" message is now a warning on STDERR
+instead of being output on STDOUT.
=item *
-L<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.98 to 1.99_51.
+L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.141 to 2.142.
-=item *
-
-L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
+Additional tests were added in order to improve statement, branch, condition
+and subroutine coverage. On the basis of the coverage analysis, some of the
+internals of Dumper.pm were refactored. Almost all methods are now
+documented.
=item *
-L<Env> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.04.
+L<File::Temp> has been upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.22_90
-Its SPLICE implementation no longer misbehaves in list context.
+Fixes various bugs involving directory removal. Defers unlinking tempfiles if
+the initial unlink fails, which fixes problems on NFS.
=item *
-L<Tie::Hash::NamedCapture> has been upgraded from version 0.08 to 0.09.
+L<PerlIO::scalar> has been upgraded from version 0.15 to 0.16.
+
+The buffer scalar supplied may now only contain code pounts 0xFF or
+lower. [perl #109828]
=back
However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
section.
-=head3 L<perlref>
+=head3 L<perlsec>
=over 4
=item *
-C<*foo{NAME}> and C<*foo{PACKAGE}>, which have existed since perl 5.005,
-are now documented.
+A syntax error was fixed in one of illustrative examples.
=back
=item *
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+Strings with code points over 0xFF may not be mapped into in-memory file handles
=back
=item *
-XXX Describe change here
+The warnings for \b{ and \B{ were added in the 5.17 series; they are a
+deprecation warning which should be turned off by that category. One
+should not have to turn off regular regexp warnings as well to get rid
+of these.
=back
entries for each change
Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-=head3 L<XXX>
+=head3 L<corelist>
=over 4
=item *
-XXX
+Added C<--feature> switch which lists the first version bundle of each
+named feature given.
=back
=item *
-XXX
+Added C<useversionedarchname> option to Configure
+
+When set, it includes 'api_versionstring' in 'archname'. E.g.
+x86_64-linux-5.13.6-thread-multi. It is unset by default.
+
+This feature was requested by Tim Bunce, who observed that
+INSTALL_BASE creates a library structure that does not
+differentiate by perl version. Instead, it places architecture
+specific files in "$install_base/lib/perl5/$archname". This makes
+it difficult to use a common INSTALL_BASE library path with
+multiple versions of perl.
+
+By setting -Duseversionedarchname, the $archname will be
+distinct for architecture *and* API version, allowing mixed use of
+INSTALL_BASE.
+
+=item *
+
+Configure will honour the external C<MAILDOMAIN> environment variable, if set.
+
+=item *
+
+Both C<META.yml> and C<META.json> files are now included in the distribution.
=back
=item *
-XXX
+Enable perl core tests to pass when locale support is not available.
+
+use L<locale> - this will now die if $Config{d_setlocale} is not true.
+All tests that use L<locale> will skip if $Config{d_setlocale} is not true.
+This enables us to pass tests on Android which uses ICU instead of locales.
=back
=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
+
=over 4
-=item EPOC
+=item XXX-some-platform
-Support code relating to EPOC has been removed. EPOC was a family of
-operating systems developed by Psion for mobile devices. It was the
-predecessor of Symbian. The port was last updated in April 2002.
+XXX
=back
=item VMS
-Where possible, the case of filenames and command-line arguments is now
-preserved by enabling the CRTL features C<DECC$EFS_CASE_PRESERVE> and
-C<DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE> at start-up time. The latter only takes effect
-when extended parse is enabled in the process from which Perl is run.
-
-=item WinCE
-
-Building on WinCE is now possible once again, although more work is required
-to fully restore a clean build.
+The character set for Extended Filename Syntax (EFS) is now enabled by default on
+VMS. Among other things, this provides better handling of dots in directory names,
+multiple dots in filenames,and spaces in filenames. To obtain the old behavior,
+set the logical name C<DECC$EFS_CHARSET> to C<DISABLE>.
=back
=item *
-The private Perl_croak_no_modify has had its context parameter removed. It is
-now has a void prototype. Users of the public API croak_no_modify remain
-unaffected.
-
-=item *
-
-Copy-on-write (shared hash key) scalars are no longer marked read-only.
-C<SvREADONLY> returns false on such an SV, but C<SvIsCOW> still returns
-true.
-
-=item *
+Synonyms for the misleadingly named C<av_len()> has been created:
+C<av_top_index()> and C<av_tindex>. All three of these return the
+number of the highest index in the array, not the number of elements it
+contains. (The name C<av_top> which was introduced in Perl v.5.17.8 has
+been removed.)
-A new op type, C<OP_PADRANGE> has been introduced. The perl peephole
-optimiser will, where possible, substitute a single padrange op for a
-pushmark followed by one or more pad ops, and possibly also skipping list
-and nextstate ops. In addition, the op can carry out the tasks associated
-with the RHS of a my(...) = @_ assignment, so those ops may be optimised
-away too.
+XXX
=back
=item *
-Uninitialized warnings mentioning hash elements would only mention the
-element name if it was not in the first bucket of the hash, due to an
-off-by-one error.
-
-=item *
-
-A regular expression optimizer bug could cause multiline "^" to behave
-incorrectly in the presence of line breaks, such that
-C<"/\n\n" =~ m#\A(?:^/$)#im> would not match [perl #115242].
-
-=item *
-
-Failed C<fork> in list context no longer currupts the stack.
-C<@a = (1, 2, fork, 3)> used to gobble up the 2 and assign C<(1, undef, 3)>
-if the C<fork> call failed.
-
-=item *
-
-Numerous memory leaks have been fixed, mostly involving tied variables that
-die, regular expression character classes and code blocks, and syntax
-errors.
-
-=item *
-
-Assigning a regular expression (C<${qr//}>) to a variable that happens to
-hold a floating point number no longer causes assertion failures on
-debugging builds.
-
-=item *
-
-Assigning a regular expression to a scalar containing a number no longer
-causes subsequent nummification to produce random numbers.
-
-=item *
-
-Assigning a regular expression to a magic variable no longer wipes away the
-magic. This is a regression from 5.10.
-
-=item *
-
-Assigning a regular expression to a blessed scalar no longer results in
-crashes. This is also a regression from 5.10.
-
-=item *
-
-Regular expression can now be assigned to tied hash and array elements with
-flattening into strings.
-
-=item *
-
-Nummifying a regular expression no longer results in an uninitialized
-warning.
-
-=item *
-
-Negative array indices no longer cause EXISTS methods of tied variables to
-be ignored. This is a regression from 5.12.
-
-=item *
-
-Negative array indices no longer result in crashes on arrays tied to
-non-objects.
-
-=item *
-
-C<$x = "(?{})"; /a++(?{})+$x/x> no longer erroneous produces an error (just
-a warning, as expected). This was broken in 5.17.1.
-
-=item *
-
-C<$byte_overload .= $utf8> no longer results in doubly-encoded UTF8 if the
-left-hand scalar happened to have produced a UTF8 string the last time
-overloading was invoked.
-
-=item *
-
-C<goto &sub> now uses the current value of @_, instead of using the array
-the subroutine was originally called with. This means
-C<local @_ = (...); goto &sub> now works [perl #43077].
-
-=item *
-
-If a debugger is invoked recursively, it no longer stomps on its own
-lexical variables. Formerly under recursion all calls would share the same
-set of lexical variables [perl #115742].
+-DPERL_GLOBAL_STRUCT builds now free the global struct B<after>
+they've finished using it.
=item *
-C<*_{ARRAY}> returned from a subroutine no longer spontaneously
-becomes empty.
+A trailing '/' on a path in @INC will no longer have an additional '/' appended.
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.5..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.8..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs