[ 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 v5.29.8
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.31.1
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.29.7 release and the 5.29.8
+This document describes differences between the 5.31.0 release and the 5.31.1
release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.29.6, first read
-L<perl5297delta>, which describes differences between 5.29.6 and 5.29.7.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.30.0, first read
+L<perl5310delta>, which describes differences between 5.30.0 and 5.31.0.
=head1 Notice
=item *
-XXX
+Pod::Parser has been removed from the core distribution.
+It still is available for download from CPAN. This resolves [perl
+#119439].
=back
Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
-=head3 L<perlfunc>
+=head3 L<XXX>
=over 4
=item *
-Try to clarify that C<< ref(qr/xx/) >> returns C<Regexp> rather than
-C<REGEXP> and why. [perl #133751]
+XXX Description of the change here
=back
=item *
-L<Type of arg %d to %s must be %s (not %s)|perldiag/"Type of arg %d to %s must be %s (not %s)">
-
-Attempts to push, pop, etc on a hash or glob now produce this message
-rather than complaining that they no longer work on scalars. [perl
-#130367]
+XXX Describe change here
=back
=item *
-XXX
+L<eval_pv()|perlapi/eval_pv> no longer stringifies the exception when
+C<croak_on_error> is true. [perl #134175]
=back
=item *
-XXX
+close() on a pipe now preemptively clears the PerlIO object from the
+IO SV. This prevents a second attempt to close the already closed
+PerlIO object if a signal handler calls die() or exit() while close()
+is waiting for the child process to complete. [perl #122112]
+
+=item *
+
+C<< sprintf("%.*a", -10000, $x) >> would cause a buffer overflow due
+to mishandling of the negative precision value. [perl #134008]
+
+=item *
+
+scalar() on a reference could cause an erroneous assertion failure
+during compilation. [perl #134045]
+
+=item *
+
+Extraordinarily large (over 2GB) floating point format widths could
+cause an integer overflow in the underlying call to snprintf(),
+resulting in an assertion. Formatted floating point widths are now
+limited to the range of int, the return value of snprintf(). [perl
+#133913]
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.29.7..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.31.0..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs