=head1 Platform Support
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
+=over 4
-=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+=item Android
-XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
-and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
-changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
-L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
+Build support has been improved for cross-compiling in general and for
+Android in particular.
-=over 4
+=item Solaris
-=item XXX-some-platform
+C<c99> options have been cleaned up, hints look for C<solstudio>
+as well as C<SUNWspro>, and support for native C<setenv> has been added.
-XXX
+=item VMS
+
+C<finite>, C<finitel>, and C<isfinite> detection has been added to
+C<configure.com>, environment handling has had some minor changes, and
+a fix for legacy feature checking status.
+
+=item Windows
+
+C<%I64d> is now being used instead of C<%lld> for MinGW.
=back
happens, Perl needs to be told that the locale has changed. Use this function
to do so, before returning to Perl.
+=item *
+
+Added L<perlapi/grok_atou> as a safer replacement for atoi and strtol.
+
=back
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
C<method { BLOCK } ARGS> syntax now correctly parses the arguments if they
begin with an opening brace. [perl #46947]
+=item *
+
+External libraries and Perl may have different ideas of what the locale is.
+This is problematic when parsing version strings if the locale's numeric
+separator has been changed. Version parsing has been patched to ensure
+it handles the locales correctly. [perl #121930]
+
+=item *
+
+A bug has been fixed where zero-length assertions and code blocks inside of a
+regex could cause L<pos> to see an incorrect value. [perl #122460]
+
=back
=head1 Known Problems
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