Add Socket version numbers to perldelta

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 580ea93..65ae622 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 =encoding utf8
 
+=for comment
+This has been completed up to 2a25d7b6.
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as
@@ -28,6 +31,32 @@ here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
 
 [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
 
+=head2 C<-d:-foo> calls C<Devel::foo::unimport>
+
+The syntax C<-dI<B<:>foo>> was extended in 5.6.1 to make C<-dI<:fooB<=bar>>>
+equivalent to C<-MDevel::foo=bar>, which expands
+internally to C<use Devel::foo 'bar';>.
+F<perl> now allows prefixing the module name with C<->, with the same
+semantics as C<-M>, I<i.e.>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<-d:-foo>
+
+Equivalent to C<-M-Devel::foo>, expands to
+C<no Devel::foo;>, calls C<< Devel::foo->unimport() >>
+if the method exists.
+
+=item C<-d:-foo=bar>
+
+Equivalent to C<-M-Devel::foo=bar>, expands to C<no Devel::foo 'bar';>,
+calls C<< Devel::foo->unimport('bar') >> if the method exists.
+
+=back
+
+This is particularly useful to suppresses the default actions of a
+C<Devel::*> module's C<import> method whilst still loading it for debugging.
+
 =head1 Security
 
 XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
@@ -53,6 +82,20 @@ listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
 [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
 
+=head2 C<?PATTERN?> is deprecated
+
+C<?PATTERN?> (without the initial m) has been deprecated and now produces
+a warning.
+
+=head2 C<sv_compile_2op> is now deprecated
+
+The C<sv_compile_2op> is now deprecated, and will be removed. Searches suggest
+that nothing on CPAN is using it, so this should have zero impact.
+
+It attempted to provide an API to compile code down to an optree, but failed
+to bind correctly to lexicals in the enclosing scope. It's not possible to
+fix this problem within the constraints of its parameters and return value.
+
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
 XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
@@ -103,7 +146,24 @@ and documentation enhancements.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+C<MIME::Base64> has been upgraded from 3.10 to 3.13
+
+Now provides encode_base64url and decode_base64url functions to process
+the base64 scheme for "URL applications".
+
+=item *
+
+C<Socket> has been upgraded from 1.91 to 1.92.
+
+It has several new functions for handling IPv6 addresses.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from 0.67 to 0.68
+
+=item *
+
+C<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from 0.29 to 0.30.
 
 =back
 
@@ -312,7 +372,22 @@ L</Modules and Pragmata>.
 
 =item *
 
-XXX
+C<BEGIN {require 5.12.0}> now behaves as documented, rather than behaving
+identically to C<use 5.12.0;>. Previously, C<require> in a C<BEGIN> block
+was erroneously executing the C<use feature ':5.12.0'> and
+C<use strict; use warnings;> behaviour, which only C<use> was documented to
+provide
+L<[perl #69050]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69050>.
+
+=item *
+
+C<use 5.42>
+L<[perl #69050]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69050>,
+C<use 6> and C<no 5> no longer leak memory.
+
+=item *
+
+C<eval "BEGIN{die}"> no longer leaks memory on non-threaded builds.
 
 =back