[ 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 v5.21.2
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.21.3
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This document describes differences between the 5.21.1 release and the 5.21.2
+This document describes differences between the 5.21.2 release and the 5.21.3
release.
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.0, first read
-L<perl5211delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.0 and 5.21.1.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.1, first read
+L<perl5212delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.1 and 5.21.2.
=head1 Notice
[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-=head2 Perl is now always compiled with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 if available
-
-The 'code hardening' option called C<_FORTIFY_SOURCE>, available in
-gcc 4.*, is now always used for compiling Perl, if available.
-
-Note that this isn't necessarily a huge step since in many platforms
-the step had already been taken several years ago: many Linux
-distributions (like Fedora) have been using this option for Perl,
-and OS X has enforced the same for many years.
-
=head1 Incompatible Changes
XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
+=head2 S<C<use UNIVERSAL '...'>> is now a fatal error
+
+Importing functions from C<UNIVERSAL> has been deprecated since v5.12, and
+is now a fatal error. S<C<"use UNIVERSAL">> without any arguments is still
+allowed.
+
=head1 Deprecations
XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
=item *
-L<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.9995 to 1.9996.
+L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46.
-Correct handling of subclasses.
-L<[cpan #96254]|https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=96254>
-L<[cpan #96329]|https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=96329>
+Fixed the scope level handling of the debugger's C<y> command.
=item *
-L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.021001_1 to 5.021002.
+L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.41 to 1.42.
+
+Replaced the thread-unsafe code used to prevent duplicate warning
+messages for using the isxxx() functions. [perl #122476]
=back
=over 4
-=item Solaris
+=item XXX-some-platform
-Builds on Solaris 10 with C<-Dusedtrace> would fail early since make
-didn't follow implied dependencies to build C<perldtrace.h>. Added an
-explicit dependency to C<depend>.
-L<[perl #120120]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=120120>
+XXX
=back
=item *
-The following private API functions had their context parameter removed,
-C<Perl_cast_ulong>, C<Perl_cast_i32>, C<Perl_cast_iv>, C<Perl_cast_uv>,
-C<Perl_cv_const_sv>, C<Perl_mg_find>, C<Perl_mg_findext>, C<Perl_mg_magical>,
-C<Perl_mini_mktime>, C<Perl_my_dirfd>, C<Perl_sv_backoff>, C<Perl_utf8_hop>.
-
-Users of the public API prefix-less calls remain unaffected.
+Added L<perlapi/sync_locale>.
+Changing the program's locale should be avoided by XS code. Nevertheless,
+certain non-Perl libraries called from XS, such as C<Gtk> do so. When this
+happens, Perl needs to be told that the locale has changed. Use this function
+to do so, before returning to Perl.
=back
=item *
-XXX
+Failing to compile C<use Foo> in an eval could leave a spurious
+C<BEGIN> subroutine definition, which would produce a "Subroutine
+BEGIN redefined" warning on the next use of C<use>, or other C<BEGIN>
+block. [perl #122107]
+
+=item *
+
+C<method { BLOCK } ARGS> syntax now correctly parses the arguments if they
+begin with an opening brace. [perl #46947]
=back
XXX Generate this with:
- perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.1..HEAD
+ perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.21.2..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff