There are several advantages to this:
-=over
+=over
=item *
new kinds of keyword-headed expression and compound statement. The
syntax following the keyword is defined entirely by the extension. This
allow a completely non-Perl sublanguage to be parsed inline, with the
-correct ops cleanly generated.
+correct ops cleanly generated.
See L<perlapi/PL_keyword_plugin> for the mechanism. The Perl core
source distribution also includes a new module
more on how to specify C<configure_requires> when creating a distribution
for CPAN.
-=head2 C<each> is now more flexible
+=head2 C<each>, C<keys>, C<values> are now more flexible
-The C<each> function can now operate on arrays.
+The C<each>, C<keys>, C<values> function can now operate on arrays.
=head2 C<when> as a statement modifier
To disable this feature in a given lexical scope, you should use C<no
warnings 'deprecated';> For information about which language features
are deprecated and explanations of various deprecation warnings, please
-see L<perldiag.pod>. See L</Deprecations> below for the list of features
+see L<perldiag>. See L</Deprecations> below for the list of features
and modules Perl's developers have deprecated as part of this release.
=head2 Version number formats
=head2 REGEXPs are now first class
-Internally, Perl now treates compiled regular expressions (such as
+Internally, Perl now treats compiled regular expressions (such as
those created with C<qr//>) as first class entities. Perl modules which
serialize, deserialize or otherwise have deep interaction with Perl's
-internal data structures need to be updated for this change. Affected
-modules include L<FreezeThaw>,L<Data::Dump::Streamer> and L<Regexp::Copy>.
-
+internal data structures need to be updated for this change. Most
+affected CPAN modules have already been updated as of this writing.
=head2 Switch statement changes
C<Module::CoreList> no longer contains the C<%:patchlevel> hash.
-
=item *
C<length undef> now returns undef.
To better match all other flow control statements, C<foreach> may no
longer be used as an attribute.
+=item *
+
+Perl's command-line switch "-P", which was deprecated in version 5.10.0, has
+now been removed. The CPAN module C<< Filter::cpp >> can be used as an
+alternative.
+
=back
C<suidperl> is no longer part of Perl. It used to provide a mechanism to
emulate setuid permission bits on systems that don't support it properly.
-
=item Use of C<:=> to mean an empty attribute list
An accident of Perl's parser meant that these constructions were all
pass import arguments to a C<use UNIVERSAL> statement will result in a
deprecation warning.
-
=item Use of "goto" to jump into a construct
Using C<goto> to jump from an outer scope into an inner scope is now
core versions of these modules warnings will issue a deprecation warning.
If you ship a packaged version of Perl, either alone or as part of a
-larger system, then you should carefully consider the reprecussions of
+larger system, then you should carefully consider the repercussions of
core module deprecations. You may want to consider shipping your default
build of Perl with packages for some or all deprecated modules which
install into C<vendor> or C<site> perl library directories. This will
a later release where the system administrator needs to know to install
multiple packages to get that same functionality.
+You can silence these deprecation warnings by installing the modules
+in question from CPAN. To install the latest version of all of them,
+just install C<Task::Deprecations::5_12>.
+
=over
=item L<Class::ISA>
F<getopt.pl>, F<getcwd.pl>, F<flush.pl>, F<fastcwd.pl>, F<exceptions.pl>,
F<ctime.pl>, F<complete.pl>, F<cacheout.pl>, F<bigrat.pl>, F<bigint.pl>,
F<bigfloat.pl>, F<assert.pl>, F<abbrev.pl>, F<dotsh.pl>, and
-F<timelocal.pl> are all now deprecated. Using them will incur a warning.
+F<timelocal.pl> are all now deprecated. Earlier, Perl's developers
+intended to remove these libraries from Perl's core for the 5.14.0 release.
+
+During final testing before the release of 5.12.0, several developers
+discovered current production code using these ancient libraries, some
+inside the Perl core itself. Accordingly, the pumpking granted them
+a stay of execution. They will begin to warn about their deprecation
+in the 5.14.0 release and will be removed in the 5.16.0 release.
=back
=over
-
=item *
The various large F<Changes*> files (which listed every change made
interacting with the old Perforce-based repository, which is now obsolete.
Information still relevant has been moved to L<perlrepository>.
-
=item *
The syntax C<unless (EXPR) BLOCK else BLOCK> is now documented as valid,
BLOCK>, although actually using the latter may not be the best idea for
the readability of your source code.
-
=item *
Documented -X overloading.
=item *
-C<\N{U+I<wide hex char>}> is now documented.
+C<\N{U+I<code point>}> is now documented.
=back
=item *
The internal structure of the dual-life modules traditionally found in
-the F<lib/> and F<ext/> directories y in the perl source has changed
+the F<lib/> and F<ext/> directories in the perl source has changed
significantly. Where possible, dual-lifed modules have been extracted
from F<lib/> and F<ext/>.
Perl's developers have fixed several problems with the recognition of
C<\N{...}> constructs. As part of this, perl will store any scalar
-or regex containing C<\N{I<name>}> or C<\N{U+I<wide hex char>}> in its
-definition in UTF-8 format. (This was true previously for all occurences
+or regex containing C<\N{I<name>}> or C<\N{U+I<code point>}> in its
+definition in UTF-8 format. (This was true previously for all occurrences
of C<\N{I<name>}> that did not use a custom translator, but now it's
always true.)
This uses a new warnings category: "imprecision".
-=item *
+=item *
C<lc>, C<uc>, C<lcfirst>, and C<ucfirst> warn when passed undef.
could be caused by buggy XS code, and at this point recovery is not
possible.
-
=item *
The fatal error C<Malformed UTF-8 returned by \N> is now produced if the
=item *
F<h2xs> no longer incorrectly treats enum values like macros.
-It also now handles C++ style comments (C<//>) properly in enums.
+It also now handles C++ style comments (C<//>) properly in enums.
=item *
=item *
+Some CPANPLUS tests may fail if there is a functioning file
+F<../../cpanp-run-perl> outside your build directory. The failure
+shouldn't imply there's a problem with the actual functional
+software. The bug is already fixed in [RT #74188] and is scheduled for
+inclusion in perl-v5.12.1.
+
+=item *
+
C<List::Util::first> misbehaves in the presence of a lexical C<$_>
(typically introduced by C<my $_> or implicitly by C<given>). The variable
which gets set for each iteration is the package variable C<$_>, not the
If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it
inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send
it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription
-unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able
+unarchived mailing list, which includes
+all the core committers, who will be able
to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help
co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all
platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for
The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
+L<http://dev.perl.org/perl5/errata.html> for a list of issues
+found after this release, as well as a list of CPAN modules known
+to be incompatible with this release.
+
=cut
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