perldelta for the various typemap and ParseXS related changes

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index c639a06..99283ba 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ With C<no overloading>, regular expression objects returned by C<qr//> are
 now stringified as "Regexp=REGEXP(0xbe600d)" instead of the regular
 expression itself [perl #108780].
 
 now stringified as "Regexp=REGEXP(0xbe600d)" instead of the regular
 expression itself [perl #108780].
 

+=head2 Two XS typemap Entries removed
+
+Two presumably unused XS typemap entries have been removed from the
+core typemap: T_DATAUNIT and T_CALLBACK. If you are, against all odds,
+a user of these, please see the instructions on how to regain them
+in L<perlxstypemap>.
+

 =head1 Deprecations
 
 XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
 =head1 Deprecations
 
 XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.


@@ -177,6 +184,13 @@ relevant on Perl 5.004 and earlier.
 
 =item *
 
 
 =item *
 

+L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.12 to version 3.15.
+
+The new version comes with important tools for sharing typemaps between
+different CPAN distributions.
+
+=item *
+

 L<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.72 to version 0.76.
 
 =item *
 L<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.72 to version 0.76.
 
 =item *


@@ -222,6 +236,12 @@ file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
 
 XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
 
 
 XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
 

+=head3 L<perlxstypemap>
+
+The new manual describes the XS typemapping mechanism in unprecedented
+detail and combines new documentation with information extracted from
+L<perlxs> and the previously unofficial list of all core typemaps.
+

 =head3 L<XXX>
 
 XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
 =head3 L<XXX>
 
 XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here


@@ -347,6 +367,11 @@ that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
 
 XXX
 
 
 XXX
 

+=item *
+
+The test suite for typemaps has been extended to cover a larger fraction of
+the core typemaps.
+

 =back
 
 =head1 Platform Support
 =back
 
 =head1 Platform Support