+=item bincompat_options()
+
+Returns a list of C pre-processor options used when compiling this F<perl>
+binary, which affect its binary compatibility with extensions.
+C<bincompat_options()> and C<non_bincompat_options()> are shown together in
+the output of C<perl -V> as I<Compile-time options>.
+
+=item non_bincompat_options()
+
+Returns a list of C pre-processor options used when compiling this F<perl>
+binary, which do not affect binary compatibility with extensions.
+
+=item compile_date()
+
+Returns the compile date (as a string), equivalent to what is shown by
+C<perl -V>
+
+=item local_patches()
+
+Returns a list of the names of locally applied patches, equivalent to what
+is shown by C<perl -V>.
+