minor win32 scribbles

[perl5.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 9c85450..bfa57c0 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ cannot be built there, for lack of a reasonable command interpreter.
 Most importantly, many bugs were fixed, including several security
 problems.  See the F<Changes> file in the distribution for details.
 
+=head2 List assignment to %ENV works
+
+C<%ENV = ()> and C<%ENV = @list> now work as expected (except on VMS
+where it generates a fatal error).
+
+=head2 "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error now lists @INC
+
 =head2 Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
 
 There is a new Configure question that asks if you want to maintain
@@ -84,6 +91,13 @@ non-methods.  The simple fix for old code is:  In any module that used to
 depend on inheriting C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods from a base class named
 C<BaseClass>, execute C<*AUTOLOAD = \&BaseClass::AUTOLOAD> during startup.
 
+=head2 Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+Using %OVERLOAD to define overloading was deprecated in 5.003.
+Overloading is now defined using the overload pragma. %OVERLOAD is
+still used internally but should not be used by Perl scripts. See
+L<overload> for more details.
+
 =head2 Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
 
 In Perl 5.004, nonexistent array and hash elements used as subroutine
@@ -691,7 +705,8 @@ Support for the following operating systems is new in Perl 5.004.
 
 Perl 5.004 now includes support for building a "native" perl under
 Windows NT, using the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler (versions 2.0
-and above).  The resulting perl can be used under Windows 95 (if it
+and above) or the Borland C++ compiler (versions 5.02 and above).
+The resulting perl can be used under Windows 95 (if it
 is installed in the same directory locations as it got installed
 in Windows NT).  This port includes support for perl extension
 building tools like L<MakeMaker> and L<h2xs>, so that many extensions
@@ -705,8 +720,6 @@ Cygwin32 is a set of GNU tools that make it possible to compile and run
 many UNIX programs under Windows NT by providing a mostly UNIX-like 
 interface for compilation and execution.  See L<README.cygwin32> for
 more details on this port, and how to obtain the Cygwin32 toolkit.
-This port has not been as well tested as the "native" port described
-above (which is not as well tested as we'd like either :)
 
 =head2 Plan 9