This feature is being deprecated due to its many issues, as documented in
L<perlunicode/User-Defined Case Mappings (for serious hackers only)>.
-It is planned to remove this feature in Perl 5.16. A CPAN module,
-L<Unicode::Casing>, providing improved functionality is being prepared for
-release by the time 5.14 is available.
+It is planned to remove this feature in Perl 5.16. Instead use the CPAN module
+L<Unicode::Casing>, which provides improved functionality.
=head2 Deprecated modules
=item *
-C<Module::Metadata> 1.000003 has been added as a dual-life module. It gathers
+C<Module::Metadata> 1.000004 has been added as a dual-life module. It gathers
package and POD information from Perl module files. It is a standalone module
based on Module::Build::ModuleInfo for use by other module installation
toolchain components. Module::Build::ModuleInfo has been deprecated in
=back
-=head2 Selected Module and Pragma Updates
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragma
=over 4
=item *
-C<ptar> has a new option to allow safe
+The C<ptar> utility has a new option to allow safe
creation of tarballs without world-writable files on Windows, allowing those
archives to be uploaded to CPAN.
=item *
-C<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.94_56 to 1.9600.-
+C<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.94_56 to 1.9600.
Major highlights:
=item *
-C<I18N::Langinfo> has been upgraded from version 0.03 to 0.07.
+C<I18N::Langinfo> has been upgraded from version 0.03 to 0.08.
C<langinfo()> now defaults to using C<$_> if there is no argument given, just
as the documentation has always claimed.
=item *
-C<IO::Select> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18.
+C<I18N::LangTags> has been upgraded from version 0.35 to 0.35_01.
+
+=item *
+
+C<if> has been upgraded from version 0.05 to 0.0601.
+
+=item *
+
+C<IO> has been upgraded from version 1.25_02 to 1.25_04.
+
+=item *
+
+C<IO::Select> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.20.
It now allows IO::Handle objects (and objects in derived classes) to be
removed from an IO::Select set even if the underlying file descriptor is
=item *
-C<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.54 to 0.68.
+C<IPC::Cmd> has been upgraded from version 0.54 to 0.70.
Resolves an issue with splitting Win32 command lines. An argument
consisting of the single character "0" used to be omitted (CPAN RT #62961).
=item *
-C<IPC::Open3> has been upgraded from 1.05 to 1.08.
+C<IPC::Open3> has been upgraded from 1.05 to 1.09.
C<open3> now produces an error if the C<exec> call fails, allowing this
condition to be distinguished from a child process that exited with a
=item *
-C<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.17.
+C<IPC::SysV> has been upgraded from version 2.01 to 2.03.
+
+=item *
+
+C<lib> has been upgraded from version 0.62 to 0.63.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.19.
Locale::Maketext now supports external caches.
=item *
+C<Log::Message> has been upgraded from version 0.02 to 0.04.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Log::Message::Simple> has been upgraded from version 0.06 to 0.08.
+
+=item *
+
C<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.89_01 to 1.994.
This fixes, among other things, incorrect results when computing binomial
=item *
+C<Math::BigInt::FastCalc> has been upgraded from version 0.19 to 0.28.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Math::BigRat> has been upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.26_02.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Memoize> has been upgraded from version 1.01_03 to 1.02.
+
+=item *
+
C<MIME::Base64> has been upgraded from 3.08 to 3.13.
Includes new functions to calculate the length of encoded and decoded
=item *
-C<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.29 to XXX.
+C<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.29 to 2.47.
Besides listing the updated core modules of this release, it also stops listing
the C<Filespec> module. That module never existed in core. The scripts
=item *
-C<NDBM_File> and C<ODBM_File> have been upgraded from 1.08 to 1.11, and
-from 1.08 to 1.09, respectively.
+C<Module::Load> has been upgraded from version 0.16 to 0.18.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Module::Load::Conditional> has been upgraded from version 0.34 to 0.44.
+
+=item *
+
+C<NDBM_File> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.11.
This fixes a memory leak when DBM filters are used.
=item *
-C<overload> has been upgraded from 1.11 to 1.12.
+C<Net::Ping> has been upgraded from version 2.36 to 2.38.
+
+=item *
+
+C<NEXT> has been upgraded from version 0.64 to 0.65.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Object::Accessor> has been upgraded from version 0.36 to 0.38.
+
+=item *
+
+C<ODBM_File> have been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.10.
+
+This fixes a memory leak when DBM filters are used.
+
+=item *
+
+C<overload> has been upgraded from 1.10 to 1.12.
C<overload::Method> can now handle subroutines that are themselves blessed
into overloaded classes [perl #71998].
=item *
+C<Params::Check> has been upgraded from version 0.26 to 0.28.
+
+=item *
+
+C<parent> has been upgraded from version 0.223 to 0.225.
+
+=item *
+
C<Parse::CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 1.40 to 1.4401.
The latest Parse::CPAN::Meta can now read YAML and JSON files using
=item *
-C<POSIX> has been upgraded from 1.19 to 1.23.
+C<Pod::LaTeX> has been upgraded from version 0.58 to 0.59.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Pod::Perldoc> has been upgraded from version 3.15_02 to 3.15_03.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Pod::Simple> has been upgraded from version 3.13 to 3.16.
+
+=item *
+
+C<POSIX> has been upgraded from 1.19 to 1.24.
It now includes constants for POSIX signal constants.
=item *
+C<Term::ANSIColor> has been upgraded from version 2.02 to 3.00.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Term::UI> has been upgraded from version 0.20 to 0.26.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Test::Harness> has been upgraded from version 3.17 to 3.23.
+
+=item *
+
C<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 0.94 to 0.98.
Among many other things, subtests without a C<plan> or C<no_plan> now have an
=item *
+C<Thread::Queue> has been upgraded from version 2.11 to 2.12.
+
+=item *
+
+C<threads> has been upgraded from version 1.75 to 1.83.
+
+=item *
+
+C<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.32 to 1.36.
+
+=item *
+
C<Tie::Hash> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.04.
Calling C<< Tie::Hash-E<gt>TIEHASH() >> used to loop forever. Now it C<croak>s.
=item *
+C<Tie::RefHash> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.39.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Time::HiRes> has been upgraded from version 1.9719 to 1.9721_01.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Time::Local> has been upgraded from version 1.1901_01 to 1.2000.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Time::Piece> has been upgraded from version 1.15_01 to 1.20_01.
+
+=item *
+
C<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.52_01 to 0.73.
Unicode::Collate has been updated to use Unicode 6.0.0.
=item *
+C<Unicode::Normalize> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.10.
+
+=item *
+
C<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.27 to 0.32.
A new function, C<Unicode::UCD::num()>, has been added. This function
=item *
-C<warnings> and C<warnings::register> have been upgraded from version 1.09
-to 1.11 and from version 1.01 to 1.02 respectively.
+C<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to 1.12.
Calling C<use warnings> without arguments is now significantly more efficient.
+=item *
+
+C<warnings::register> have been upgraded from version 1.01 to 1.02.
+
It is now possible to register warning categories other than the names of
packages using C<warnings::register>. See L<perllexwarn> for more information.
=item *
+C<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.10 to 0.13.
+
+=item *
+
C<VMS::DCLsym> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.05.
Two bugs have been fixed [perl #84086]:
=over
-=item C<Class::ISA>
+=item *
+
+C<Class::ISA> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 0.36.
+
+=item *
+
+C<Pod::Plainer> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 1.02.
-=item C<Pod::Plainer>
+=item *
-=item C<Switch>
+C<Switch> has been removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 2.16.
=back
=item *
Lvalue subroutines are again able to return copy-on-write scalars. This
-had been broken since version 5.10.0 [perl #75656] (5.12.2).
+had been broken since version 5.10.0 [perl #75656] (5.12.3).
=item *
XXX Many of these have probably already been solved. There are also
unresolved BBC articles linked to #77718 that are awaiting CPAN
releases. These may need to be listed here.
+See also #84444. Enbugger may also need to be listed if there is no new
+release in time (see #82152).
+JJORE/overload-eval-0.08.tar.gz appears to be broken, too. See
+http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/11/msg165773.html
=over 4
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