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perldelta for 61e9f3f
authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:24:59 +0000 (08:24 -0700)
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:24:59 +0000 (08:24 -0700)
pod/perldelta.pod

index 75a6ed3..143b5ec 100644 (file)
@@ -603,6 +603,12 @@ name.
 
 =item *
 
+C<reset> with an argument now skips scalars aliased to typeglobs
+(C<for $z (*foo) { reset "z" }>).  Previously it would corrupt memory or
+crash.
+
+=item *
+
 C<ucfirst> and C<lcfirst> were not respecting the bytes pragma.  This was a
 regression from v5.12 [perl #117355].