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=head1 NAME
-[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs
-to be processed before release. ]
-
perldelta - what is new for perl v5.19.6
=head1 DESCRIPTION
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.19.4, first read
L<perl5195delta>, which describes differences between 5.19.4 and 5.19.5.
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
=head1 Core Enhancements
-XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language
-enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
-here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head2 $a and $b warnings exemption
The special variables $a and $b, used in C<sort>, are now exempt from "used
CPAN modules to provide functions using $a and $b for similar purposes.
[perl #120462]
-=head1 Security
-
-XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
-vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
-L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
-
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Incompatible Changes
-
-XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
-
- There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
- If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
- report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head1 Deprecations
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-
=head2 Module removals
-XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
-
The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
=back
-[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head1 Performance Enhancements
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
-There may well be none in a stable release.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
=head1 Modules and Pragmata
-XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
-go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
-following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
-entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
-below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
-In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
-cribbed.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
+L<Locale::Maketext> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to 1.25.
+
+An issue with escaped backslashes if the literal is compiled as
+function argument has been resolved.
+
+=item *
+
L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 3.00 to 3.01.
The list of Perl versions covered has been updated.
=back
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head1 Documentation
-XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by
-file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
-
-=head2 New Documentation
-
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
-
=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
-XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
-However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
-section.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
=over 4
=item *
-XXX Description of the change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
-including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of
-diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
+L<perlhacktips> has been updated to include some more examples of C<gdb> usage.
-XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
-include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
+=item *
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
+L<perlfunc>:
-=head3 New Errors
+C<each>, clarify hash "modify while iterating".
-=over 4
+C<pack>, the documentation for verbatim tables has been clarified.
=item *
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
+L<perlre>, the documentation for C</x> and C<(?# comment)> has been expanded and clarified.
=item *
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+L<perllexwarn>, a note has been added to users of C<FATAL> warnings of the risk of upgrades.
=back
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+=head1 Diagnostics
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
=over 4
be in scalar context at compile time. Previously it was worded "Scalar
value %%s[%s] better written as $%s[%s]".
-=back
-
-=head1 Utility Changes
-
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here.
-Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
-
-[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-=over 4
-
=item *
-XXX
+L<Switch condition not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in mE<sol>%sE<sol>|perldiag/"Switch condition not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/">:
-=back
-
-=head1 Configuration and Compilation
-
-XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
-go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
-However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
-L</Platform Support> section, instead.
-
-[ List changes as a =item entry ].
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
+The description for this diagnostic has been extended to cover all cases where the warning may occur.
+Issues with the positioning of the arrow indicator have also been resolved.
=back
=head1 Testing
-XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
-listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
-large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
-Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
=back
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
-XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
-and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
-changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
-L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
=over 4
=item Windows
=head1 Internal Changes
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other
-significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
-well.
-
-[ List each change as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in
-files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
C</(?</>) have been fixed to produce the proper error message instead of
"panic: memory wrap". Other cases (e.g., C</(?(/>) have yet to be fixed.
-=back
+=item *
-=head1 Known Problems
+Strange vars like ties, overloads, or stringified refs (and in recent
+perls, pure NOK vars) would generally do the wrong thing in formats
+when the var is treated as a string and repeatedly chopped, as in
+^<<<~~ and similar. This has now been resolved.
-XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed
-platform specific bugs also go here.
+=back
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
+=head1 Known Problems
=over 4
=back
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
=head1 Acknowledgements
XXX Generate this with:
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