=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 v5.16.2
=head1 DESCRIPTION
L<perl5161delta>, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and
5.16.1.
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
-=head1 Core Enhancements
-
-XXX New core language features go here. Summarise 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 ]
-
-=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.
-In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are
-listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
-[ List each 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 *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.16.0
+If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
+report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
=head1 Modules and Pragmata
[ 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
=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>.
-
-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.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
- e.g.
-
- =item *
-
- L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
-=head3 New Errors
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=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
-
-=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
-
-=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 summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
-=item *
-
-XXX
+=item * configuration should no longer be confused by ls colorization
=back
=head1 Platform Support
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
-
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
-
-=head2 New Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
-versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
-directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
-source tree.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX
-
-
-=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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
=item AIX
Configure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when
=back
-=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 *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
-Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
-L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
-=item *
+=item * fix /\h/ equivalence with /[\h]/
-XXX
+see [perl #114220]
=back
=head1 Known Problems
-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, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
-This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
+There are no new known problems.
=head1 Acknowledgements
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / commitdiff