From: Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:29:50 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: perldelta for 186a5ba82d58
X-Git-Tag: v5.17.1~20
X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/commitdiff_plain/dbc84d7924db9e4a14a8eb7af6688446a5bc6882?hp=e05ccd69469415a693386048e305f4e8d3c4b66d

perldelta for 186a5ba82d58

This entry is only for the user-visible changes.
---

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index cedd75f..2c674e0 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ df826430da0d make TRIE nodes "absorb" NOTHING->EXACT sequences
 9a62b98f29d2 gv.c: Don’t ENTER/LEAVE unnecessarily
 ee1b3814fd18 gv.c: Remove mro_method_changed_in() from gv_init
 a3c74922a705 Rmv mro_method_changed_in call on stub upgraded to const
-186a5ba82d58 Don’t create pads for sub stubs
 7ad40bcb0a19 Don’t call mro_method_changed_in after newCONSTSUB
 83b195e49dd1 ensure correctness if sv_2mortal modifies errno
 
@@ -198,6 +197,11 @@ removed as being unhelpful and inconsistent.
 The "Not a format reference" error has been removed, as the only case in
 which it could be triggered was a bug.
 
+=item *
+
+The "Unable to create sub named %s" error has been removed for the same
+reason.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Platform Support
@@ -489,6 +493,12 @@ Thread creation on Windows could theoretically result in a crash if done
 inside a BEGIN block.  It still does not work properly, but it no longer
 crashes [perl #111610].
 
+=item *
+
+C<\&{''}> (with the empty string) now autovivifies a stub like any other
+sub name, and no longer produces the "Unable to create sub" error
+[perl #94476].
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Acknowledgements