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19 years agoFix nasty line break in Storable test file.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:57:39 +0000 (21:57 +0000)]
Fix nasty line break in Storable test file.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23239

19 years agoUpgrade to MIME::Base64 3.03
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:02:14 +0000 (13:02 +0000)]
Upgrade to MIME::Base64 3.03

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23238

19 years agoUpgrade to MIME::Base64 3.02.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:32:41 +0000 (08:32 +0000)]
Upgrade to MIME::Base64 3.02.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23237

19 years agoGrammatical nit by Hugo.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:24:40 +0000 (17:24 +0000)]
Grammatical nit by Hugo.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23236

19 years ago[perl #31295] PATCH: Test comp/use.t fails on Tru64
Nikola Milutinovic [Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:37:31 +0000 (10:37 +0000)]
[perl #31295] PATCH: Test comp/use.t fails on Tru64
From: Nikola Milutinovic (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org>
Message-ID: <rt-3.0.11-31295-94232.1.74127465250315@perl.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23235

19 years agoUpgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.01.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:33:39 +0000 (05:33 +0000)]
Upgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.01.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23234

19 years agoFix some backwards-compatibility problems with Storable.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:18:56 +0000 (22:18 +0000)]
Fix some backwards-compatibility problems with Storable.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23233

19 years agoUpgrade to Time::HiRes 1.61
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:14:57 +0000 (19:14 +0000)]
Upgrade to Time::HiRes 1.61

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23232

19 years agoFix Storable's MANIFEST.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:36:36 +0000 (15:36 +0000)]
Fix Storable's MANIFEST.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23231

19 years agoa regex in STDOUT destructor coredumped because regex pad already
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:20:48 +0000 (21:20 +0000)]
a regex in STDOUT destructor coredumped because regex pad already
freed

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23230

19 years agoUpgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_03.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:18:08 +0000 (13:18 +0000)]
Upgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_03.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23229

19 years agoTweak 'h2xs -h' output.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:14:00 +0000 (23:14 +0000)]
Tweak 'h2xs -h' output.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23228

19 years agoDelete superfluous "with".
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:05:48 +0000 (17:05 +0000)]
Delete superfluous "with".

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23227

19 years agoUpgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_02.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:22:15 +0000 (11:22 +0000)]
Upgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_02.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23226

19 years agoMark a test that relies on tainting behavior as TODO on Windows.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:58:59 +0000 (07:58 +0000)]
Mark a test that relies on tainting behavior as TODO on Windows.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23225

19 years agoAdd notes for building with MS VC++ Toolkit 2003
Steve Hay [Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:44:13 +0000 (13:44 +0000)]
Add notes for building with MS VC++ Toolkit 2003

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23224

19 years agoUpgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_01.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:33:41 +0000 (21:33 +0000)]
Upgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00_01.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23223

19 years agoUpgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:14:46 +0000 (10:14 +0000)]
Upgrade to Devel::PPPort 3.00.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23222

19 years agoDocument Carp's global variables + provide tests
Jos I. Boumans [Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:53:40 +0000 (17:53 +0200)]
Document Carp's global variables + provide tests
From: "Jos I. Boumans" <kane@dwim.org>
Message-Id: <ADC6DEC6-EF8B-11D8-8425-000A95EF62E2@dwim.org>
(tests a bit reworked)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23221

19 years agoUpdates to modules-related pod
Kirrily Robert [Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:00:14 +0000 (12:00 -0400)]
Updates to modules-related pod
Message-ID: <20040816200014.GC27764@infotrope.net>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23220

19 years agorunning mktables on VMS
Craig A. Berry [Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:28:04 +0000 (17:28 -0500)]
running mktables on VMS
From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
Message-ID: <41199244.9020706@mac.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23219

19 years agomake cygwin ld2 executable
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:14:59 +0000 (10:14 -0700)]
make cygwin ld2 executable
Message-ID: <20040816001252.GA2148@efn.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23218

19 years agomake pp_goto() cope potential stack reallocation in EXTEND
Dave Mitchell [Sat, 14 Aug 2004 22:32:16 +0000 (22:32 +0000)]
make pp_goto() cope potential stack reallocation in EXTEND
The code for goto &foo had local pointers to the stack that
pointed to the wrong place after a realloc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23217

19 years agopre Math::BigInt v1.72
Tels [Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:02:50 +0000 (16:02 +0200)]
pre Math::BigInt v1.72
Message-Id: <200408131402.52270@bloodgate.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23216

19 years agoTest for functions with operator names
Andy Lester [Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:31:03 +0000 (06:31 -0500)]
Test for functions with operator names
Message-ID: <20040812163103.GA26687@petdance.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23215

19 years agoapi doc fix for SvSetMagicSV_nosteal
Stas Bekman [Thu, 12 Aug 2004 18:10:36 +0000 (11:10 -0700)]
api doc fix for SvSetMagicSV_nosteal
Message-ID: <411C150C.5020602@stason.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23214

19 years agoRe: 2 patches: goto.t, B.pm/xs
Jim Cromie [Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:29:08 +0000 (01:29 -0600)]
Re: 2 patches: goto.t, B.pm/xs
Message-ID: <4118CDA4.3060700@divsol.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23213

19 years ago2 patches: goto.t, B.pm/xs
Jim Cromie [Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:42:47 +0000 (12:42 -0600)]
2 patches: goto.t, B.pm/xs
Message-ID: <4116C887.9080400@divsol.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23212

19 years agoRe: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Alan Burlison [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:00:12 +0000 (20:00 +0100)]
Re: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Message-ID: <4117BBAC.7080603@sun.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23211

19 years agoFix a typo and remove some debugging crud from change #23209
Dave Mitchell [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:58:35 +0000 (19:58 +0000)]
Fix a typo and remove some debugging crud from change #23209
p4raw-link: @23209 on //depot/perl: dedbcade96321798da47de9721e77227a1c11eb5

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23210

19 years agoeval_sv() failing a taint test could corrupt the stack
Dave Mitchell [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 19:48:57 +0000 (19:48 +0000)]
eval_sv() failing a taint test could corrupt the stack

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23209

19 years agomade eq_array in t/test.pl handle undef values better
Dave Mitchell [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:28:33 +0000 (18:28 +0000)]
made eq_array in t/test.pl handle undef values better

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23208

19 years agofix minor nit in file description, to keep Jarkko happy
Dave Mitchell [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:21:27 +0000 (17:21 +0000)]
fix minor nit in file description, to keep Jarkko happy

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23207

19 years agoPatch for t/op/sleep.t
Andy Lester [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 00:11:51 +0000 (19:11 -0500)]
Patch for t/op/sleep.t
Message-ID: <20040809051151.GA13872@petdance.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23206

19 years agoAdd a note in perltodo about a potential extension of readpipe()
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 12:10:25 +0000 (12:10 +0000)]
Add a note in perltodo about a potential extension of readpipe()

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23205

19 years agoRe: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Alan Burlison [Mon, 9 Aug 2004 10:30:25 +0000 (11:30 +0100)]
Re: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Message-ID: <41174431.6050803@sun.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23204

19 years agoAdd tests for XS call_*() API
Dave Mitchell [Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:10:40 +0000 (15:10 +0000)]
Add tests for XS call_*() API

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23203

19 years agoDB_File 1.810
Paul Marquess [Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:22:09 +0000 (16:22 +0100)]
DB_File 1.810
From: "Paul Marquess" <Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com>
Message-Id: <20040807142059.CTQC10838.mta10-svc.ntlworld.com@MARQUESSPT21>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23202

19 years agoFix [perl #24269] socket() call uses non-IFS providers
Steve Hay [Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:55:31 +0000 (12:55 +0000)]
Fix [perl #24269] socket() call uses non-IFS providers
causing subsequent print/read to hang or misbehave

Patch supplied by Artiom Morozov <artiom@phreaker.net>
in the bug report at http://rt.perl.org/rt3/index.html?q=24269

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23200

19 years agoAnother small clean-up following changes #23190 and #23198
Steve Hay [Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:57:59 +0000 (11:57 +0000)]
Another small clean-up following changes #23190 and #23198
p4raw-link: @23190 on //depot/perl: d7aa53827cc12fdf8a697328df844e16aaa58287

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23199

19 years agoremove leaks associated with version object change #23190
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 6 Aug 2004 10:06:46 +0000 (10:06 +0000)]
remove leaks associated with version object change #23190
p4raw-link: @23190 on //depot/perl: d7aa53827cc12fdf8a697328df844e16aaa58287

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23198

19 years agosignedness nit in #23190
Craig A. Berry [Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:10:55 +0000 (08:10 -0500)]
signedness nit in #23190
From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
Message-ID: <4112782F.7040302@mac.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23197

19 years agoDocument sv_catpvn_nomg, sv_setsv_nomg and sv_catsv_nomg.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:29:23 +0000 (18:29 +0000)]
Document sv_catpvn_nomg, sv_setsv_nomg and sv_catsv_nomg.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23196

19 years agoComment describing purpose.
Nick Ing-Simmons [Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:16:47 +0000 (18:16 +0000)]
Comment describing purpose.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23195

19 years agoRe: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Alan Burlison [Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:07:02 +0000 (13:07 +0100)]
Re: POSIX::sigprocmask implemented incorrectly
Message-ID: <40FBAB56.1030208@sun.com>

(last chunk only)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23194

19 years agoRemove compilation warnings about uninitialized variables.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Wed, 4 Aug 2004 07:00:21 +0000 (07:00 +0000)]
Remove compilation warnings about uninitialized variables.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23193

19 years agoRemove the "Newline in left-justified string" warning.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:55:46 +0000 (06:55 +0000)]
Remove the "Newline in left-justified string" warning.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23192

19 years agoextension to diagnostics.pm
Fergal Daly [Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:33:09 +0000 (01:33 +0100)]
extension to diagnostics.pm
Message-ID: <20040803233309.GA239@dyn.fergaldaly.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23191

19 years agoFinal version object core patch?
John Peacock [Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:23:57 +0000 (18:23 -0400)]
Final version object core patch?
Message-ID: <411048BD.3080700@rowman.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23190

19 years agogcc on AIX 4 doesn't like -G on the commandline too
H.Merijn Brand [Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:51:13 +0000 (23:51 +0000)]
gcc on AIX 4 doesn't like -G on the commandline too

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23189

19 years agogcc on AIX doesn't like -G on the commandline
H.Merijn Brand [Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:48:13 +0000 (23:48 +0000)]
gcc on AIX doesn't like -G on the commandline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23188

19 years agomore typo fixes for change 3176 (comments at top of .c files)
Dave Mitchell [Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:20:18 +0000 (19:20 +0000)]
more typo fixes for change 3176 (comments at top of .c files)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23187

19 years ago[perl #30914] ExtUtils::Embed should use libperl name from Config
Marek Rouchal [Mon, 2 Aug 2004 07:00:33 +0000 (07:00 +0000)]
[perl #30914] ExtUtils::Embed should use libperl name from Config
From: Marek Rouchal (via RT) <perlbug-followup@perl.org>
Message-ID: <rt-3.0.11-30914-93038.14.5123598132685@perl.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23186

19 years agoadditional -V:foo tests
Jim Cromie [Mon, 2 Aug 2004 09:15:23 +0000 (03:15 -0600)]
additional -V:foo tests
Message-ID: <410E5A8B.9030307@divsol.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23185

19 years agoEnhance the caveat in the description of tell()
Nick Ing-Simmons [Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:12:54 +0000 (16:12 +0100)]
Enhance the caveat in the description of tell()

Subject: Re: [perl #30788] Error in documentation
Message-Id: <20040728141254.3861.5@llama.ing-simmons.net>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23184

19 years agoRemove empty rpath from .so files
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Mon, 2 Aug 2004 09:16:13 +0000 (09:16 +0000)]
Remove empty rpath from .so files

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23183

19 years agomention refaddr() in overload::StrVal docs
Fergal Daly [Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:09:19 +0000 (17:09 +0100)]
mention refaddr() in overload::StrVal docs
Message-ID: <20040730150919.GB19022@dyn.fergaldaly.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23182

19 years agoFix breakage caused by Change 23179
Steve Hay [Mon, 2 Aug 2004 08:05:05 +0000 (08:05 +0000)]
Fix breakage caused by Change 23179

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23181

19 years agoAdd comment to top of reentr.c and fix typos in other files
Dave Mitchell [Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:49:20 +0000 (16:49 +0000)]
Add comment to top of reentr.c and fix typos in other files

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23180

19 years agoSkip test when building without Encode.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:10:19 +0000 (16:10 +0000)]
Skip test when building without Encode.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23179

19 years agoRemove redundant SvOOK_off (called implicitly by SvOK_off)
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sun, 1 Aug 2004 10:19:46 +0000 (10:19 +0000)]
Remove redundant SvOOK_off (called implicitly by SvOK_off)
and merge identical cases.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23178

19 years agoshut up a warning in mg.c
Dave Mitchell [Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:27:09 +0000 (16:27 +0000)]
shut up a warning in mg.c

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23177

19 years agoAdd comment to the top of most .c files explaining their purpose
Dave Mitchell [Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:21:50 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
Add comment to the top of most .c files explaining their purpose

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23176

19 years agoFix copy & paste bugs in mX?PUSH macro tests.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sat, 31 Jul 2004 15:19:13 +0000 (15:19 +0000)]
Fix copy & paste bugs in mX?PUSH macro tests.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23175

19 years agoFirst steps towards an explicit perl.exp-less AIX build
H.Merijn Brand [Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:32:31 +0000 (08:32 +0000)]
First steps towards an explicit perl.exp-less AIX build
Previous method can still be used by undeffing usenativedlopen
If that is ever tested at all on AIX

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23174

19 years agoFix and update Perl_grok_* docs.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:29:54 +0000 (08:29 +0000)]
Fix and update Perl_grok_* docs.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23173

19 years agoA few minor updates to README.win32 (aka perlwin32)
Steve Hay [Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:31:08 +0000 (14:31 +0000)]
A few minor updates to README.win32 (aka perlwin32)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23172

19 years agoUpgrade to Math::BigInt v1.71.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:24:08 +0000 (14:24 +0000)]
Upgrade to Math::BigInt v1.71.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23171

19 years agoBug report #30132 was resolved before it was finished!
Steve Hay [Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:27:41 +0000 (13:27 +0000)]
Bug report #30132 was resolved before it was finished!
Here's the last piece in the puzzle.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23170

19 years agoUpgrade to File::Spec 0.88.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:13:36 +0000 (12:13 +0000)]
Upgrade to File::Spec 0.88.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23168

19 years agoRe: [perl #30783] Test::Builder does not handle overloaded "name" values
Audrey Tang [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:17:58 +0000 (13:17 -0700)]
Re: [perl #30783] Test::Builder does not handle overloaded "name" values
Message-ID: <1912f0e204072220171790193a@mail.gmail.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23167

19 years agoRe: more 5.9 sort tests (second draft)
david nicol [Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:10:05 +0000 (12:10 -0500)]
Re: more 5.9 sort tests (second draft)
Message-Id: <1090447805.995.24.camel@plaza.davidnicol.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23166

19 years agoRe: AW: [perl #7558] [PATCH] README.solaris
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:12:06 +0000 (10:12 -0400)]
Re: AW: [perl #7558] [PATCH] README.solaris
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.58.0407271335550.22839@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23165

19 years ago[perl #7558] [PATCH] README.solaris
Andy Dougherty [Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:32:35 +0000 (11:32 -0400)]
[perl #7558] [PATCH] README.solaris
Message-Id:  <Pine.SOL.4.58.0407261530350.19559@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu>

Add more info on /dev/random under solaris

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23164

19 years agoThe byte-order modifiers won't go into 5.8.
Marcus Holland-Moritz [Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:14:37 +0000 (17:14 +0000)]
The byte-order modifiers won't go into 5.8.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23163

19 years agoWindows-related updates to Porting/repository.pod
Steve Hay [Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:41:56 +0000 (10:41 +0000)]
Windows-related updates to Porting/repository.pod

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23162

19 years agomake -Dl log runops loop entry and exit, and jump level popping
Dave Mitchell [Sun, 25 Jul 2004 19:05:28 +0000 (19:05 +0000)]
make -Dl log runops loop entry and exit, and jump level popping

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23161

19 years agodocument that -i messes soft as well hard hard links.
Dave Mitchell [Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:00:27 +0000 (10:00 +0000)]
document that -i messes soft as well hard hard links.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23160

19 years agomake a note in perlrun that -i doesn't preserve UNIX hard links.
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:15:32 +0000 (21:15 +0000)]
make a note in perlrun that -i doesn't preserve UNIX hard links.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23159

19 years ago[perl #30733] memory leak in array delete
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:06:02 +0000 (11:06 +0000)]
[perl #30733] memory leak in array delete
av_delete() wasn't mortalizing the returned value

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23158

19 years agoremove binary compat from #23156 (remove PL_retstack)
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:35:16 +0000 (10:35 +0000)]
remove binary compat from #23156 (remove PL_retstack)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23157

19 years agoremove the return stack PL_retstack, and store return ops in the CX
Dave Mitchell [Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:52:59 +0000 (09:52 +0000)]
remove the return stack PL_retstack, and store return ops in the CX
structure directly instead

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23156

19 years agoBuild the perldelta copying command for the main Unix makefile with
Nicholas Clark [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:50:31 +0000 (18:50 +0000)]
Build the perldelta copying command for the main Unix makefile with
buildtoc, so that it doesn't get forgotten on version increments.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23155

19 years agoGrab perl585delta.pod from maint and
Nicholas Clark [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:19:58 +0000 (18:19 +0000)]
Grab perl585delta.pod from maint and

Integrate:
[ 23069]
This is RC2. Maybe this one will last longer.

[ 23141]
Break a leg

[perlhist.pod]
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19 years agoUpgrade to Cwd 2.20
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:16:41 +0000 (16:16 +0000)]
Upgrade to Cwd 2.20

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19 years agoSort perldiag.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 15:50:34 +0000 (15:50 +0000)]
Sort perldiag.

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19 years agoRe: "Too late for -T" could be more descriptive
Jim Cromie [Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:21:50 +0000 (05:21 -0600)]
Re: "Too late for -T" could be more descriptive
Message-ID: <40FEA62E.2010809@divsol.com>
(with tweaks)

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19 years agoEmail change for Steffen Mueller.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:09:40 +0000 (12:09 +0000)]
Email change for Steffen Mueller.

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19 years agoGrammar fix by Paul Johnson.
Rafael Garcia-Suarez [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:32:16 +0000 (11:32 +0000)]
Grammar fix by Paul Johnson.

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19 years agoConfig::config_re and config_sh would report the byteorder as 'ffff'
Nicholas Clark [Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:51:48 +0000 (10:51 +0000)]
Config::config_re and config_sh would report the byteorder as 'ffff'

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19 years agoMention common dynaloader errors in perldiag.pod
Jos I. Boumans [Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:47:35 +0000 (15:47 +0200)]
Mention common dynaloader errors in perldiag.pod
From: "Jos I. Boumans" <kane@dwim.org>
Message-Id: <C226C05A-DB0B-11D8-A551-000A95EF62E2@dwim.org>
(with tweaks)

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19 years agoRe: [perl #30688] Empty slice arg with ($;$) prototype
Rick Delaney [Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:53:54 +0000 (12:53 -0400)]
Re: [perl #30688] Empty slice arg with ($;$) prototype
Message-ID: <20040720205353.GA970@biff.bort.ca>

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19 years ago[perl #30609] [PATCH] BigInt v1.71 - first try
Tels [Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:22:57 +0000 (18:22 +0200)]
[perl #30609] [PATCH] BigInt v1.71 - first try
Message-Id: <200407171622.58443@bloodgate.com>

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19 years agoTurn 2 strcpy()s into memcpy() because we know the length.
Nicholas Clark [Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:33:13 +0000 (08:33 +0000)]
Turn 2 strcpy()s into memcpy() because we know the length.

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19 years agoClarify that it's only Mac OS *Classic* that uses 1904 - OS X uses
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:41:22 +0000 (13:41 +0000)]
Clarify that it's only Mac OS *Classic* that uses 1904 - OS X uses
1970

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19 years agoTypo fix from Julian Gilbey, forwarded upstream from Debian by
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 13:21:33 +0000 (13:21 +0000)]
Typo fix from Julian Gilbey, forwarded upstream from Debian by
Brendan O'Dea

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19 years agoUse VirtualAlloc() more flexibly when using it to mimic UNIX's sbrk().
Steve Hay [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:16:05 +0000 (12:16 +0000)]
Use VirtualAlloc() more flexibly when using it to mimic UNIX's sbrk().
CC: perl-win32-porters@listserv.ActiveState.com
Message-ID: <40F6B295.8010804@uk.radan.com>

Assumes perl's malloc can now handle non-contiguous memory (believed
to be true).
Does not address threading issues.

"The attached patch (against blead) makes sbrk() initially try to
extend the existing block of memory exactly as it currently does, but
to not  fail immediately if it can't -- it now frees up that part of
whatever it  had previously reserved+committed which hadn't actually
been used yet,  resets all its static variables and basically starts
anew."

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19 years agoglob('*.c') to find documentation is dangerous when run in unclean
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:14:45 +0000 (11:14 +0000)]
glob('*.c') to find documentation is dangerous when run in unclean
trees, so isntead use MANIFEST to only scan the legitimate source
files.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23127

19 years agoEncourage compilers to tail call optimise in sv_savepv, sv_savepvn
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:04:37 +0000 (11:04 +0000)]
Encourage compilers to tail call optimise in sv_savepv, sv_savepvn
and sv_savesharedpv. Need to create non-void returning versions of
Copy and Zero, as the existing macros deliberately cast to (void)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23126

19 years agoRebuild perlapi.pod
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:59:08 +0000 (10:59 +0000)]
Rebuild perlapi.pod

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