From dad02c36c1a921140fb776f8e4db80b751a00b53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karen Etheridge Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:43:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] generate new perldelta --- MANIFEST | 1 + Makefile.SH | 8 +- pod/.gitignore | 2 +- pod/perl.pod | 1 + pod/perl5311delta.pod | 418 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ pod/perldelta.pod | 414 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- vms/descrip_mms.template | 2 +- win32/GNUmakefile | 4 +- win32/Makefile | 4 +- win32/makefile.mk | 4 +- win32/pod.mak | 4 + 11 files changed, 656 insertions(+), 206 deletions(-) create mode 100644 pod/perl5311delta.pod diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST index d0300c8..8e90f03 100644 --- a/MANIFEST +++ b/MANIFEST @@ -4996,6 +4996,7 @@ pod/perl5281delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.28.1 pod/perl5282delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.28.2 pod/perl5300delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.30.0 pod/perl5310delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.31.0 +pod/perl5311delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.31.1 pod/perl561delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6.1 pod/perl56delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6 pod/perl581delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.8.1 diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH index 73c9d81..bd8ac8f 100755 --- a/Makefile.SH +++ b/Makefile.SH @@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ esac $spitshell >>$Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!' -perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5311delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod +perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5312delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod generated_pods = pod/perltoc.pod $(perltoc_pod_prereqs) generated_headers = uudmap.h bitcount.h mg_data.h @@ -1152,9 +1152,9 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST $(MINIPERL) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q -pod/perl5311delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod - $(RMS) pod/perl5311delta.pod - $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5311delta.pod +pod/perl5312delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod + $(RMS) pod/perl5312delta.pod + $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5312delta.pod extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE) -@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods` diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore index c6e3d63..07a99d3 100644 --- a/pod/.gitignore +++ b/pod/.gitignore @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ /roffitall # generated -/perl5311delta.pod +/perl5312delta.pod /perlapi.pod /perlintern.pod /perlmodlib.pod diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod index dcf717d..6e6ae58 100644 --- a/pod/perl.pod +++ b/pod/perl.pod @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ aux h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man splain xsubpp perlhist Perl history records perldelta Perl changes since previous version + perl5311delta Perl changes in version 5.31.1 perl5310delta Perl changes in version 5.31.0 perl5300delta Perl changes in version 5.30.0 perl5282delta Perl changes in version 5.28.2 diff --git a/pod/perl5311delta.pod b/pod/perl5311delta.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eb29fb6 --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perl5311delta.pod @@ -0,0 +1,418 @@ +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +perl5311delta - what is new for perl v5.31.1 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes differences between the 5.31.0 release and the 5.31.1 +release. + +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.30.0, first read +L, which describes differences between 5.30.0 and 5.31.0. + +=head1 Incompatible Changes + +=head2 Use of L|perlfunc/vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS> on strings with code points above 0xFF is forbidden + +Such strings are represented internally in UTF-8, and C is a +bit-oriented operation that will likely give unexpected results on those +strings. This was deprecated in perl 5.28.0. + +=head2 Use of code points over 0xFF in string bitwise operators + +Some uses of these were already illegal after a previous deprecation +cycle. The remaining uses are now prohibited, having been deprecated in perl +5.28.0. See L. + +=head2 C does not accept arguments + +This usage was deprecated in perl 5.28.0 and is now fatal. + +=head1 Modules and Pragmata + +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 0.65 to 0.66. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 2.22 to 2.27. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.843 to 1.852. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 3.52 to 3.53. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 0.280231 to 0.280232. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 7.34 to 7.36. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 0.43 to 0.44. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.40 to 1.41. + +The supplied I is now always honoured on calls to the send() +method. L<[perl #133936]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133936> + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 5.20190524 to 5.20190620. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.30 to 1.31. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 3.36 to 3.38. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 4.11 to 4.12. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.88 to 1.89. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 3.15 to 3.16. + +Regular expressions objects weren't properly counted for object id +purposes on retrieve. This would corrupt the resulting structure, or +cause a runtime error in some cases. L<[perl #134179]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134179> + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.23. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.302162 to 1.302164. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.02 to 1.03. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 0.10 to 0.11. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.9760 to 1.9761. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 0.72 to 0.73. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.44 to 1.45. + +=item * + +L has been upgraded from version 1.00 to 1.01. + +=back + +=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Pod::Parser has been removed from the core distribution. +It still is available for download from CPAN. This resolves L<[perl +#119439]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=119439>. + +=back + +=head1 Documentation + +=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation + +We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes +listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, send email +to L. + +Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: + +=head3 L + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Documentation about embed.fnc flags has been removed. F now has +sufficient comments within it. Anyone changing that file will see those +comments first, so entries here are now redundant. + +=back + +=head3 L + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Advice has been added regarding the usage of C<< ZEE >>. + +=back + +=head1 Configuration and Compilation + +=over 4 + +=item * + +F + +This tool that regenerates L and L has been overhauled +significantly, restoring consistency in flags used in F and +L and allowing removal of many redundant C<=for apidoc> +entries in code. + +=back + +=head1 Platform Support + +=head2 Discontinued Platforms + +=over 4 + +=item Windows CE + +Support for building perl on Windows CE has now been removed. + +=back + +=head1 Internal Changes + +=over 4 + +=item * + +L no longer stringifies the exception when +C is true. L<[perl #134175]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134175> + +=back + +=head1 Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item * + +Setting C<$)> now properly sets supplementary group ids if you have +the necessary privileges. L<[perl #134169]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134169> + +=item * + +close() on a pipe now preemptively clears the PerlIO object from the +IO SV. This prevents a second attempt to close the already closed +PerlIO object if a signal handler calls die() or exit() while close() +is waiting for the child process to complete. L<[perl #122112]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=122112> + +=item * + +C<< sprintf("%.*a", -10000, $x) >> would cause a buffer overflow due +to mishandling of the negative precision value. L<[perl #134008]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134008> + +=item * + +scalar() on a reference could cause an erroneous assertion failure +during compilation. L<[perl #134045]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134045> + +=item * + +C<%{^CAPTURE_ALL}> is now an alias to C<%-> as documented, rather than +incorrectly an alias for C<%+>. L<[perl #131867]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131867> + +=item * + +C<%{^CAPTURE}> didn't work if C<@{^CAPTURE}> was mentioned first. +Similarly for C<%{^CAPTURE_ALL}> and C<@{^CAPTURE_ALL}>, though +C<@{^CAPTURE_ALL}> currently isn't used. L<[perl #131193]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131193> + +=item * + +Extraordinarily large (over 2GB) floating point format widths could +cause an integer overflow in the underlying call to snprintf(), +resulting in an assertion. Formatted floating point widths are now +limited to the range of int, the return value of snprintf(). L<[perl +#133913]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133913> + +=item * + +Parsing the following constructs within a sub-parse (such as with +C<"${code here}"> or C) has changed to match how +they're parsed normally: + +=over + +=item * + +C no longer produces a syntax error. + +=item * + +Code like C now properly produces an "Ambiguous use +of ${time} resolved to $time at ..." warning when warnings are enabled. + +=item * + +C<@x {"a"}> (with the space) in a sub-parse now properly produces a +"better written as" warning when warnings are enabled. + +=item * + +attributes can now be used in a sub-parse. + +=back + +L<[perl #133850]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133850> + +=item * + +Incomplete hex and binary literals like C<0x> and C<0b> are now +treated as if the C or C is part of the next token. L<[perl +#134125]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134125> + +=item * + +A spurious C<)> in a subparse, such as in C or +C<"...${code here}">, no longer confuses the parser. + +Previously a subparse was bracketed with generated C<(> and C<)> +tokens, so a spurious C<)> would close the construct without doing the +normal subparse clean up, confusing the parser and possible causing an +assertion failure. + +Such constructs are now surrounded by artificial tokens that can't be +included in the source. L<[perl #130585]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130585> + +=item * + +Reference assignment of a sub, such as C<\&foo = \&bar;>, silently did +nothing in the C package. L<[perl #134072]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134072> + +=item * + +sv_gets() now recovers better if the target SV is modified by a signal +handler. L<[perl #134035]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134035> + +=item * + +C now evaluates C<@foo> in scalar context. Previously +it would be evalauted in list context, and since readline() pops only +one argument from the stack, the stack could underflow, or be left +with unexpected values on the stack. L<[perl #133989]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133989> + +=back + +=head1 Acknowledgements + +Perl 5.31.1 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl +5.31.0 and contains approximately 37,000 lines of changes across 500 files +from 20 authors. + +Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were +approximately 19,000 lines of changes to 340 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. + +Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant +community of users and developers. The following people are known to have +contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.31.1: + +Alexandr Savca, Andreas König, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dagfinn Ilmari +Mannsåker, Dominic Hargreaves, Graham Knop, Hugo van der Sanden, James E +Keenan, Jerome Duval, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Manuel Mausz, +Michael Haardt, Nicolas R., Pali, Richard Leach, Sawyer X, Steve Hay, Tony +Cook, Vickenty Fesunov. + +The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically +generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include +the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to +the Perl bug tracker. + +Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules +included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for +helping Perl to flourish. + +For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please +see the F file in the Perl source distribution. + +=head1 Reporting Bugs + +If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database +at L. There may also be information at +L, the Perl Home Page. + +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L program +included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but +sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C, +will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. + +If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it +inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then see +L +for details of how to report the issue. + +=head1 Give Thanks + +If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5, +you can do so by running the C program: + + perlthanks + +This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +The F file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on +what changed. + +The F file for how to build Perl. + +The F file for general stuff. + +The F and F files for copyright information. + +=cut diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index e274f62..2fa34c7 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,382 +2,408 @@ =head1 NAME -perldelta - what is new for perl v5.31.1 +[ 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 v5.31.2 =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document describes differences between the 5.31.0 release and the 5.31.1 +This document describes differences between the 5.31.1 release and the 5.31.2 release. -If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.30.0, first read -L, which describes differences between 5.30.0 and 5.31.0. +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.31.0, first read +L, which describes differences between 5.31.0 and 5.31.1. -=head1 Incompatible Changes +=head1 Notice -=head2 Use of L|perlfunc/vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS> on strings with code points above 0xFF is forbidden +XXX Any important notices here -Such strings are represented internally in UTF-8, and C is a -bit-oriented operation that will likely give unexpected results on those -strings. This was deprecated in perl 5.28.0. +=head1 Core Enhancements -=head2 Use of code points over 0xFF in string bitwise operators +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 section. -Some uses of these were already illegal after a previous deprecation -cycle. The remaining uses are now prohibited, having been deprecated in perl -5.28.0. See L. +[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] -=head2 C does not accept arguments +=head1 Security -This usage was deprecated in perl 5.28.0 and is now fatal. +XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security +vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the +L section. -=head1 Modules and Pragmata +[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] -=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata +=head1 Incompatible Changes -=over 4 +XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: -=item * + 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 below. -L has been upgraded from version 0.65 to 0.66. +[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Deprecations -L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. +XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. -=item * +=head2 Module removals -L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. -=item * +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 +prerequisites. -L has been upgraded from version 2.22 to 2.27. +The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category +warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, +install the modules in question from CPAN. -=item * +Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged +to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their +necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, +not usually on concerns over their design. -L has been upgraded from version 1.843 to 1.852. +=over -=item * +=item XXX -L has been upgraded from version 3.52 to 3.53. +XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed +as an updated module in the L section. -=item * +=back -L has been upgraded from version 0.280231 to 0.280232. +[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Performance Enhancements -L has been upgraded from version 7.34 to 7.36. +XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. +There may well be none in a stable release. -=item * +[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ] -L has been upgraded from version 0.43 to 0.44. +=over 4 =item * -L has been upgraded from version 1.40 to 1.41. +XXX -The supplied I is now always honoured on calls to the send() -method. L<[perl #133936]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133936> +=back -=item * +=head1 Modules and Pragmata -L has been upgraded from version 2.084 to 2.086. +XXX All changes to installed files in F, F, F and F +go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the +following sections using F. A paragraph summary +for important changes should then be added by hand. In an ideal world, +dual-life modules would have a F file that could be cribbed. -=item * +The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of +preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if +you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the +manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the +release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.) -L has been upgraded from version 5.20190524 to 5.20190620. +[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ] -=item * +=head2 New Modules and Pragmata -L has been upgraded from version 1.30 to 1.31. +=over 4 =item * -L has been upgraded from version 3.36 to 3.38. +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. -=item * +=back -L has been upgraded from version 4.11 to 4.12. +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 =item * -L has been upgraded from version 1.88 to 1.89. +L has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. -=item * +If there was something important to note about this change, include that here. -L has been upgraded from version 1.25 to 1.26. +=back + +=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 =item * -L has been upgraded from version 3.15 to 3.16. +XXX -Regular expressions objects weren't properly counted for object id -purposes on retrieve. This would corrupt the resulting structure, or -cause a runtime error in some cases. L<[perl #134179]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134179> +=back -=item * +=head1 Documentation -L has been upgraded from version 1.22 to 1.23. +XXX Changes to files in F go here. Consider grouping entries by +file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L. -=item * +=head2 New Documentation -L has been upgraded from version 1.302162 to 1.302164. +XXX Changes which create B files in F go here. -=item * +=head3 L -L has been upgraded from version 1.02 to 1.03. +XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here -=item * +=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation -L has been upgraded from version 0.10 to 0.11. +We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes +listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, send email +to L. -=item * +XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F go here. +However, any changes to F should go in the L +section. -L has been upgraded from version 1.9760 to 1.9761. +Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: -=item * +=head3 L -L has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27. +=over 4 =item * -L has been upgraded from version 0.72 to 0.73. +XXX Description of the change here -=item * +=back -L has been upgraded from version 1.44 to 1.45. +=head1 Diagnostics -=item * +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. -L has been upgraded from version 1.00 to 1.01. +XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C code go here. Also +include any changes in L that reconcile it to the C code. -=back +=head2 New Diagnostics -=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata +XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors +and New Warnings + +=head3 New Errors =over 4 =item * -Pod::Parser has been removed from the core distribution. -It still is available for download from CPAN. This resolves L<[perl -#119439]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=119439>. +XXX L =back -=head1 Documentation +=head3 New Warnings -=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation +=over 4 -We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes -listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, send email -to L. +=item * -Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: +XXX L -=head3 L +=back + +=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics + +XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here =over 4 =item * -Documentation about embed.fnc flags has been removed. F now has -sufficient comments within it. Anyone changing that file will see those -comments first, so entries here are now redundant. +XXX Describe change here =back -=head3 L +=head1 Utility Changes + +XXX Changes to installed programs such as F and F go here. +Most of these are built within the directory F. + +[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item +entries for each change +Use L with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] + +=head2 L =over 4 =item * -Advice has been added regarding the usage of C<< ZEE >>. +XXX =back =head1 Configuration and Compilation +XXX Changes to F, F, F, 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 section, instead. + +[ List changes as an =item entry ]. + =over 4 =item * -F - -This tool that regenerates L and L has been overhauled -significantly, restoring consistency in flags used in F and -L and allowing removal of many redundant C<=for apidoc> -entries in code. +XXX =back -=head1 Platform Support +=head1 Testing -=head2 Discontinued Platforms +XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be +listed here. Changes which create B files in F go here as do any +large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). +Changes to existing files in F aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs +that they represent may be covered elsewhere. -=over 4 +XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this: -=item Windows CE +Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes +in this release. -Support for building perl on Windows CE has now been removed. +XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this: -=back +Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and +changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were +made: -=head1 Internal Changes +[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ] =over 4 =item * -L no longer stringifies the exception when -C is true. L<[perl #134175]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134175> +XXX =back -=head1 Selected Bug Fixes +=head1 Platform Support -=over 4 +XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. -=item * +[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =item entry with specific +changes as paragraphs below it. ] -Setting C<$)> now properly sets supplementary group ids if you have -the necessary privileges. L<[perl #134169]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134169> +=head2 New Platforms -=item * +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 +directories, or new subdirectories and F files at the top level of the +source tree. -close() on a pipe now preemptively clears the PerlIO object from the -IO SV. This prevents a second attempt to close the already closed -PerlIO object if a signal handler calls die() or exit() while close() -is waiting for the child process to complete. L<[perl #122112]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=122112> +=over 4 -=item * +=item XXX-some-platform -C<< sprintf("%.*a", -10000, $x) >> would cause a buffer overflow due -to mishandling of the negative precision value. L<[perl #134008]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134008> +XXX -=item * +=back -scalar() on a reference could cause an erroneous assertion failure -during compilation. L<[perl #134045]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134045> +=head2 Discontinued Platforms -=item * +XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. -C<%{^CAPTURE_ALL}> is now an alias to C<%-> as documented, rather than -incorrectly an alias for C<%+>. L<[perl #131867]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131867> +=over 4 -=item * +=item XXX-some-platform -C<%{^CAPTURE}> didn't work if C<@{^CAPTURE}> was mentioned first. -Similarly for C<%{^CAPTURE_ALL}> and C<@{^CAPTURE_ALL}>, though -C<@{^CAPTURE_ALL}> currently isn't used. L<[perl #131193]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131193> +XXX -=item * +=back -Extraordinarily large (over 2GB) floating point format widths could -cause an integer overflow in the underlying call to snprintf(), -resulting in an assertion. Formatted floating point widths are now -limited to the range of int, the return value of snprintf(). L<[perl -#133913]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133913> +=head2 Platform-Specific Notes -=item * +XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration +and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, +changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the +L section. -Parsing the following constructs within a sub-parse (such as with -C<"${code here}"> or C) has changed to match how -they're parsed normally: +=over 4 -=over +=item XXX-some-platform -=item * +XXX -C no longer produces a syntax error. +=back -=item * +=head1 Internal Changes -Code like C now properly produces an "Ambiguous use -of ${time} resolved to $time at ..." warning when warnings are enabled. +XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C code go here. Other +significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as +well. -=item * +[ List each change as an =item entry ] -C<@x {"a"}> (with the space) in a sub-parse now properly produces a -"better written as" warning when warnings are enabled. +=over 4 =item * -attributes can now be used in a sub-parse. +XXX =back -L<[perl #133850]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133850> +=head1 Selected Bug Fixes -=item * +XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in +files in F and F are best summarized in L. -Incomplete hex and binary literals like C<0x> and C<0b> are now -treated as if the C or C is part of the next token. L<[perl -#134125]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134125> +[ List each fix as an =item entry ] + +=over 4 =item * -A spurious C<)> in a subparse, such as in C or -C<"...${code here}">, no longer confuses the parser. +XXX -Previously a subparse was bracketed with generated C<(> and C<)> -tokens, so a spurious C<)> would close the construct without doing the -normal subparse clean up, confusing the parser and possible causing an -assertion failure. +=back -Such constructs are now surrounded by artificial tokens that can't be -included in the source. L<[perl #130585]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130585> +=head1 Known Problems -=item * +XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any +tests that had to be Ced for the release would be noted here. Unfixed +platform specific bugs also go here. -Reference assignment of a sub, such as C<\&foo = \&bar;>, silently did -nothing in the C package. L<[perl #134072]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134072> +[ List each fix as an =item entry ] -=item * - -sv_gets() now recovers better if the target SV is modified by a signal -handler. L<[perl #134035]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=134035> +=over 4 =item * -C now evaluates C<@foo> in scalar context. Previously -it would be evalauted in list context, and since readline() pops only -one argument from the stack, the stack could underflow, or be left -with unexpected values on the stack. L<[perl #133989]|https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133989> +XXX =back -=head1 Acknowledgements +=head1 Errata From Previous Releases -Perl 5.31.1 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl -5.31.0 and contains approximately 37,000 lines of changes across 500 files -from 20 authors. +=over 4 -Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were -approximately 19,000 lines of changes to 340 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. +=item * -Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant -community of users and developers. The following people are known to have -contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.31.1: +XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in +the perldelta of a previous release. -Alexandr Savca, Andreas König, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Dagfinn Ilmari -Mannsåker, Dominic Hargreaves, Graham Knop, Hugo van der Sanden, James E -Keenan, Jerome Duval, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Manuel Mausz, -Michael Haardt, Nicolas R., Pali, Richard Leach, Sawyer X, Steve Hay, Tony -Cook, Vickenty Fesunov. +=back -The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically -generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include -the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to -the Perl bug tracker. +=head1 Obituary + +XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has +died, add a short obituary here. + +=head1 Acknowledgements -Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules -included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for -helping Perl to flourish. +XXX Generate this with: -For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please -see the F file in the Perl source distribution. + perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.31.1..HEAD =head1 Reporting Bugs diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template index 5d334ef..b41fd19 100644 --- a/vms/descrip_mms.template +++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ utils : $(utils1) $(utils2) $(utils3) $(utils4) $(utils5) extra.pods : miniperl @ @extra_pods.com -PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5311delta.pod +PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5312delta.pod $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile index a350fa1..f3ec07a 100644 --- a/win32/GNUmakefile +++ b/win32/GNUmakefile @@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ utils: $(HAVEMINIPERL) ..\utils\Makefile copy ..\README.tw ..\pod\perltw.pod copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod - copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5311delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5312delta.pod $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q .. @@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ distclean: realclean -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \ - perl5311delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl5312delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \ perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \ perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \ diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile index 3dea8c5..96d638f 100644 --- a/win32/Makefile +++ b/win32/Makefile @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) ..\utils\Makefile copy ..\README.tw ..\pod\perltw.pod copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod - copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5311delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5312delta.pod cd ..\win32 $(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. @@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ distclean: realclean -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \ - perl5311delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl5312delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \ perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \ perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \ diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk index e3f2d4b..0e1ff43 100644 --- a/win32/makefile.mk +++ b/win32/makefile.mk @@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ utils: $(HAVEMINIPERL) ..\utils\Makefile copy ..\README.tw ..\pod\perltw.pod copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod - copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5311delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5312delta.pod $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl .. $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q .. @@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ distclean: realclean -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \ - perl5311delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ + perl5312delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \ perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \ perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \ perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \ diff --git a/win32/pod.mak b/win32/pod.mak index 8fe14ea..7579103 100644 --- a/win32/pod.mak +++ b/win32/pod.mak @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ POD = perl.pod \ perl5300delta.pod \ perl5310delta.pod \ perl5311delta.pod \ + perl5312delta.pod \ perl561delta.pod \ perl56delta.pod \ perl581delta.pod \ @@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ MAN = perl.man \ perl5300delta.man \ perl5310delta.man \ perl5311delta.man \ + perl5312delta.man \ perl561delta.man \ perl56delta.man \ perl581delta.man \ @@ -370,6 +372,7 @@ HTML = perl.html \ perl5300delta.html \ perl5310delta.html \ perl5311delta.html \ + perl5312delta.html \ perl561delta.html \ perl56delta.html \ perl581delta.html \ @@ -525,6 +528,7 @@ TEX = perl.tex \ perl5300delta.tex \ perl5310delta.tex \ perl5311delta.tex \ + perl5312delta.tex \ perl561delta.tex \ perl56delta.tex \ perl581delta.tex \ -- 1.8.3.1