Try #2 of getting rid of bincompat5005.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@16293

16 files changed, 36 insertions, 239 deletions

diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index c9d7651e9e..e32cc75e27 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Wed May  1 05:49:09 EET DST 2002 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Wed May  1 06:26:42 EET DST 2002 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.org)
 
 cat >c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -301,8 +301,6 @@ baserev=''
 bin=''
 binexp=''
 installbin=''
-bincompat5005=''
-d_bincompat5005=''
 byteorder=''
 cc=''
 ccflags=''
@@ -9358,45 +9356,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set bcopy d_bcopy
 eval $inlibc
 
-
-: Binary compatibility with 5.005 is not possible for builds
-: with advanced features
-case "$usethreads$usemultiplicity" in
-*define*)
-	bincompat5005="$undef"
-	d_bincompat5005="$undef"
-	;;
-*)	$cat <<EOM
-
-This version of Perl can be compiled for binary compatibility with 5.005.
-If you decide to do so, you will be able to continue using most of the
-extensions that were compiled for Perl 5.005.
-
-EOM
-	case "$bincompat5005$d_bincompat5005" in
-	*"$undef"*) dflt=n ;;
-	*) dflt=y ;;
-	esac
-	rp='Binary compatibility with Perl 5.005?'
-	. ./myread
-	case "$ans" in
-	y*) val="$define" ;;
-	*)  val="$undef" ;;
-	esac
-	set d_bincompat5005
-	eval $setvar
-	case "$d_bincompat5005" in
-	"$define")
-		bincompat5005="$define"
-		;;
-	*)	bincompat5005="$undef"
-		d_bincompat5005="$undef"
-		;;
-	esac
-	;;
-esac
-
-
 : see if this is a unistd.h system
 set unistd.h i_unistd
 eval $inhdr
@@ -19616,7 +19575,6 @@ awk='$awk'
 baserev='$baserev'
 bash='$bash'
 bin='$bin'
-bincompat5005='$bincompat5005'
 binexp='$binexp'
 bison='$bison'
 byacc='$byacc'
@@ -19684,7 +19642,6 @@ d_atoll='$d_atoll'
 d_attribut='$d_attribut'
 d_bcmp='$d_bcmp'
 d_bcopy='$d_bcopy'
-d_bincompat5005='$d_bincompat5005'
 d_bsd='$d_bsd'
 d_bsdgetpgrp='$d_bsdgetpgrp'
 d_bsdsetpgrp='$d_bsdsetpgrp'
diff --git a/NetWare/config_H.wc b/NetWare/config_H.wc
index 8adcbaae0b..8865df0d03 100644
--- a/NetWare/config_H.wc
+++ b/NetWare/config_H.wc
@@ -1061,14 +1061,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3266,8 +3258,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index c731940d78..1414e21381 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U):
 	possible value.  The version list appropriate for the current
 	system is determined in inc_version_list.U.
 		XXX To do:  Since compatibility can depend on compile time
-	options (such as longlong, etc.) it should
+	options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should
 	(perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't.
 	Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h.
 	Perhaps what we ought to do is take the hard-wired value from
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index 5fcef92fca..58de290dd4 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Package name      : perl5
 # Source directory  : .
-# Configuration time: Tue Apr 23 06:32:48 EET DST 2002
+# Configuration time: Wed May  1 06:32:57 EET DST 2002
 # Configured by     : jhi
 # Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ alignbytes='8'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname=''
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='0'
-api_version='5'
-api_versionstring='5.005'
+api_subversion='3'
+api_version='7'
+api_versionstring='5.7.3'
 ar='ar'
 archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.7.3/alpha-dec_osf'
 archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.7.3/alpha-dec_osf'
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ccsymbols='__alpha=1 __LANGUAGE_C__=1 __osf__=1 __unix__=1 _LONGLONG=1 _SYSTYPE_
 ccversion='V5.6-082'
 cf_by='jhi'
 cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
-cf_time='Tue Apr 23 06:32:48 EET DST 2002'
+cf_time='Wed May  1 06:32:57 EET DST 2002'
 charsize='1'
 chgrp=''
 chmod='chmod'
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ patchlevel='7'
 path_sep=':'
 perl5='perl'
 perl=''
-perl_patchlevel='16080'
+perl_patchlevel='16266'
 perladmin='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
 perllibs='-lm -lutil'
 perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.7.3'
@@ -953,12 +953,12 @@ vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 version='5.7.3'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 7 subversion 3 patch 16080'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 7 subversion 3 patch 16266'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
-xs_apiversion='5.005'
+xs_apiversion='5.7.3'
 perl5='yacc'
 yaccflags=''
 zcat=''
@@ -981,9 +981,9 @@ PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=7
 PERL_SUBVERSION=3
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=5
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
-PERL_PATCHLEVEL=16080
+PERL_API_VERSION=7
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_PATCHLEVEL=16266
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 # Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
 pp_sys_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DNO_EFF_ONLY_OK"'
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 8a709c30ef..fc79001d9f 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : .
- * Configuration time: Tue Apr 23 06:32:48 EET DST 2002
+ * Configuration time: Wed May  1 06:32:57 EET DST 2002
  * Configured by     : jhi
  * Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
  */
@@ -1018,14 +1018,6 @@
 #define BIN "/opt/perl/bin"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "/opt/perl/bin"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always 
- *	for those versions.
- */
-#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	in a UV, i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321 or 0x12345678, etc...
@@ -3584,8 +3576,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
@@ -3606,7 +3598,7 @@
  *	(presumably) be similar.
  *	See the INSTALL file for how this works.
  */
-#define PERL_XS_APIVERSION "5.005"
+#define PERL_XS_APIVERSION "5.7.3"
 #define PERL_PM_APIVERSION "5.005"
 
 /* HAS_CRYPT:
diff --git a/config_h.SH b/config_h.SH
index a7e8a1aa3d..09ac36e453 100644
--- a/config_h.SH
+++ b/config_h.SH
@@ -1038,14 +1038,6 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #define BIN "$bin"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "$binexp"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-#$d_bincompat5005 PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	in a UV, i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321 or 0x12345678, etc...
diff --git a/embed.h b/embed.h
index 3fa08a94c2..805fd0def2 100644
--- a/embed.h
+++ b/embed.h
@@ -15,42 +15,6 @@
 
 /* NO_EMBED is no longer supported. i.e. EMBED is always active. */
 
-/* provide binary compatible (but inconsistent) names */
-#if defined(PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005)
-#  define  Perl_call_atexit		perl_atexit
-#  define  Perl_eval_sv			perl_eval_sv
-#  define  Perl_eval_pv			perl_eval_pv
-#  define  Perl_call_argv		perl_call_argv
-#  define  Perl_call_method		perl_call_method
-#  define  Perl_call_pv			perl_call_pv
-#  define  Perl_call_sv			perl_call_sv
-#  define  Perl_get_av			perl_get_av
-#  define  Perl_get_cv			perl_get_cv
-#  define  Perl_get_hv			perl_get_hv
-#  define  Perl_get_sv			perl_get_sv
-#  define  Perl_init_i18nl10n		perl_init_i18nl10n
-#  define  Perl_init_i18nl14n		perl_init_i18nl14n
-#  define  Perl_new_collate		perl_new_collate
-#  define  Perl_new_ctype		perl_new_ctype
-#  define  Perl_new_numeric		perl_new_numeric
-#  define  Perl_require_pv		perl_require_pv
-#  define  Perl_safesyscalloc		Perl_safecalloc
-#  define  Perl_safesysfree		Perl_safefree
-#  define  Perl_safesysmalloc		Perl_safemalloc
-#  define  Perl_safesysrealloc		Perl_saferealloc
-#  define  Perl_set_numeric_local	perl_set_numeric_local
-#  define  Perl_set_numeric_standard	perl_set_numeric_standard
-/* malloc() pollution was the default in earlier versions, so enable
- * it for bincompat; but not for systems that used to do prevent that,
- * or when they ask for {HIDE,EMBED}MYMALLOC */
-#  if !defined(EMBEDMYMALLOC) && !defined(HIDEMYMALLOC)
-#    if !defined(NeXT) && !defined(__NeXT) && !defined(__MACHTEN__) && \
-        !defined(__QNX__)
-#      define  PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC
-#    endif
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 /* Hide global symbols */
 
 #if !defined(PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT)
@@ -3203,7 +3167,7 @@
 #  define sv_setptrref(rv,ptr)		sv_setref_iv(rv,Nullch,PTR2IV(ptr))
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(PERL_CORE) && !defined(PERL_NOCOMPAT) && !defined(PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005)
+#if !defined(PERL_CORE) && !defined(PERL_NOCOMPAT)
 
 /* Compatibility for various misnamed functions.  All functions
    in the API that begin with "perl_" (not "Perl_") take an explicit
diff --git a/embed.pl b/embed.pl
index 073cdf3ac5..219fad301d 100755
--- a/embed.pl
+++ b/embed.pl
@@ -318,42 +318,6 @@ print EM <<'END';
 
 /* NO_EMBED is no longer supported. i.e. EMBED is always active. */
 
-/* provide binary compatible (but inconsistent) names */
-#if defined(PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005)
-#  define  Perl_call_atexit		perl_atexit
-#  define  Perl_eval_sv			perl_eval_sv
-#  define  Perl_eval_pv			perl_eval_pv
-#  define  Perl_call_argv		perl_call_argv
-#  define  Perl_call_method		perl_call_method
-#  define  Perl_call_pv			perl_call_pv
-#  define  Perl_call_sv			perl_call_sv
-#  define  Perl_get_av			perl_get_av
-#  define  Perl_get_cv			perl_get_cv
-#  define  Perl_get_hv			perl_get_hv
-#  define  Perl_get_sv			perl_get_sv
-#  define  Perl_init_i18nl10n		perl_init_i18nl10n
-#  define  Perl_init_i18nl14n		perl_init_i18nl14n
-#  define  Perl_new_collate		perl_new_collate
-#  define  Perl_new_ctype		perl_new_ctype
-#  define  Perl_new_numeric		perl_new_numeric
-#  define  Perl_require_pv		perl_require_pv
-#  define  Perl_safesyscalloc		Perl_safecalloc
-#  define  Perl_safesysfree		Perl_safefree
-#  define  Perl_safesysmalloc		Perl_safemalloc
-#  define  Perl_safesysrealloc		Perl_saferealloc
-#  define  Perl_set_numeric_local	perl_set_numeric_local
-#  define  Perl_set_numeric_standard	perl_set_numeric_standard
-/* malloc() pollution was the default in earlier versions, so enable
- * it for bincompat; but not for systems that used to do prevent that,
- * or when they ask for {HIDE,EMBED}MYMALLOC */
-#  if !defined(EMBEDMYMALLOC) && !defined(HIDEMYMALLOC)
-#    if !defined(NeXT) && !defined(__NeXT) && !defined(__MACHTEN__) && \
-        !defined(__QNX__)
-#      define  PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC
-#    endif
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 /* Hide global symbols */
 
 #if !defined(PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT)
@@ -463,7 +427,7 @@ print EM <<'END';
 #  define sv_setptrref(rv,ptr)		sv_setref_iv(rv,Nullch,PTR2IV(ptr))
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(PERL_CORE) && !defined(PERL_NOCOMPAT) && !defined(PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005)
+#if !defined(PERL_CORE) && !defined(PERL_NOCOMPAT)
 
 /* Compatibility for various misnamed functions.  All functions
    in the API that begin with "perl_" (not "Perl_") take an explicit
diff --git a/vos/config.alpha.h b/vos/config.alpha.h
index d4d1ed74a9..916e99cf17 100644
--- a/vos/config.alpha.h
+++ b/vos/config.alpha.h
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "/system/ported/command_library"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "/system/ported/command_library"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3580,8 +3572,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/vos/config.ga.h b/vos/config.ga.h
index 923f44edab..c1993c2cc6 100644
--- a/vos/config.ga.h
+++ b/vos/config.ga.h
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "/system/gnu_library/bin"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "/system/gnu_library/bin"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3580,8 +3572,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/win32/config_H.bc b/win32/config_H.bc
index 631e06d4b6..5ccd4e88ca 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.bc
+++ b/win32/config_H.bc
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3331,8 +3323,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/win32/config_H.gc b/win32/config_H.gc
index 2c39f80728..a4fb0aa476 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.gc
+++ b/win32/config_H.gc
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3331,8 +3323,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/win32/config_H.vc b/win32/config_H.vc
index e378f5a7ae..9c9a2147ec 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.vc
+++ b/win32/config_H.vc
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
diff --git a/win32/config_H.vc64 b/win32/config_H.vc64
index f78e51e051..2771c63e26 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.vc64
+++ b/win32/config_H.vc64
@@ -1014,14 +1014,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.3\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3331,8 +3323,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/wince/config.h b/wince/config.h
index 4962af77b0..53ed69c65d 100644
--- a/wince/config.h
+++ b/wince/config.h
@@ -1055,14 +1055,6 @@
 #define BIN "5.7.3\\bin"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "5.7.3\\bin"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -3266,8 +3258,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old
diff --git a/wince/config_H.ce b/wince/config_H.ce
index da05692db7..9102e89b12 100644
--- a/wince/config_H.ce
+++ b/wince/config_H.ce
@@ -1118,14 +1118,6 @@
 #define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
 #define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
 
-/* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
- *	binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.  This is impossible for builds
- *	that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always undef
- *	for those versions.
- */
-/*#define PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005			/**/
-
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
  *	i.e. 0x1234 or 0x4321, etc...
@@ -2935,7 +2927,7 @@
  *	used in a fully backward compatible manner.
  */
 #ifndef USE_PERLIO
-/*#define	USE_PERLIO		/**/
+#define	USE_PERLIO		/**/
 #endif
 
 /* USE_SOCKS:
@@ -3030,8 +3022,8 @@
  *	See INSTALL for how this works.
  *	The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
  *	so that is the lowest possible value.
- *	Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- *	bincompat) it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
+ *	Since this can depend on compile time options
+ *	it is set by Configure.  Other non-default sources
  *	of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
  *	debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
  *	though in principle we could go snooping around in old