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author | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2011-11-20 00:54:20 +0000 |
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committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2011-11-20 00:54:57 +0000 |
commit | 6138a7225c8bfa906b43fde598331aadc5b8d04d (patch) | |
tree | f448279685ede954a158df8d268ec24b2a240824 | |
parent | b9e83cd179f71f208d4fe9ac42b8159a7fbe026b (diff) | |
download | perl-6138a7225c8bfa906b43fde598331aadc5b8d04d.tar.gz |
Update perldelta
Begin perldelta updates for 5.15.5: this brings the changes made to
modules/pragmata and diagnostics up to date.
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 172 |
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 119 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index ba378042d9..64158a74b3 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.15.3, first read L<perl5154delta>, which describes differences between 5.15.3 and 5.15.4. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language @@ -147,16 +143,6 @@ This does not affect VMS, as it does not use File::Glob. =head1 Modules and Pragmata -XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> -go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the -following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub -entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries -below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. -In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be -cribbed. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - =head2 New Modules and Pragmata =over 4 @@ -177,7 +163,11 @@ L<Archive::Extract> has been upgraded from version 0.56 to version 0.58. =item * -L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.08. +L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.86 to version 0.87. + +=item * + +L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to version 1.09. It now correctly deparses C<CORE::do>, C<CORE::glob> and slices of empty lists. @@ -195,6 +185,10 @@ L<http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-2766> =item * +L<charnames> has been upgraded from version 1.23 to version 1.24. + +=item * + L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.037 to version 2.042. =item * @@ -222,11 +216,23 @@ limited to several hundred megabytes at a time =item * +L<Errno> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to version 1.15. + +=item * + L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> has been upgraded from version 6.61_01 to version 6.63_02. =item * -L<File::Glob> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.14. +L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.22 to version 1.23. + +=item * + +L<File::DosGlob> has been upgraded from version 1.05 to version 1.06. + +=item * + +L<File::Glob> has been upgraded from version 1.13 to version 1.14. It has a new C<:bsd_glob> export tag, intended to replace C<:glob>. Like C<:glob> it overrides C<glob> with a function that does not split the glob @@ -247,6 +253,10 @@ a C<www_form_urlencode()> utility method. =item * +L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.20 to version 1.21. + +=item * + L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150035 to version 5.0150036. =item * @@ -277,6 +287,10 @@ starting producing an error instead. =item * +L<strict> has been upgraded from version 1.04 to version 1.05. + +=item * + L<Unicode::Collate> has been upgraded from version 0.80 to version 0.85. Locales updated to CLDR 2.0: mk, mt, nb, nn, ro, ru, sk, sr, sv, uk, @@ -287,6 +301,7 @@ sr_Latn, sv__reformed, ta, te, th, ur, wae. =item * L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.36 to version 0.37. + This adds four new functions: C<prop_aliases()>, and C<prop_value_aliases()> which are used to find all the Unicode-approved synonyms for property names, or to convert from one name to another; @@ -294,44 +309,9 @@ C<prop_invlist> which returns all the code points matching a given Unicode binary property; and C<prop_invmap> which returns the complete specification of a given Unicode property. -=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 +L<UNIVERSAL> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to version 1.10. =back @@ -341,28 +321,26 @@ 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"> +L<Source filters apply only to byte streams|perldiag/"Source filters apply only to byte streams"> + +This new error occurs when you try to activate a source filter (usually by +loading a source filter module) within a string passed to C<eval> under the +C<unicode_eval> feature. + +=item * + +L<That use of $[ is unsupported|perldiag/"That use of $[ is unsupported"> + +This previously removed error has been restored with the re-implementation +of C<$[> as a module. =back @@ -385,12 +363,17 @@ This new warning exists to catch the mistaken use of C<$[> in version checks. C<$]>, not C<$[>, contains the version number. C<$[> in a numeric comparison is almost always wrong. +=item * + +<Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated|perldiag/"Use of assignment to $[ is deprecated"> + +This previously removed warning has been restored with the re-implementation +of C<$[> as a module. + =back =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics -XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here - =over 4 =item * @@ -407,16 +390,7 @@ name of the variable. =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> +=head1 Configuration and Compilation =over 4 @@ -425,42 +399,7 @@ Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] F<pod/buildtoc>, used by the build process to build L<perltoc>, has been refactored and simplified. It now only contains code to build L<perltoc>; the code to regenerate Makefiles has been moved to F<Porting/pod_rules.pl>. -It's a bug if this change has any material affect on the build process. - -=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 +It's a bug if this change has any material effect on the build process. =back @@ -708,11 +647,6 @@ XXX =back -=head1 Obituary - -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. - =head1 Acknowledgements XXX Generate this with: |