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authorSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2011-11-20 00:54:20 +0000
committerSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2011-11-20 00:54:57 +0000
commit6138a7225c8bfa906b43fde598331aadc5b8d04d (patch)
treef448279685ede954a158df8d268ec24b2a240824
parentb9e83cd179f71f208d4fe9ac42b8159a7fbe026b (diff)
downloadperl-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.pod172
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: