summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-10-13 18:08:45 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1999-10-13 18:08:45 +0000
commit501fbaef3175dd8502946b025f50c421a76a0318 (patch)
tree95c2c6df23d8a1895c019787a7857a1a01b43c9b
parentc6edd1b70d14150d131fd75a659861624fe0aa6f (diff)
downloadperl-501fbaef3175dd8502946b025f50c421a76a0318.tar.gz
misc tweaks
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4370
-rw-r--r--op.c2
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod25
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/op.c b/op.c
index f849a9eb00..99151dcf66 100644
--- a/op.c
+++ b/op.c
@@ -5181,7 +5181,7 @@ Perl_ck_glob(pTHX_ OP *o)
if (!((gv = gv_fetchpv("glob", FALSE, SVt_PVCV)) && GvIMPORTED_CV(gv)))
gv = gv_fetchpv("CORE::GLOBAL::glob", FALSE, SVt_PVCV);
-#if 1 /*def PERL_INTERNAL_GLOB */
+#ifdef PERL_INTERNAL_GLOB
/* XXX this can be tightened up and made more failsafe. */
if (!gv) {
OP *modname = newSVOP(OP_CONST, 0, newSVpvn("File::Glob", 10));
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 5a054e13b3..ed395be00e 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ In Perl 5.6 and later, C<"$$1"> always means C<"${$1}">.
each(), values() and hashes in a list context return the actual
values in the hash, instead of copies (as they used to in earlier
versions). Typical idioms for using these constructs copy the
-returned values, but this is can make a significant difference when
+returned values, but this can make a significant difference when
creating references to the returned values.
Keys in the hash are still returned as copies when iterating on
@@ -182,14 +182,6 @@ the default.
Note that these functions do B<not> constitute Perl's memory allocation API.
See L<perlguts/"Memory Allocation"> for further information about that.
-=item C<PL_na> and C<dTHR> Issues
-
-The C<PL_na> global is now thread local, so a C<dTHR> declaration is needed
-in the scope in which the global appears. XSUBs should handle this automatically,
-but if you have used C<PL_na> in support functions, you either need to
-change the C<PL_na> to a local variable (which is recommended), or put in
-a C<dTHR>.
-
=back
=head2 Compatible C Source API Changes
@@ -830,7 +822,7 @@ used to truncate the message in prior versions.
$foo::a and $foo::b are now exempt from "possible typo" warnings only
if sort() is encountered in package foo.
-Unrecognized alphabetic escapes encountered when parsing quoting
+Unrecognized alphabetic escapes encountered when parsing quote
constructs now generate a warning, since they may take on new
semantics in later versions of Perl.
@@ -997,6 +989,9 @@ See L<attributes>.
=item B
+The Perl Compiler suite has been extensively reworked for this
+release.
+
[TODO - Vishal Bhatia <vishal@gol.com>,
Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>]
@@ -1005,11 +1000,6 @@ Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>]
The ByteLoader is a dedicated extension to generate and run
Perl bytecode. See L<ByteLoader>.
-=item B
-
-The Perl Compiler suite has been extensively reworked for this
-release.
-
=item constant
References can now be used. See L<constant>.
@@ -1022,8 +1012,7 @@ change#4052
=item Data::Dumper
A C<Maxdepth> setting can be specified to avoid venturing
-too deeply into data structures that may be very deep.
-See L<Data::Dumper>.
+too deeply into depp data structures. See L<Data::Dumper>.
Dumping C<qr//> objects works correctly.
@@ -1267,7 +1256,7 @@ to the Win32::GetLastError() function.
The new Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME) returns the full absolute
pathname for FILENAME in scalar context. In list context it returns
a two-element list containing the fully qualified directory name and
-the filename.
+the filename. See L<Win32>.
=item DBM Filters