Fix up and cleanup perldelta for v5.31.8

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 158 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 920cfd04d7..c5b2b733ce 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -19,34 +19,6 @@ cycle.
 
 =head1 Core Enhancements
 
-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</Performance Enhancements> section.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Security
-
-XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
-vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
-L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
-
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Incompatible Changes
-
-XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
-
-    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</Reporting Bugs> below.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Deprecations
-
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-
 =head2 Module removals
 
 XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
@@ -78,11 +50,6 @@ as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
-There may well be none in a stable release.
-
-[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -163,14 +130,6 @@ XXX
 
 =head1 Documentation
 
-=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
 
 We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
@@ -217,12 +176,16 @@ assumed to be much better than perl's implementation at this point.
 
 =head3 L<perlintro>
 
+=over 4
+
 =item *
 
 The docs for the repetition operator C<x> have been clarified
 
 [L<GH #17335|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17335>]
 
+=back
+
 =head3 L<perlipc>
 
 =over 4
@@ -293,24 +256,6 @@ 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.
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
-
-=head3 New Errors
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
 =head3 New Warnings
 
 =over 4
@@ -323,44 +268,18 @@ XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
 
 =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
 
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Utility Changes
-
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perldoc> and F<xsubpp> go here.
-Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>.
-
-[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
-=head2 L<XXX>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
+The "Code point 0x%X is not Unicode, and not portable" warning removed
+the line "Code points above 0xFFFF_FFFF require larger than a 32 bit word."
+as code points that large are no longer legal on 32-bit platforms.
 
 =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 an =item entry ].
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -399,33 +318,6 @@ has been fixed on EBCDIC.
 
 =head1 Platform Support
 
-=head2 New Platforms
-
-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<hints/>
-directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
-source tree.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
 =head2 Platform-Specific Notes
 
 =over 4
@@ -445,12 +337,6 @@ Perl to once again compile on certain configurations of Solaris.
 
 =head1 Internal Changes
 
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.  Other
-significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
-well.
-
-[ List each change as an =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -462,11 +348,6 @@ can handle longer strings than 31 bits.
 
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here.  Bug fixes in
-files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
-
 =over 4
 
 =item *
@@ -508,38 +389,6 @@ Loading IO is now threadsafe.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Known Problems
-
-XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here.  Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here.  Unfixed
-platform specific bugs also go here.
-
-[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Errata From Previous Releases
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
-died, add a short obituary here.
-
 =head1 Acknowledgements
 
 XXX Generate this with: