[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_94 to perl-5.003_95]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Don't compile scalar mods of aggregates, like C<@a =~ s/a/b/>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Warn about undef magic values just like non-magic
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Safe.pm sv.c t/lib/db-btree.t t/lib/db-hash.t t/lib/db-recno.t t/pragma/locale.t

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 update (five patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 doio.c dosish.h pp_sys.c lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm t/comp/multiline.t t/op/magic.t t/op/mkdir.t t/op/runlevel.t t/op/stat.t t/op/write.t win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32aux.c win32/*.mak win32/VC-2.0/*.mak

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: INSTALL-1.8 to INSTALL-1.9 updates
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:52:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: INSTALL
Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970325135138.3374A-100000@fractal.lafayette.e

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9b1ae96a0b4301a9588f62b3175bc0312302f4b9)

Subject: Document possible problems with -Mdiagnostics after upgrade
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Mention perldelta in INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Describe pod format at top of INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Document C</a *b/x> fix
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: pods for subroutine argument autovivication
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 07:25:21 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlsub.pod
Msg-ID: E0w9489-0005YT-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit db8878faa51a8a1541a40745a8613adb5db155e4)

Subject: Missing item in perldiag
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:24:09 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
Msg-ID: E0w8jVZ-0005va-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit c00a529017138505fcbe538b74c7884abe1d18e1)

Subject: Pod problems & fixes
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:31:51 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: INSTALL lib/Term/Complete.pm lib/subs.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL
Msg-ID: 199703242031.VAA14997@bombur2.uio.no

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 55a864fe4cea1a0586891b83d359ba71e0972da5)

Subject: FAQ update
From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Improve 'prototype mismatch' warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym op.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h sv.c t/comp/redef.t

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/ext/Opcode/Safe.pm b/ext/Opcode/Safe.pm
index 22772796e2..c9d741647e 100644
--- a/ext/Opcode/Safe.pm
+++ b/ext/Opcode/Safe.pm
@@ -150,26 +150,27 @@ sub share_from {
     my $vars = shift;
     my $no_record = shift || 0;
     my $root = $obj->root();
-    my ($var, $arg);
     croak("vars not an array ref") unless ref $vars eq 'ARRAY';
 	no strict 'refs';
     # Check that 'from' package actually exists
     croak("Package \"$pkg\" does not exist")
 	unless keys %{"$pkg\::"};
+    my $arg;
     foreach $arg (@$vars) {
 	# catch some $safe->share($var) errors:
 	croak("'$arg' not a valid symbol table name")
 	    unless $arg =~ /^[\$\@%*&]?\w[\w:]*$/
 	    	or $arg =~ /^\$\W$/;
-	($var = $arg) =~ s/^(\W)//;	# get type char
-	# warn "share_from $pkg $1 $var";
-	*{$root."::$var"} = ($1 eq '$') ? \${$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : ($1 eq '@') ? \@{$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : ($1 eq '%') ? \%{$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : ($1 eq '*') ?  *{$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : ($1 eq '&') ? \&{$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : (!$1)       ? \&{$pkg."::$var"}
-			  : croak(qq(Can't share "$1$var" of unknown type));
+	my ($var, $type);
+	$type = $1 if ($var = $arg) =~ s/^(\W)//;
+	# warn "share_from $pkg $type $var";
+	*{$root."::$var"} = (!$type)       ? \&{$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : ($type eq '&') ? \&{$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : ($type eq '$') ? \${$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : ($type eq '@') ? \@{$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : ($type eq '%') ? \%{$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : ($type eq '*') ?  *{$pkg."::$var"}
+			  : croak(qq(Can't share "$type$var" of unknown type));
     }
     $obj->share_record($pkg, $vars) unless $no_record or !$vars;
 }