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| author | Robin Barker <RMBarker@cpan.org> | 2000-12-22 12:17:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-12-22 15:29:40 +0000 |
| commit | 551e1d922a333f90a45a26904eb4d9882f7bd5d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 165f10dcbb565db453a9cfef7096b16826754211 /pod/perl5005delta.pod | |
| parent | a61357a9a84c55ce0c74b8d2bbfb23900cb5bd17 (diff) | |
| download | perl-551e1d922a333f90a45a26904eb4d9882f7bd5d4.tar.gz | |
; was Re: Perlbug 20000322.006 status +update
Message-Id: <200012221217.MAA21332@tempest.npl.co.uk>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8228
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl5005delta.pod b/pod/perl5005delta.pod index d863453680..4b50f402c4 100644 --- a/pod/perl5005delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5005delta.pod @@ -63,11 +63,15 @@ the new features in this release. =over 4 -=item Core sources now require ANSI C compiler +=item * + +Core sources now require ANSI C compiler An ANSI C compiler is now B<required> to build perl. See F<INSTALL>. -=item All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix +=item * + +All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix All Perl global variables that are visible for use by extensions now have a C<PL_> prefix. New extensions should C<not> refer to perl globals @@ -87,7 +91,9 @@ support may cease in a future release. See L<perlguts/"API LISTING">. -=item Enabling threads has source compatibility issues +=item * + +Enabling threads has source compatibility issues Perl built with threading enabled requires extensions to use the new C<dTHR> macro to initialize the handle to access per-thread data. @@ -859,7 +865,7 @@ are outside the range which can be represented by integers internally. One possible workaround is to force Perl to use magical string increment by prepending "0" to your numbers. -=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s' +=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' %s (F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were encountered while invoking a method. Probably indicates an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy. |