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author | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2023-04-23 16:53:14 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com> | 2023-04-23 16:53:14 +0100 |
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diff --git a/pod/perl5361delta.pod b/pod/perl5361delta.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..531d34b8cd --- /dev/null +++ b/pod/perl5361delta.pod @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +=encoding utf8 + +=head1 NAME + +perl5361delta - what is new for perl v5.36.1 + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This document describes differences between the 5.36.0 release and the 5.36.1 +release. + +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.35.0, first read +L<perl5360delta>, which describes differences between 5.35.0 and 5.36.0. + +=head1 Incompatible Changes + +There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.36.0. If any exist, +they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See +L</Reporting Bugs> below. + +=head1 Modules and Pragmata + +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item * + +L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20220520 to 5.20230423. + +=back + +=head1 Configuration and Compilation + +=over 4 + +=item * + +C<Configure> probed for the return type of malloc() and free() by testing +whether declarations for those functions produced a function type mismatch with +the implementation. On Solaris, with a C++ compiler, this check always failed, +since Solaris instead imports malloc() and free() from C<std::> with C<using> +for C++ builds. Since the return types of malloc() and free() are well defined +by the C standard, skip probing for them. C<Configure> command-line arguments +and hints can still override these type in the unlikely case that is needed. +[L<GH #20806|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20806>] + +=back + +=head1 Testing + +Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes in this +release. + +=head1 Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item * + +An eval() as the last statement in a regex code block could trigger an +interpreter panic; e.g. + + /(?{ ...; eval {....}; })/ + +[L<GH #19680|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/19680>] + +=item * + +An C<eval EXPR> referring to a lexical sub defined in grandparent scope no +longer produces an assertion failures. +[L<GH #19857|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/19857>] + +=item * + +Writing to a magic variables associated with the selected output handle, C<$^>, +C<$~>, C<$=>, C<$-> and C<$%>, no longer crashes perl if the IO object has been +cleared from the selected output handle. +[L<GH #20733|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20733>] + +=back + +=head1 Acknowledgements + +Perl 5.36.1 represents approximately 11 months of development since Perl 5.36.0 +and contains approximately 5,500 lines of changes across 62 files from 24 +authors. + +Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were +approximately 1,600 lines of changes to 23 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. + +Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant community +of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed +the improvements that became Perl 5.36.1: + +Andreas König, Bram, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari +Mannsåker, David Mitchell, Elvin Aslanov, Florian Weimer, Graham Knop, Hugo +van der Sanden, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Matthew +Horsfall, Max Maischein, Neil Bowers, Nicolas R, Renee Baecker, Ricardo Signes, +Richard Leach, Steve Hay, Todd Rinaldo, Tony Cook, Yves Orton. + +The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated +from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of +the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug +tracker. + +Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules +included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for +helping Perl to flourish. + +For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see +the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution. + +=head1 Reporting Bugs + +If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database at +L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. There may also be information at +L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page. + +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at +L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a +tiny but sufficient test case. + +If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it +inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see +L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION> for details of how to +report the issue. + +=head1 Give Thanks + +If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5, you +can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program: + + perlthanks + +This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on +what changed. + +The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. + +The F<README> file for general stuff. + +The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. + +=cut |