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| author | Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk> | 2001-04-09 19:09:14 +0100 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-04-09 19:54:42 +0000 |
| commit | 3a2c142b66fbcb61857ee89fe71d97ea87480503 (patch) | |
| tree | 5004f958ae7a344d80fd89bd268316a3506a3dea /pod/perl571delta.pod | |
| parent | d422c2283086819719a3db7e17efa7f80a2d7294 (diff) | |
| download | perl-3a2c142b66fbcb61857ee89fe71d97ea87480503.tar.gz | |
Re: perl571delta.pod@9631
Message-Id: <E14mfAA-0006vi-00@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9664
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl571delta.pod b/pod/perl571delta.pod index b2b06112c1..502387e9ec 100644 --- a/pod/perl571delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl571delta.pod @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ Perl now tries internally to use integer values in numeric conversions and basic arithmetics (+ - * /) if the arguments are integers, and tries also to keep the results stored internally as integers. This change leads into often slightly faster and always less lossy -arithmetics (previously Perl always preferred floating point numbers -in its math) +arithmetics. (Previously Perl always preferred floating point numbers +in its math.) =item * @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ has been added. print $digest, "\n"; # 01d19d9d2045e005c3f1b80e8b164de1 -NOTE: the MD5 backward compatibility module is purposefully not +NOTE: the MD5 backward compatibility module is deliberately not included since its use is discouraged. See L<Digest::MD5> for more information. @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ reverse order. This has been reversed to be in the right order. =item * -The order of DESTROYS has been made more predictable. +The order of DESTROYs has been made more predictable. =item * @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ a no-op) and the latter replaced with dSP. =item * -Perl now uses system malloc instead of Perl malloc in all 64-bit +Perl now uses system malloc instead of Perl malloc on all 64-bit platforms, and even in some not-always-64-bit platforms like AIX, IRIX, and Solaris. This change breaks backward compatibility but Perl's malloc has problems with large address spaces and also the @@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ subtest 9 failed. =head2 lib/b test 19 -The test fails in various platforms (PA64 and IA64 are known), but the +The test fails on various platforms (PA64 and IA64 are known), but the exact cause is still being investigated. =head2 Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 @@ -975,12 +975,12 @@ No known fix. =head2 sigaction test 13 in VMS -The test is known to fail, whether it's because of VMS of because -of faulty test, is not known. +The test is known to fail; whether it's because of VMS of because +of faulty test is not known. =head2 sprintf tests 129 and 130 -The op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 are known to fail in some platforms. +The op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 are known to fail on some platforms. Examples include any platform using sfio, and Compaq/Tandem's NonStop-UX. The failing platforms do not comply with the ANSI C Standard, line 19ff on page 134 of ANSI X3.159 1989 to be exact. (They produce |