[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_93 to perl-5.003_94]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Don't use db 2.x, we're not yet ready for it
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: Configure

Subject: Warn if #! command is longer than 32 chars
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: patches re perl -wc install{perl,man}
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 13:13:16 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: installman installperl

    I got the new installhtml from CPAN
    (TOMC/scripts/pod2html-v2.0beta.shar.gz)
    
    I had problems getting the system call to splitpod at line 376 to work.
    
    1. splitroot was not being found
    2. splitroot was not finding its library
    3. I changed htmlroot to podroot at line 175 to match the documentation.
    
    p5p-msgid: 3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk
    private-msgid: 21544.9703111313@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: 3_93 doesn't install pods
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:35 -0500
From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us>
Files: installperl
Msg-ID: 199703160721.CAA08339@Orb.Nashua.NH.US

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 43506a616735d616e03d277d64fbae1e864024bf)

Subject: When installing, use File::Copy instead of `cp`
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: installperl

Subject: Make hint files' warnings more visible
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:18:03 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: hints/3b1.sh hints/apollo.sh hints/cxux.sh hints/dcosx.sh hints/dgux.sh hints/esix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/mips.sh hints/next_3_0.sh hints/os2.sh hints/qnx.sh hints/sco_2_3_3.sh hints/sco_2_3_4.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh hints/utekv.sh

    private-msgid: 199703202218.XAA09041@bombur2.uio.no

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Defer creation of array and hash elements as parameters
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: dump.c global.sym mg.c op.c op.h perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c

Subject: New special literal: __PACKAGE__
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: keywords.pl pod/perldata.pod toke.c

Subject: Abort compilation at C<BEGIN{}> or C<use> after errors
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/subs.t

Subject: allow C<substr 'hello', -10>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800
From: David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com>
Files: pp.c
Msg-ID: 97Mar10.155517pst.35716-2@gateway.fluke.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77f720bf92f3d0100352416caeedd57936807ff2)

Subject: Regularize C<x % y>, esp. when y is negative
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Flush before C<flock(FOO, LOCK_UN)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c

Subject: Close loopholes in prototype mismatch warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c sv.c toke.c

Subject: Warn on C<while ($x = each %y) {}>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Don't warn on C<print $fh func()>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Don't say 'static var = 1'
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:19:57 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: malloc.c

    private-msgid: 199703091319.PAA24714@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: HP/UX hint comments
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:43:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: hints/hpux.sh

    private-msgid: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970321153918.28770B-100000@fractal.lafayette.

Subject: VMS update
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:00:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm t/op/taint.t utils/perlbug.PL vms/descrip.mms
Msg-ID: 1997Mar11.220056.1873182@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2b5725676da60b49978f38b85bb7f8ee20b4cb55)

Subject: vmsish.t and related patches
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:32:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST perl.h vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/vms.c

    private-msgid: 01IGQW3IP1KK005VFB@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

Subject: Win32 update (four patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c t/comp/cpp.t t/comp/script.t t/harness t/io/argv.t t/io/dup.t t/io/fs.t t/io/inplace.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_taint.t t/op/closure.t t/op/exec.t t/op/glob.t t/op/goto.t t/op/magic.t t/op/misc.t t/op/rand.t t/op/split.t t/op/stat.t t/op/sysio.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t util.c win32/*

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perlfaq.pod
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:01:40 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq*.pod pod/roffitall

    private-msgid: 199703172301.QAA12566@jhereg.perl.com

Subject: *.pod changes based on the FAQ
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:50:14 -0700 (MST)
From: Nat Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
Files: pod/perldata.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlvar.pod
Msg-ID: 199703171650.JAA02655@elara.frii.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3c10ad8e31f7d77e71c048b1746912f41cb540f0)

Subject: Document that $. is not reset on implicit open
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Re: Embedding success with _93 
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:55:05 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Msg-ID: 199703112255.RAA22775@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 63a6ff3a1dc8d86edb4d8a7ec1548205e32a7114)

Subject: Patch to document illegal characters
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:08:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970314090558.15346J-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Document trap with //o and closures
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:08:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: pod/perltrap.pod
Msg-ID: 01IGCHWRNSEU00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a54cb1465fdb400848f23705a6f130bb5c34ab70)

Subject: Illegal character in input
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970310151512.22489a-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Patch for docs Re: Lost backslash
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:28:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970319071438.24834G-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: XSUB's doc fix
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:42:06 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlxstut.pod
Msg-ID: 28804.858012126@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 5f43237038ea7a4151d3bf65aeeecd56ceb78a6a)

Subject: Document return from do FILE
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:50:10 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
Msg-ID: E0w70DK-0001yJ-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit ba8d5fb439878113de8abc9b52d2af237d30fb3c)

Subject: Document $^M in perlvar
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 21:08:33 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: pod/perlvar.pod

    private-msgid: 6153.9703202108@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: typos in pods of 5.003_93
Date: 19 Mar 1997 10:39:38 -0600
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoot.pod pod/perlxs.pod
Msg-ID: wpgendbzvhx.fsf@asic.sc.ti.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 76a9873e006cf8f48f57062b2a0dd40b5ed45a95)

Subject: Re: Updates to pod punctuations
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:00:12 -0500
From: Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org>
Files: pod/*.pod

    private-msgid: 9703141700.AA22911@cas.org

Subject: clarify example in perlfunc
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:01 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: 199703201746.TAA25195@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: Regularize headings in DB_File documentation
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: New module: autouse.pm
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: MANIFEST lib/autouse.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210034.TAA13469@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 6757905eccb6dd0440ef65e8128a277a20f7d943)

Subject: Refresh DB_File to 1.12
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 15:51:14 GMT
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Msg-ID: 9703121551.AA07435@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit b3deed9189f963e9994815307931f9084f60d1d9)

Subject: In File::Path, some systems can't remove read-only files
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/File/Path.pm

Subject: Fix bugs revealed by prototype warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/Getopt/Long.pm

Subject: Problems with SKIP in makemaker
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:13:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210413.XAA21601@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 970322a2e8024294ada6e8d1a027cb98f1f48ee3)

Subject: In Exporter, don't C<require Carp> at file scope
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm

Subject: fix for Exporter's $SIG{__WARN__} handler
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:40:51 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm
Msg-ID: 2282.858296451@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2768ea1aeef34f42d096f198fbe629c8374ca429)

Subject: Don't try to substr() refs in Carp
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Carp.pm

Subject: Re: NUL in die and other messages
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:58:17 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: lib/Carp.pm
Msg-ID: E0w815V-0005xs-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 52a267c574cb66c4bc35601dcf148a1d7a3bc557)

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Guard against buffer overflow in yyerror() and related funcs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: For bin compat, rename calllist() and he_{,delay}free
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym hv.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod proto.h

Subject: Fix C<print> on tied default handle
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Fix C<local($a, undef, $b) = (1,2,3)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

Subject: Improve diagnostic on C<@a++>, C<--%a>, @a =~ s/a/b/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c

Subject: Don't warn on C<$x{y} .= "z"> when %x is tied
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Eliminate 'unreachable code' warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs mg.c pp_ctl.c toke.c

Subject: printf format corrections for -DDEBUGGING
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:42:50 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: doop.c malloc.c op.c pp_ctl.c regexec.c sv.c x2p/str.c x2p/util.c
Msg-ID: 26592.858793370@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e125f273e351a19a92b69d6244af55abbbf0a26d)

Subject: Warn about missing -DMULTIPLICITY if likely a problem
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:45:53 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: perl.c
Msg-ID: 199703192345.SAA15070@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 71aeea1753924e6e19c2461e241e3f7d8a570e90)

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index 1878f4a5fa..f0837b3854 100644
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ The usual Unix backslash rules apply for making characters such as
 newline, tab, etc., as well as some more exotic forms.  See
 L<perlop/Quote and Quotelike Operators> for a list.
 
+Octal or hex representations in string literals (e.g. '0xffff') are not
+automatically converted to their integer representation.  The hex() and
+oct() functions make these conversions for you.  See L<perlfunc/hex> and
+L<perlfunc/oct> for more details.
+
 You can also embed newlines directly in your strings, i.e., they can end
 on a different line than they begin.  This is nice, but if you forget
 your trailing quote, the error will not be reported until Perl finds
@@ -279,16 +284,19 @@ single-quoted string must be separated from a preceding word by a
 space, because single quote is a valid (though deprecated) character in
 a variable name (see L<perlmod/Packages>).
 
-Two special literals are __LINE__ and __FILE__, which represent the
-current line number and filename at that point in your program.  They
-may be used only as separate tokens; they will not be interpolated into
-strings.  In addition, the token __END__ may be used to indicate the
-logical end of the script before the actual end of file.  Any following
-text is ignored, but may be read via the DATA filehandle.  (The DATA
-filehandle may read data from only the main script, but not from any
-required file or evaluated string.)  The two control characters ^D and
-^Z are synonyms for __END__ (or __DATA__ in a module; see L<SelfLoader> for 
-details on __DATA__).
+Three special literals are __FILE__, __LINE__, and __PACKAGE__, which
+represent the current filename, line number, and package name at that
+point in your program.  They may be used only as separate tokens; they
+will not be interpolated into strings.  If there is no current package
+(due to a C<package;> directive), __PACKAGE__ is the undefined value.
+
+The tokens __END__ and __DATA__ may be used to indicate the logical end
+of the script before the actual end of file.  Any following text is
+ignored, but may be read via a DATA filehandle: main::DATA for __END__,
+or PACKNAME::DATA (where PACKNAME is the current package) for __DATA__.
+The two control characters ^D and ^Z are synonyms for __END__ (or
+__DATA__ in a module).  See L<SelfLoader> for more description of
+__DATA__, and an example of its use.
 
 A word that has no other interpretation in the grammar will
 be treated as if it were a quoted string.  These are known as
@@ -440,6 +448,11 @@ put the list in parentheses to avoid ambiguity.  Examples:
     # A "reverse comma operator".
     return (pop(@foo),pop(@foo))[0];
 
+You may assign to C<undef> in a list.  This is useful for throwing
+away some of the return values of a function:
+
+    ($dev, $ino, undef, undef, $uid, $gid) = stat($file);
+
 Lists may be assigned to if and only if each element of the list
 is legal to assign to: