[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_26 to perl5.003_27]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Fix eval "" in Configure
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:09:53 -0500
From: John L. Allen <allen@gateway.grumman.com>
Files: Configure

    Subject: Re: Configure problem on IRIX - me dumb
    
    p5p-msgid: <9702141809.AA17001@gateway.grumman.com>

Subject: Don't link with -lsfio if sfio is not requested
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: perl5.003_26 Configure change "win" for AIX 4
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:59:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
Files: Configure

    p5p-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
    private-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoD

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Better looks_like_number() function [sv.c]
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:08:52 +0100
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: sv.c
Msg-ID: <199702141708.SAA17546@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 8dbaa58ee2aba7cc22d84199a674c58bbf108b46)

Subject: Remove redundant functions UNIVERSAL::{class,is_instance}
Date: 14 Feb 1997 15:52:21 +0000
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlobj.pod t/op/universal.t universal.c
Msg-ID: <hwwsbpeq2.fsf@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77bb9b23081b62119e8fbe9f5655b8802e4537ae)

Subject: Allow C<setpgrp $$>
Date: 16 Feb 1997 23:19:12 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pp_sys.c
Msg-ID: <pzraigyshr.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3d2573a84a1aa655d5da58c57b3fc20e04d40f9f)

Subject: Fix syntax error on C<&$1>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Fix grep() with refs in array context
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Eliminate $^S; add C<use vmsish qw(status exit time)>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 02:45:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST gv.c lib/English.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp mg.c op.c perl.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c utils/perldoc.PL vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs vms/ext/XSSymSet.pm vms/ext/vmsish.pm vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h win32/makedef.pl

    private-msgid: <01IFI9CFKL0S004R2V@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Remove Fatal.pm
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST lib/Fatal.pm pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/roffitall t/lib/fatal.t

Subject: Refresh MakeMaker to 5.40
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Fix core dump when embedding
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

Subject: Re: Fragile signals
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:44:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: mg.c
Msg-ID: <199702130644.BAA07572@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 09df8c7df7dfc9853902f1fdd8a6d95f53be66fc)

Subject: Make format strings correspond exactly to parameters
Date: 13 Feb 1997 17:24:31 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: doio.c ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs gv.c op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c regcomp.c toke.c
Msg-ID: <pz7mkc1h0g.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit bf81aadd817bdea29720b072eef945df2da8463b)

Subject: Don't try to attach 'o' magic to read-only values
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: sv.c

Subject: Fix carriage-return message
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: In <=>, test for equality first
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Don't mark sv_{true,false} PADTMP
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index bfaeedcc11..ab5cde38ff 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ See the F<INSTALL> file for information on how to enable this option.
 As a disincentive to casual use of this advanced feature,
 there is no C<use English> long name for this variable.
 
-=item $^S
-
-The status returned by the last pipe close, back-tick (C<``>) command, or
-system() operator, in the native system format.  On UNIX and UNIX-like
-systems, C<$^S> is a synonym for C<$?>.  Elsewhere, C<$^S> can be used to
-determine aspects of child status that are system-specific.  Check C<$^O>
-before using this variable.  (Mnemonic: System-Specific Subprocess Status.
-Also known as $SYSTEM_CHILD_STATUS if you C<use English>.)
-
 =back
 
 =head2 New and Changed Built-in Functions
@@ -277,34 +268,6 @@ C<VERSION> form of C<use>.
     # implies:
     A->VERSION(1.2);
 
-=item class()
-
-C<class> returns the class name of its object.
-
-=item is_instance()
-
-C<is_instance> returns true if its object is an instance of some
-class, false if its object is the class (package) itself. Example
-
-    A->is_instance();       # False
-
-    $var = 'A';
-    $var->is_instance();    # False
-
-    $ref = bless [], 'A';
-    $ref->is_instance();    # True
-
-This can be useful for methods that wish to easily distinguish
-whether they were invoked as class or as instance methods.
-
-    sub some_meth {
-	my $classname = shift;
-	if ($classname->is_instance()) {
-	    die "unexpectedly called as instance not class method";
-	} 
-	.....
-    } 
-
 =back
 
 B<NOTE:> C<can> directly uses Perl's internal code for method lookup, and
@@ -379,7 +342,7 @@ a fixed value are now inlined (e.g. C<sub PI () { 3.14159 }>).
 
 =head1 Pragmata
 
-Three new pragmatic modules exist:
+Four new pragmatic modules exist:
 
 =over
 
@@ -416,6 +379,15 @@ See L<perllocale> for more information.
 
 Disable unsafe opcodes, or any named opcodes, when compiling Perl code.
 
+=item use vmsish
+
+Enable VMS-specific language features.  Currently, there are three
+VMS-specific feature available: 'status', which makes C<$?> and
+C<system> return genuine VMS status values instead of emulating POSIX;
+'exit', which makes C<exit> take a genuine VMS status value instead of
+assuming that C<exit 1> is an error; and 'time', which makes all times
+relative to the local time zone, in the VMS tradition.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Modules
@@ -476,7 +448,6 @@ alphabetically:
     ExtUtils/Embed.pm    Utilities for embedding Perl in C programs
     ExtUtils/testlib.pm  Fixes up @INC to use just-built extension
 
-    Fatal.pm             Make do-or-die equivalents of functions
     FindBin.pm           Find path of currently executing program
 
     Class/Template.pm    Structure/member template builder