diff options
author | Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org> | 2023-02-20 13:03:23 -0800 |
---|---|---|
committer | Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org> | 2023-02-20 13:09:55 -0800 |
commit | 9865eed8fbc97d1371ced4169fcb72c362682824 (patch) | |
tree | b78cb98c58bb93d947971e6e5c407b0ba619b25c /pod/perldelta.pod | |
parent | 70317a424989be263127b5cd85406e078f572606 (diff) | |
download | perl-9865eed8fbc97d1371ced4169fcb72c362682824.tar.gz |
Generate new perldelta for 5.37.10
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perldelta.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 619 |
1 files changed, 195 insertions, 424 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index da055fa72b..9d32e43314 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,201 +2,157 @@ =head1 NAME -perldelta - what is new for perl v5.37.9 +[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs +to be processed before release. ] + +perldelta - what is new for perl v5.37.10 =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document describes differences between the 5.37.8 release and the 5.37.9 +This document describes differences between the 5.37.9 release and the 5.37.10 release. -If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.37.7, first read -L<perl5378delta>, which describes differences between 5.37.7 and 5.37.8. - -=head1 Core Enhancements - -=head2 New C<class> Feature - -A new B<experimental> syntax is now available for defining object classes, -where per-instance data is stored in "field" variables that behave like -lexicals. - - use feature 'class'; +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.37.8, first read +L<perl5379delta>, which describes differences between 5.37.8 and 5.37.9. - class Point - { - field $x; - field $y; +=head1 Notice - method zero { $x = $y = 0; } - } +XXX Any important notices here -This is described in more detail in L<perlclass>. Notes on the internals of -its implementation and other related details can be found in L<perlclassguts>. - -This remains a new and experimental feature, and is very much still under -development. It will be the subject of much further addition, refinement and -alteration in future releases. As it is experimental, it yields warnings in -the C<experimental::class> category. These can be silenced by a -C<no warnings> statement. - - use feature 'class'; - no warnings 'experimental::class'; - -=head2 REG_INF has been raised from 65,536 to 2,147,483,647 +=head1 Core Enhancements -Many regex quantifiers used to be limited to U16_MAX in the past, but are -now limited to I32_MAX, thus it is now possible to write /(?:word){1000000}/ -for example. Note that doing so may cause the regex engine to run longer -and use more memory. +XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language +enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go +here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. -=head2 New API functions optimize_optree and finalize_optree +[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] -There are two new API functions for operating on optree fragments, ensuring -you can invoke the required parts of the optree-generation process that might -otherwise not get invoked (e.g. when creating a custom LOGOP). To get access -to these functions, you first need to set a C<#define> to opt-in to using -these functions. +=head1 Security - #define PERL_USE_VOLATILE_API +XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security +vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the +L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. -These functions are closely tied to the internals of how the interpreter -works, and could be altered or removed at any time if other internal changes -make that necessary. +[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] =head1 Incompatible Changes -=head2 (**{ ... }) removed from the regex engine. - -This feature was released as part of 5.37.8, after some use and -discussion it was seen as more problematic than understood at first -and has been removed in 5.37.9. It was only ever present in a single -development release and has never been released as part of a production perl, -thus no deprecation cycle has been performed. - -=head1 Deprecations - -=head2 Use of C<'> as a package name separator is deprecated - -Using C<'> as package separator in a variable named in a double-quoted -string has warned since 5.28. It is now deprecated in both string -interpolation and non-interpolated contexts, and will be removed in -Perl 5.40. - -=head1 Performance Enhancements - -=over 4 - -=item * - -Temporary ("mortal") copies are no longer created during context exit for -internal static SVs that are in no danger of being prematurely freed. -[L<GH #20800|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20800>|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20800] - -=back - -=head1 Modules and Pragmata - -=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 +XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: -=item * + There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX + If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a + report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. -L<autodie> has been upgraded from version 2.34 to 2.36. +[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Deprecations -L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.87 to 1.88. +XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. -=item * +=head2 Module removals -L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.201 to 2.204. +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. -=item * +The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a +future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN. +Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as +prerequisites. -L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.202 to 2.204. +The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category +warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings, +install the modules in question from CPAN. -=item * +Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged +to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their +necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation, +not usually on concerns over their design. -L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.32 to 1.33. +=over -=item * +=item XXX -L<Devel::PPPort> has been upgraded from version 3.69 to 3.70. +XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed +as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. -=item * +=back -L<experimental> has been upgraded from version 0.030 to 0.031. +[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Performance Enhancements -L<feature> has been upgraded from version 1.79 to 1.80. +XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. +There may well be none in a stable release. -=item * +[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ] -L<File::Find> has been upgraded from version 1.42 to 1.43. +=over 4 =item * -L<IO::Compress> has been upgraded from version 2.201 to 2.204. - -=item * +XXX -L<Math::Complex> has been upgraded from version 1.6 to 1.61. +=back -=item * +=head1 Modules and Pragmata -L<Memoize> has been upgraded from version 1.15 to 1.16. +XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> +go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the +following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>. A paragraph summary +for important changes should then be added by hand. In an ideal world, +dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be cribbed. -=item * +The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of +preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if +you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the +manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the +release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.) -L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20230120 to 5.20230220. +[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ] -=item * +=head2 New Modules and Pragmata -L<mro> has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.28. +=over 4 =item * -L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.63 to 1.64. +XXX Remove this section if not applicable. -=item * - -L<parent> has been upgraded from version 0.239 to 0.241. +=back -=item * +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata -L<Term::Cap> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18. +=over 4 =item * -L<Test::Simple> has been upgraded from version 1.302191 to 1.302192. +L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. -=item * +If there was something important to note about this change, include that here. -L<Tie::File> has been upgraded from version 1.06 to 1.07. +=back -=item * +=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata -L<UNIVERSAL> has been upgraded from version 1.14 to 1.15. +=over 4 =item * -L<warnings> has been upgraded from version 1.61 to 1.62. +XXX =back =head1 Documentation -=head2 New Documentation +XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by +file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. -=head3 L<perlclass> +=head2 New Documentation -Describes the new C<class> feature. +XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. -=head3 L<perlclassguts> +=head3 L<XXX> -Describes the internals of the new C<class> feature. +XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation @@ -204,27 +160,19 @@ We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue at L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. -Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: - -=head3 L<perlfunc> - -=over 4 - -=item * +XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. +However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> +section. -Some wording improvements have been made for the C<ucfirst>, C<push>, -C<unshift> and C<bless> functions, as well as additional examples added. - -=back +Additionally, the following selected changes have been made: -=head3 L<perlvar> +=head3 L<XXX> =over 4 =item * -Added a section on "Scoping Rules of Regex Variables", and other wording -improvements made throughout. +XXX Description of the change here =back @@ -234,405 +182,228 @@ The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. +XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also +include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. + =head2 New Diagnostics +XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors +and New Warnings + =head3 New Errors =over 4 =item * -L<Attempt to bless into a class|perldiag/"Attempt to bless into a class"> - -(F) You are attempting to call C<bless> with a package name that is a -new-style C<class>. This is not necessary, as instances created by the -constructor are already in the correct class. Instances cannot be created -by other means, such as C<bless>. - -=item * - -L<Cannot assign :param(%s) to field %s because that name is already in use|perldiag/"Cannot assign :param(%s) to field %s because that name is already in use"> - -(F) An attempt was made to apply a parameter name to a field, when the name -is already being used by another field in the same class, or one of its -parent classes. This would cause a name clash so is not allowed. - -=item * - -L<Cannot create class %s as it already has a non-empty @ISA|perldiag/"Cannot create class %s as it already has a non-empty @ISA"> - -(F) An attempt was made to create a class out of a package that already has -an C<@ISA> array, and the array is not empty. This is not permitted, as it -would lead to a class with inconsistent inheritance. - -=item * - -L<Cannot invoke a method of "%s" on an instance of "%s"|perldiag/"Cannot invoke a method of "%s" on -an instance of "%s""> - -(F) You tried to directly call a C<method> subroutine of one class by passing -in a value that is an instance of a different class. This is not permitted, -as the method would not have access to the correct instance fields. - -=item * - -L<Cannot invoke method on a non-instance|perldiag/"Cannot invoke method on a non-instance"> +XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> -(F) You tried to directly call a C<method> subroutine of a class by passing -in a value that is not an instance of that class. This is not permitted, as -the method would not then have access to its instance fields. - -=item * - -L<Cannot '%s' outside of a 'class'|perldiag/"Cannot '%s' outside of a 'class'"> - -(F) You attempted to use one of the keywords that only makes sense inside -a C<class> definition, at a location that is not inside such a class. - -=item * - -L<Cannot reopen existing class "%s"|perldiag/"Cannot reopen existing class "%s""> - -(F) You tried to begin a C<class> definition for a class that already exists. -A class may only have one definition block. - -=item * - -L<Can't bless an object reference|perldiag/"Can't bless an object reference"> - -(F) You attempted to call C<bless> on a value that already refers to a real -object instance. - -=item * - -L<can't convert empty path|perldiag/"can't convert empty path"> - -(F) On Cygwin, you called a path conversion function with an empty path. -Only non-empty paths are legal. - -=item * - -L<Class already has a superclass, cannot add another|perldiag/"Class already has a superclass, cannot add another"> - -(F) You attempted to specify a second superclass for a C<class> by using -the C<:isa> attribute, when one is already specified. Unlike classes -whose instances are created with C<bless>, classes created via the -C<class> keyword cannot have more than one superclass. - -=item * - -L<Class attribute %s requires a value|perldiag/"Class attribute %s requires a value"> - -(F) You specified an attribute for a class that would require a value to -be passed in parentheses, but did not provide one. Remember that -whitespace is B<not> permitted between the attribute name and its value; -you must write this as - - class Example::Class :attr(VALUE) ... - -=item * +=back -L<Class :isa attribute requires a class but "%s" is not one|perldiag/"Class :isa attribute requires a class but "%s" is not one"> +=head3 New Warnings -(F) When creating a subclass using the C<class> C<:isa> attribute, the -named superclass must also be a real class created using the C<class> -keyword. +=over 4 =item * -L<Field already has a parameter name, cannot add another|perldiag/"Field already has a parameter name, cannot add another"> +XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> -(F) A field may have at most one application of the C<:param> attribute to -assign a parameter name to it; once applied a second one is not allowed. - -=item * +=back -L<Field attribute %s requires a value|perldiag/"Field attribute %s requires a value"> +=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics -(F) You specified an attribute for a field that would require a value to -be passed in parentheses, but did not provide one. Remember that -whitespace is B<not> permitted between the attribute name and its value; -you must write this as +XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here - field $var :attr(VALUE) ... +=over 4 =item * -L<Field %s is not accessible outside a method|perldiag/"Field %s is not accessible outside a method"> - -(F) An attempt was made to access a field variable of a class from code -that does not appear inside the body of a C<method> subroutine. This is not -permitted, as only methods will have access to the fields of an instance. +XXX Describe change here -=item * +=back -L<Field %s of "%s" is not accessible in a method of "%s"|perldiag/"Field %s of "%s" is not accessible in a method of "%s""> +=head1 Utility Changes -(F) An attempt was made to access a field variable of a class, from a -method of another class nested inside the one that actually defined it. -This is not permitted, as only methods defined by a given class are -permitted to access fields of that class. +XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perldoc> and F<xsubpp> go here. +Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>. -=item * +[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item +entries for each change +Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] -L<Only scalar fields can take a :param attribute|perldiag/"Only scalar fields can take a :param attribute"> +=head2 L<XXX> -(F) You tried to apply the C<:param> attribute to an array or hash field. -Currently this is not permitted. +=over 4 =item * -L<Required parameter '%s' is missing for %s constructor|perldiag/"Required parameter '%s' is missing for %s constructor"> - -(F) You called the constructor for a class that has a required named -parameter, but did not pass that parameter at all. - -=item * +XXX -L<Unexpected characters while parsing class :isa attribute: %s|perldiag/"Unexpected characters while parsing class :isa attribute: %s"> +=back -(F) You tried to specify something other than a single class name with an -optional trailing version number as the value for a C<class> C<:isa> -attribute. This confused the parser. +=head1 Configuration and Compilation -=item * +XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools +go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. +However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the +L</Platform Support> section, instead. -L<Unrecognized class attribute %s|perldiag/"Unrecognized class attribute %s"> +[ List changes as an =item entry ]. -(F) You attempted to add a named attribute to a C<class> definition, but -perl does not recognise the name of the requested attribute. +=over 4 =item * -L<Unrecognized field attribute %s|perldiag/"Unrecognized field attribute %s"> - -(F) You attempted to add a named attribute to a C<field> definition, but -perl does not recognise the name of the requested attribute. +XXX =back -=head3 New Warnings - -=over 4 - -=item * - -L<ADJUST is experimental|perldiag/"ADJUST is experimental"> - -(S experimental::class) This warning is emitted if you use the C<ADJUST> -keyword of C<use feature 'class'>. This keyword is currently -experimental and its behaviour may change in future releases of Perl. +=head1 Testing -=item * +XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be +listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any +large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). +Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs +that they represent may be covered elsewhere. -L<class is experimental|perldiag/"class is experimental"> +XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this: -(S experimental::class) This warning is emitted if you use the C<class> -keyword of C<use feature 'class'>. This keyword is currently -experimental and its behaviour may change in future releases of Perl. +Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes +in this release. -=item * +XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this: -L<Method %s redefined|perldiag/"Method %s redefined"> +Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and +changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were +made: -(W redefine) You redefined a method. To suppress this warning, say +[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ] - { - no warnings 'redefine'; - *name = method { ... }; - } +=over 4 =item * -L<Odd number of elements in hash field initialization|perldiag/"Odd number of elements in hash field initialization"> - -(W misc) You specified an odd number of elements to initialise a hash -field of an object. Hashes are initialised from a list of key/value -pairs so there must be a corresponding value to every key. The final -missing value will be filled in with undef instead. +XXX -=item * +=back -L<Old package separator "'" deprecated|perldiag/"Old package separator "'" deprecated"> +=head1 Platform Support -(W deprecated, syntax) You used the old package separator "'" in a -variable, subroutine or package name. Support for the old package -separator will be removed in Perl 5.40. +XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. -=item * +[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =item entry with specific +changes as paragraphs below it. ] -L<field is experimental|perldiag/"field is experimental"> +=head2 New Platforms -(S experimental::class) This warning is emitted if you use the C<field> -keyword of C<use feature 'class'>. This keyword is currently -experimental and its behaviour may change in future releases of Perl. +XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous +versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> +directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the +source tree. -=item * +=over 4 -L<method is experimental|perldiag/"method is experimental"> +=item XXX-some-platform -(S experimental::class) This warning is emitted if you use the C<method> -keyword of C<use feature 'class'>. This keyword is currently -experimental and its behaviour may change in future releases of Perl. +XXX =back -=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics +=head2 Discontinued Platforms -=over 4 +XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. -=item * +=over 4 -L<Old package separator used in string|perldiag/"Old package separator used in string"> +=item XXX-some-platform -This diagnostic is now also part of the C<deprecated> category. +XXX =back -=head1 Configuration and Compilation - -=over 4 +=head2 Platform-Specific Notes -=item * +XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration +and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, +changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the +L</Modules and Pragmata> section. -C<Configure> now properly handles quoted elements outputted from gcc. [L<GH #20606|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20606>] +=over 4 -=item * +=item XXX-some-platform -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>] +XXX =back -=head1 Testing - -Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes -in this release. - =head1 Internal Changes -=over 4 +XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other +significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as +well. -=item * +[ List each change as an =item entry ] -The underlying C<Perl_dowantarray> function implementing the -long-deprecated L<C<GIMME>|perlapi/GIMME> macro has been marked as -deprecated, so that use of the macro emits a compile-time warning. -C<GIMME> has been documented as deprecated in favour of -L<C<GIMME_V>|perlapi/GIMME_V> since Perl v5.6.0, but had not -previously issued a warning. +=over 4 =item * -The API function L<perlapi/utf8_length> is now more efficient. +XXX =back =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -=over 4 +XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in +files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. -=item * +[ List each fix as an =item entry ] -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>] +=over 4 =item * -Redefining a C<use constant> list constant with C<use constant> now -properly warns. This changes the behaviour of C<use constant> but is -a core change, not a change to F<constant.pm>. [L<GH #20742|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20742>] - -=item * +XXX -Redefining a C<use constant> list constant with an empty prototype -constant sub would result in an assertion failure. [L<GH #20742|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20742>] +=back -=item * +=head1 Known Problems -Fixed a regression where the C<INC> method for objects in C<@INC> -would not be resolved by C<AUTOLOAD>, while it was in 5.36. The -C<INCDIR> method for objects in C<@INC> cannot be resolved by -C<AUTOLOAD> as C<INC> would have been resolved first. [L<GH #20665|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20665>] +XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any +tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed +platform specific bugs also go here. -=item * +[ List each fix as an =item entry ] -C<$SIG{__DIE__}> will now be called from eval when the code dies during -compilation regardless of how it dies. This means that code expecting to -be able to upgrade C<$@> into an object will be called consistently. In -earlier versions of perl C<$SIG{__DIE__}> would not be called for -certain compilation errors, for instance undeclared variables. For other -errors it might be called if there were more than a certain number of -errors, but not if there were less. Now you can expect that it will be -called in every case. +=over 4 =item * -Compilation of code with errors used to inconsistently stop depending on -the count and type of errors encountered. The intent was that after 10 -errors compilation would halt, but bugs in this logic meant that certain -types of error would be counted, but would not trigger the threshold -check to stop compilation. Other errors would. With this release after -at most 10 errors compilation will terminate, regardless of what type of -error they were. +XXX -Note that you can change the maximum count by defining -C<PERL_STOP_PARSING_AFTER_N_ERRORS> to be something else during the -configuration process. For instance +=back - ./Configure ... -Accflags='-DPERL_STOP_PARSING_AFTER_N_ERRORS=100' +=head1 Errata From Previous Releases -would allow up to 100 errors. +=over 4 =item * -The API function L<perlapi/my_snprintf> now prints a non-dot decimal -point if the perl code it ultimately is called from is in the scope of -C<use locale> and the locale in effect calls for that. +XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in +the perldelta of a previous release. =back -=head1 Acknowledgements - -Perl 5.37.9 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl -5.37.8 and contains approximately 24,000 lines of changes across 360 files -from 32 authors. - -Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were -approximately 8,400 lines of changes to 270 .pm, .t, .c and .h files. +=head1 Obituary -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 5.37.9: +XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has +died, add a short obituary here. -Alexander Nikolov, Alex Davies, Andrew Fresh, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Bartosz -Jarzyna, Branislav Zahradník, Chad Granum, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari -Mannsåker, Dan Jacobson, Elvin Aslanov, Håkon Hægland, Hugo van der -Sanden, James E Keenan, Joe McMahon, Jonathan Stowe, Karen Etheridge, Karl -Williamson, Kurt Fitzner, Leon Timmermans, Max Maischein, Nicholas Clark, -Nicolas R, Paul Evans, Paul Marquess, Renee Baecker, Richard Leach, Scott -Baker, Todd Rinaldo, Tomasz Konojacki, 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. +=head1 Acknowledgements -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. +XXX Generate this with: -For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please -see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution. + perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.37.9..HEAD =head1 Reporting Bugs |