[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_94 to perl-5.003_95]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Don't compile scalar mods of aggregates, like C<@a =~ s/a/b/>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Warn about undef magic values just like non-magic
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Safe.pm sv.c t/lib/db-btree.t t/lib/db-hash.t t/lib/db-recno.t t/pragma/locale.t

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 update (five patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 doio.c dosish.h pp_sys.c lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm t/comp/multiline.t t/op/magic.t t/op/mkdir.t t/op/runlevel.t t/op/stat.t t/op/write.t win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32aux.c win32/*.mak win32/VC-2.0/*.mak

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: INSTALL-1.8 to INSTALL-1.9 updates
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:52:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: INSTALL
Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970325135138.3374A-100000@fractal.lafayette.e

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9b1ae96a0b4301a9588f62b3175bc0312302f4b9)

Subject: Document possible problems with -Mdiagnostics after upgrade
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Mention perldelta in INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Describe pod format at top of INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Document C</a *b/x> fix
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: pods for subroutine argument autovivication
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 07:25:21 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlsub.pod
Msg-ID: E0w9489-0005YT-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit db8878faa51a8a1541a40745a8613adb5db155e4)

Subject: Missing item in perldiag
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:24:09 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
Msg-ID: E0w8jVZ-0005va-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit c00a529017138505fcbe538b74c7884abe1d18e1)

Subject: Pod problems & fixes
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:31:51 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: INSTALL lib/Term/Complete.pm lib/subs.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL
Msg-ID: 199703242031.VAA14997@bombur2.uio.no

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 55a864fe4cea1a0586891b83d359ba71e0972da5)

Subject: FAQ update
From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Improve 'prototype mismatch' warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym op.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h sv.c t/comp/redef.t

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index e0a23b0162..90b811f691 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -334,6 +334,12 @@ wasn't a symbol table entry.
 of Perl.  Check the #! line, or manually feed your script into
 Perl yourself.
 
+=item Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in use
+
+(F) With "strict subs" in use, a bareword is only allowed as a
+subroutine identifier, in curly braces or to the left of the "=>" symbol.
+Perhaps you need to pre-declare a subroutine?
+
 =item BEGIN failed--compilation aborted
 
 (F) An untrapped exception was raised while executing a BEGIN subroutine.
@@ -475,7 +481,7 @@ They must have ordinary identifiers as names.
 =item Can't do in-place edit without backup
 
 (F) You're on a system such as MSDOS that gets confused if you try reading
-from a deleted (but still opened) file.  You have to say B<-i>C<.bak>, or some
+from a deleted (but still opened) file.  You have to say C<-i.bak>, or some
 such.
 
 =item Can't do inplace edit: %s E<gt> 14 characters
@@ -1869,10 +1875,10 @@ last argument of the previous construct, for example:
 
     open FOO || die;
 
-=item Prototype mismatch: (%s) vs (%s)
+=item Prototype mismatch: %s vs %s
 
-(S) The subroutine being defined had a pre-declared (forward) declaration
-with a different function prototype.
+(S) The subroutine being declared or defined had previously been declared
+or defined with a different function prototype.
 
 =item Read on closed filehandle E<lt>%sE<gt>
 
@@ -2461,7 +2467,7 @@ bad side effects.
 =item Use of bare E<lt>E<lt> to mean E<lt>E<lt>"" is deprecated
 
 (D) You are now encouraged to use the explicitly quoted form if you
-wish to use a blank line as the terminator of the here-document.
+wish to use an empty line as the terminator of the here-document.
 
 =item Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated