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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-03-01 18:40:49 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-03-01 18:40:49 +1200 |
| commit | 9607fc9c489d4095e3baa795d7ead7acba96137d (patch) | |
| tree | 2dfac2b59f20ce6d1dccd5bbdf9343c30dae8992 /pod/perlguts.pod | |
| parent | 92112241d1458d5df77a0d57b4e82dca2637735a (diff) | |
| download | perl-9607fc9c489d4095e3baa795d7ead7acba96137d.tar.gz | |
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_91 to perl-5.003_92]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Strictly follow lexical context of C<eval ''> and nested subs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Subject: Make ::SUPER and UNIVERSAL work together
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: gv.c pod/perlguts.pod
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: OS/2 patches
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:08:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: hints/os2.sh lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm t/op/taint.t
Msg-ID: 199703060308.WAA22211@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
(applied based on p5p patch as commit eda4d5189d403b15f244b4696a710fb91d15053e)
Subject: VMS patches
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 23:10:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm perlsdio.h t/op/runlevel.t t/op/taint.t vms/descrip.mms vms/perly_c.vms vms/sockadapt.c vms/sockadapt.h vms/vms_yfix.pl
private-msgid: 01IG5SQE4A6U00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Add taint checks and srand to perldelta
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 11:56:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Msg-ID: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970302115355.23058D-100000@kelly.teleport.com
(applied based on p5p patch as commit b28e0bc0aa3232e18d1bacb3efcbfb755ad100e0)
Subject: Don't call FileHandle 'deprecated'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Subject: Improve sample module header
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 10:32:31 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
Files: pod/perlmod.pod
Msg-ID: 199703011732.KAA14693@jhereg.perl.com
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 3e1e15658152387f41e00ded4796cede4e1e10d3)
Subject: Update list of CPAN sites
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 16:54:22 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: pod/perlmod.pod
Msg-ID: 199703021454.QAA07446@alpha.hut.fi
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 9423903e60e6c92c1893f5f4cab2476f403f8a4b)
Subject: Enhance description of 'server error'
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 21:03:23 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
private-msgid: 199702041903.VAA16070@alpha.hut.fi
Subject: Regularize format of E-Mail addresses in *.pod
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/*.pod
LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Use IV instead of double for tms structure members
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Make sure $^X is tainted when ARG_ZERO_IS_SCRIPT
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c
Subject: Clarify '-T too late' error
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod
Subject: Warn when redefining or undefining a constant sub
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp.c sv.c
Subject: Don't generate spurious 'not imported' warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: gv.c t/pragma/strict-vars pod/perldiag.pod
Subject: Clarify message re: @host in string
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod toke.c
Subject: Disconnect refs that are targets of pp_readline
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c
Subject: Fix typo in test of HvFILL()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Subject: Allow for pad name array to be shorter than pad array
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Subject: Eliminate format-string type warnings
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:15:11 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: doio.c ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs gv.c hints/dec_osf.sh pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c run.c sv.c x2p/a2py.c
private-msgid: 199703030915.KAA11634@bombur2.uio.no
Subject: Update copyright dates
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: *.[hc] x2p/*.[hc] win32/EXTERN.h vms/vmsish.h vms/vms.c
TESTS
Subject: Smarter t/op/taint.t
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:31:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: t/op/taint.t
private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970303103047.24000A-100000@kelly.teleport.com
Subject: Fix taint test for systems without csh
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: t/op/taint.t
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlguts.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlguts.pod | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod index 95bd4eccbd..21e4b2c789 100644 --- a/pod/perlguts.pod +++ b/pod/perlguts.pod @@ -1370,15 +1370,17 @@ Used to indicate scalar context. See C<GIMME> and L<perlcall>. =item gv_fetchmeth Returns the glob with the given C<name> and a defined subroutine or -C<NULL>. The glob lives in the given C<stash>, or in the stashes accessable -via @ISA and @<UNIVERSAL>. +C<NULL>. The glob lives in the given C<stash>, or in the stashes +accessable via @ISA and @<UNIVERSAL>. -The argument C<level> should be either 0 or -1. If C<level==0>, as a +The argument C<level> should be either 0 or -1. If C<level==0>, as a side-effect creates a glob with the given C<name> in the given C<stash> which in the case of success contains an alias for the subroutine, and sets up caching info for this glob. Similarly for all the searched stashes. +This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as a postfix of the stash name. + The GV returned from C<gv_fetchmeth> may be a method cache entry, which is not visible to Perl code. So when calling C<perl_call_sv>, you should not use the GV directly; instead, you should use the @@ -1398,8 +1400,7 @@ check for it being "AUTOLOAD", since at the later time the the call may load a different subroutine due to $AUTOLOAD changing its value. Use the glob created via a side effect to do this. -This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as prefix of name or postfix of -the stash name. +This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as a prefix of the method name. Has the same side-effects and as C<gv_fetchmeth> with C<level==0>. C<name> should be writable if contains C<':'> or C<'\''>. @@ -2898,14 +2899,14 @@ destination, C<n> is the number of items, and C<t> is the type. =head1 EDITOR -Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com> +Jeff Okamoto <F<okamoto@corp.hp.com>> With lots of help and suggestions from Dean Roehrich, Malcolm Beattie, Andreas Koenig, Paul Hudson, Ilya Zakharevich, Paul Marquess, Neil Bowers, Matthew Green, Tim Bunce, Spider Boardman, and Ulrich Pfeifer. -API Listing by Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>. +API Listing by Dean Roehrich <F<roehrich@cray.com>>. =head1 DATE -Version 31.1: 1997/2/25 +Version 31.2: 1997/3/5 |