[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_13 to perl5.003_14]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Eliminate support for {if,unless,while,until} BLOCK BLOCK
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y toke.c

Subject: Taint $x after $x =~ s/pat/xyz/ if pat or xyz is tainted by locale
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h mg.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c

Subject: Complete support for modifying undefined array members in foreach
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym mg.c perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Update pod/Makefile; s/perli18n/perllocale/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod lib/I18N/Collate.pm pod/Makefile pod/perl.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlnews.pod pod/roffitall

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Bug in debugger with import manipulations
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 05:37:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c

    Finally I traced why MakeMaker runs wrongly under debugger: debugger
    function calling sequence was assuming that
    	GvCV(CvGV(cv)) == cv
    for non-anonymous subs (ne END). MakeMaker managed to break it by
    	*A::B = \&C::D;
    	eval 'sub C::D {new one}';
    
    After this CvGV(\&A::B) is *C::D, but &{*C::D} is the "new one".
    
    Patch follows (note that in this case we do not sacrifice having a
    subroutine name in debugger output ;-).
    
    Enjoy,
    
    p5p-msgid: <199612231037.FAA08617@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

Subject: Import and dynamic methods
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:45:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c hv.c sv.c

    Here is the patch which corrects bad things which happens when you
    import subroutines and otherwise manipulate the symbol tree.
    
    I put forward the only chunk which may be controversal, since it may
    have a minor performance penalty. It is independent of the others, so
    it can be freely deleted.
    
    The manipulations which correctly propagate to method calls:
    	a) Pruning globs:		delete $B::{method}
    	b) Undefing subroutines:	undef &B::method;
    	c) Importing:			*B::method = \&mymethod;
    
    Enjoy,
    
    p5p-msgid: <199612230645.BAA08378@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

Subject: sv_gets patch
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:24:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c

    I sent this patch before as a part of 
    	pos $str =
    	$str = /failing/g
    patch. Now I separate it in the case it was tainted by environment:
    
    Synopsis:
    	$a = <FH>;
    does not work as expected if $a is magic (say, tied).
    
    Enjoy,
    
    p5p-msgid: <199612220824.DAA07235@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

Subject: pos $str patch
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:31:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: mg.c pp_hot.c t/op/pat.t

    This patch was (mostly) posted already.
    
    It fixes the bug:
    	pos $str 
    is reset to undef if
    	$str =~ /failing/g
    fails.
    
    Additionally, if fixes the hidded bit (=MGf_MINMATCH) surviving
    setting 
    	pos $str = ...
    
    Enjoy,
    
    p5p-msgid: <199612220831.DAA07247@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

 PORTABILITY

Subject: Fix bugs in bincompat3 usage
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perl.h perl_exp.SH

Subject: VMS patches to 5.003_13
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:26:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: deb.c ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs gv.c lib/File/Copy.pm mg.c perl.c perl.h proto.h sv.c t/lib/filecopy.t taint.c toke.c util.c vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/gen_shrfls.pl vms/genconfig.pl vms/genopt.com vms/perly_c.vms vms/perly_h.vms vms/test.com vms/vms.c vms/vms_yfix.pl

    private-msgid: <01IDBYYFYPIS002ASE@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 UTILITIES, LIBRARY, AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Remove libnet
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST pod/perlmod.pod

Subject: Update IO->VERSION() to 1.1201 for CPAN's sake
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm lib/IO/Handle.pm

Subject: Remodel File::Copy.
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: lib/File/Copy.pm

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlobj.pod b/pod/perlobj.pod
index 1d13d90c9a..9b1ede111f 100644
--- a/pod/perlobj.pod
+++ b/pod/perlobj.pod
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ are inherited by all other classes:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item isa ( CLASS )
+=item isa(CLASS)
 
 C<isa> returns I<true> if its object is blessed into a sub-class of C<CLASS>
 
@@ -294,29 +294,30 @@ allows the ability to check what a reference points to. Example
     	...
     }
 
-=item can ( METHOD )
+=item can(METHOD)
 
 C<can> checks to see if its object has a method called C<METHOD>,
 if it does then a reference to the sub is returned, if it does not then
 I<undef> is returned.
 
-=item VERSION ( [ VERSION ] )
+=item VERSION( [NEED] )
 
-C<VERSION> returns the VERSION number of the class (package). If
-an argument is given then it will check that the current version is not 
-less that the given argument. This method is normally called as a class
-method. This method is also called when the C<VERSION> form of C<use> is
-used.
+C<VERSION> returns the version number of the class (package).  If the
+NEED argument is given then it will check that the current version (as
+defined by the $VERSION variable in the given package) not less than
+NEED; it will die if this is not the case.  This method is normally
+called as a class method.  This method is called automatically by the
+C<VERSION> form of C<use>.
 
     use A 1.2 qw(some imported subs);
-    
-    A->VERSION( 1.2 );
+    # implies:
+    A->VERSION(1.2);
 
-=item class ()
+=item class()
 
 C<class> returns the class name of its object.
 
-=item is_instance ()
+=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
@@ -336,6 +337,9 @@ C<isa> uses a very similar method and cache-ing strategy. This may cause
 strange effects if the Perl code dynamically changes @ISA in any package.
 
 You may add other methods to the UNIVERSAL class via Perl or XS code.
+You do not need to C<use UNIVERSAL> in order to make these methods
+available to your program.  This is necessary only if you wish to
+have C<isa> available as a plain subroutine in the current package.
 
 =head2 Destructors