[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_07 to perl5.003_08]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Bitwise op sign rationalization
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pod/perlop.pod pod/perltoc.pod pp.c pp.h pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c t/op/bop.t

    Make bitwise ops result in unsigned values, unless C<use
    integer> is in effect.  Includes initial support for UVs.

Subject: Defined scoping for C<my> in control structures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c perly.c perly.c.diff perly.h perly.y proto.h toke.c

    Finally defines semantics of "my" in control expressions,
    like the condition of "if" and "while".  In all cases, scope
    of a "my" var extends to the end of the entire control
    structure.  Also adds new construct "for my", which
    automatically declares the control variable "my" and limits
    its scope to the loop.

Subject: Fix ++/-- after int conversion (e.g. 'printf "%d"')
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c sv.c

    This patch makes Perl correctly ignore SvIVX() if either
    NOK or POK is true, since SvIVX() may be a truncated or
    overflowed version of the real value.

Subject: Make code match Camel II re: functions that use $_
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: opcode.pl

Subject: Provide scalar context on left side of "->"
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perly.c perly.y

Subject: Quote bearword package/handle FOO in "funcname FOO => 'bar'"
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Warn on overflow of octal and hex integers
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: proto.h toke.c util.c

Subject: If -w active, warn for commas and hashes ('#') in qw()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Fixes for pack('w')
From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Files: pp.c t/op/pack.t

Subject: More complete output from sv_dump()
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: sv.c

Subject: Major '..' and debugger patches
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/perl5db.pl op.c pp_ctl.c scope.c scope.h

Subject: Fix for formline()
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: global.sym mg.c perl.h pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c proto.h sv.c t/op/write.t

Subject: Fix stack botch in untie and binmode
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pp_sys.c

Subject: Complete EMBED, including symbols from interp.sym
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST embed.pl ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h global.sym handy.h malloc.c perl.h pp_sys.c proto.h regexec.c toke.c util.c x2p/Makefile.SH x2p/a2p.h x2p/handy.h x2p/util.h

    New define EMBEDMYMALLOC makes embedding total by
    avoiding "Mymalloc" etc.

Subject: Support old embedding for people who want it
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST Makefile.SH old_embed.pl old_global.sym

 PORTABILITY

Subject: Miscellaneous VMS fixes
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Math/Complex.pm lib/Time/Local.pm lib/timelocal.pl perl.h perl_exp.SH proto.h t/TEST t/io/read.t t/lib/findbin.t t/lib/getopt.t util.c utils/h2xs.PL vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs vms/perlvms.pod vms/test.com vms/vms.c

Subject: DJGPP patches (MS-DOS)
From: "Douglas E. Wegscheid" <wegscd@whirlpool.com>
Files: doio.c dosish.h ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c handy.h lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/File/Find.pm malloc.c perl.c perl.h pp_sys.c proto.h sv.c util.c

Subject: Patch to make Perl work under AmigaOS
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: MANIFEST hints/amigaos.sh installman lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Find.pm pod/pod2man.PL pp_sys.c util.c

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlobj.pod b/pod/perlobj.pod
index 54e052ff45..d504d9ce2a 100644
--- a/pod/perlobj.pod
+++ b/pod/perlobj.pod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ with object references.
 =item 3.
 
 A method is simply a subroutine that expects an object reference (or
-a package name, for static methods) as the first argument.
+a package name, for class methods) as the first argument.
 
 =back
 
@@ -156,17 +156,18 @@ Unlike say C++, Perl doesn't provide any special syntax for method
 definition.  (It does provide a little syntax for method invocation
 though.  More on that later.)  A method expects its first argument
 to be the object or package it is being invoked on.  There are just two
-types of methods, which we'll call static and virtual, in honor of
-the two C++ method types they most closely resemble.
+types of methods, which we'll call class and instance. 
+(Sometimes you'll hear these called static and virtual, in honor of
+the two C++ method types they most closely resemble.)
 
-A static method expects a class name as the first argument.  It
+A class method expects a class name as the first argument.  It
 provides functionality for the class as a whole, not for any individual
-object belonging to the class.  Constructors are typically static
-methods.  Many static methods simply ignore their first argument, since
+object belonging to the class.  Constructors are typically class
+methods.  Many class methods simply ignore their first argument, since
 they already know what package they're in, and don't care what package
 they were invoked via.  (These aren't necessarily the same, since
-static methods follow the inheritance tree just like ordinary virtual
-methods.)  Another typical use for static methods is to look up an
+class methods follow the inheritance tree just like ordinary instance
+methods.)  Another typical use for class methods is to look up an
 object by name:
 
     sub find {
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ object by name:
 	$objtable{$name};
     }
 
-A virtual method expects an object reference as its first argument.
+An instance method expects an object reference as its first argument.
 Typically it shifts the first argument into a "self" or "this" variable,
 and then uses that as an ordinary reference.
 
@@ -194,9 +195,9 @@ already had an "indirect object" syntax that you use when you say
 
     print STDERR "help!!!\n";
 
-This same syntax can be used to call either static or virtual methods.
-We'll use the two methods defined above, the static method to lookup
-an object reference and the virtual method to print out its attributes.
+This same syntax can be used to call either class or instance methods.
+We'll use the two methods defined above, the class method to lookup
+an object reference and the instance method to print out its attributes.
 
     $fred = find Critter "Fred";
     display $fred 'Height', 'Weight';
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ I<undef> is returned.
 
 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 static
+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.