[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]perl-5.003_24

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: glob defaults to $_
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 03:09:13 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pod/perlfunc.pod t/op/glob.t

    private-msgid: <199701270809.DAA00934@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

Subject: Re: an overloading bug 
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:07:45 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_ctl.c

    private-msgid: <199701270007.TAA26525@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 port
From: Gary Ng <71564.1743@compuserve.com>
Files: MANIFEST win32/*

Subject: Amiga files
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:42:15 +0100
From: Norbert Pueschel <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: MANIFEST README.amiga hints/amigaos.sh

    private-msgid: <77724712@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perldelta Fcntl enhancement
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:05:34 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251505.RAA22159@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: Updates to perldelta re: Fcntl, DB_File, Net::Ping
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Document restrictions on gv_fetchmethod() and perl_call_sv()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlguts.pod

Subject: perldiag.pod: No comma allowed after %s
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:41:53 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251541.RAA04120@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc.pod: localtime
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:29:37 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251629.SAA08114@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc diff: gmtime
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:52:08 +0000
From: Peter Haworth <pmh@edison.ioppublishing.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <32EE1298.7B90@edison.ioppublishing.com>

Subject: Updates to guts
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:34:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pod/perlguts.pod

    private-msgid: <199701270034.TAA13177@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

 TESTS

Subject: New test op/closure.t
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: MANIFEST t/op/closure.t

1 files changed, 42 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index f451606df5..8c97163e05 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5DB, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERLLIB
 
 =item New Opcode Module and Revised Safe Module
 
-=item Extended Fcntl Module
-
 =item Internal Change: FileHandle Deprecated
 
 =item Internal Change: PerlIO internal IO abstraction interface
@@ -99,6 +97,10 @@ use blib, use blib 'dir', use locale, use ops
 
 =item Math::Complex
 
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
 =item Overridden Built-ins
 
 =back
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
 
 =back
 
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>
+
 =item Documentation Changes
 
 L<perldelta>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>, L<perldebug>,
@@ -353,8 +359,8 @@ getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
 setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
 setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
 endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto
-&NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR,
+goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index
 STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys ASSOC_ARRAY, kill LIST,
 last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
@@ -1395,6 +1401,8 @@ B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
+=item Variables
+
 =over
 
 =item Datatypes
@@ -1419,7 +1427,9 @@ B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
 
 =item Stashes and Globs
 
-=item Magic
+=item Double-Typed SV's
+
+=item Magic Variables
 
 =item Assigning Magic
 
@@ -1427,7 +1437,11 @@ B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
 
 =item Finding Magic
 
-=item Double-Typed SV's
+=back
+
+=item Subroutines
+
+=over
 
 =item XSUB's and the Argument Stack
 
@@ -1437,14 +1451,32 @@ B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
 
 =item PerlIO
 
-=item Scratchpads
-
 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
 
 =item Scratchpads
 
 =item Scratchpads and recursions
 
+=back
+
+=item Compiled code
+
+=over
+
+=item Code tree
+
+=item Examining the tree
+
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+
+=back
+
 =item API LISTING
 
 AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push,
@@ -1482,8 +1514,6 @@ XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
 XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV, XST_mNO,
 XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
 
-=back
-
 =item EDITOR
 
 =item DATE
@@ -3410,6 +3440,8 @@ unexpand(1)
 
 =item EXAMPLE
 
+=item BUGS
+
 =item AUTHOR
 
 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes