[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_22 to perl5.003_23]perl-5.003_23

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Make configure.gnu a copy of configure; make configure writea
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST configure.gnu

Subject: Regen Configure with metaconfig: +ARCHNAME, -FILE_filbuf
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure config_H config_h.SH hints/lynxos.sh os2/diff.configure os2/os2ish.h plan9/config.plan9 sv.c utils/perlbug.PL vms/config.vms vms/fndvers.com

Subject: Compile with optimization when testing memory functions
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Configure

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Disallow changing $_[0] in __DIE__ handlers
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod util.c

Subject: Fix overloading with inheritance and AUTOLOAD
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 17:26:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c lib/diagnostics.pm lib/overload.pm pod/perldebug.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlxs.pod
Msg-ID: <199701202226.RAA05072@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e7ea3e70155d0bea30720ba41eb6bb6742aac0d1)

Subject: Nested here-docs
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 15:13:42 -0800
From: Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
Files: toke.c
Msg-ID: <199701202313.PAA11693@wall.org>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit fd2d0953290ddd46f0820dbd6c87245486b7ab28)

Subject: Revert $^X to old behavior (plus HP-UX bug fix)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: hints/hpux.sh toke.c

Subject: Protect against '0' in 'stmt while <HANDLE>'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

Subject: Don't warn when closure uses var at file scope
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: VMS patches for _22
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:50:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp lib/Test/Harness.pm toke.c vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms vms/genconfig.pl vms/perly_c.vms vms/vmsish.h x2p/a2p.h vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/perly_c.vms

    private-msgid: <01IEGBJ2TMYS003PCL@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

Subject: Plan9 update
From: Luther Huffman <lutherh@stratcom.com>
Files: plan9/config.plan9 plan9/mkfile

Subject: hints & Configure changes to build perl on DC/OSx
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:43:52 -0800
From: Stephen Zander <stephen.zander@interlock.mckesson.com>
Files: Configure MANIFEST hints/dcosx.sh
Msg-ID: <199701170043.QAA25985@wsbip1.mckesson.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 23f8769697279d7912be5943de9fdf93f6aa3013)

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Additional docs for __DIE__ and __WARN__
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlvar.pod

Subject: Document #line directive
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 04:08:44 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perlsyn.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701240908.EAA23846@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

Subject: delta for perldelta
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:57:43 -0800
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <804.854121463@jinete>

Subject: Updates to perldelta
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 06:48:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701211610.LAA06227@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

Subject: perlnews.pod diff for the Fcntl
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:00:56 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod

    private-msgid: <199701211600.SAA30117@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: Rename perlnews -> perldelta per Tom's request
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/roffitall

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Refresh IO to 1.15 (plus DESTROY and new_tmpfile fixes)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm t/lib/io_pipe.t

Subject: Allow IO.xs to remain at 1.15 while $VERSION is 1.1501
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: XSUB.h ext/IO/Makefile.PL ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm

Subject: Add E* and SA_* constants
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:36:07 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs

    private-msgid: <23338.853986967@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Make PERL5LIB and -I work like C<use lib>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:23:27 +0000
From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
Files: lib/lib.pm perl.c

    private-msgid: <9701231523.AA26613@toad.ig.co.uk>

Subject: Fix /\G.a/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: regcomp.c regcomp.h regexec.c regexp.h toke.c

Subject: Extend stack in pp_undef (!)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Allow for sub to be redefined while executing
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h pp_hot.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Eliminate redundant flag CVf_FORMAT
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cv.h op.c perl.c perly.c perly.y proto.h sv.c toke.c

Subject: Generate IVs when possible in abs() and int()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Efficiency patchlet for pp_aassign()
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:05:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c
Msg-ID: <199701210305.WAA05451@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7e42bd57a6867e174bc3bc555c3268b485940a98)

Subject: Remove "suidperl security patch" message
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perl.c

 TESTS

Subject: Fix tests of $^X and $0 to work with QNX
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: t/lib/io_pipe.t t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t t/op/magic.t

Subject: Patch tests for systems without fork()
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:51:28 +0100
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: t/io/pipe.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_pipe.t t/lib/io_sock.t t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t t/op/fork.t

    private-msgid: <77724697@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

Subject: Test patches for OS/2
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:48:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: os2/OS2/ExtAttr/t/os2_ea.t os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_cmprt.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_dllld.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_objcall.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_sql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tiesql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tievar.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t t/README t/cmd/while.t t/comp/colon.t t/comp/multiline.t t/io/argv.t t/lib/anydbm.t t/lib/gdbm.t t/lib/ndbm.t t/lib/odbm.t t/lib/sdbm.t t/op/cmp.t t/op/magic.t
Msg-ID: <199701170448.XAA28948@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit bbad36071d5a6d4be3588f0f10c88247439076d8)

 UTILITIES

Subject: Translate \200 to &#200; in pod2html
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/pod2html.PL

Subject: VMS patches: '.com' extension on scripts
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 18:42:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: pod/checkpods.PL pod/pod2html.PL pod/pod2latex.PL pod/pod2man.PL pod/pod2text.PL utils/c2ph.PL utils/h2ph.PL utils/h2xs.PL utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL utils/pl2pm.PL utils/splain.PL vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL

    private-msgid: <01IELNPDLYJM003E7J@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

1 files changed, 84 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index b8353fcdb1..f451606df5 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5DB, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERLLIB
 
 =item NOTES
 
-=head2 perlnews - what's new for perl5.004
+=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ 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
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ $^E, $^H, $^M
 
 delete on slices, flock, keys as an lvalue, my() in Control Structures,
 unpack() and pack(), use VERSION, use Module VERSION LIST,
-prototype(FUNCTION), $_ as Default
-
-=item C<m//g> does not trigger a pos() reset on failure
+prototype(FUNCTION), $_ as Default, C<m//g> does not trigger a pos() reset
+on failure, nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on
+changing lexicals
 
 =item New Built-in Methods
 
@@ -76,18 +78,21 @@ isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ), class(), is_instance()
 
 =item TIEHANDLE Now Supported
 
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this,
+Efficiency Enhancements
 
 =back
 
 =item Pragmata
 
-use blib, use locale, use ops
+use blib, use blib 'dir', use locale, use ops
 
 =item Modules
 
 =over
 
+=item Fcntl
+
 =item Module Information Summary
 
 =item IO
@@ -98,25 +103,40 @@ use blib, use locale, use ops
 
 =back
 
-=item Efficiency Enhancements
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
 
 =item Documentation Changes
 
-L<perlnews>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>, L<perldebug>,
+L<perldelta>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>, L<perldebug>,
 L<perlsec>
 
 =item New Diagnostics
 
-"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, Allocation too
-large: %lx, Allocation too large, Attempt to free non-existent shared
-string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr, Unsupported function
-fork, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Integer overflow in
-hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, Null picture in formline,
-Offset outside string, Out of memory!, Out of memory during request for %s,
-Possible attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate
-words with commas, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist,
-Got an error from DosAllocMem:, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
-long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Attempt to free non-existent shared string, Attempt to use reference
+as lvalue in substr, Unsupported function fork, Ill-formed logical name
+|%s| in prime_env_iter, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict
+refs" in use, Constant subroutine %s redefined, Died, Integer overflow in
+hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Cannot
+resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `s', Out of memory!, Out of
+memory during request for %s, Possible attempt to put comments in qw()
+list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s}
+better written as $%s{%s}, untie attempted while %d inner references still
+exist, Value of %s construct can be "0"; test with defined(), Variable "%s"
+may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared, Warning:
+something's wrong, Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX,
+PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process terminated by SIG%s
 
 =item BUGS
 
@@ -168,6 +188,8 @@ long, Process terminated by SIG%s
 
 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
 
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+
 =back
 
 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
@@ -1007,19 +1029,27 @@ safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
 
 =item Debugger Commands
 
-h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n,
-E<lt>CRE<gt>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -,
-w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]pattern], t, t expr, b
-[line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition],
-b load filename, d [line], D, a [line] command, A, O [opt[=val]] [opt"val"]
-[opt?].., recallCommand, ShellBang, pager, tkRunning, signalLevel,
-warnLevel, dieLevel, AutoTrace, LineInfo, C<inhibit_exit>, C<PrintRet>,
-C<frame>, arrayDepth, hashDepth, compactDump, veryCompact, globPrint,
-DumpDBFiles, DumpPackages, quote, HighBit, undefPrint, C<TTY>, noTTY,
-C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>, E<lt> [ command ], E<lt>E<lt> command,
-E<gt> command, E<gt>E<gt> command, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, !
--number, ! pattern, !! cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, =
-[alias value], command, p expr
+h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
+[expr], E<lt>CRE<gt>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l
+subname, -, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]pattern],
+t, t expr, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
+[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
+command, A, O [opt[=val]] [opt"val"] [opt?].., C<recallCommand>,
+C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>, C<warnLevel>,
+C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>, C<PrintRet>,
+C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>,
+C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<quote>,
+C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
+C<NonStop>, E<lt> [ command ], E<lt>E<lt> command, E<gt> command,
+E<gt>E<gt> command, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, !
+pattern, !! cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, = [alias value],
+command, m expr, m package
+
+=item Debugger input/output
+
+Prompt, Multi-line commands, Stack backtrace, Listing, Frame listing
+
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
 
 =item Debugger Customization
 
@@ -1422,7 +1452,7 @@ av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH,
 DBsingle, DBsub, DBtrace, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dowarn, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32,
 dXSI32, ENTER, EXTEND, FREETMPS, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, GIMME,
 G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv,
-he_free, he_delayfree, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_exists, hv_fetch,
+GvSV, he_delayfree, he_free, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_exists, hv_fetch,
 hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic,
 HvNAME, hv_store, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE,
 isUPPER, items, ix, LEAVE, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free,
@@ -1643,13 +1673,18 @@ I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
 and numeric conversion>, I<Special>
 
+=item Inheritance and overloading
+
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
+
 =back
 
 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
 
 =over
 
-=item  Last Resort
+=item Last Resort
 
 =item Fallback 
 
@@ -1818,19 +1853,26 @@ timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis, timethese, timediff, timestr
 =item Interactive Mode
 
 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions
+install, clean	modules or distributions, readme, look module or
+distribution
 
 =item CPAN::Shell
 
+=item autobundle
+
+=item recompile
+
 =item ProgrammerE<39>s interface
 
 =item Cache Manager
 
 =item Bundles
 
-=item autobundle
+=item Prerequisites
 
-=item recompile
+=item Debugging
+
+=item Floppy, Zip, and all that Jazz
 
 =back
 
@@ -1845,13 +1887,7 @@ E<lt>listE<gt>
 
 =item EXPORT
 
-=item Debugging
-
-=over
-
-=item Prerequisites
-
-=back
+=item BUGS
 
 =item AUTHOR
 
@@ -2028,9 +2064,11 @@ $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, dl_error(),
-$dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(),
-dl_find_symbol(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
+dl_load_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
+dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
+bootstrap()
 
 =item AUTHOR