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author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-08-22 17:19:42 +0000 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-08-22 17:19:42 +0000 |
commit | 562628a3426d58cb10566f7b16d85fd2f25ab028 (patch) | |
tree | be7a63073e437e358aac5dae4ca086c27a7eaa5b /pod | |
parent | 44e147dea8896d18032c55a14e77f24dabd1a153 (diff) | |
download | perl-562628a3426d58cb10566f7b16d85fd2f25ab028.tar.gz |
perldelta nits.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6774
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 26 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index e5cf5f675a..ad438e750e 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ are safe. The exploit attempt reporting feature has been completely removed from the Perl 5.7.0 release, so that particular vulnerability isn't there -anymore. However, further security vulnerabilities are, unfortunately, -always possible. The suidperl code is being reviewed and if deemed too -risky to continue to support it may be completely removed from future -releases. In any case, suidperl should only be used by security -experts who know exactly what they are doing and why they are using -suidperl instead of some other solution such as sudo (see -http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/). +anymore. However, further security vulnerabilities are, +unfortunately, always possible. The suidperl code is being reviewed +and if deemed too risky to continue to be supported, it may be +completely removed from future releases. In any case, suidperl should +only be used by security experts who know exactly what they are doing +and why they are using suidperl instead of some other solution such as +sudo (see http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/). =head1 Incompatible Changes @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ perlnewmod tells about writing and submitting a new module. =item * perlposix-bc explains using Perl on the POSIX-BC platform -(a mainframe platform). +(an EBCDIC mainframe platform). =item * @@ -285,8 +285,14 @@ distribution. =head1 Performance Enhancements +=over 4 + +=item * + map() that changes the size of the list should now work faster. +=back + =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements =head2 Generic Improvements @@ -413,7 +419,7 @@ C<q(a\\b)> now parses correctly as C<'a\\b'>. =item * Printing quads (64-bit integers) with printf/sprintf now works -without q L ll prefixes (assuming you are on a quad-capable platform). +without the q L ll prefixes (assuming you are on a quad-capable platform). =item * @@ -682,7 +688,7 @@ marked. The various "opened only for", "on closed", "never opened" warnings drop the C<main::> prefix for filehandles in the C<main> package, -for example C<STDIN> instead of <main::STDIN>. +for example C<STDIN> instead of <main::STDIN>. The "Unrecognized escape" warning has been extended to include C<\8>, C<\9>, and C<\_>. There is no need to escape any of the C<\w> characters. |