Developer deprecations and an incompatibility.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13546

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index d682460914..dfb71f9294 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ The C<my EXPR : ATTRS> syntax now applies variable attributes at
 run-time.  (Subroutine and C<our> variables still get attributes applied
 at compile-time.)  See L<attributes> for additional details.  In particular,
 however, this allows variable attributes to be useful for C<tie> interfaces,
-which was a deficiency of earlier releaes.
+which was a deficiency of earlier releases.  Note that the new semantics
+doesn't work with the Attribute::Handlers module (as of version 0.76).
 
 =head2 Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
 
@@ -2530,7 +2531,7 @@ pP are testing for Unicode code points, not knowing about EBCDIC.
 The compiler suite is slowly getting better but it continues to be
 highly experimental.  Use in production environments is discouraged.
 
-=head2 The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=head2 The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
 
 The ability to configure Perl's numbers to use "long doubles",
 floating point numbers of hopefully better accuracy, is still
@@ -2542,6 +2543,29 @@ by slowdown in computations (more bits to move around, and the
 operations are more likely to be executed by less optimised
 libraries).
 
+=head2 Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+
+Some modules were seen in the Perl 5.7 development releases
+but are not present in 5.8.0.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<Attribute::Handlers> was removed because the implementation of C<my>
+variable attributes changed so much that the Attribute::Handlers will
+require a major rewrite.  (This means that you can't use
+Attribute::Handler 0.76 with Perl 5.8.0.)
+
+=item *
+
+C<Time::Piece> (previously known as C<Time::Object>) was removed
+because it was felt that it didn't have enough value in it to be a
+core module.  It is still a useful module, though, and is available
+from the CPAN.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index a02f0c99eb..617ed2390f 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -5108,7 +5108,9 @@ I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
 
 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
 
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
 
 =back