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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-10-13 21:17:17 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-10-13 21:17:17 +0000
commit4ad36b56fc9a36a6ae97dede5c0a0b63c849714d (patch)
treeedb8a9575802cc4bb2fd90a27695ba2924de36d1 /pod
parentdfed14d211a4828e9d879513466e41afb47fa3fb (diff)
parent501fbaef3175dd8502946b025f50c421a76a0318 (diff)
downloadperl-4ad36b56fc9a36a6ae97dede5c0a0b63c849714d.tar.gz
Integrate with Sarathy.
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4371
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod25
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 5a054e13b3..ed395be00e 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ In Perl 5.6 and later, C<"$$1"> always means C<"${$1}">.
each(), values() and hashes in a list context return the actual
values in the hash, instead of copies (as they used to in earlier
versions). Typical idioms for using these constructs copy the
-returned values, but this is can make a significant difference when
+returned values, but this can make a significant difference when
creating references to the returned values.
Keys in the hash are still returned as copies when iterating on
@@ -182,14 +182,6 @@ the default.
Note that these functions do B<not> constitute Perl's memory allocation API.
See L<perlguts/"Memory Allocation"> for further information about that.
-=item C<PL_na> and C<dTHR> Issues
-
-The C<PL_na> global is now thread local, so a C<dTHR> declaration is needed
-in the scope in which the global appears. XSUBs should handle this automatically,
-but if you have used C<PL_na> in support functions, you either need to
-change the C<PL_na> to a local variable (which is recommended), or put in
-a C<dTHR>.
-
=back
=head2 Compatible C Source API Changes
@@ -830,7 +822,7 @@ used to truncate the message in prior versions.
$foo::a and $foo::b are now exempt from "possible typo" warnings only
if sort() is encountered in package foo.
-Unrecognized alphabetic escapes encountered when parsing quoting
+Unrecognized alphabetic escapes encountered when parsing quote
constructs now generate a warning, since they may take on new
semantics in later versions of Perl.
@@ -997,6 +989,9 @@ See L<attributes>.
=item B
+The Perl Compiler suite has been extensively reworked for this
+release.
+
[TODO - Vishal Bhatia <vishal@gol.com>,
Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>]
@@ -1005,11 +1000,6 @@ Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>]
The ByteLoader is a dedicated extension to generate and run
Perl bytecode. See L<ByteLoader>.
-=item B
-
-The Perl Compiler suite has been extensively reworked for this
-release.
-
=item constant
References can now be used. See L<constant>.
@@ -1022,8 +1012,7 @@ change#4052
=item Data::Dumper
A C<Maxdepth> setting can be specified to avoid venturing
-too deeply into data structures that may be very deep.
-See L<Data::Dumper>.
+too deeply into depp data structures. See L<Data::Dumper>.
Dumping C<qr//> objects works correctly.
@@ -1267,7 +1256,7 @@ to the Win32::GetLastError() function.
The new Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME) returns the full absolute
pathname for FILENAME in scalar context. In list context it returns
a two-element list containing the fully qualified directory name and
-the filename.
+the filename. See L<Win32>.
=item DBM Filters