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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2006-08-14 09:30:38 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2006-08-14 09:30:38 +0000
commitd06a652890e803463101f283eb48d1a3bbc3994e (patch)
tree830bfee1f2c7da29a5b644b47fb221cc5329c3ee /pod
parent09e7fabe003fb3e065c123c493fd5f1eff486c69 (diff)
downloadperl-d06a652890e803463101f283eb48d1a3bbc3994e.tar.gz
More perldelta nits.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@28705
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl594delta.pod b/pod/perl594delta.pod
index 458e86abd9..49e71c94bd 100644
--- a/pod/perl594delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl594delta.pod
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ or by using the C<-E> command-line switch in one-liners.
See L<perlsub/"Persistent variables via state()">.
-=head2 UNIVERSAL:DOES()
+=head2 UNIVERSAL::DOES()
The C<UNIVERSAL> class has a new method, C<DOES()>. It has been added to
solve semantic problems with the C<isa()> method. C<isa()> checks for
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ value, in a thread-safe garbage-collected way.
C<Win32API::File> has been added (for Windows builds). This module
provides low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs.
+=item *
+
+C<Package::Constants> has been added. It's a simple helper to list all
+constants declared in a given package.
+
=back
=head1 Utility Changes
@@ -129,8 +134,6 @@ string encodings in Perl, due to Juerd Waalboer.
=head1 Performance Enhancements
-Constants (Nicholas)
-
Regular expressions (Yves)
=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
@@ -182,6 +185,11 @@ locales.
Bytecode tests fails under several platforms. Support for byteloader and
compiler is considered to be removed before the 5.10.0 release.
+=head2 Platform-specific Problems
+
+The test F<ext/Socket/t/socketpair.t> crashes after completing all tests
+successfully when built with USE_ITHREADS and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS on Win32.
+
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles