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author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-12-03 14:22:05 +0000 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-12-03 14:22:05 +0000 |
commit | da6838c8ad4a9c29eba26fe2152c1bc067506fb2 (patch) | |
tree | a77e3f4343811c6a0ece2321d4fb2218ce0fef79 /pod | |
parent | 9dc55af2183ef81a297b01049e1eff235ffe299e (diff) | |
download | perl-da6838c8ad4a9c29eba26fe2152c1bc067506fb2.tar.gz |
perldelta tweaks.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13439
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 6ccff1a449..90f0a09c6c 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -388,8 +388,9 @@ C<%\d+\$> and C<*\d+\$> syntaxes. For example print "%2\$s %1\$s\n", "foo", "bar"; -will print "bar foo\n"; This feature helps in writing -internationalised software. +will print "bar foo\n". This feature helps in writing +internationalised software, and in general when the order +of the parameters can vary. =item * @@ -912,18 +913,18 @@ CPAN and in 5.7.2 the Net::Ping::External may be integrated to Perl. =item * -C<POSIX::sigaction()> is now much more flexible and robust. +POSIX::sigaction() is now much more flexible and robust. You can now install coderef handlers, 'DEFAULT', and 'IGNORE' handlers, installing new handlers was not atomic. =item * -In C<Safe> the C<%INC> now localised in a Safe compartment so that +In Safe the C<%INC> now localised in a Safe compartment so that use/require work. =item * -In C<Search::Dict> one can now have a pre-processing hook for the +In Search::Dict one can now have a pre-processing hook for the lines being searched. =item * @@ -936,7 +937,7 @@ The Test module has been significantly enhanced. =item * -The C<vars> pragma now supports declaring fully qualified variables. +The vars pragma now supports declaring fully qualified variables. (Something that C<our()> does not and will not support.) =item * @@ -1680,7 +1681,7 @@ data lying around in them. =item * -C<Sys::Syslog> ignored the C<LOG_AUTH> constant. +Sys::Syslog ignored the C<LOG_AUTH> constant. =item * @@ -2148,10 +2149,6 @@ to be closer to the library/extension they are testing.) =head1 Known Problems -Note that unlike other sections in this document (which describe -changes since 5.7.0) this section is cumulative containing known -problems for all the 5.7 releases. - =head2 AIX =over 4 |