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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-12-03 14:22:05 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-12-03 14:22:05 +0000
commitda6838c8ad4a9c29eba26fe2152c1bc067506fb2 (patch)
treea77e3f4343811c6a0ece2321d4fb2218ce0fef79 /pod
parent9dc55af2183ef81a297b01049e1eff235ffe299e (diff)
downloadperl-da6838c8ad4a9c29eba26fe2152c1bc067506fb2.tar.gz
perldelta tweaks.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13439
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perldelta.pod19
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