Pass 5 at perldelta - module and utility updates cleanup.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13221

1 files changed, 84 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 0a4c558d87..8a17974317 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ C<eval "v200"> now works.
 
 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-=head2 New Modules
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ but if not possible, the familiar Perl implementation is used.
 
 =item *
 
+C<Devel::PPPort>, from Kenneth Albanowski, has been added.  It is
+primarily used by C<h2xs> to enhance portability of of XS modules
+between different versions of Perl.
+
+=item *
+
 C<Digest>, frontend module for calculating digests (checksums), from
 Gisle Aas, has been added.  See L<Digest>.
 
@@ -599,6 +605,11 @@ See L<NEXT>.
 
 =item *
 
+C<open> is a new pragma for setting the default I/O disciplines
+for open().
+
+=item *
+
 C<PerlIO::Scalar> provides the implementation of IO to "in memory"
 Perl scalars as discussed above, from Nick Ing-Simmons.  It also
 serves as an example of a loadable PerlIO layer.  Other future
@@ -619,6 +630,12 @@ to Quoted-Printable.  See L<PerlIO::Via>.
 
 =item *
 
+C<Pod::ParseLink>, by Russ Allbery, has been added,
+to parse L<> links in pods as described in the new
+perlpodspec.
+
+=item *
+
 C<Pod::Text::Overstrike>, by Joe Smith, has been added.
 It converts POD data to formatted overstrike text.
 See L<Pod::Text::Overstrike>.
@@ -630,6 +647,10 @@ like blessed(), reftype(), and tainted().  See L<Scalar::Util>.
 
 =item *
 
+C<sort> is a new pragma for controlling the behaviour of sort().
+
+=item *
+
 C<Storable> gives persistence to Perl data structures by allowing the
 storage and retrieval of Perl data to and from files in a fast and
 compact binary format, from Raphael Manfredi.  See L<Storable>.
@@ -757,71 +778,60 @@ AutoLoader can now be disabled with C<no AutoLoader;>,
 
 =item *
 
-Data::Dumper has now an option to sort hashes.
-
-=item *
-
-The English module can now be used without the infamous performance
-hit by saying
-
-	use English '-no_performance_hit';
-
-(Assuming, of course, that one doesn't need the troublesome variables
-C<$`>, C<$&>, or C<$'>.)  Also, introduced C<@LAST_MATCH_START> and
-C<@LAST_MATCH_END> English aliases for C<@-> and C<@+>.
-
-=item *
-
-File::Find now has pre- and post-processing callbacks.  It also
-correctly changes directories when chasing symbolic links.  Callbacks
-(naughtily) exiting with "next;" instead of "return;" now work.
+B::Deparse has been significantly enhanced.  It now can deparse almost
+all of the standard test suite (so that the tests still succeed).
+There is a make target "test.deparse" for trying this out.
 
 =item *
 
-File::Glob::glob() renamed to File::Glob::bsd_glob() to avoid
-prototype mismatch with CORE::glob().
+Class::Struct can now define the classes in compile time.
 
 =item *
 
-IPC::Open3 now allows the use of numeric file descriptors.
+Class::Struct now assigns the array/hash element if the accessor
+is called with an array/hash element as the B<sole> argument.
 
 =item *
 
-use lib now works identically to @INC.  Removing directories
-with 'no lib' now works.
+Data::Dumper has now an option to sort hashes.
 
 =item *
 
-C<%INC> now localised in a Safe compartment so that use/require work.
+Data::Dumper has now an option to dump code references
+using B::Deparse.
 
 =item *
 
-The Shell module now has an OO interface.
+The English module can now be used without the infamous performance
+hit by saying
 
-=item *
+	use English '-no_performance_hit';
 
-B::Deparse has been significantly enhanced.  It now can deparse almost
-all of the standard test suite (so that the tests still succeed).
-There is a make target "test.deparse" for trying this out.
+(Assuming, of course, that one doesn't need the troublesome variables
+C<$`>, C<$&>, or C<$'>.)  Also, introduced C<@LAST_MATCH_START> and
+C<@LAST_MATCH_END> English aliases for C<@-> and C<@+>.
 
 =item *
 
-Class::Struct can now define the classes in compile time.
+Fcntl, Socket, and Sys::Syslog have been rewritten to use the
+new-style constant dispatch section (see L<ExtUtils::Constant>).
+This means that they will be more robust and hopefully faster.
 
 =item *
 
-Class::Struct now assigns the array/hash element if the accessor
-is called with an array/hash element as the B<sole> argument.
+File::Find now has pre- and post-processing callbacks.  It also
+correctly changes directories when chasing symbolic links.  Callbacks
+(naughtily) exiting with "next;" instead of "return;" now work.
 
 =item *
 
-Fcntl, Socket, and Sys::Syslog have been rewritten to use the
-new-style constant dispatch section (see L<ExtUtils::Constant>).
+File::Find is now (again) reentrant.  It also has been made
+more portable.
 
 =item *
 
-File::Find is now (again) reentrant.  It also has been made
-more portable.
+File::Glob::glob() renamed to File::Glob::bsd_glob() to avoid
+prototype mismatch with CORE::glob().
 
 =item *
 
@@ -836,6 +846,10 @@ compiled with debugging).
 
 =item *
 
+IPC::Open3 now allows the use of numeric file descriptors.
+
+=item *
+
 IO::Socket has now atmark() method, which returns true if the socket
 is positioned at the out-of-band mark.  The method is also exportable
 as a sockatmark() function.
@@ -853,8 +867,13 @@ that the operating system will make one up.)
 
 =item *
 
-Math::BigFloat and Math::BigInt have undergone much fixing,
-they are now magnitudes faster, and they support various
+use lib now works identically to @INC.  Removing directories
+with 'no lib' now works.
+
+=item *
+
+Math::BigFloat and Math::BigInt have undergone a full rewrite.
+They are now magnitudes faster, and they support various
 bignum libraries such as GMP and PARI as their backends.
 
 =item *
@@ -866,17 +885,20 @@ CPAN and in 5.7.2 the Net::Ping::External may be integrated to Perl.
 
 =item *
 
-The C<open> pragma allows layers other than ":raw" and ":crlf" when
-using PerlIO.
-
-=item *
-
 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 *
 
+C<%INC> now localised in a Safe compartment so that use/require work.
+
+=item *
+
+The Shell module now has an OO interface.
+
+=item *
+
 The Test module has been significantly enhanced.
 
 =item *
@@ -908,15 +930,20 @@ F<emacs/e2ctags.pl> is now much faster.
 
 =item *
 
-h2xs now produces a template README.
+C<h2ph> now supports C trigraphs.
+
+=item *
+
+C<h2xs> now produces a template README.
 
 =item *
 
-L<h2ph> now supports C trigraphs.
+C<h2xs> now uses C<Devel::PPort> for better portability between
+different versions of Perl.
 
 =item *
 
-L<h2xs> uses the new L<ExtUtils::Constant> module which will affect
+C<h2xs> uses the new L<ExtUtils::Constant> module which will affect
 newly created extensions that define constants.  Since the new code is
 more correct (if you have two constants where the first one is a
 prefix of the second one, the first constant B<never> gets defined),
@@ -928,39 +955,40 @@ L<h2xs> now also supports C trigraphs.
 
 =item *
 
-L<libnetcfg> has been added to configure the libnet.
+C<libnetcfg> has been added to configure the libnet.
 
 =item *
 
-perlbug is now much more robust.  It also sends the bug report to
+C<perlbug> is now much more robust.  It also sends the bug report to
 perl.org, not perl.com.
 
 =item *
 
-perlcc has been rewritten and its user interface (that is,
+C<perlcc> has been rewritten and its user interface (that is,
 command line) is much more like that of the UNIX C compiler, cc.
 
 =item *
 
-perlivp is a new utility for doing Installation Verification
+C<perlivp> is a new utility for doing Installation Verification
 Procedure after installing Perl.
 
 =item *
 
-pod2html now allows specifying a cache directory.
+C<pod2html> now allows specifying a cache directory.
 
 =item *
 
-s2p has been completely rewritten in Perl.  (It is in fact a full
-implementation of sed in Perl.)
+C<s2p> has been completely rewritten in Perl.  (It is in fact a full
+implementation of sed in Perl: you can use the sed functionality by
+using the C<psed> utility.)
 
 =item *
 
-xsubpp now understands POD documentation embedded in the *.xs files.
+C<xsubpp> now understands POD documentation embedded in the *.xs files.
 
 =item *
 
-xsubpp now supports OUT keyword.
+C<xsubpp> now supports OUT keyword.
 
 =back