[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_26 to perl5.003_27]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Fix eval "" in Configure
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:09:53 -0500
From: John L. Allen <allen@gateway.grumman.com>
Files: Configure

    Subject: Re: Configure problem on IRIX - me dumb
    
    p5p-msgid: <9702141809.AA17001@gateway.grumman.com>

Subject: Don't link with -lsfio if sfio is not requested
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: perl5.003_26 Configure change "win" for AIX 4
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:59:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
Files: Configure

    p5p-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
    private-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoD

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Better looks_like_number() function [sv.c]
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:08:52 +0100
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: sv.c
Msg-ID: <199702141708.SAA17546@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 8dbaa58ee2aba7cc22d84199a674c58bbf108b46)

Subject: Remove redundant functions UNIVERSAL::{class,is_instance}
Date: 14 Feb 1997 15:52:21 +0000
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlobj.pod t/op/universal.t universal.c
Msg-ID: <hwwsbpeq2.fsf@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77bb9b23081b62119e8fbe9f5655b8802e4537ae)

Subject: Allow C<setpgrp $$>
Date: 16 Feb 1997 23:19:12 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pp_sys.c
Msg-ID: <pzraigyshr.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3d2573a84a1aa655d5da58c57b3fc20e04d40f9f)

Subject: Fix syntax error on C<&$1>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Fix grep() with refs in array context
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Eliminate $^S; add C<use vmsish qw(status exit time)>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 02:45:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST gv.c lib/English.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp mg.c op.c perl.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c utils/perldoc.PL vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs vms/ext/XSSymSet.pm vms/ext/vmsish.pm vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h win32/makedef.pl

    private-msgid: <01IFI9CFKL0S004R2V@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Remove Fatal.pm
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST lib/Fatal.pm pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/roffitall t/lib/fatal.t

Subject: Refresh MakeMaker to 5.40
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Fix core dump when embedding
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

Subject: Re: Fragile signals
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:44:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: mg.c
Msg-ID: <199702130644.BAA07572@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 09df8c7df7dfc9853902f1fdd8a6d95f53be66fc)

Subject: Make format strings correspond exactly to parameters
Date: 13 Feb 1997 17:24:31 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: doio.c ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs gv.c op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c regcomp.c toke.c
Msg-ID: <pz7mkc1h0g.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit bf81aadd817bdea29720b072eef945df2da8463b)

Subject: Don't try to attach 'o' magic to read-only values
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: sv.c

Subject: Fix carriage-return message
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: In <=>, test for equality first
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Don't mark sv_{true,false} PADTMP
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index c57b8888e3..110fd240fe 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ filter_add(funcp, datasv)
         die("Can't upgrade filter_add data to SVt_PVIO");
     IoDIRP(datasv) = (DIR*)funcp; /* stash funcp into spare field */
     if (filter_debug)
-	warn("filter_add func %lx (%s)", funcp, SvPV(datasv,na));
+	warn("filter_add func %p (%s)", funcp, SvPV(datasv,na));
     av_unshift(rsfp_filters, 1);
     av_store(rsfp_filters, 0, datasv) ;
     return(datasv);
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ filter_del(funcp)
     filter_t funcp;
 {
     if (filter_debug)
-	warn("filter_del func %lx", funcp);
+	warn("filter_del func %p", funcp);
     if (!rsfp_filters || AvFILL(rsfp_filters)<0)
 	return;
     /* if filter is on top of stack (usual case) just pop it off */
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ filter_read(idx, buf_sv, maxlen)
     /* Get function pointer hidden within datasv	*/
     funcp = (filter_t)IoDIRP(datasv);
     if (filter_debug)
-	warn("filter_read %d: via function %lx (%s)\n",
+	warn("filter_read %d: via function %p (%s)\n",
 		idx, funcp, SvPV(datasv,na));
     /* Call function. The function is expected to 	*/
     /* call "FILTER_READ(idx+1, buf_sv)" first.		*/
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ yylex()
 	}
 	goto retry;
     case '\r':
-	croak("Illegal character \\%03o (carriage return)");
+	croak("Illegal character \\%03o (carriage return)", '\r');
     case ' ': case '\t': case '\f': case 013:
 	s++;
 	goto retry;
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ yylex()
 	    if (strnEQ(s,"=>",2)) {
 		if (dowarn)
 		    warn("Ambiguous use of -%c => resolved to \"-%c\" =>",
-			tmp, tmp);
+			(int)tmp, (int)tmp);
 		s = force_word(bufptr,WORD,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE);
 		OPERATOR('-');		/* unary minus */
 	    }
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ yylex()
 	    case 'A': gv_fetchpv("\024",TRUE, SVt_PV); FTST(OP_FTATIME);
 	    case 'C': gv_fetchpv("\024",TRUE, SVt_PV); FTST(OP_FTCTIME);
 	    default:
-		croak("Unrecognized file test: -%c", tmp);
+		croak("Unrecognized file test: -%c", (int)tmp);
 		break;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ yylex()
 	if (tmp == '~')
 	    PMop(OP_MATCH);
 	if (dowarn && tmp && isSPACE(*s) && strchr("+-*/%.^&|<",tmp))
-	    warn("Reversed %c= operator",tmp);
+	    warn("Reversed %c= operator",(int)tmp);
 	s--;
 	if (expect == XSTATE && isALPHA(tmp) &&
 		(s == linestart+1 || s[-2] == '\n') )
@@ -4332,7 +4332,7 @@ I32 ck_uni;
 	return s;
     }
     if (*s == '$' && s[1] &&
-      (isALPHA(s[1]) || strchr("$_{", s[1]) || strnEQ(s+1,"::",2)) )
+      (isALNUM(s[1]) || strchr("${", s[1]) || strnEQ(s+1,"::",2)) )
 	return s;
     if (*s == '{') {
 	bracket = s;
@@ -5170,7 +5170,7 @@ char *s;
     if (multi_start < multi_end && (U32)(curcop->cop_line - multi_end) <= 1) {
 	sprintf(buf+strlen(buf),
 	"  (Might be a runaway multi-line %c%c string starting on line %ld)\n",
-		multi_open,multi_close,(long)multi_start);
+		(int)multi_open,(int)multi_close,(long)multi_start);
         multi_end = 0;
     }
     if (in_eval & 2)