[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_07 to perl5.003_08]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Bitwise op sign rationalization
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pod/perlop.pod pod/perltoc.pod pp.c pp.h pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c t/op/bop.t

    Make bitwise ops result in unsigned values, unless C<use
    integer> is in effect.  Includes initial support for UVs.

Subject: Defined scoping for C<my> in control structures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c perly.c perly.c.diff perly.h perly.y proto.h toke.c

    Finally defines semantics of "my" in control expressions,
    like the condition of "if" and "while".  In all cases, scope
    of a "my" var extends to the end of the entire control
    structure.  Also adds new construct "for my", which
    automatically declares the control variable "my" and limits
    its scope to the loop.

Subject: Fix ++/-- after int conversion (e.g. 'printf "%d"')
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c sv.c

    This patch makes Perl correctly ignore SvIVX() if either
    NOK or POK is true, since SvIVX() may be a truncated or
    overflowed version of the real value.

Subject: Make code match Camel II re: functions that use $_
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: opcode.pl

Subject: Provide scalar context on left side of "->"
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perly.c perly.y

Subject: Quote bearword package/handle FOO in "funcname FOO => 'bar'"
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Warn on overflow of octal and hex integers
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: proto.h toke.c util.c

Subject: If -w active, warn for commas and hashes ('#') in qw()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Fixes for pack('w')
From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Files: pp.c t/op/pack.t

Subject: More complete output from sv_dump()
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: sv.c

Subject: Major '..' and debugger patches
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/perl5db.pl op.c pp_ctl.c scope.c scope.h

Subject: Fix for formline()
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: global.sym mg.c perl.h pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c proto.h sv.c t/op/write.t

Subject: Fix stack botch in untie and binmode
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pp_sys.c

Subject: Complete EMBED, including symbols from interp.sym
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST embed.pl ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h global.sym handy.h malloc.c perl.h pp_sys.c proto.h regexec.c toke.c util.c x2p/Makefile.SH x2p/a2p.h x2p/handy.h x2p/util.h

    New define EMBEDMYMALLOC makes embedding total by
    avoiding "Mymalloc" etc.

Subject: Support old embedding for people who want it
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST Makefile.SH old_embed.pl old_global.sym

 PORTABILITY

Subject: Miscellaneous VMS fixes
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Math/Complex.pm lib/Time/Local.pm lib/timelocal.pl perl.h perl_exp.SH proto.h t/TEST t/io/read.t t/lib/findbin.t t/lib/getopt.t util.c utils/h2xs.PL vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs vms/perlvms.pod vms/test.com vms/vms.c

Subject: DJGPP patches (MS-DOS)
From: "Douglas E. Wegscheid" <wegscd@whirlpool.com>
Files: doio.c dosish.h ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c handy.h lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/File/Find.pm malloc.c perl.c perl.h pp_sys.c proto.h sv.c util.c

Subject: Patch to make Perl work under AmigaOS
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: MANIFEST hints/amigaos.sh installman lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Find.pm pod/pod2man.PL pp_sys.c util.c

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vms/perlvms.pod b/vms/perlvms.pod
index f15bd77cfe..b56d202a7b 100644
--- a/vms/perlvms.pod
+++ b/vms/perlvms.pod
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ directory specifications may use either VMS or Unix syntax.
 
 Perl for VMS supports redirection of input and output on the 
 command line, using a subset of Bourne shell syntax:
+
     <F<file> reads stdin from F<file>,
     >F<file> writes stdout to F<file>,
     >>F<file> appends stdout to F<file>,
@@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ to pass uppercase switches to Perl, you need to enclose
 them in double-quotes on the command line, since the CRTL
 downcases all unquoted strings.
 
+=over 4
+
 =item -i
 
 If the C<-i> switch is present but no extension for a backup
@@ -286,6 +289,8 @@ The C<-u> switch causes the VMS debugger to be invoked
 after the Perl program is compiled, but before it has
 run.  It does not create a core dump file.
 
+=back
+
 =head1 Perl functions
 
 As of the time this document was last revised, the following 
@@ -337,6 +342,7 @@ your copy of Perl:
     getsockopt, listen, recv, select(system call)*,
     send, setsockopt, shutdown, socket
 
+=over 4
 
 =item File tests
 
@@ -605,8 +611,17 @@ and you invoked Perl with the C<-w> switch, a warning will be issued.)
 
 The FLAGS argument is ignored in all cases.
 
+=back
+
 =head1 Perl variables
 
+The following VMS-specific information applies to the indicated
+"special" Perl variables, in addition to the general information
+in L<perlvar>.  Where there is a conflict, this infrmation
+takes precedence.
+
+=over 4
+
 =item %ENV 
 
 Reading the elements of the %ENV array returns the 
@@ -699,6 +714,8 @@ all the way to disk on each write (I<i.e.> not just to
 the underlying RMS buffers for a file).  In other words,
 it's equivalent to calling fflush() and fsync() from C.
 
+=back
+
 =head1 Revision date
 
 This document was last updated on 28-Feb-1996, for Perl 5,