[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]perl-5.003_24

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: glob defaults to $_
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 03:09:13 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pod/perlfunc.pod t/op/glob.t

    private-msgid: <199701270809.DAA00934@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

Subject: Re: an overloading bug 
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:07:45 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_ctl.c

    private-msgid: <199701270007.TAA26525@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 port
From: Gary Ng <71564.1743@compuserve.com>
Files: MANIFEST win32/*

Subject: Amiga files
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:42:15 +0100
From: Norbert Pueschel <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: MANIFEST README.amiga hints/amigaos.sh

    private-msgid: <77724712@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perldelta Fcntl enhancement
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:05:34 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251505.RAA22159@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: Updates to perldelta re: Fcntl, DB_File, Net::Ping
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Document restrictions on gv_fetchmethod() and perl_call_sv()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlguts.pod

Subject: perldiag.pod: No comma allowed after %s
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:41:53 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251541.RAA04120@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc.pod: localtime
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:29:37 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251629.SAA08114@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc diff: gmtime
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:52:08 +0000
From: Peter Haworth <pmh@edison.ioppublishing.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <32EE1298.7B90@edison.ioppublishing.com>

Subject: Updates to guts
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:34:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pod/perlguts.pod

    private-msgid: <199701270034.TAA13177@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

 TESTS

Subject: New test op/closure.t
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: MANIFEST t/op/closure.t

1 files changed, 109 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/win32/win32.h b/win32/win32.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a051bc7261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win32/win32.h
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+// WIN32.H
+
+// (c) 1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 
+// 		Developed by hip communications inc., http://info.hip.com/info/
+
+//    You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
+//    License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
+
+#ifndef  _INC_WIN32_PERL5
+#define  _INC_WIN32_PERL5
+
+#define  WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#ifdef   WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN		// C file is NOT a Perl5 original.
+#define  CONTEXT	PERL_CONTEXT	// Avoid conflict of CONTEXT defs.
+#define  index		strchr			// Why 'index'?
+#endif //WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <io.h>
+#include <process.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <direct.h>
+
+// For UNIX compatibility.
+
+typedef long		uid_t;
+typedef long		gid_t;
+
+extern  char	*staticlinkmodules[];
+
+extern  uid_t	getuid(void);
+extern  gid_t	getgid(void);
+extern  uid_t	geteuid(void);
+extern  gid_t	getegid(void);
+
+extern  int	setuid(uid_t uid);
+extern  int	setgid(gid_t gid);
+extern  int	kill(int pid, int sig);
+
+#define USE_SOCKETS_AS_HANDLES
+#ifndef USE_SOCKETS_AS_HANDLES
+extern FILE *myfdopen(int, char *);
+
+#undef fdopen
+#define fdopen myfdopen
+#endif	// USE_SOCKETS_AS_HANDLES
+
+#define  STANDARD_C	1		// Perl5 likes standard C.
+#define  DOSISH		1		// Take advantage of DOSish code in Perl5.
+
+#define  OP_BINARY	_O_BINARY	// Mistake in in pp_sys.c.
+
+#undef   mkdir
+#define  mkdir(nm, md)	_mkdir(nm)	// For UNIX compatibility.
+
+#undef   chdir
+#define  chdir(nm)	_chdir(nm)	
+
+#undef   rmdir
+#define  rmdir(nm)	_rmdir(nm)
+
+#undef	 pipe
+#define  pipe(fd)	win32_pipe((fd), 512, _O_BINARY) // the pipe call is a bit different
+
+#undef	 pause
+#define  pause()	sleep((32767L << 16) + 32767)
+
+
+#undef	 times
+#define  times	mytimes
+
+#undef	 alarm
+#define  alarm	myalarm
+
+struct tms {
+	long	tms_utime;
+	long	tms_stime;
+	long	tms_cutime;
+	long	tms_cstime;
+	};
+	
+unsigned int sleep(unsigned int);
+char *win32PerlLibPath();
+int mytimes(struct tms *timebuf);
+unsigned int myalarm(unsigned int sec);
+int do_aspawn(void* really, void** mark, void** arglast);
+int do_spawn(char *cmd);
+
+typedef  char *		caddr_t;	// In malloc.c (core address).
+
+//
+// Extension Library, only good for VC
+//
+
+#define DllExport	__declspec(dllexport)
+
+
+//
+// handle socket stuff, assuming socket is always available
+//
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+
+#pragma  warning(disable: 4018 4035 4101 4102 4244 4245 4761)
+
+#endif // _INC_NT_PERL5