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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-02-22 04:41:00 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-02-22 04:41:00 +1200 |
| commit | aa6893958c2bfb6fa4ab923c8466c188c65748fd (patch) | |
| tree | 012b1f5dd2622b8c322606df0fa2de1a7ec582b1 /x2p/a2p.pod | |
| parent | d53f8f1cc3de155a009198bbc7c01e2741aa70ac (diff) | |
| download | perl-aa6893958c2bfb6fa4ab923c8466c188c65748fd.tar.gz | |
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_27 to perl5.003_28]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Don't let C<sub foo;> undefine &foo
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Subject: Make code, doc agree on $ENV{PATH} and `cmd`
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perlsec.pod pp_sys.c
Subject: Optimize keys() and values() in void context
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doop.c op.c
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: VMS patches post _27
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:58:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST dosish.h hv.c lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp perl.c perlsdio.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlvar.pod t/op/closure.t unixish.h vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/filespec.t vms/genconfig.pl vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
private-msgid: <01IFMEMPN1IU0057E2@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Subject: Re: OS/2 patch for _27
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 19:24:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: INSTALL README.os2 lib/Test/Harness.pm os2/Changes os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t os2/os2.c os2/os2ish.h os2/perl2cmd.pl perl.c pod/perldelta.pod t/TEST t/harness t/op/magic.t
Msg-ID: <199702210024.TAA03174@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 833d3f255ed68b969f062cec63d33f853ed9237c)
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: INSTALL updates since _26
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:00:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: INSTALL
Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970218155815.2014F-100000@fractal.lafayette.e
(applied based on p5p patch as commit a8247d96fd6167a3b920e63aedee5592cd6e29a7)
Subject: Document "$$0" change
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Subject: Don't recommend impossible //o for C<$x =~ $y>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod
Subject: Correct doc that claimed that <FH> was never false
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlop.pod
Subject: Document C<$?> vs. $SIG{CHLD}
From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Files: pod/perlvar.pod
Subject: Add pumpkin.pod
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST Porting/pumpkin.pod
Subject: Don't say "associat*ve arr*y"
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST gv.h hv.c lib/Env.pm lib/overload.pm opcode.pl pod/perl.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perltie.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod x2p/a2p.pod
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Fix a typo
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_sys.c
Subject: Fix perl_call_sv(..., G_NOARGS)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c
Subject: Fix SIGSEGV when cloning sub with complex expression
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Diffstat (limited to 'x2p/a2p.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | x2p/a2p.pod | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/x2p/a2p.pod b/x2p/a2p.pod index 4e61fd6ab9..06c5ac7322 100644 --- a/x2p/a2p.pod +++ b/x2p/a2p.pod @@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ block to bypass the block under such circumstances can be simplified by removing the conditional in the END block and just exiting directly from the perl script. -Perl has two kinds of array, numerically-indexed and associative. Awk -arrays are usually translated to associative arrays, but if you happen -to know that the index is always going to be numeric you could change -the {...} to [...]. Iteration over an associative array is done using -the keys() function, but iteration over a numeric array is NOT. You -might need to modify any loop that is iterating over the array in -question. +Perl has two kinds of array, numerically-indexed and associative. +Perl associative arrays are called "hashes". Awk arrays are usually +translated to hashes, but if you happen to know that the index is +always going to be numeric you could change the {...} to [...]. +Iteration over a hash is done using the keys() function, but iteration +over an array is NOT. You might need to modify any loop that iterates +over such an array. Awk starts by assuming OFMT has the value %.6g. Perl starts by assuming its equivalent, $#, to have the value %.20g. You'll want to |