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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perl5134delta.pod | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl5134delta.pod b/pod/perl5134delta.pod index 3234943476..a891800e86 100644 --- a/pod/perl5134delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5134delta.pod @@ -215,9 +215,16 @@ Upgraded from version 1.11 to 1.12. Upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.18. -L<Carp> now detects incomplete L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> overrides and -avoids using bogus C<@DB::args>. This fixes certain cases of C<Bizarre copy of -ARRAY> caused by modules overriding C<caller()> incorrectly. +L<Carp> now detects incomplete L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> +overrides and avoids using bogus C<@DB::args>. To provide backtraces, Carp +relies on particular behaviour of the caller built-in. Carp now detects +if other code has overridden this with an incomplete implementation, and +modifies its backtrace accordingly. Previously incomplete overrides would +cause incorrect values in backtraces (best case), or obscure fatal errors +(worst case) + +This fixes certain cases of C<Bizarre copy of ARRAY> caused by modules +overriding C<caller()> incorrectly. =item C<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> @@ -580,8 +587,8 @@ L</Modules and Pragmata>. =item * -Fixed possible memory leak when using L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> to set -C<@DB::args>. +A possible memory leak when using L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> to set +C<@DB::args> has been fixed. =item * |