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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 4c2851965f..58a21ae1c7 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ =head1 NAME -[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs -to be processed before release. ] - perldelta - what is new for perl v5.21.3 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -15,10 +12,6 @@ release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.21.1, first read L<perl5212delta>, which describes differences between 5.21.1 and 5.21.2. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements =head2 C<defined(@array = LIST)> is no longer fatal @@ -26,6 +19,11 @@ XXX Any important notices here In 5.21.1, C<defined(@array)> was made fatal. This has been relaxed to not die if the argument is assigning to an array. +=head2 Floating point handling and parsing has been improved + +A number of area in the core that handle the parsing and printing +of floating point values have been improved. + =head1 Security =head2 The L<Safe> module could allow outside packages to be replaced @@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ allowed. =item * -L<B::Debug> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.21 +L<B::Debug> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.21. =item * @@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ L<CPAN::Meta::Requirements> has been upgraded from version 2.125 to 2.126. L<ExtUtils::Manifest> has been upgraded from version 1.64 to 1.65. -The MANIFEST is now opened with C<:raw>, to prevent C<CRLF>s leaking in. - =item * L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.043 to 0.047. @@ -77,28 +73,18 @@ L<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.043 to 0.047. L<perl5db.pl> has been upgraded from version 1.45 to 1.46. -Fixed the scope level handling of the debugger's C<y> command. - =item * L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.41 to 1.42. -Replaced the thread-unsafe code used to prevent duplicate warning -messages for using the isxxx() functions. [perl #122476] - =item * L<Safe> has been upgraded from version 2.37 to 2.38. -Critical bugfix: outside packages could be replaced. - =item * L<Socket> has been upgraded from version 2.014 to 2.015. -Test suite updates, particularly useful for Solaris and cygwin, and -a slight change to the pattern used for IPv4 address matching. - =back =head1 Documentation @@ -243,44 +229,15 @@ it dies with C<Missing or undefined argument to require>. =head1 Configuration and Compilation -XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools -go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. -However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the -L</Platform Support> section, instead. - -[ List changes as a =item entry ]. - =over 4 =item * -Internal handling of floating point values has been improved. - -=item * - MurmurHash64A and MurmurHash64B can now be configured as the internal hash function. =back -=head1 Testing - -XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be -listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any -large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). -Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs -that they represent may be covered elsewhere. - -[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head1 Platform Support =head2 Platform-Specific Notes @@ -311,12 +268,6 @@ C<%I64d> is now being used instead of C<%lld> for MinGW. =head1 Internal Changes -XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other -significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as -well. - -[ List each change as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -335,11 +286,6 @@ Added L<perlapi/grok_atou> as a safer replacement for atoi and strtol. =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in -files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -368,33 +314,6 @@ regex could cause L<pos> to see an incorrect value. [perl #122460] =back -=head1 Known Problems - -XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any -tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed -platform specific bugs also go here. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Errata From Previous Releases - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in -the perldelta of a previous release. - -=back - =head1 Acknowledgements XXX Generate this with: |