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| -rw-r--r-- | ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perldelta.pod | 15 |
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diff --git a/ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c b/ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c index 5c6bbea1ac..7b67cf0a5d 100644 --- a/ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c +++ b/ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ dl_generic_private_init(pTHXo) /* called by dl_*.xs dl_private_init() */ if (!dl_loaded_files) dl_loaded_files = newHV(); /* provide cache for dl_*.xs if needed */ #endif +#ifdef DL_UNLOAD_ALL_AT_EXIT call_atexit(&dl_unload_all_files, (void*)0); +#endif } diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index df1e68d56e..610e84b8c7 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1484,6 +1484,16 @@ L<Devel::DProf> and L<dprofpp>. The Dumpvalue module provides screen dumps of Perl data. +=item DynaLoader + +DynaLoader now supports a dl_unload_file() function on platforms that +support unloading shared objects using dlclose(). + +Perl can also optionally arrange to unload all extension shared objects +loaded by Perl. To enable this, build Perl with the Configure option +C<-Accflags=-DDL_UNLOAD_ALL_AT_EXIT>. (This maybe useful if you are +using Apache with mod_perl.) + =item Benchmark Overall, Benchmark results exhibit lower average error and better timing @@ -1852,6 +1862,11 @@ pathname for FILENAME in scalar context. In list context it returns a two-element list containing the fully qualified directory name and the filename. See L<Win32>. +=item XSLoader + +The XSLoader extension is a simpler alternative to DynaLoader. +See L<XSLoader>. + =item DBM Filters A new feature called "DBM Filters" has been added to all the |