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diff --git a/Changes5.000 b/Changes5.000 index 78cab26f14..521db78be9 100644 --- a/Changes5.000 +++ b/Changes5.000 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ New things ---------- The -w switch is much more informative. - References. See t/op/ref.t for examples. All entities in Perl 5 are + References. See t/op/ref.t for examples. All entities in Perl 5 are reference counted so that it knows when each item should be destroyed. Objects. See t/op/ref.t for examples. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ New things execution yet). The interpreter is now flattened out. Compare Perl 4's eval.c with - the perl 5's pp.c. Compare Perl 4's 900 line interpreter loop in cmd.c + the perl 5's pp.c. Compare Perl 4's 900 line interpreter loop in cmd.c with Perl 5's 1 line interpreter loop in run.c. Eventually we'll make everything non-blocking so we can interface nicely with a scheduler. @@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ New things a do {} block. You may now define BEGIN and END subroutines for each package. The BEGIN - subroutine executes the moment it's parsed. The END subroutine executes + subroutine executes the moment it's parsed. The END subroutine executes just before exiting. Flags on the #! line are interpreted even if the script wasn't - executed directly. (And even if the script was located by "perl -x"!) + executed directly. (And even if the script was located by "perl -x"!) The ?: operator is now legal as an lvalue. @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ New things The "defined" function can now take a general expression. - Lexical scoping available via "my". eval can see the current lexical + Lexical scoping available via "my". eval can see the current lexical variables. The preferred package delimiter is now :: rather than '. @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ New things indicate that the pattern is supposed to match as little as possible. Pattern matches may now be followed by an m or s modifier to explicitly - request multiline or singleline semantics. An s modifier makes . match + request multiline or singleline semantics. An s modifier makes . match newline. Patterns may now contain \A to match only at the beginning of the string, @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Incompatibilities Saying "shift @foo + 20" is now a semantic error because of precedence. - "open FOO || die" is now incorrect. You need parens around the filehandle. + "open FOO || die" is now incorrect. You need parens around the filehandle. The elements of argument lists for formats are now evaluated in list context. This means you can interpolate list values now. |