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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl5004delta.pod b/pod/perl5004delta.pod index 8cec3aba8a..7151d86963 100644 --- a/pod/perl5004delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5004delta.pod @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ problems. See the F<Changes> file in the distribution for details. C<%ENV = ()> and C<%ENV = @list> now work as expected (except on VMS where it generates a fatal error). -=head2 "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error now lists @INC +=head2 Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error + +The error "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" now lists the contents of @INC +for easier debugging. =head2 Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003 @@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ hole was just plugged. The new restrictions when tainting include: -=over +=over 4 =item No glob() or <*> @@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ the F<INSTALL> file for how to use it. =head2 New and changed syntax -=over +=over 4 =item $coderef->(PARAMS) @@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ S<C<< $table->{FOO}->($bar) >>>. =head2 New and changed builtin constants -=over +=over 4 =item __PACKAGE__ @@ -289,7 +292,7 @@ into strings. =head2 New and changed builtin variables -=over +=over 4 =item $^E @@ -322,7 +325,7 @@ there is no C<use English> long name for this variable. =head2 New and changed builtin functions -=over +=over 4 =item delete on slices @@ -544,7 +547,7 @@ subroutine: The C<UNIVERSAL> package automatically contains the following methods that are inherited by all other classes: -=over +=over 4 =item isa(CLASS) @@ -593,7 +596,7 @@ have C<isa> available as a plain subroutine in the current package. See L<perltie> for other kinds of tie()s. -=over +=over 4 =item TIEHANDLE classname, LIST @@ -687,7 +690,7 @@ install the optional module Devel::Peek.) Three new compilation flags are recognized by malloc.c. (They have no effect if perl is compiled with system malloc().) -=over +=over 4 =item -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK @@ -779,7 +782,7 @@ See F<README.amigaos> in the perl distribution. Six new pragmatic modules exist: -=over +=over 4 =item use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3) @@ -979,7 +982,7 @@ those who need trigonometric functions only for real numbers. There have been quite a few changes made to DB_File. Here are a few of the highlights: -=over +=over 4 =item * @@ -1045,7 +1048,7 @@ For example, you can now say =head2 pod2html -=over +=over 4 =item Sends converted HTML to standard output @@ -1058,7 +1061,7 @@ Use the B<--outfile=FILENAME> option to write to a file. =head2 xsubpp -=over +=over 4 =item C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing @@ -1083,7 +1086,7 @@ XSUB's return type is really C<SV *>. =head1 C Language API Changes -=over +=over 4 =item C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv> @@ -1124,7 +1127,7 @@ which can be more efficient. See L<perlguts> for details. Many of the base and library pods were updated. These new pods are included in section 1: -=over +=over 4 =item L<perldelta> @@ -1177,7 +1180,7 @@ increasing order of desperation): (X) A very fatal error (nontrappable). (A) An alien error message (not generated by Perl). -=over +=over 4 =item "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope |