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+=encoding utf8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perl5321delta - what is new for perl v5.32.1
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This document describes differences between the 5.32.0 release and the 5.32.1
+release.
+
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.31.0, first read
+L<perl5320delta>, which describes differences between 5.31.0 and 5.32.0.
+
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
+
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with Perl 5.32.0. If any
+exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See
+L</Reporting Bugs> below.
+
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.174 to 2.174_01.
+
+A number of memory leaks have been fixed.
+
+=item *
+
+L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.47 to 1.47_01.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20200620 to 5.20210123.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Opcode> has been upgraded from version 1.47 to 1.48.
+
+A warning has been added about evaluating untrusted code with the perl
+interpreter.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Safe> has been upgraded from version 2.41 to 2.41_01.
+
+A warning has been added about evaluating untrusted code with the perl
+interpreter.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Documentation
+
+=head2 New Documentation
+
+=head3 L<perlgov>
+
+Documentation of the newly formed rules of governance for Perl.
+
+=head3 L<perlsecpolicy>
+
+Documentation of how the Perl security team operates and how the team evaluates
+new security reports.
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+
+We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes listed in
+this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue at
+L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.
+
+Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
+
+=head3 L<perlop>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Document range op behaviour change.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Diagnostics
+
+The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
+including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of
+diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+L<\K not permitted in lookahead/lookbehind in regex; marked by <-- HERE in mE<sol>%sE<sol>|perldiag/"\K not permitted in lookahead/lookbehind in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/">
+
+This error was incorrectly produced in some cases involving nested lookarounds.
+This has been fixed.
+
+[L<GH #18123|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18123>]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Newer 64-bit versions of the Intel C/C++ compiler are now recognized and have
+the correct flags set.
+
+=item *
+
+We now trap SIGBUS when F<Configure> checks for C<va_copy>.
+
+On several systems the attempt to determine if we need C<va_copy> or similar
+results in a SIGBUS instead of the expected SIGSEGV, which previously caused a
+core dump.
+
+[L<GH #18148|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18148>]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Testing
+
+Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes in this
+release.
+
+=head1 Platform Support
+
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MacOS (Darwin)
+
+The hints file for darwin has been updated to handle future macOS versions
+beyond 10. Perl can now be built on macOS Big Sur.
+
+[L<GH #17946|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17946>,
+L<GH #18406|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18406>]
+
+=item Minix
+
+Build errors on Minix have been fixed.
+
+[L<GH #17908|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17908>]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Some list assignments involving C<undef> on the left-hand side were
+over-optimized and produced incorrect results.
+
+[L<GH #16685|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/16685>,
+L<GH #17816|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17816>]
+
+=item *
+
+Fixed a bug in which some regexps with recursive subpatterns matched
+incorrectly.
+
+[L<GH #18096|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18096>]
+
+=item *
+
+Fixed a deadlock that hung the build when Perl is compiled for debugging memory
+problems and has PERL_MEM_LOG enabled.
+
+[L<GH #18341|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18341>]
+
+=item *
+
+Fixed a crash in the use of chained comparison operators when run under "no
+warnings 'uninitialized'".
+
+[L<GH #17917|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/17917>,
+L<GH #18380|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18380>]
+
+=item *
+
+Exceptions thrown from destructors during global destruction are no longer
+swallowed.
+
+[L<GH #18063|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18063>]
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Acknowledgements
+
+Perl 5.32.1 represents approximately 7 months of development since Perl 5.32.0
+and contains approximately 7,000 lines of changes across 80 files from 23
+authors.
+
+Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
+approximately 1,300 lines of changes to 23 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
+
+Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant community
+of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed
+the improvements that became Perl 5.32.1:
+
+Adam Hartley, Andy Dougherty, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Dan Book, David
+Mitchell, Graham Knop, Graham Ollis, Hauke D, H.Merijn Brand, Hugo van der
+Sanden, John Lightsey, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Max
+Maischein, Nicolas R., Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Sawyer X, Sevan Janiyan,
+Steve Hay, Tom Hukins, Tony Cook.
+
+The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
+from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
+the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
+tracker.
+
+Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
+included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
+helping Perl to flourish.
+
+For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
+the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
+
+=head1 Reporting Bugs
+
+If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database at
+L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. There may also be information at
+L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
+
+If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
+L<https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>. Be sure to trim your bug down to a
+tiny but sufficient test case.
+
+If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
+inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see
+L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION> for details of how to
+report the issue.
+
+=head1 Give Thanks
+
+If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in Perl 5, you
+can do so by running the C<perlthanks> program:
+
+ perlthanks
+
+This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
+what changed.
+
+The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
+
+The F<README> file for general stuff.
+
+The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
+
+=cut