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diff --git a/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt b/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt index 28f82b3a14..25329f9334 100644 --- a/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt +++ b/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt @@ -3,26 +3,6 @@ VMS::Stdio, which provides access from Perl to VMS-specific stdio functions. For more specific documentation of its function, please see the pod section of Stdio.pm. - *** Please Note *** - -This package is the direct descendant of VMS::stdio, but as of Perl -5.002, the name has been changed to VMS::Stdio, in order to conform -to the Perl naming convention that extensions whose name begins -with a lowercase letter represent compile-time "pragmas", while -extensions which provide added functionality have names whose parts -begin with uppercase letters. In addition, the functions -vmsfopen and fgetname have been renamed vmsopen and getname, -respectively, in order to more closely resemble related Perl -I/O operators, which do not retain the 'f' from corresponding -C routine names. - -A transitional interface to the old routine names has been -provided, so that calls to these routines will generate a -warning, and be routed to the corresponding VMS::Stdio -routine. This interface will be removed in a future release, -so please update your code to use the new names. - - ===> Installation This extension, like most Perl extensions, should be installed @@ -45,3 +25,6 @@ the Perl distribution tree, and then saying 2.0 28-Feb-1996 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu major rewrite for Perl 5.002: name changed to VMS::Stdio, new functions added, and prototypes incorporated +2.1 24-Mar-1998 Charles Bailey bailey@newman.upenn.edu + Added writeof() + Removed old VMs::stdio compatibility interface |