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* add caveat about close(PIPE) carelessnessGurusamy Sarathy1999-05-251-0/+5
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* major pod update from Tom ChristiansenGurusamy Sarathy1999-05-241-578/+656
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* Win32 and VC++ 98 doesn't support CASTIJan Dubois1999-05-101-2/+2
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* flush all open output buffers before fork(), exec(), system, qx//Gurusamy Sarathy1999-05-091-13/+7
| | | | | | and pipe open() operations, simplifying buffering headaches faced by users; uses fflush(NULL), which may need Configure test p4raw-id: //depot/perl@3352
* mention unpack('pP',...) footshot (from Albert Dvornik <bert@genscan.com>)Gurusamy Sarathy1999-05-081-0/+5
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* From: Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu>Gurusamy Sarathy1999-05-071-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:38:42 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990405153842.0367b650@ous.edu> Subject: Re: chomp fails with $/ in fixed-length record mode -- From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:11:37 -0400 Message-ID: <2795.923447497@eeyore.ibcinc.com> Subject: Re: chomp fails with $/ in fixed-length record mode p4raw-id: //depot/perl@3319
* add note about map in scalar contextGurusamy Sarathy1999-03-241-0/+2
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* document OO exceptions (based on a suggestion by Andreas KoenigGurusamy Sarathy1999-03-241-0/+21
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* better "Illegal %s digit ignored" warningsGurusamy Sarathy1999-03-241-1/+1
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* more s/s_/s!/ etc.Gurusamy Sarathy1999-03-041-6/+6
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* integrate cfgperl contentsGurusamy Sarathy1999-02-241-7/+15
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| * Sync cfgperl with maint-5.005 change #3000.Jarkko Hietaniemi1999-02-211-6/+6
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| * Enhanced the endianness description.Jarkko Hietaniemi1999-02-201-3/+11
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* | perlfunc updates (against 55)Tom Christiansen1999-02-241-357/+494
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* | correct slurp mode docGurusamy Sarathy1999-02-171-3/+3
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* Enhance the packnative patch: use the packnative codeJarkko Hietaniemi1999-02-151-6/+12
| | | | | | only if required. Also added hefty testing (hopefully I didn't assume too much...). Tested on alpha, ix86, sparc. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2952
* support native integers, pack("L_",...) etc. (via private mail)Jarkko Hietaniemi1999-02-151-0/+52
| | | | | | Message-Id: <199902092204.AAA29065@alpha.hut.fi> Subject: the "packnative" patch p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2936
* clarify what a "line" isGurusamy Sarathy1999-02-151-1/+6
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* patches suggested by John Bley <jbb6@acpub.duke.edu> (with minor edits)Gurusamy Sarathy1999-02-151-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 05:24:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990203051924.302A-100000@soc11.acpub.duke.edu> Subject: [PATCH]5.005_54 (DOC) fix many typos -- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:53:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990203085157.895A-100000@soc11.acpub.duke.edu> Subject: [PATCH]5.005_54 (DOC) typos p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2929
* slurping an empty file should return '' rather than undef, withGurusamy Sarathy1999-02-141-4/+11
| | | | | commensurate effects on ARGV processing p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2910
* "goto must have label" message for C<goto ''>Jan Dubois1999-02-131-0/+2
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* a modified version of suggested patch for pack template 'Z'; added docsValeriy E. Ushakov1999-02-091-25/+64
| | | | | | Message-ID: <%lOHpzIuGV@snark.ptc.spbu.ru> Subject: lack of pack/unpack letter with useful symmetry for C null delimited strings p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2846
* properly prototype check parenthesized unary ops (e.g. defined(&a,&b))Gurusamy Sarathy1999-02-071-0/+17
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* sample checksum code in "perlfunc" man page is wrongJonathan I. Kamens1999-02-011-2/+2
| | | | | Message-Id: <199812032010.PAA09692@jik.shore.net> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2748
* integrate cfgperl changes into mainline, fix conflictsGurusamy Sarathy1999-01-171-120/+30
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| * REV2: Binary number supportWilson P. Snyder II1998-12-311-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | To: perl5-porters@perl.org Message-ID: <199811301543.KAA15689@vulcan.maker.com> p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2546
| * Undo #2386 and #2205.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-12-151-113/+21
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| * Integrate from mainperl.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-12-081-2/+2
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| * | s/\bthe the\b/the/g *.podJarkko Hietaniemi1998-12-031-1/+1
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| * | Fix most of the bad L<> links ofTom Christiansen1998-12-021-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Subject: bad L<> links Reply-to: tchrist@perl.com To: perlbug@jhereg.perl.com Message-Id: <199808111658.KAA00484@jhereg.perl.com> The ones not fixed may require darker Pod::HTML magic, for example the perlguts.html#tags should work fine, IMHO. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2437
* | | a few doc typosGurusamy Sarathy1999-01-171-1/+2
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* | fix outdated/incorrect info about arbitrary limitsGurusamy Sarathy1998-12-061-2/+2
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* integrate cfgperl changes into mainlineGurusamy Sarathy1998-11-291-2/+5
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| * Tune the "if" entry.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-11-291-2/+5
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* | backout change#2334Gurusamy Sarathy1998-11-291-3/+4
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* additional documentation for qr//Ilya Zakharevich1998-11-281-1/+1
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* update tie() entry in perlfunc to reflect TIEARRAY and TIEHANDLEGurusamy Sarathy1998-11-281-9/+33
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* s/Regexp/re/ and clarify policy on lowercased object namespacesGurusamy Sarathy1998-11-281-0/+6
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* document changed PERL_HASH()Gurusamy Sarathy1998-11-281-11/+22
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* -x should be C<-x>, reported by Gerben Wierda.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-11-221-1/+1
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* integrate changes#2120,2168,2218 from maint-5.005;Gurusamy Sarathy1998-11-081-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | add new vtbls; s/\bvtbl_/PL_vtbl_/; remove trailing comma in enum; make regen_headers p4raw-link: @2218 on //depot/maint-5.005/perl: eadd311f94dcb5fe096743b61371bd2d48466304 p4raw-link: @2168 on //depot/maint-5.005/perl: fb1d2f1891787fe7d6df85205b85f0528294ffa8 p4raw-link: @2120 on //depot/maint-5.005/perl: f9caadc6ad025d4bf993ab5b737b9a99347a59e3 p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2220
* integrate cfgperl changes into mainlineGurusamy Sarathy1998-11-081-23/+118
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| * Document all the control flow keywords in perlfuncJarkko Hietaniemi1998-11-051-21/+110
| | | | | | | | | | so that "perlfunc -f while" works. p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2205
| * Document quads in pack.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-11-031-0/+6
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| * VM/ESA updates.Jarkko Hietaniemi1998-11-031-2/+2
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* | set close-on-exec bit on pipe() FDsGurusamy Sarathy1998-11-081-1/+7
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* mention the C<$SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE'> special caseGurusamy Sarathy1998-10-301-2/+4
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* list builtins with portability caveatsJarkko Hietaniemi1998-10-251-0/+28
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* include eof() in description of buffering caveatsAnton Berezin1998-10-251-18/+19
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* applied suggested patch with small doc tweakGisle Aas1998-10-171-1/+4
| | | | | | Message-ID: <m3u31bfjza.fsf@furu.g.aas.no> Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.005_52] Optional syswrite LENGTH argument p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1992