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* Remove Nullch etc. from x2pJan Dubois2007-12-251-3/+3
| | | | | | From: "Jan Dubois" <jand@activestate.com> Message-ID: <0cca01c84680$7afc9170$70f5b450$@com> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32721
* C<make translators> -Wwrite-strings cleanRobin Barker2007-12-211-6/+6
| | | | | | From: "Robin Barker" <Robin.Barker@npl.co.uk> Message-ID: <46A0F33545E63740BC7563DE59CA9C6D09399C@exchsvr2.npl.ad.local> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32690
* Cleaning up x2p directoryAndy Lester2005-11-071-186/+2
| | | | | Message-ID: <20051104211355.GB12651@petdance.com> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26033
* Fix up Larry's copyright statements to my best knowledge.Jarkko Hietaniemi2003-04-161-1/+2
| | | | | | | (Lots of Perl 5 source code archaeology was involved.) Larry didn't make strangled noises when I showed him the patch, either :-) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19242
* Reverse copyright update (#18801) for files not changed in 2003.Hugo van der Sanden2003-03-021-1/+1
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* Update all copyrights to 2003, from JarkkoHugo van der Sanden2003-03-021-1/+1
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* x2p/str.c signedness nitsJarkko Hietaniemi2002-08-231-2/+2
| | | | | Message-Id: <20020822234330.GC31624@lyta.hut.fi> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17759
* Copyright++. (Not all the toplevel *.h have one, it seems.)Jarkko Hietaniemi2002-01-231-1/+1
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* Extension nits found by -Wall (several from threadsJarkko Hietaniemi2002-01-071-1/+1
| | | | | and threads::shared, but leaving them to Arthur). p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14128
* %g -> NVgf cleanup, based on Schwern's RedHat 7.1/AlphaJarkko Hietaniemi2001-12-181-1/+1
| | | | | | findings -- some of the warnings I can't explain except by NVgf being detected wrong, though. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13764
* Silence compiler worries found by Schwern/Digital cc.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-12-141-3/+3
| | | p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13691
* Configure tweaks; add prototype probes, make the cpp symbolsJarkko Hietaniemi2001-06-041-6/+6
| | | | | | probe to cast, not whine; test for %Ld and %Lf before %lld and %llf because the L is the ANSI way. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10434
* -Wall "subscript has type `char'" cleanup.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-06-031-3/+4
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* More -Wall silencing from Michael Schwern and Jarkko Hietaniemi.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-05-301-1/+1
| | | p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10335
* Bump up Larry's copyright.Jarkko Hietaniemi2001-01-011-1/+1
| | | p4raw-id: //depot/perl@8289
* x2p/str.c was missing from list of changed files in change 466Malcolm Beattie1998-02-061-1/+1
| | | p4raw-id: //depot/perl@480
* Further ANSI changes now builds and passes (most) testsNick Ing-Simmons1997-10-311-60/+24
| | | | | with gcc -x c++. p4raw-id: //depot/ansiperl@196
* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_93 to perl-5.003_94]Perl 5 Porters1997-03-091-2/+2
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I changed htmlroot to podroot at line 175 to match the documentation. p5p-msgid: 3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk private-msgid: 21544.9703111313@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk Subject: 3_93 doesn't install pods Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:35 -0500 From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us> Files: installperl Msg-ID: 199703160721.CAA08339@Orb.Nashua.NH.US (applied based on p5p patch as commit 43506a616735d616e03d277d64fbae1e864024bf) Subject: When installing, use File::Copy instead of `cp` From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: installperl Subject: Make hint files' warnings more visible Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:18:03 +0100 (MET) From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> Files: hints/3b1.sh hints/apollo.sh hints/cxux.sh hints/dcosx.sh hints/dgux.sh hints/esix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/mips.sh hints/next_3_0.sh hints/os2.sh hints/qnx.sh hints/sco_2_3_3.sh hints/sco_2_3_4.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh hints/utekv.sh private-msgid: 199703202218.XAA09041@bombur2.uio.no CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Defer creation of array and hash elements as parameters From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: dump.c global.sym mg.c op.c op.h perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c Subject: New special literal: __PACKAGE__ From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: keywords.pl pod/perldata.pod toke.c Subject: Abort compilation at C<BEGIN{}> or C<use> after errors From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/subs.t Subject: allow C<substr 'hello', -10> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800 From: David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com> Files: pp.c Msg-ID: 97Mar10.155517pst.35716-2@gateway.fluke.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77f720bf92f3d0100352416caeedd57936807ff2) Subject: Regularize C<x % y>, esp. when y is negative From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp.c Subject: Flush before C<flock(FOO, LOCK_UN)> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c Subject: Close loopholes in prototype mismatch warning From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c sv.c toke.c Subject: Warn on C<while ($x = each %y) {}> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod Subject: Don't warn on C<print $fh func()> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: toke.c CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Don't say 'static var = 1' Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:19:57 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Files: malloc.c private-msgid: 199703091319.PAA24714@alpha.hut.fi Subject: HP/UX hint comments Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:43:07 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu> Files: hints/hpux.sh private-msgid: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970321153918.28770B-100000@fractal.lafayette. Subject: VMS update Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:00:55 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm t/op/taint.t utils/perlbug.PL vms/descrip.mms Msg-ID: 1997Mar11.220056.1873182@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2b5725676da60b49978f38b85bb7f8ee20b4cb55) Subject: vmsish.t and related patches Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:32:47 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: MANIFEST perl.h vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/vms.c private-msgid: 01IGQW3IP1KK005VFB@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu Subject: Win32 update (four patches) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: MANIFEST README.win32 lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c t/comp/cpp.t t/comp/script.t t/harness t/io/argv.t t/io/dup.t t/io/fs.t t/io/inplace.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_taint.t t/op/closure.t t/op/exec.t t/op/glob.t t/op/goto.t t/op/magic.t t/op/misc.t t/op/rand.t t/op/split.t t/op/stat.t t/op/sysio.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t util.c win32/* DOCUMENTATION Subject: perlfaq.pod Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:01:40 -0700 From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq*.pod pod/roffitall private-msgid: 199703172301.QAA12566@jhereg.perl.com Subject: *.pod changes based on the FAQ Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:50:14 -0700 (MST) From: Nat Torkington <gnat@frii.com> Files: pod/perldata.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlvar.pod Msg-ID: 199703171650.JAA02655@elara.frii.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3c10ad8e31f7d77e71c048b1746912f41cb540f0) Subject: Document that $. is not reset on implicit open From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Re: Embedding success with _93 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:55:05 -0500 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Msg-ID: 199703112255.RAA22775@postman.osf.org (applied based on p5p patch as commit 63a6ff3a1dc8d86edb4d8a7ec1548205e32a7114) Subject: Patch to document illegal characters Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:08:10 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970314090558.15346J-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: Document trap with //o and closures Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:08:08 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: pod/perltrap.pod Msg-ID: 01IGCHWRNSEU00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit a54cb1465fdb400848f23705a6f130bb5c34ab70) Subject: Illegal character in input Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:21 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970310151512.22489a-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: Patch for docs Re: Lost backslash Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:28:57 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perlop.pod private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970319071438.24834G-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: XSUB's doc fix Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:42:06 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlxstut.pod Msg-ID: 28804.858012126@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 5f43237038ea7a4151d3bf65aeeecd56ceb78a6a) Subject: Document return from do FILE Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:50:10 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod Msg-ID: E0w70DK-0001yJ-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit ba8d5fb439878113de8abc9b52d2af237d30fb3c) Subject: Document $^M in perlvar Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 21:08:33 GMT From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> Files: pod/perlvar.pod private-msgid: 6153.9703202108@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk Subject: typos in pods of 5.003_93 Date: 19 Mar 1997 10:39:38 -0600 From: Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoot.pod pod/perlxs.pod Msg-ID: wpgendbzvhx.fsf@asic.sc.ti.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 76a9873e006cf8f48f57062b2a0dd40b5ed45a95) Subject: Re: Updates to pod punctuations Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:00:12 -0500 From: Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org> Files: pod/*.pod private-msgid: 9703141700.AA22911@cas.org Subject: clarify example in perlfunc Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:01 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod private-msgid: 199703201746.TAA25195@alpha.hut.fi Subject: Regularize headings in DB_File documentation From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Subject: New module: autouse.pm Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:30 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: MANIFEST lib/autouse.pm Msg-ID: 199703210034.TAA13469@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 6757905eccb6dd0440ef65e8128a277a20f7d943) Subject: Refresh DB_File to 1.12 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 15:51:14 GMT From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk> Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs Msg-ID: 9703121551.AA07435@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit b3deed9189f963e9994815307931f9084f60d1d9) Subject: In File::Path, some systems can't remove read-only files From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/File/Path.pm Subject: Fix bugs revealed by prototype warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/Getopt/Long.pm Subject: Problems with SKIP in makemaker Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:13:31 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm Msg-ID: 199703210413.XAA21601@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 970322a2e8024294ada6e8d1a027cb98f1f48ee3) Subject: In Exporter, don't C<require Carp> at file scope From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/Exporter.pm Subject: fix for Exporter's $SIG{__WARN__} handler Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:40:51 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: lib/Exporter.pm Msg-ID: 2282.858296451@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2768ea1aeef34f42d096f198fbe629c8374ca429) Subject: Don't try to substr() refs in Carp From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: lib/Carp.pm Subject: Re: NUL in die and other messages Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:58:17 +0000 From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> Files: lib/Carp.pm Msg-ID: E0w815V-0005xs-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk (applied based on p5p patch as commit 52a267c574cb66c4bc35601dcf148a1d7a3bc557) OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Guard against buffer overflow in yyerror() and related funcs From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: toke.c Subject: For bin compat, rename calllist() and he_{,delay}free From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: global.sym hv.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod proto.h Subject: Fix C<print> on tied default handle From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Fix C<local($a, undef, $b) = (1,2,3)> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Improve diagnostic on C<@a++>, C<--%a>, @a =~ s/a/b/ From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp.c pp_hot.c Subject: Don't warn on C<$x{y} .= "z"> when %x is tied From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Eliminate 'unreachable code' warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs mg.c pp_ctl.c toke.c Subject: printf format corrections for -DDEBUGGING Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:42:50 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org> Files: doop.c malloc.c op.c pp_ctl.c regexec.c sv.c x2p/str.c x2p/util.c Msg-ID: 26592.858793370@eeyore.ibcinc.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit e125f273e351a19a92b69d6244af55abbbf0a26d) Subject: Warn about missing -DMULTIPLICITY if likely a problem Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:45:53 -0500 From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org> Files: perl.c Msg-ID: 199703192345.SAA15070@postman.osf.org (applied based on p5p patch as commit 71aeea1753924e6e19c2461e241e3f7d8a570e90)
* [inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_91 to perl-5.003_92]Perl 5 Porters1997-03-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Strictly follow lexical context of C<eval ''> and nested subs From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Make ::SUPER and UNIVERSAL work together From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: gv.c pod/perlguts.pod CORE PORTABILITY Subject: OS/2 patches Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:08:43 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: hints/os2.sh lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm t/op/taint.t Msg-ID: 199703060308.WAA22211@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit eda4d5189d403b15f244b4696a710fb91d15053e) Subject: VMS patches Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 23:10:24 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm perlsdio.h t/op/runlevel.t t/op/taint.t vms/descrip.mms vms/perly_c.vms vms/sockadapt.c vms/sockadapt.h vms/vms_yfix.pl private-msgid: 01IG5SQE4A6U00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu DOCUMENTATION Subject: Add taint checks and srand to perldelta Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 11:56:08 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Msg-ID: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970302115355.23058D-100000@kelly.teleport.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit b28e0bc0aa3232e18d1bacb3efcbfb755ad100e0) Subject: Don't call FileHandle 'deprecated' From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Improve sample module header Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 10:32:31 -0700 From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> Files: pod/perlmod.pod Msg-ID: 199703011732.KAA14693@jhereg.perl.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3e1e15658152387f41e00ded4796cede4e1e10d3) Subject: Update list of CPAN sites Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 16:54:22 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Files: pod/perlmod.pod Msg-ID: 199703021454.QAA07446@alpha.hut.fi (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9423903e60e6c92c1893f5f4cab2476f403f8a4b) Subject: Enhance description of 'server error' Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 21:03:23 +0200 (EET) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi> Files: pod/perldiag.pod private-msgid: 199702041903.VAA16070@alpha.hut.fi Subject: Regularize format of E-Mail addresses in *.pod From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/*.pod LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Subject: Use IV instead of double for tms structure members From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Make sure $^X is tainted when ARG_ZERO_IS_SCRIPT From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: toke.c Subject: Clarify '-T too late' error From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod Subject: Warn when redefining or undefining a constant sub From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp.c sv.c Subject: Don't generate spurious 'not imported' warning From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: gv.c t/pragma/strict-vars pod/perldiag.pod Subject: Clarify message re: @host in string From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod toke.c Subject: Disconnect refs that are targets of pp_readline From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_hot.c Subject: Fix typo in test of HvFILL() From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Allow for pad name array to be shorter than pad array From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Eliminate format-string type warnings Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:15:11 +0100 (MET) From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> Files: doio.c ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs gv.c hints/dec_osf.sh pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c run.c sv.c x2p/a2py.c private-msgid: 199703030915.KAA11634@bombur2.uio.no Subject: Update copyright dates From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: *.[hc] x2p/*.[hc] win32/EXTERN.h vms/vmsish.h vms/vms.c TESTS Subject: Smarter t/op/taint.t Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 10:31:54 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> Files: t/op/taint.t private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970303103047.24000A-100000@kelly.teleport.com Subject: Fix taint test for systems without csh From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: t/op/taint.t
* [inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_20 to perl5.003_21]Perl 5 Porters1997-01-161-1/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BUILD PROCESS Subject: Make MachTen hints file warn about db-recno failures Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 12:07:18 +0100 From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu> Files: hints/machten.sh Msg-ID: <v03010d00aef92fba6aca@[194.51.248.78]> (applied based on p5p patch as commit a4c70ab8da3ec1d87c83e5c617f4550814ec1724) Subject: 5.003_20, FreeBSD 3.0 and minor patch Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:37:47 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@eurocontrol.fr> Files: Configure Msg-ID: <Mutt.19970108143747.roberto@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 50e0d465254be88fb90ac23584812a529741b4b1) CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Fix overloading via inherited autoloaded functions Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 05:22:47 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: gv.c lib/overload.pm pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/overload.t Msg-ID: <199701131022.FAA22830@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit a9bc755754f0db5e848e65dfd2e63a96af50ffd4) Subject: Method call fixes: Don't cache in alias, don't skip undef From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: global.sym gv.c gv.h hv.c op.c pod/perlguts.pod pod/perltoc.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c proto.h scope.c sv.c t/op/method.t Subject: Formats can be closures From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: cv.h op.c perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y pp_sys.c sv.h Subject: Quote 'foo' in C<$x{-foo}> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: toke.c Subject: Forbid C< x->{y} > and C< x->[0] > under C<strict refs> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/strict-refs Subject: Allow <=> to return undef when operands are not ordered From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: MANIFEST pp.c t/op/cmp.t CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Re: Perl 5.003_20: OS/2 patches Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 06:02:16 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: hints/os2.sh os2/Changes os2/os2.c os2/os2ish.h pp_sys.c Msg-ID: <199701101102.GAA19051@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9a3e71f668bd84b1cf53dd3ea10f588d59ecfebb) Subject: VMS patches for _20 Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:34:43 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: configpm dosish.h os2/os2ish.h plan9/plan9ish.h proto.h t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t toke.c unixish.h vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/genconfig.pl vms/perly_c.vms vms/test.com vms/vmsish.h x2p/a2p.h x2p/str.c private-msgid: <01IE7MGK7ULQ003K5M@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Subject: Irix 6.3 & 6.4 and perl5.003_20 Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:42:50 -0500 (EST) From: John Stoffel <jfs@fluent.com> Files: MANIFEST hints/irix_6_3.sh hints/irix_6_4.sh Msg-ID: <199701132242.RAA14601@jfs.Fluent.COM> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 8a1e91d771b51ae31eed1ac5944c63934213fb07) Subject: Patch: MachTen hints, Configure Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:43:13 +0100 From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu> Files: Configure hints/machten.sh private-msgid: <v03010d00af0123a93670@[194.51.248.75]> Subject: Rename aux.sh to aux_3.sh for MS-LOSS From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: MANIFEST hints/aux_3.sh DOCUMENTATION Subject: Full documentation generation patch Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 11:16:28 +0100 From: Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com> Files: MANIFEST pod/roffitall pod/rofftoc Msg-ID: <15309.853323388@lyon.grenoble.hp.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit a3270a1d7469cab9221ab0050a0e6695bd0047d8) Subject: Document use of pos() and /\G/ Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:13:12 -0500 From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlnews.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod Msg-ID: <199701132013.PAA26606@aatma.engin.umich.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit b2a07c1c241ec86f010fc0ea3bfa54c8ec28be90) Subject: Document new closure warnings From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod Subject: Misc. doc patches missing in _20 Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:55:33 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: pod/perlsub.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod Msg-ID: <102.852695733@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit b88f04ff2985d0899964b90ae56789d88f6b353e) LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS Subject: Localize info about filesystems being case-forgiving From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: lib/File/Basename.pm pod/checkpods.PL pod/pod2html.PL pod/pod2latex.PL pod/pod2man.PL pod/pod2text.PL utils/c2ph.PL utils/h2ph.PL utils/h2xs.PL utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL utils/pl2pm.PL utils/splain.PL x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL Subject: Eliminate warning from C<use overload> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: lib/overload.pm OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Fix C< eval { my $x; eval '$x' } > From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c t/op/misc.t Subject: Don't warn if eval '' uses outer func's lexicals From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c Subject: Avoid memory wastage in wait(); make pidstatus global From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: global.sym interp.sym perl.c perl.h pp_sys.c Subject: Forbid ++ and -- on readonly values Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:47:16 -0800 (PST) From: "John Q. Linux" <jql@accessone.com> Files: pp.c pp_hot.c Msg-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970110193330.11249D-100000@jql.accessone.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 74c80e585086695d5428ab316ca82fd6931aeabd) Subject: Keep array from dying during foreach(@array) From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: cop.h pp_ctl.c Subject: Fix C< $a="simple"; split /($a)/o > From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: pp.c t/op/misc.t Subject: Fix for anon-lists with tied entries coredump Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 02:45:11 -0500 From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: pp.c Msg-ID: <199701100745.CAA13057@aatma.engin.umich.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit d976ac8220f8890bb7663152c4870f60e8e018c8) Subject: Don't set SVf_PADBUSY on immortal SVs From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: op.c Subject: Patch for Object subroutines Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:56:02 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: cop.h Msg-ID: <199701080156.UAA15366@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 174150afa5efdafc0e94a18211d3c9aa06b15cd9) Subject: Use an SVt_PVLV to hold stacked OP pointers when debugging From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: pp.c pp_hot.c Subject: Undo change that freed large pad vars From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: scope.c TESTS Subject: UNIVERSAL tests From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: MANIFEST t/op/universal.t Subject: Test deletion of array during foreach From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@alpha.hut.fi> Files: t/op/misc.t UTILITIES Subject: Don't search for pod if path is already valid Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:25:19 -0800 From: Wayne Scott <wscott@ichips.intel.com> Files: utils/perldoc.PL Msg-ID: <199701082325.PAA04521@pdxlx008.intel.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 88f0eda82bb679b4e6445ccb17e18d0781c6a5da) Subject: Yet another perldoc option Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 00:00:35 +0200 From: Gisle Aas <aas@aas.no> Files: utils/perldoc.PL Msg-ID: <199610022200.AAA15334@furubotn.sn.no> (applied based on p5p patch as commit a2333f3625faa17fb193cfa25c3d598cb59f105f) Subject: Re: perldoc, temp files, async pagers Date: 07 Jan 1997 22:54:14 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: utils/perldoc.PL Msg-ID: <pzwwtoom8p.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7c36043de26da560a0f7eb04f36d232762c0092c)
* perl 5.003_03: x2p/str.cPerl 5 Porters1996-08-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | Use Configure's FILE_filbuf macro instead of a raw _filbuf. ---------------- Version 5.003_02
* This is my patch patch.1j for perl5.001.Andy Dougherty1995-06-051-3/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To apply, change to your perl directory and apply with patch -p1 -N < thispatch. After you apply this patch, I would recommend: rm config.sh sh Configure [whatever options you use] make depend make make test Here are the highlights: Linux fixes: Now correctly sets & uses stdio _ptr and _cnt tricks only when feasible (Configure, config_h.SH, config_H, doio.c, sv.c x2p/str.c) #!path-to-perl fixed to use $binexp instead of $bin. This should really be fixed to do the correct perl start-up stuff. Volunteers? (c2ph.SH, h2ph.SH, h2xs.SH, makeaperl.SH, perldoc.SH, pod/pod2*.SH, x2p/find2perl.SH, x2p/s2p.SH) hint updates: hints/apollo.sh, hints/linux.sh, hints/freebsd.sh, hints/sco_3.sh. xsubpp version 1.7. (includes CASE support) pod/perlbot updates. my lib/AutoLoader patch (to use @INC). [ON]DBM_File/Makefile.PL now have a few hint files. Other sundry small things. Patch and enjoy, Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu Dept. of Physics Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included: Configure Checks if File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to. Fix typo: s/sytem/system/ MANIFEST Include new extension hint files. README Some clarifications, thanks to John Stoeffel. Tell users how to not use dynamic loading. c2ph.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. config_H Updated to match config_h.SH. config_h.SH Include defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to. doio.c Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to. ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm Improve error messages and a little documentation. ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl New hint file. ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL Removed -ldbm.nfs, since it's now in the sco hint file. ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl New hint files. h2ph.SH h2xs.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. hints/apollo.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/linux.sh hints/sco_3.sh Updated. lib/AutoLoader.pm Eliminate else clause in sub import. Handle case where @INC contains relative paths. lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp Update to version 1.7. This includes CASE support. lib/I18N/Collate.pm Updated documentation. lib/ftp.pl Look for socket.ph or sys/socket.ph lib/getcwd.pl Use defined(). makeaperl.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. perl.c fputs("\tUnofficial patchlevel 1j.\n",stdout); perldoc.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. Turn off debugging messages. pod/perlbot.pod Updated. pod/pod2html.SH pod/pod2latex.SH pod/pod2man.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. sv.c Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to. toke.c Fix spelling of ambiguous. x2p/find2perl.SH x2p/s2p.SH Use $binexp instead of $bin. x2p/str.c Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to.
* This is my patch patch.1i for perl5.001.Andy Dougherty1995-05-301-11/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | To apply, change to your perl directory, run the commands above, then apply with patch -p1 -N < thispatch. After you apply this patch, I would recommend: rm config.sh sh Configure [whatever options you use] make depend make make test Here are the highlights: All pod documentation now installed, along with corresponding man pages, if possible (Configure allows you to change this). cppstdin no longer points back to the build directory. This necessitated two changes to the test suite: comp/cpp.t is now a front end that punts if cppstdin is not yet available (the old perl4 trick doesn't work for perl5). The op/misc.t test ./perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' has been dropped since I couldn't think of an elegant way to bypass it for systems that need the cppstdin wrapper. Grand autoload patch included (minus the installperl, lib/, and ext/ changes). The lib/ changes are in patch.1g, and the ext/ changes are in patch.1h. Better detection and use of stdio variants, especially on SVR4. Sarathy's consolidated patches (for ties) included. New filter stuff included. Three patches from Larry (gv.c, toke.c, pp_ctl.c) Patch and enjoy, Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu Dept. of Physics Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included: Changes.Conf Document changes in the Configure & build process. Configure Upgrade to metaconfig PL55. Add /opt hierarchy to paths searched for programs. Tye McQueen's updated std stdio testing. Prompting for installation info for perl module pages. Add possible SITELIB to include site-specific include directories. By default this is disabled, but it seemed a neat idea now that the standard perl library is getting so big. Check that the compiler chosen exists and actually supports the options the user specified. Correctly sort multiple shared library version numbers. Use a compile & link test for gconvert(), dlopen(), and dlerror(). Do not include build directory name in cppstdin wrapper. MANIFEST Updated. Makefile.SH Reorganized a bit to support separate install.perl and install.man targets to use the new installman script and to accomodate those who don't want to install the man pages. Organize cleanup of .SH files a little better. No longer automatically make the pod/*.man files. This is done by installman only if requested. Include additional error messages and info for regenerating the automatically maintained header files. Add 'minitest' target. README Updated. README.vms Fix perl5-porters subscription info. config_H Updated. config_h.SH Updated. configpm Embedded pod. configure GNU configure-like front end to metaconfig's Configure. Only supports a few options. doio.c Updated to use new std stdio testing. embed.h Add new symbols for filtering. global.sym see embed.h. gv.c C<sub method;> patch from lwall. hints/README.hints Updated. hints/aux.sh Updated. hints/cxux.sh Updated. hints/epix.sh New file. hints/freebsd.sh Updated. hints/irix_4.sh Updated. hints/irix_5.sh Updated. hints/irix_6.sh Updated. hints/linux.sh Updated. hints/powerunix.sh Updated. installman New file to install pod/*.pod and lib/*.p(m|od) man pages. installperl Move installation of man pages over to installman script. Install pod/*.pod files in $privlib/pod/. Preserve timestamps on .a files. makedepend.SH Now includes . and .. in PATH to explicitly find cppstdin wrapper. opcode.h opcode.pl shmwrite fix. perl.c Changed unofficial patchlevel message. Included optional SITELIB directory. perl.h #include <memory.h> cryptswitch gone/filters added. EUNICE replaced by UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS. Only matters for VMS. perldoc.SH New file. pod/perl.pod Describe where modpods are. pp_ctl.c sort bug fix from lwall. pp_hot.c csh glob bug fix from tchrist. Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey pp_sys.c Emulate flock with lockf, if possible. Use new std stdio unit. proto.h Filters stuff. prototype for unlnk() is only needed #if UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS sv.c Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey Sarathy's consolidated patch for nested ties. Use new std stdio unit. t/comp/cpp.aux New file. This only gets called if cppstdin is avaiable. t/comp/cpp.t Calls cpp.aux test only if cppstdin is available. t/op/misc.t Drop perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' test. it couldn't work on systems without the cppstdin wrapper installed, and is usually misleading when it fails anyway. toke.c filter stuff. fix for NETaa13798 from lwall. unixish.h undef UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS since it's irrelevant for unix. util.c s/EUNICE/UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS/ for the unlnk() function. vms/config.vms VMS updates from Charles Bailey. std stdio updates to match changes in perl sources. add UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS constant, but leave it #undef. vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs vms/perlvms.pod vms/vms.c VMS updates from Charles Bailey. x2p/Makefile.SH Updated to match man page Configure questions. Slight clean-up on .SH targets. x2p/str.c Use new std stdio unit.
* perl5.000 patch.0e: fix various non-broken things in the x2p/ directoryAndy Dougherty1995-01-181-3/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes various non-broken things in the x2p/ directory. Mostly, I've supplied function prototypes to satisfy particularly picky compilers. I've also updated Makefile.SH to know that the byacc-generated a2p.c is now included with the distribution so that we no longer need to go looking for yacc/bison/byacc and deal with various library issues or command line options to support those various compiler compilers. I've included a2p.c generated by byacc-1.9. Larry, feel free to use your own from byacc-1.8 instead.
* perl 5.000perl-5.000Larry Wall1994-10-171-9/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | [editor's note: this commit combines approximate 4 months of furious releases of Andy Dougherty and Larry Wall - see pod/perlhist.pod for details. Andy notes that; Alas neither my "Irwin AccuTrack" nor my DC 600A quarter-inch cartridge backup tapes from that era seem to be readable anymore. I guess 13 years exceeds the shelf life for that backup technology :-(. ]
* perl 5.0 alpha 9perl-5a9Larry Wall1994-05-041-3/+3
| | | | [editor's note: the sparc executables have not been included, and emacs backup files have been removed]
* perl 5.0 alpha 2perl-5a2Larry Wall1993-10-071-1/+3
| | | | [editor's note: from history.perl.org. The sparc executables originally included in the distribution are not in this commit.]
* perl 4.0 patch 9: patch #4, continuedLarry Wall1991-06-061-4/+7
| | | | See patch #4.
* perl 4.0.00: (no release announcement available)perl-4.0.00Larry Wall1991-03-211-4/+4
| | | | So far, 4.0 is still a beta test version. For the last production version, look in pub/perl.3.0/kits@44.
* perl 3.0: (no announcement message available)perl-3.000Larry Wall1989-10-181-3/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | A few of the new features: (18 Oct) * Perl can now handle binary data correctly and has functions to pack and unpack binary structures into arrays or lists. You can now do arbitrary ioctl functions. * You can now pass things to subroutines by reference. * Debugger enhancements. * An array or associative array may now appear in a local() list. * Array values may now be interpolated into strings. * Subroutine names are now distinguished by prefixing with &. You can call subroutines without using do, and without passing any argument list at all. * You can use the new -u switch to cause perl to dump core so that you can run undump and produce a binary executable image. Alternately you can use the "dump" operator after initializing any variables and such. * You can now chop lists. * Perl now uses /bin/csh to do filename globbing, if available. This means that filenames with spaces or other strangenesses work right. * New functions: mkdir and rmdir, getppid, getpgrp and setpgrp, getpriority and setpriority, chroot, ioctl and fcntl, flock, readlink, lstat, rindex, pack and unpack, read, warn, dbmopen and dbmclose, dump, reverse, defined, undef.
* perl 2.0 (no announcement message available)perl-2.0Larry Wall1988-06-051-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Some of the enhancements from Perl1 included: * New regexp routines derived from Henry Spencer's. o Support for /(foo|bar)/. o Support for /(foo)*/ and /(foo)+/. o \s for whitespace, \S for non-, \d for digit, \D nondigit * Local variables in blocks, subroutines and evals. * Recursive subroutine calls are now supported. * Array values may now be interpolated into lists: unlink 'foo', 'bar', @trashcan, 'tmp'; * File globbing. * Use of <> in array contexts returns the whole file or glob list. * New iterator for normal arrays, foreach, that allows both read and write. * Ability to open pipe to a forked off script for secure pipes in setuid scripts. * File inclusion via do 'foo.pl'; * More file tests, including -t to see if, for instance, stdin is a terminal. File tests now behave in a more correct manner. You can do file tests on filehandles as well as filenames. The special filetests -T and -B test a file to see if it's text or binary. * An eof can now be used on each file of the <> input for such purposes as resetting the line numbers or appending to each file of an inplace edit. * Assignments can now function as lvalues, so you can say things like ($HOST = $host) =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/; ($obj = $src) =~ s/\.c$/.o/; * You can now do certain file operations with a variable which holds the name of a filehandle, e.g. open(++$incl,$includefilename); $foo = <$incl>; * Warnings are now available (with -w) on use of uninitialized variables and on identifiers that are mentioned only once, and on reference to various undefined things. * There is now a wait operator. * There is now a sort operator. * The manual is now not lying when it says that perl is generally faster than sed. I hope.
* a "replacement" for awk and sedperl-1.0Larry Wall1987-12-181-0/+451
[ Perl is kind of designed to make awk and sed semi-obsolete. This posting will include the first 10 patches after the main source. The following description is lifted from Larry's manpage. --r$ ] Perl is a interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many system management tasks. The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). It combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some of the best features of C, sed, awk, and sh, so people familiar with those languages should have little difficulty with it. (Language historians will also note some vestiges of csh, Pascal, and even BASIC-PLUS.) Expression syntax corresponds quite closely to C expression syntax. If you have a problem that would ordinarily use sed or awk or sh, but it exceeds their capabilities or must run a little faster, and you don't want to write the silly thing in C, then perl may be for you. There are also translators to turn your sed and awk scripts into perl scripts.
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