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=head1 NAME
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perl5370delta - what is new for perl v5.37.0
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This document describes differences between the 5.36.0 release and the 5.37.1
release.
=head1 Notice
XXX Any important notices here
=head1 Core Enhancements
XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language
enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
here, but most should go in the L section.
[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
=head1 Security
XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
L section.
[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
=head1 Incompatible Changes
XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
report. See L below.
[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
=head1 Deprecations
XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
=head2 Module removals
XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
prerequisites.
The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category
warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings,
install the modules in question from CPAN.
Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged
to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their
necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation,
not usually on concerns over their design.
=over
=item XXX
XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
as an updated module in the L section.
=back
[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
=head1 Performance Enhancements
XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
There may well be none in a stable release.
[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ]
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Modules and Pragmata
XXX All changes to installed files in F, F, F and F
go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
following sections using F. A paragraph summary
for important changes should then be added by hand. In an ideal world,
dual-life modules would have a F file that could be cribbed.
The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of
preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if
you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the
manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the
release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.)
[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ]
=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
XXX Remove this section if not applicable.
=back
=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
L has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
If there was something important to note about this change, include that here.
=back
=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Documentation
XXX Changes to files in F go here. Consider grouping entries by
file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L.
=head2 New Documentation
XXX Changes which create B files in F go here.
=head3 L
XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
=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.
XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F go here.
However, any changes to F should go in the L
section.
Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
=head3 L
=over 4
=item *
XXX Description of the change here
=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.
XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C code go here. Also
include any changes in L that reconcile it to the C code.
=head2 New Diagnostics
XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
and New Warnings
=head3 New Errors
=over 4
=item *
XXX L
=back
=head3 New Warnings
=over 4
=item *
XXX L
=back
=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
=over 4
=item *
XXX Describe change here
=back
=head1 Utility Changes
XXX Changes to installed programs such as F and F go here.
Most of these are built within the directory F.
[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item
entries for each change
Use L with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
=head2 L
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Configuration and Compilation
XXX Changes to F, F, F, and analogous tools
go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
L section, instead.
[ List changes as an =item entry ].
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Testing
XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
listed here. Changes which create B files in F go here as do any
large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
Changes to existing files in F aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs
that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this:
Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
in this release.
XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this:
Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and
changes in this release. Furthermore, these significant changes were
made:
[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ]
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Platform Support
XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =item entry with specific
changes as paragraphs below it. ]
=head2 New Platforms
XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F
directories, or new subdirectories and F files at the top level of the
source tree.
=over 4
=item XXX-some-platform
XXX
=back
=head2 Discontinued Platforms
XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
=over 4
=item XXX-some-platform
XXX
=back
=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
L section.
=over 4
=item XXX-some-platform
XXX
=back
=head1 Internal Changes
XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C code go here. Other
significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
well.
[ List each change as an =item entry ]
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in
files in F and F are best summarized in L.
[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Known Problems
XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
tests that had to be Ced for the release would be noted here. Unfixed
platform specific bugs also go here.
[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
=over 4
=item *
XXX
=back
=head1 Errata From Previous Releases
=over 4
=item *
XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
the perldelta of a previous release.
=back
=head1 Obituary
XXX If any significant core contributor or member of the CPAN community has
died, add a short obituary here.
=head1 Acknowledgements
XXX Generate this with:
perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.37.0..HEAD
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug database
at L. There may also be information at
L, the Perl Home Page.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
L. 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
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 program:
perlthanks
This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of thanks.
=head1 SEE ALSO
The F file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on
what changed.
The F file for how to build Perl.
The F file for general stuff.
The F and F files for copyright information.
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