In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated
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commit 411c557297fce888191c9934f2eee1dfd34146e0
Author: Father Chrysostomos <spr...@cpan.org>
Date: Fri Feb 18 10:16:06 2011 -0800
perldelta for f1f02a6
M pod/perldelta.pod
commit 761f3ec61cbdbefc01374b8aedc2ca80d6bbf4b1
Author: Father Chrysostomos <spr...@cpan.org>
Date: Fri Feb 18 10:13:30 2011 -0800
Minor perlfaq\d tweaks
M pod/perlfaq2.pod
M pod/perlfaq3.pod
commit cf64c7fa70d06570768bf9b90bd440dcc342b77d
Author: Father Chrysostomos <spr...@cpan.org>
Date: Fri Feb 18 09:46:13 2011 -0800
Note the Math::BigInt upgrade
M pod/perldelta.pod
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Summary of changes:
pod/perldelta.pod | 7 ++++++-
pod/perlfaq2.pod | 8 ++++----
pod/perlfaq3.pod | 19 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 41f3299..a1691fb 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ C<HTTP::Tiny> has been upgraded from version 0.009 to 0.010
=item *
-C<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.99_04 to 1.991.
+C<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.99_04 to 1.992.
=item *
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ C<re> has been upgraded from version 0.16 to 0.17.
It now supports the double-a flag: C<use re '/aa';>
+The C<regmust> function used to crash when called on a regular expression
+belonging to a pluggable engine. Now it has been disabled for those.
+
+C<regmust> no longer leaks memory.
+
=item *
C<Term::UI> has been upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.26
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index 9a716ae..4e891a6 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ complete documentation in HTML and PDF format.
Many good books have been written about Perl--see the section later in
L<perlfaq2> for more details.
-Tutorial documents are included in current or upcoming Perl releases
+Tutorial documents included in current or upcoming Perl releases
include L<perltoot> for objects or L<perlboot> for a beginner's
approach to objects, L<perlopentut> for file opening semantics,
L<perlreftut> for managing references, L<perlretut> for regular
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ There are many good books on Perl. See the L<perlbook>
documentation or
I<The Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ) focuses on Perl
almost completely (although it sometimes sneaks in an article about
-another language). There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a german magazine
+another language). There's also I<$foo Magazin>, a German magazine
dedicated to Perl, at ( http://www.foo-magazin.de ).
The I<Perl-Zeitung> is a German-speaking magazine for Perl beginners
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Contest and the Perl Poetry Contests. Beginning in November
2002, I<TPJ>
moved to a reader-supported monthly e-zine format in which subscribers
can download issues as PDF documents. In 2006, I<TPJ> merged with Dr.
Dobbs Journal (online edition). To read old I<TPJ> articles, see
-http://www.ddj.com/ , brian d foy's index of online TPJ content
+http://www.ddj.com/ or brian d foy's index of online TPJ content
( http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=711609 ).
=head2 What mailing lists are there for Perl?
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Most of the major modules (C<Tk>, C<CGI>, C<libwww-perl>)
have their own
mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for
subscription information.
-A comprehensive list of Perl related mailing lists can be found at:
+A comprehensive list of Perl-related mailing lists can be found at:
http://lists.perl.org/
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq3.pod b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
index 66c3272..3093d36 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq3.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq3.pod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ operations typically found in symbolic debuggers.
The C<psh> (Perl sh) is currently at version 1.8. The Perl Shell is a shell
that combines the interactive nature of a Unix shell with the power of
-Perl. The goal is a full featured shell that behaves as expected for
+Perl. The goal is a full-featured shell that behaves as expected for
normal shell activity and uses Perl syntax and functionality for
control-flow statements and other things. You can get C<psh> at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/psh/ .
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ with C<File::Find> which is part of the standard library:
print join "\n", @files;
-If you simply need to quickly check to see if a module is
+If you simply need to check quickly to see if a module is
available, you can check for its documentation. If you can
read the documentation the module is most likely installed.
If you cannot read the documentation, the module might not
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ as you write it will help prevent bugs. Your editor can
and should
help you with this. The perl-mode or newer cperl-mode for emacs
can provide remarkable amounts of help with most (but not all)
code, and even less programmable editors can provide significant
-assistance. Tom Christiansen and many other VI users swear by
+assistance. Tom Christiansen and many other VI users swear by
the following settings in vi and its clones:
set ai sw=4
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ under Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
http://www.optiperl.com/
OptiPerl is a Windows IDE with simulated CGI environment, including
-debugger and syntax highlighting editor.
+debugger and syntax-highlighting editor.
=item Padre
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Visual Perl is a Visual Studio.NET plug-in from ActiveState.
http://www.zeusedit.com/lookmain.html
Zeus for Window is another Win32 multi-language editor/IDE
-that comes with support for Perl:
+that comes with support for Perl.
=back
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ http://www.contexteditor.org/
There is also a toyedit Text widget based editor written in Perl
that is distributed with the Tk module on CPAN. The ptkdb
-( http://ptkdb.sourceforge.net/ ) is a Perl/tk based debugger that
+( http://ptkdb.sourceforge.net/ ) is a Perl/Tk-based debugger that
acts as a development environment of sorts. Perl Composer
( http://perlcomposer.sourceforge.net/ ) is an IDE for Perl/Tk
GUI creation.
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ is a full Perl development environment with full debugger
support
=item Alpha
is an editor, written and extensible in Tcl, that nonetheless has
-built in support for several popular markup and programming languages
+built-in support for several popular markup and programming languages,
including Perl and HTML ( http://www.his.com/~jguyer/Alpha/Alpha8.html ).
=item BBEdit and BBEdit Lite
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ requires some judgement, however, because any changes will
be propagated
back to the original data. If you really want to mangle (er, modify) a
copy, you'll have to sacrifice the memory needed to make one.
-=item * Tie large variables to disk.
+=item * Tie large variables to disk
For "big" data stores (i.e. ones that exceed available memory) consider
using one of the DB modules to store it on disk instead of in RAM. This
@@ -840,7 +840,8 @@ Both of these solutions can have far-reaching effects on
your system
and on the way you write your CGI programs, so investigate them with
care.
-See http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/15_World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI/ .
+See also
+http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-category/15_World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI/ .
=head2 How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
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