Change 13546 by jhi@alpha on 2001/12/09 15:31:19
Developer deprecations and an incompatibility.
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#275 edit
.... //depot/perl/pod/perlmodlib.pod#48 edit
.... //depot/perl/pod/perltoc.pod#133 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#275 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod.~1~ Sun Dec 9 08:45:05 2001
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Sun Dec 9 08:45:05 2001
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
run-time. (Subroutine and C<our> variables still get attributes applied
at compile-time.) See L<attributes> for additional details. In particular,
however, this allows variable attributes to be useful for C<tie> interfaces,
-which was a deficiency of earlier releaes.
+which was a deficiency of earlier releases. Note that the new semantics
+doesn't work with the Attribute::Handlers module (as of version 0.76).
=head2 Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
@@ -2530,7 +2531,7 @@
The compiler suite is slowly getting better but it continues to be
highly experimental. Use in production environments is discouraged.
-=head2 The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=head2 The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
The ability to configure Perl's numbers to use "long doubles",
floating point numbers of hopefully better accuracy, is still
@@ -2542,6 +2543,29 @@
operations are more likely to be executed by less optimised
libraries).
+=head2 Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+
+Some modules were seen in the Perl 5.7 development releases
+but are not present in 5.8.0.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+C<Attribute::Handlers> was removed because the implementation of C<my>
+variable attributes changed so much that the Attribute::Handlers will
+require a major rewrite. (This means that you can't use
+Attribute::Handler 0.76 with Perl 5.8.0.)
+
+=item *
+
+C<Time::Piece> (previously known as C<Time::Object>) was removed
+because it was felt that it didn't have enough value in it to be a
+core module. It is still a useful module, though, and is available
+from the CPAN.
+
+=back
+
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlmodlib.pod#48 (text) ====
==== //depot/perl/pod/perltoc.pod#133 (text+w) ====
Index: perl/pod/perltoc.pod
--- perl/pod/perltoc.pod.~1~ Sun Dec 9 08:45:05 2001
+++ perl/pod/perltoc.pod Sun Dec 9 08:45:05 2001
@@ -5108,7 +5108,9 @@
=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
=back
End of Patch.
