Change 14866 by jhi@alpha on 2002/02/25 14:35:19
Mention the new pack tricks.
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#287 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#287 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod.~1~ Mon Feb 25 07:45:06 2002
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Mon Feb 25 07:45:06 2002
@@ -449,6 +449,16 @@
=item *
+C<pack() / unpack()> now can group template letters with C<()> and then
+apply repetition/count modifiers on the groups.
+
+=item *
+
+C<pack() / unpack()> can now process the Perl internal numeric types:
+IVs, UVs, NVs-- and also long doubles, if supported by the platform.
+
+=item *
+
C<pack('U0a*', ...)> can now be used to force a string to UTF8.
=item *
End of Patch.
