Change 17519 by jhi@alpha on 2002/07/13 13:35:57
More admonishment that one shouldn't waste one's efforts
on 5.005 threads any more.
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#477 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#477 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod#476~17510~ Fri Jul 12 16:46:45 2002
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Sat Jul 13 06:35:57 2002
@@ -1932,8 +1932,9 @@
(C<Configure -Duseithreads>) because it wouldn't work anyway (the
Thread extension requires being Configured with C<-Duse5005threads>).
-But note that the Thread.pm interface is now shared by both
-thread models.
+B<Note that the 5.005 threads are unsupported and deprecated: if you
+have code written for the old threads you should migrate it to the
+new ithreads model.>
=item *
@@ -3263,7 +3264,7 @@
B<Note that support for 5.005-style threading is deprecated,
experimental and practically unsupported. In 5.10, it is expected
-to be removed.>
+to be removed. You should migrate your code to ithreads.>
The following tests are known to fail due to fundamental problems in
the 5.005 threading implementation. These are not new failures--Perl
End of Patch.
