Change 20029 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/07/06 15:53:28
More perldelta.
Affected files ...
... //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#22 edit
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==== //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#22 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod#21~20027~ Sun Jul 6 01:32:12 2003
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Sun Jul 6 08:53:28 2003
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@
=head2 Updated Modules
+B::Concise
+
+B::Deparse
+
Benchmark - An optional feature, C<:hireswallclock>, now allows
for high resolution wall clock times (uses Time::HiRes).
@@ -297,6 +301,10 @@
changing search order)>. This warning has now been avoided by
Configure weeding out such directories before the compilation.
+One can now build subsets of Perl core modules by using the
+Configure flags C<-Dnoextensions=> and C<-Donlyextensions=>,
+see F<INSTALL>
+
The Perl malloc has been enhanced: for example in FreeBSD Perl
now builds with that by default, operation on 64-bit platforms
should now also be better, and there are more debugging options
@@ -330,7 +338,7 @@
the faulty behaviour. In practice this is unlikely unless your code
contains a very complex nesting of anonymous subs, evals and lexicals.
-=head2 Miscellaneous fixes
+=head2 Generic fixes
binmode(SOCKET, ":utf8") only worked on the input side, not
on the output side of the socket. Now it works both ways.
@@ -455,6 +463,13 @@
It is not illegal to clear a restricted hash, so the warning
was removed.
+
+=head2 New "Can't provide tied hash usage; use keys(%hash) to test if empty"
+
+Use of C<%hash> in scalar context (like for example as the test of C<if>)
+is not available for tied hashes. Currently any tied hash, elements or not,
+returns a true value in scalar context. This is probably not what you
+had in mind, so Perl aborts.
=head2 New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
End of Patch.
