Change 20086 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/07/09 08:00:04
Document the v-string change in perldelta.
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... //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#28 edit
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==== //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perldelta.pod#28 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldelta.pod
--- perl/pod/perldelta.pod#27~20080~ Tue Jul 8 21:52:02 2003
+++ perl/pod/perldelta.pod Wed Jul 9 01:00:04 2003
@@ -69,6 +69,29 @@
indicated the use of UTF-8. This feature caused too many problems,
so the feature was turned off and redesigned: see L</"Core Enhancements">.
+=head2 Single-number v-strings are no more v-strings
+
+The version strings or v-strings (see L<perldata/"Version Strings">)
+feature introduced in Perl 5.6.0 has been a source of some confusion--
+especially when the user did not want to use it, but Perl thought it
+knew better. Especially troublesome has been the feature that before
+a "=>" a version string (a "v" followed by digits) has been interpreted
+as a v-string instead of a string literal. In other words:
+
+ %h = ( v65 => 42 );
+
+has meant since Perl 5.6.0
+
+ %h = ( 'A' => 42 );
+
+(at least in platforms of ASCII progeny) Perl 5.8.1 restores the
+more natural interpretation
+
+ %h = ( 'v65' => 42 );
+
+The multi-number v-strings like v65.66 and 65.66.67 still continue
+to be v-strings.
+
=head2 (FreeBSD) Perl now uses the Perl malloc
Using FreeBSD's system malloc for Perl was found to be very slow:
End of Patch.
