Change 28719 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2006/08/15 07:57:54
More perldelta nits found by my reviewers
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Index: perl/pod/perl594delta.pod
--- perl/pod/perl594delta.pod#14~28718~ 2006-08-14 15:30:18.000000000 -0700
+++ perl/pod/perl594delta.pod 2006-08-15 00:57:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@
=head2 MAD
MAD, which stands for I<Misc Attribute Decoration>, is a
-still-in-development work leading to a Perl 5 to Perl 6 convertor. To
+still-in-development work leading to a Perl 5 to Perl 6 converter. To
enable it, it's necessary to pass the argument C<-Dmad> to Configure. The
obtained perl isn't binary compatible with a regular perl 5.9.4, and has
space and speed penalties; moreover not all regression tests still pass
with it. (Larry Wall, Nicholas Clark)
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
+=head1 Modules and Pragmas
=over 4
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
C<config_data> is a new utility that comes with C<Module::Build>. It
provides a command-line interface to the configuration of Perl modules
that use Module::Build's framework of configurability (that is,
-C<*::ConfigData> modules, that contain local configuration information for
+C<*::ConfigData> modules that contain local configuration information for
their parent modules.)
=head1 Documentation
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
=over 4
-=item Engine de-recursiveised
+=item Engine de-recursivised
The regular expression engine is no longer recursive, meaning that
patterns that used to overflow the stack will either die with useful
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@
=head2 PERL5SHELL and tainting
-On Windows, PERL5SHELL is now checked for taintedness. (Rafael
-Garcia-Suarez)
+On Windows, the PERL5SHELL environment variable is now checked for
+taintedness. (Rafael Garcia-Suarez)
=head2 Using *FILE{IO}
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@
A few bugs related to UTF-8 handling with objects that have
stringification overloaded have been fixed. (Nicholas Clark)
+=head2 eval memory leaks fixed
+
+Traditionally, C<eval 'syntax error'> has leaked badly. Many (but not all)
+of these leaks have now been eliminated or reduced. (Dave Mitchell)
+
=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
@@ -304,7 +309,7 @@
=head1 Changed Internals
A new file, F<mathoms.c>, contains functions that aren't used anymore in
-the perl core, but that remain around because modules out there might
+the perl core, but remain around because modules out there might
still use them. They come from a factorization effort: for example, many
PP functions are now shared for several ops.
@@ -319,6 +324,10 @@
Bytecode tests fail under several platforms. We are considering removing
support for byteloader and compiler before the 5.10.0 release.
+On threaded perls, the construct C<eval("syntax error")> might lead, under
+some circumstances, to a segmentation fault. This is due to the flaw in
+the bug fix implmented by change #28319.
+
=head2 Platform-specific Problems
The test F<ext/Socket/t/socketpair.t> crashes after completing all tests
End of Patch.
