Change 31791 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2007/09/05 10:34:42
Subject: Re: The path to the Release
From: Jim Cromie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:56:19 -0600
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Doc patch to perlglossary, with tweaks.
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/pod/perlglossary.pod#7 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlglossary.pod#7 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlglossary.pod
--- perl/pod/perlglossary.pod#6~25523~ 2005-09-20 12:12:28.000000000 -0700
+++ perl/pod/perlglossary.pod 2007-09-05 03:34:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -793,6 +793,17 @@
L</terminator>. "To delimit" really just means "to surround" or "to
enclose" (like these parentheses are doing).
+=item deprecated modules and features
+
+Deprecated modules and features are those which were part of a stable
+release, but later found to be subtly flawed, and which should be avoided.
+They are subject to removal and/or bug-incompatible reimplementation in
+the next major release (but they will be preserved through maintainance
+releases). Deprecation warnings are issued under B<-w> or C<use
+diagnostics>, and notices are found in L<perldelta>s, as well as various
+other PODs. Coding practices that misuse features, such as C<my $foo if
+0>, can also be deprecated.
+
=item dereference
A fancy computer science term meaning "to follow a L</reference> to
@@ -862,6 +873,17 @@
usage implies source code is included. If that is not the case, it
will be called a "binary-only" distribution.
+=item (to be) dropped modules
+
+When Perl 5 was first released (see L<perlhistory>), several modules were
+included, which have now fallen out of common use. It has been suggested
+that these modules should be removed, since the distribution became rather
+large, and the common criterion for new module additions is now limited to
+modules that help to build, test, and extend perl itself. Furthermore,
+the CPAN (which didn't exist by the time of Perl 5.0) can become a new
+home dropped modules. Dropping modules is currently not an option, but
+further developments may clear the last barriers.
+
=item dweomer
An enchantment, illusion, phantasm, or jugglery. Said when Perl's
End of Patch.
