Change 34734 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2008/11/05 13:44:55
Some tidying, and verification of module version numbers.
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Index: perl/pod/perl589delta.pod
--- perl/pod/perl589delta.pod#13~34732~ 2008-11-04 15:56:07.000000000 -0800
+++ perl/pod/perl589delta.pod 2008-11-05 05:44:55.000000000 -0800
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
=head2 stat and -X on directory handles
It is now possible to call C<stat> and the C<-X> filestat operators on
-directory handles. As both directory and file handles are barewords, there is
-there can be amiguities over which was intended. In these situations the file
-handle semantics are preferred. Both also treat C<*FILE{IO}> filehandles like
-C<*FILE> filehandles.
+directory handles. As both directory and file handles are barewords, there
+can be amiguities over which was intended. In these situations the file
+handle semantics are preferred. Both also treat C<*FILE{IO}> filehandles
+like C<*FILE> filehandles.
=head2 Source filters in @INC
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
=item C<${^CHILD_ERROR_NATIVE}>
This variable gives the native status returned by the last pipe close,
-backtick command, successful call to wait() or waitpid(), or from the
-system() operator. See L<perlvar> for details. (Contributed by Gisle Aas.)
+backtick command, successful call to C<wait> or C<waitpid>, or from the
+C<system> operator. See L<perlvar> for details. (Contributed by Gisle Aas.)
=item ${^UTF8CACHE}
@@ -78,18 +78,17 @@
=back
-=head2 readpipe() is now overridable
+=head2 C<readpipe> is now overridable
-The built-in function readpipe() is now overridable. Overriding it permits
+The built-in function C<readpipe> is now overridable. Overriding it permits
also to override its operator counterpart, C<qx//> (a.k.a. C<``>).
=head2 simple exception handling macros
-FIXME 23911 Add simple exception handling macros for XS writers.
-
-=head2 compatibility backport of 5.10.0's extension context marcos
-
-FIXME C<MY_CXT> and C<MY_CXT_INTERP>
+Perl 5.8.9 (and 5.10.0 onwards) now provides a couple of macros to do very
+basic exception handling in XS modules. You can use these macros if you call
+code that may croak, but you need to do some cleanup before giving control
+back to Perl. See L<perlguts/Exception Handling> for more details.
=head2 -D option enhancements
@@ -97,6 +96,10 @@
=item *
+C<-Dq> suppresses the I<EXECUTING...> message when running under C<-D>
+
+=item *
+
C<-Dl> log runops loop entry and exit, and jump level popping.
=item *
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@
=item *
C<Module::CoreList> is a hash of hashes that is keyed on perl version as
-indicated in $]. The bundled version is 2.12
+indicated in C<$]>. The bundled version is 2.12
=back
@@ -161,15 +164,7 @@
=item *
-C<ANSIColor> upgraded to version 1.11
-
-=item *
-
-C<Archive::Extract> upgraded to version 0.26
-
-=item *
-
-C<AutoLoader> upgraded to version 5.66
+C<AutoLoader> upgraded to version 5.67
=item *
@@ -229,7 +224,7 @@
=item *
-C<B::Concise> upgraded to 0.74
+C<B::Concise> upgraded to 0.76
=over
@@ -256,7 +251,7 @@
=item *
-C<B::Deparse> upgraded to version 0.82
+C<B::Deparse> upgraded to version 0.87
=item *
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@
=item *
-C<B::Terse> upgraded to version 1.04
+C<B::Terse> upgraded to version 1.05
=item *
@@ -276,7 +271,7 @@
=item *
-C<bignum> upgraded to 0.20
+C<bignum> upgraded to 0.23
=item *
@@ -301,7 +296,7 @@
=item *
-C<Data::Dumper> upgraded to version 2.121_13
+C<Data::Dumper> upgraded to version 2.121_17
=over
@@ -317,20 +312,7 @@
=item *
-C<DB> upgraded to version 1.30
-
-=over
-
-=item *
-
-Andreas J. Koenig contributed two functions to save and load the debugger
-history.
-
-=back
-
-=item *
-
-C<DB_File> upgraded to version 1.817 [33583]
+C<DB_File> upgraded to version 1.817
=item *
@@ -342,7 +324,7 @@
=item *
-C<Devel::PPPort> upgraded to version 3.14_01
+C<Devel::PPPort> upgraded to version 3.14
=item *
@@ -354,10 +336,6 @@
=item *
-C<Digest::SHA> upgraded to version 5.46
-
-=item *
-
C<DirHandle> upgraded to version 1.02
=over
@@ -371,28 +349,24 @@
=item *
-C<DynaLoader> upgraded to version 1.09 and can now dynamically load a loadable
-object from a file with a non-default file extension.
+C<DynaLoader> upgraded to version 1.09
-=item *
-
-C<Embed> upgraded to version 1.28
+DynaLoader can now dynamically load a loadable object from a file with a
+non-default file extension.
=item *
C<Encode> upgraded to version 2.26
-=item *
-
C<Encode::Alias> includes a fix for encoding "646" (aka ASCII) on Solaris.
=item *
-C<File::Basename> upgraded to version 2.76
+C<File::Basename> upgraded to version 2.77
=item *
-C<File::Find> upgraded to version 1.11
+C<File::Find> upgraded to version 1.13
=item *
@@ -400,10 +374,6 @@
=item *
-C<encoding> upgraded to version 0.11
-
-=item *
-
C<Errno> upgraded to version 1.10
=item *
@@ -424,6 +394,10 @@
=item *
+C<ExtUtils::Embed> upgraded to version 1.28
+
+=item *
+
C<ExtUtils::Install> upgraded to version 1.51
=item *
@@ -633,6 +607,10 @@
=item *
+C<PerlIO::encoding> upgraded to version 0.11
+
+=item *
+
C<PerlIO::scalar> upgraded to version 0.06
=over 4
@@ -945,6 +923,11 @@
=head1 Utility Changes
+=head2 debugger upgraded to version 1.30
+
+Andreas J. Koenig contributed two functions to save and load the debugger
+history.
+
=head2 F<perlthanks>
Perl 5.8.9 adds a new utility F<perlthanks>, which is a variant of F<perlbug>,
End of Patch.
