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- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 3e7fd5e86434e6902988abc13b5f3d2977f641b6 Author: David Golden <[email protected]> Date: Mon Jul 19 09:58:24 2010 -0400 perl5133delta.pod: Removed most XXX and boilerplate M pod/perl5133delta.pod commit cdd0aa9c6bdd3dd325191ea48bf3012b56a10b04 Author: David Golden <[email protected]> Date: Mon Jul 19 09:53:54 2010 -0400 perl5133delta additions and revisions M pod/perl5133delta.pod ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perl5133delta.pod | 215 +++++-------------------------------------------- 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 193 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perl5133delta.pod b/pod/perl5133delta.pod index b9b0c2d..1636703 100644 --- a/pod/perl5133delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5133delta.pod @@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ =head1 NAME -[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as -XXX needs to be processed before release. ] - perldelta - what is new for perl v5.13.3 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -16,18 +13,8 @@ If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.13.1, first read L<perl5132delta>, which describes differences between 5.13.1 and 5.13.2. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements -XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language -enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go -here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. - -[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 \o{...} The escape sequence C<"\o"> in double-quotish contexts is now defined. It @@ -60,33 +47,13 @@ name will C<charnames::viacode()> return your custom one. See L<charnames> for details on all these changes. -=head2 Other enhancements - -=over - -=item * - -Uppercase X/B allowed in hexadecimal/binary literals (RT#76296) (a674e8d) - -=back - -=head1 Security - -XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security -vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the -L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. +=head2 Uppercase X/B allowed in hexadecimal/binary literals -[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] +Literals may now use either C<0X...> or C<0B...> in addition to C<0x...> +and C<0b...> prefixes. (RT#76296) (a674e8d) =head1 Incompatible Changes -XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: - - There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX. If any - exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. - -[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 \400 - \777 Use of C<\400> - C<\777> in regexes in certain circumstances has given different, @@ -101,12 +68,6 @@ to represent characters in octal. =head1 Deprecations -XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. -In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are -listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. - -[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Omitting a space between regular expression and subsequent word Omitting a space between a regex pattern or pattern modifiers and the @@ -126,11 +87,6 @@ course, does not generate the warning. (0111154) =head1 Performance Enhancements -XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There -may well be none in a stable release. - -[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -141,26 +97,6 @@ There are several small optimizations to improve CPU cache performance =head1 Modules and Pragmata -XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> -go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the -following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub -entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries -below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. -In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be -cribbed. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - -=head2 New Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata XXX Make sure these get sorted, are phrased similarly and all version @@ -299,51 +235,30 @@ Unicode-Normalize updated to CPAN release 1.06 (a96160d) =back -=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX - -=back - =head1 Documentation -XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by -file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - =head2 New Documentation -XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. - =head3 L<perl5121delta> The Perl 5.12.1 perldelta file was added from the Perl maintenance branch =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation -XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. -However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> -section. - =head3 General changes =over =item * -Octal character escapes in documentation now prefer either the C<\gDIGIT> -escape or else a three-digit octal escape as they have less ambiguity than -other forms of octal escapes. (ce7b6f0) (d8b950d) +Octal character escapes in documentation now prefer a three-digit octal +escape or the new C<\o{}> escape as they have more consistent behavior +in different contexts than other forms. (ce7b6f0) (d8b950d) (e1f120a) =item * Documentation now standardizes on the term 'capture group' over 'buffer' -in regular expression documentation(c27a5cf) +in regular expression documentation (c27a5cf) =back @@ -369,6 +284,11 @@ Add additional notes regarding srand and forking (d460397) Improved documentation of unusual character escapes (bf82ca4) +=item * + +Clarifies how hexadecimal escapes are interpreted, with particular +attention to the treatment of invalid characters. (9644846) + =back =head3 L<perlrun> @@ -392,56 +312,29 @@ terms like "deprecation" (70e4a83) =back -=head3 L<perltie> +=head3 L<perlre> =over =item * -Some examples updated for modern Perl style (67d00dd) - -=back - -=head1 Diagnostics - -The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, -including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of -diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. - -XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also -include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. - -[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] - -=head2 New Diagnostics - -XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX +Added examples on the perils of not using \g{} when there are more +than nine back-references (9d86067) =back -=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics - -XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here +=head3 L<perltie> -=over 4 +=over =item * -XXX +Some examples updated for modern Perl style (67d00dd) =back =head1 Utility Changes -XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go -here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. - =head3 L<perldb> =over @@ -457,16 +350,8 @@ Uses the less pager path from Config instead of searching for it (bf320d6) =back - =head1 Configuration and Compilation -XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools -go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. -However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the -L</Platform Support> section, instead. - -[ List changes as a =item entry ]. - =over 4 =item * @@ -477,14 +362,6 @@ Adjusts 'make test.valgrind' to account for cpan/dist/ext separation. (e07ce2e) =head1 Testing -XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be -listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any -large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). -Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs -that they represent may be covered elsewhere. - -[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -503,30 +380,8 @@ Several test files have been modernized to use Test::More =head1 Platform Support -XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. - -[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific -changes as paragraphs below it. ] - -=head2 New Platforms - -XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous -versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> -directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the -source tree. - -=over 4 - -=item XXX-some-platform - -XXX - -=back - =head2 Discontinued Platforms -XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. - =over 4 =item MacOS Classic @@ -539,11 +394,6 @@ from other core modules as well. =head2 Platform-Specific Notes -XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration -and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, -changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the -L</Modules and Pragmata> section. - =over 4 =item Win32 @@ -555,12 +405,6 @@ robustness. (5732108) =head1 Internal Changes -XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. -Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should -be noted as well. - -[ List each improvement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -598,12 +442,6 @@ variants that allow us to control this. (0d7d409) =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here. -Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in -L</Modules and Pragmata>. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -678,16 +516,12 @@ Fix pthread include error for Time::Piece (e9f284c) =head1 Known Problems -XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any -tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless -they were specific to a particular platform (see below). - -This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions -from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX. +=over 4 -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] +=item * -=over 4 +Bug fixes involving CvGV reference counting break L<Sub::Name>. A +patch has been sent upstream to the maintainer. =item * @@ -707,11 +541,6 @@ which was excluded in the original release (d1e2db0) =back -=head1 Obituary - -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. - =head1 Acknowledgements XXX The list of people to thank goes here. -- Perl5 Master Repository
