In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/b6bac75da7a108a621cf338a34b95842bc95b3ab?hp=707fe569d22afb88e064f9caf55184bd2a4ddb2b>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit b6bac75da7a108a621cf338a34b95842bc95b3ab Author: Steve Hay <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 20 17:03:22 2012 +0100 RMG - update commit reference for new perldelta change Refer to one that doesn't mention pod.lst since that is gone now. M Porting/release_managers_guide.pod commit 916c45d971c473a73835878db323f9b763574221 Author: Steve Hay <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 20 16:57:26 2012 +0100 Make new perldelta for 5.17.4 M MANIFEST M Makefile.SH M pod/.gitignore M pod/perl.pod A pod/perl5173delta.pod M pod/perldelta.pod M vms/descrip_mms.template M win32/Makefile M win32/makefile.mk M win32/pod.mak ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: MANIFEST | 1 + Makefile.SH | 8 +- Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 2 +- pod/.gitignore | 2 +- pod/perl.pod | 1 + pod/{perldelta.pod => perl5173delta.pod} | 2 +- pod/perldelta.pod | 533 +++++++++-------------------- vms/descrip_mms.template | 2 +- win32/Makefile | 4 +- win32/makefile.mk | 4 +- win32/pod.mak | 4 + 11 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 379 deletions(-) copy pod/{perldelta.pod => perl5173delta.pod} (99%) diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST index 23fb602..71e26a0 100644 --- a/MANIFEST +++ b/MANIFEST @@ -4665,6 +4665,7 @@ pod/perl5161delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.16.1 pod/perl5170delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.17.0 pod/perl5171delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.17.1 pod/perl5172delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.17.2 +pod/perl5173delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.17.3 pod/perl561delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6.1 pod/perl56delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.6 pod/perl581delta.pod Perl changes in version 5.8.1 diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH index 13eaafc..44ab155 100755 --- a/Makefile.SH +++ b/Makefile.SH @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ mini_obj = $(minindt_obj) $(MINIDTRACE_O) ndt_obj = $(obj0) $(obj1) $(obj2) $(obj3) $(ARCHOBJS) obj = $(ndt_obj) $(DTRACE_O) -perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5173delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod +perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5174delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod generated_pods = pod/perltoc.pod $(perltoc_pod_prereqs) generated_headers = uudmap.h bitcount.h mg_data.h @@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST $(MINIPERL) $(Icwd) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q -pod/perl5173delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod - $(RMS) pod/perl5173delta.pod - $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5173delta.pod +pod/perl5174delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod + $(RMS) pod/perl5174delta.pod + $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5174delta.pod extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE) -@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods` diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index 7e6cb04..3b76890 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ When C<make test_porting> passes, commit the new perldelta. =back At this point you may want to compare the commit with a previous bump to -see if they look similar. See commit e3c71926d3 for an example of a +see if they look similar. See commit 4eabcf701b for an example of a previous version bump. =for checklist skip MAINT RC diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore index 6e7aaf9..50b5933 100644 --- a/pod/.gitignore +++ b/pod/.gitignore @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ /roffitall # generated -/perl5173delta.pod +/perl5174delta.pod /perlapi.pod /perlintern.pod *.html diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod index 2956a8a..4233b5b 100644 --- a/pod/perl.pod +++ b/pod/perl.pod @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ aux a2p c2ph h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man s2p splain xsubpp perlhist Perl history records perldelta Perl changes since previous version + perl5173delta Perl changes in version 5.17.3 perl5172delta Perl changes in version 5.17.2 perl5171delta Perl changes in version 5.17.1 perl5170delta Perl changes in version 5.17.0 diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perl5173delta.pod similarity index 99% copy from pod/perldelta.pod copy to pod/perl5173delta.pod index a20cc77..c9d6d0c 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5173delta.pod @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.3 +perl5173delta - what is new for perl v5.17.3 =head1 DESCRIPTION diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index a20cc77..7ea5598 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -2,245 +2,140 @@ =head1 NAME -perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.3 +[ 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 v5.17.4 =head1 DESCRIPTION -This document describes differences between the 5.17.2 release and the 5.17.3 +This document describes differences between the 5.17.3 release and the 5.17.4 release. -If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.1, first read -L<perl5172delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.1 and 5.17.2. - -=head1 Core Enhancements - -=head2 Computed Labels - -The loop controls C<next>, C<last> and C<redo>, and the special C<dump> -operator, now allow arbitrary expressions to be used to compute labels at run -time. Previously, any argument that was not a constant was treated as the -empty string. - -=head1 Incompatible Changes - -=head2 C<$ENV{foo}=undef> deletes value from environ, like C<delete $ENV{foo}> - -This facilitates use of C<local()> with C<%ENV> entries. In previous versions -of Perl, C<undef> was converted to the empty string. - -=head2 Defined values stored in environment are forced to byte strings - -A value stored in an environment variable has always been stringified. In this -release, it is converted to be only a byte string. First, it is forced to be a -only a string. Then if the string is utf8 and the equivalent of -C<utf8::downgrade()> works, that result is used; otherwise, the equivalent of -C<utf8::encode()> is used, and a warning is issued about wide characters -(L</Diagnostics>). - -=head2 C<given> now aliases the global C<$_> - -Instead of assigning to an implicit lexical C<$_>, C<given> now makes the -global C<$_> an alias for its argument, just like C<foreach>. However, it -still uses lexical C<$_> if there is lexical C<$_> in scope (again, just like -C<foreach>) [perl #114020]. - -=head1 Modules and Pragmata - -=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item * - -L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.36 to 1.37. All C<CVf_*> and C<GVf_*> -and more SV-related flag values are now provided as constants in the C<B::> -namespace and available for export. The default export list has not changed. - -=item * - -L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 0.91 to 0.92. The C<-nobanner> -option has been fixed, and C<format>s can now be dumped. When passed a sub -name to dump, it will check also to see whether it is the name of a format. If -a sub and a format share the same name, it will dump both. - -=item * - -L<B::Debug> has been upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.18. This adds support -(experimentally) for C<B::PADLIST>, which will be added in Perl 5.17.4. - -=item * - -L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.15 to 1.16. It now deparses -loop controls with the correct precedence, and multiple statements in a -C<format> line are also now deparsed correctly. - -=item * - -L<CGI> has been upgraded from version 3.59 to 3.60. Unrecognized HTML escape -sequences are now handled better, problematic trailing newlines are no longer -inserted after E<lt>formE<gt> tags by C<startform()> or C<start_form()>, and -bogus "Insecure Dependency" warnings appearing with some versions of perl are -now worked around. - -=item * - -L<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> has been upgraded from version 2.05201 to 2.055. The -misuse of Perl's "magic" API has been fixed. - -=item * - -L<Compress::Raw::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.05401 to 2.056. The -misuse of Perl's "magic" API has been fixed. - -=item * +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.2, first read +L<perl5173delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.2 and 5.17.3. -L<Compress::Zlib> has been upgraded from version 2.052 to 2.055. C<compress()>, -C<uncompress()>, C<memGzip()> and C<memGunzip()> have been speeded up by making -parameter validation more efficient. +=head1 Notice -=item * +XXX Any important notices here -L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.135_06 to 2.135_07. It has -been optimized to only build a seen-scalar hash as necessary, thereby speeding -up serialization drastically. +=head1 Core Enhancements -=item * +XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language +enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go +here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. -L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.09. The only change -has been to the test script, to account for changes to some flags in perl's -internals. +[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Security -L<Encode> has been upgraded from version 2.44 to 2.47. The Mac alias x-mac-ce -has been added, and various bugs have been fixed in Encode::Unicode, -Encode::UTF7 and Encode::GSM0338. +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. -=item * +[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] -L<Module::Build> has been upgraded from version 0.40 to 0.4003. A minor bug -fix allows markup to be used around the leading "Name" in a POD "abstract" -line, and some documentation improvements have been made. +=head1 Incompatible Changes -=item * +XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: -L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.69 to 2.71. Version -information is now stored as a delta, which greatly reduces the size of the -F<CoreList.pm> file. + There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX + If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a + report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. -=item * +[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] -L<Module::Load::Conditional> has been upgraded from version 0.50 to 0.54. -Various enhancements include the new use of Module::Metadata. +=head1 Deprecations -=item * +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. -L<Module::Metadata> has been upgraded from version 1.000009 to 1.000011. The -creation of a Module::Metadata object for a typical module file has been sped -up by about 40%, and some spurious warnings about C<$VERSION>s have been -suppressed. +[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] -=item * +=head1 Performance Enhancements -L<Module::Pluggable> has been upgraded from version 4.0 to 4.3. Amongst other -changes, triggers are now allowed on events, which gives a powerful way to -modify behaviour. +XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. +There may well be none in a stable release. -=item * +[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] -L<perlfaq> has been upgraded from version 5.0150040 to 5.0150041. This -contains a couple of minor corrections and lists one new editor. +=over 4 =item * -L<Pod::Simple> has been upgraded from version 3.20 to 3.23. Numerous -improvements have been made, mostly to Pod::Simple::XHTML, which also has a -compatibility change: the C<codes_in_verbatim> option is now disabled by -default. See F<cpan/Pod-Simple/ChangeLog> for the full details. +XXX -=item * +=back -L<re> has been upgraded from version 0.21 to 0.22. Single character [class]es -like C</[s]/> or C</[s]/i> are now optimized as if they did not have the -brackets, i.e. C</s/> or C</s/i>. +=head1 Modules and Pragmata -=item * +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. -L<Socket> has been upgraded from version 2.002 to 2.004. Constants and -functions required for IP multicast source group membership have been added. +[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] -=item * +=head2 New Modules and Pragmata -L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.37 to 2.38. It can now freeze and -thaw vstrings correctly. This causes a slight incompatible change in the -storage format, so the format version has increased to 2.9. +=over 4 =item * -L<Sys::Syslog> has been upgraded from version 0.29 to 0.31. This contains -several bug fixes relating to C<getservbyname()>, C<setlogsock()>and log levels -in C<syslog()>, together with fixes for Windows, Haiku-OS and GNU/kFreeBSD. -See F<cpan/Sys-Syslog/Changes> for the full details. +XXX -=item * - -L<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.09 to 1.10. This fixes the -use of the B<cpan> and B<cpanp> shells on Windows in the event that the current -drive happens to contain a F<\dev\tty> file. +=back -=item * +=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata -L<Text::Tabs> and L<Text::Wrap> have been upgraded from version 2009.0305 to -2012.0818. Support for Unicode combining characters has been added to them -both. +=over 4 =item * -L<Time::Local> has been upgraded from version 1.2000 to 1.2300. Seconds values -greater than 59 but less than 60 no longer cause C<timegm()> and C<timelocal()> -to croak. +L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy. -=item * +=back -L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.44 to 0.45. This has been -modified slightly for reasons of perl internal use only. +=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata -=item * - -L<Win32> has been upgraded from version 0.44 to 0.45. New APIs have been added -for getting and setting the current code page. +=over 4 =item * -L<Win32CORE> has been upgraded from version 0.02 to 0.03. The use of -PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT here has resulted in smaller machine code. +XXX =back =head1 Documentation -=head2 Changes to Existing 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>. -=head3 L<perlfunc>, L<perlop> +=head2 New Documentation -=over 4 +XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. -=item * +=head3 L<XXX> -Loop control verbs (C<dump>, C<goto>, C<next>, C<last> and C<redo>) have always -had the same precedence as assignment operators, but this was not documented -until now. +XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here -=back +=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 L<perlvar> +=head3 L<XXX> =over 4 =item * -A caveat has been added to the documentation for C<$_> warning against the use -of lexical C<$_> [perl #114020]. +XXX Description of the change here =back @@ -250,29 +145,21 @@ 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. + =head2 New Diagnostics +XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors +and New Warnings + =head3 New Errors =over 4 =item * -L<Unterminated delimiter for here document|perldiag/"Unterminated delimiter for here document"> - -This message now occurs when a here document label has an initial quotation -mark but the final quotation mark is missing. - -This replaces a bogus and misleading error message about not finding the label -itself [perl #114104]. - -=item * - -L<panic: child pseudo-process was never scheduled|perldiag/"panic: child pseudo-process was never scheduled"> - -This error is thrown when a child pseudo-process in the ithreads implementation -on Windows was not scheduled within the time period allowed and therefore was -not able to initialize properly [perl #88840]. +XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> =back @@ -282,270 +169,182 @@ not able to initialize properly [perl #88840]. =item * -L<Wide character in setenv|perldiag/"Wide character in %s"> - -Attempts to put wide characters into environment variables via C<%ENV> now -provoke this warning. +XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> =back -=head1 Configuration and Compilation - -=over 4 +=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics -=item * - -The pager detection in F<Configure> has been improved to allow responses which -specify options after the program name, e.g. B</usr/bin/less -R>, if the user -accepts the default value. This helps B<perldoc> when handling ANSI escapes -[perl #72156]. - -=back - -=head1 Platform Support - -=head2 Discontinued Platforms +XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here =over 4 -=item UTS Global +=item * -Support code relating to UTS global has been removed. UTS was a mainframe -version of System V created by Amdahl, subsequently sold to UTS Global. The -port has not been touched since before Perl 5.8.0, and UTS Global is now -defunct. +XXX Describe change here =back -=head2 Platform-Specific Notes - -=over 4 - -=item Windows - -A new makefile option, USE_64_BIT_INT, has been added to the Windows makefiles. -Set this to "define" when building a 32-bit perl if you want it to use 64-bit -integers. - -Machine code size reductions, already made to the DLLs of XS modules in Perl -5.17.2, have now been extended to the perl DLL itself. - -Building with VC++ 6.0 was inadvertently broken in Perl 5.17.2 but has now been -fixed again. +=head1 Utility Changes -=item VMS +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>. -The B<a2p> build has been fixed for the HP C++ compiler on OpenVMS. +[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item +entries for each change +Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] -=back - -=head1 Selected Bug Fixes +=head3 L<XXX> =over 4 =item * -C<\w> now matches the code points U+200C (ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER) and U+200D -(ZERO WIDTH JOINER). C<\W> no longer matches these. This change is because -Unicode corrected their definition of what C<\w> should match. - -=item * - -C<dump LABEL> no longer leaks its label. - -=item * - -Constant folding no longer changes the behaviour of functions like C<stat()> -and C<truncate()> that can take either filenames or handles. -C<stat 1 ? foo : bar> nows treats its argument as a file name (since it is an -arbitrary expression), rather than the handle "foo". - -=item * +XXX -C<truncate FOO, $len> no longer falls back to treating "FOO" as a file name if -the filehandle has been deleted. This was broken in Perl 5.16.0. +=back -=item * +=head1 Configuration and Compilation -Subroutine redefinitions after sub-to-glob and glob-to-glob assignments no -longer cause double frees or panic messages. +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. -=item * +[ List changes as a =item entry ]. -C<s///> now turns vstrings into plain strings when performing a substitution, -even if the resulting string is the same (C<s/a/a/>). +=over 4 =item * -Prototype mismatch warnings no longer erroneously treat constant subs as having -no prototype when they actually have "". +XXX -=item * +=back -Constant subroutines and forward declarations no longer prevent prototype -mismatch warnings from omitting the sub name. +=head1 Testing -=item * +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 summarizing, although the bugs +that they represent may be covered elsewhere. -C<undef> on a subroutine now clears call checkers. - -=item * +[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] -The C<ref> operator started leaking memory on blessed objects in Perl 5.16.0. -This has been fixed [perl #114340]. +=over 4 =item * -C<use> no longer tries to parse its arguments as a statement, making -C<use constant { () };> a syntax error [perl #114222]. +XXX -=item * +=back -On debugging builds, "uninitialized" warnings inside formats no longer cause -assertion failures. +=head1 Platform Support -=item * +XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. -On debugging builds, subroutines nested inside formats no longer cause -assertion failures [perl #78550]. +[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific +changes as paragraphs below it. ] -=item * +=head2 New Platforms -Formats and C<use> statements are now permitted inside formats. +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. -=item * +=over 4 -C<print $x> and C<sub { print $x }-E<gt>()> now always produce the same output. -It was possible for the latter to refuse to close over $x if the variable was -not active; e.g., if it was defined outside a currently-running named -subroutine. +=item XXX-some-platform -=item * +XXX -Similarly, C<print $x> and C<print eval '$x'> now produce the same output. -This also allows "my $x if 0" variables to be seen in the debugger [perl -#114018]. +=back -=item * +=head2 Discontinued Platforms -Formats called recursively no longer stomp on their own lexical variables, but -each recursive call has its own set of lexicals. +XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on. -=item * +=over 4 -Attempting to free an active format or the handle associated with it no longer -results in a crash. +=item XXX-some-platform -=item * +XXX -Format parsing no longer gets confused by braces, semicolons and low-precedence -operators. It used to be possible to use braces as format delimiters (instead -of C<=> and C<.>), but only sometimes. Semicolons and low-precedence operators -in format argument lines no longer confuse the parser into ignoring the line's -return value. In format argument lines, braces can now be used for anonymous -hashes, instead of being treated always as C<do> blocks. +=back -=item * +=head2 Platform-Specific Notes -Formats can now be nested inside code blocks in regular expressions and other -quoted constructs (C</(?{...})/> and C<qq/${...}/>) [perl #114040]. +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. -=item * +=over 4 -Formats are no longer created after compilation errors. +=item XXX-some-platform -=item * +XXX -Some format syntax errors started causing crashes in Perl 5.17.2, but have now -been fixed. +=back -=item * +=head1 Internal Changes -Under debugging builds, the B<-DA> command line option started crashing in Perl -5.16.0. It has been fixed [perl #114368]. +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. -=item * +[ List each change as a =item entry ] -Scope::Escape compatibility, which was broken in Perl 5.17.2, has been restored -[perl #113872]. +=over 4 =item * -A potential deadlock scenario involving the premature termination of a pseudo- -forked child in a Windows build with ithreads enabled has been fixed. This -resolves the common problem of the F<t/op/fork.t> test hanging on Windows [perl -#88840]. - -=item * +XXX -The microperl build, broken since Perl 5.15.7, has now been restored. +=back -=item * +=head1 Selected Bug Fixes -The code which generates errors from C<require()> could potentially read one or -two bytes before the start of the filename for filenames less than three bytes -long and ending C</\.p?\z/>. This has now been fixed. Note that it could -never have happened with module names given to C<use()> or C<require()> anyway. +XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in +files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. -=item * +[ List each fix as a =item entry ] -The handling of pathnames of modules given to C<require()> has been made -thread-safe on VMS. +=over 4 =item * -The C<re_compile()> API function, the entry point for perl's regex compiler, -was accidentally changed in Perl 5.17.1 to operate on the current engine. This -has now been restored to its former core-engine-specific state [perl #114302]. +XXX -=item * +=back -Perl 5.17.1 introduced a memory leak into the re-use of run-time regexes where -the pattern hasn't changed (i.e. C</$unchanging/>). This has now been fixed. +=head1 Known Problems -=item * +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. Unfixed +platform specific bugs also go here. -A bug in the compilation of a C</(?{})/> expression which affected the TryCatch -test suite has been fixed [perl #114242]. - -=item * +[ List each fix as a =item entry ] -Formats no longer leak. They started leaking in Perl 5.17.2. +=over 4 =item * -Pod can now be nested in code inside a quoted construct outside of a string -eval. This used to work only within string evals [perl #114040]. +XXX =back -=head1 Acknowledgements - -Perl 5.17.3 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.17.2 -and contains approximately 85,000 lines of changes across 470 files from 24 -authors. +=head1 Obituary -Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community -of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed -the improvements that became Perl 5.17.3: +XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary +here. -Andy Dougherty, Chip Salzenberg, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, -Daniel Dragan, Dave Rolsky, David Leadbeater, David Mitchell, Eric Brine, -Father Chrysostomos, Goro Fuji, James E Keenan, Jan Dubois, Joaquin Ferrero, -Karl Williamson, Nicholas Clark, Paul Marquess, Reini Urban, Ricardo Signes, -Robin Barker, Shirakata Kentaro, Steffen Müller, Steve Hay, Tony Cook. - -The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated -from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of -the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug -tracker. +=head1 Acknowledgements -Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules -included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for -helping Perl to flourish. +XXX Generate this with: -For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see -the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution. + perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.3..HEAD =head1 Reporting Bugs diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template index 4067175..763fd7e 100644 --- a/vms/descrip_mms.template +++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ x2p : [.x2p]$(DBG)a2p$(E) [.x2p]s2p.com [.x2p]find2perl.com extra.pods : miniperl @ @extra_pods.com -PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5173delta.pod +PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5174delta.pod $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(MMS$TARGET) diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile index 038b993..4e0ac1e 100644 --- a/win32/Makefile +++ b/win32/Makefile @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) $(X2P) copy ..\README.vmesa ..\pod\perlvmesa.pod copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod - copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5173delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5174delta.pod cd ..\win32 $(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\autodoc.pl .. @@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ distclean: realclean -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \ - perl5173delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \ + perl5174delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \ perlbeos.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod \ perlcygwin.pod perldgux.pod perldos.pod perlepoc.pod \ perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod perlhurd.pod \ diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk index 381f986..6a1e016 100644 --- a/win32/makefile.mk +++ b/win32/makefile.mk @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) $(X2P) copy ..\README.vmesa ..\pod\perlvmesa.pod copy ..\README.vos ..\pod\perlvos.pod copy ..\README.win32 ..\pod\perlwin32.pod - copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5173delta.pod + copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5174delta.pod $(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS) $(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\autodoc.pl .. $(PERLEXE) $(ICWD) ..\pod\perlmodlib.pl -q @@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ distclean: realclean -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \ - perl5173delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \ + perl5174delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlapi.pod \ perlbeos.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod \ perlcygwin.pod perldgux.pod perldos.pod perlepoc.pod \ perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod perlhurd.pod \ diff --git a/win32/pod.mak b/win32/pod.mak index 57d8bdc..79711e8 100644 --- a/win32/pod.mak +++ b/win32/pod.mak @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ POD = perl.pod \ perl5171delta.pod \ perl5172delta.pod \ perl5173delta.pod \ + perl5174delta.pod \ perl561delta.pod \ perl56delta.pod \ perl581delta.pod \ @@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ MAN = perl.man \ perl5171delta.man \ perl5172delta.man \ perl5173delta.man \ + perl5174delta.man \ perl561delta.man \ perl56delta.man \ perl581delta.man \ @@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ HTML = perl.html \ perl5171delta.html \ perl5172delta.html \ perl5173delta.html \ + perl5174delta.html \ perl561delta.html \ perl56delta.html \ perl581delta.html \ @@ -401,6 +404,7 @@ TEX = perl.tex \ perl5171delta.tex \ perl5172delta.tex \ perl5173delta.tex \ + perl5174delta.tex \ perl561delta.tex \ perl56delta.tex \ perl581delta.tex \ -- Perl5 Master Repository
