In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/5b319db81e1d9f4625ba9839eabb9a86cc356e34?hp=12d22d1fe17e8471834a01cd417792ac5c022d62>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 5b319db81e1d9f4625ba9839eabb9a86cc356e34 Author: Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email protected]> Date: Sat Sep 13 11:32:16 2014 -0400 Mention inf/nan and POSIX C99 math improvements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 4418bba..2e9c56c 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] +=head2 Infinity and NaN (not-a-number) handling improved + +Floating point values are able to hold the special values infinity +(also -infinity), and NaN (not-a-number). Now we more robustly recognize +and propagate the value in computations, and on output normalize them +to C<Inf> and C<NaN>. + +See also the L</POSIX> enhancements. + =head1 Security XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security @@ -168,6 +177,9 @@ L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.021003 to 5.021004. L<POSIX> has been upgraded from version 1.42 to 1.43. +The C99 math functions and constants (for example acosh, round, +M_E, M_PI) have been added. + =item * L<Pod::Perldoc> has been upgraded from version 3.23 to 3.24. -- Perl5 Master Repository
