In perl.git, the branch maint-5.26 has been updated
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commit 40da35774dd1607c9035cfdce4daee389f08f2a3
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 09:18:57 2018 +0000
perldelta - Update Modules so far
commit 530940e447a55bac1b463ed13792c031fc16f5fa
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 09:14:40 2018 +0000
Update Module-CoreList with data so far
commit 93b08c5a3157162d4b142ba1f566cd9ba31d8de1
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 09:05:12 2018 +0000
perldelta - Remove most boilerplate sections
TODO: Security, Modules, Acknowledgements
commit d195dbb598217b67f1d1161b43936abde0faa33f
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:49:30 2018 +0000
perldelta tidy-ups
commit 871a12f074fc443943a33d99214258ce6fd8f119
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:30:36 2018 +0000
perldelta for commit 6f669bf58b
(cherry picked from commit 04139aa0b51c7b5d9f80f77b10f85ce4c65a4cf6)
commit c6054d96963769dfa440aa49db466dbb57a922f3
Author: Steve Hay <steve.m....@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed Nov 15 17:27:38 2017 +0000
perldelta for commit 43b354f1e1
(cherry picked from commit 40ed79887e6ad18d8f06c8a0094fb38ef752db06)
commit f82fc568b401c0f5dae9d2c1ddcb522d66ab8b18
Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:28:46 2018 +0000
perldelta for fa2e45943e2b
(cherry picked from commit cc289c9e6344a3d6386f2ed69849186df75de054)
commit 1ca58b656d5f507228a1844abbcb18bedf054409
Author: Zefram <zef...@fysh.org>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:27:08 2018 +0000
perldelta 6c4f4eb174d1e2e9f874786123a699d11ae741f9
(cherry picked from commit 8f46363a472d5148c5802fbdd14a98b120decc9d)
commit 95b4f3383fad90458ca7aea36e14e98fbdf8ceb9
Author: Karl Williamson <k...@cpan.org>
Date: Sat Nov 18 19:44:47 2017 -0700
perldelta for perluniprops change
For commit 9b79e9e3431d11e79a4f85268f70130b7b4369f6
(cherry picked from commit 6ce1ac118347076fe34b31bf15c4df342ef2c828)
commit ec71dc50dc1147033b0eb47ce87dd92fcb04bd8d
Author: Zefram <zef...@fysh.org>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:24:27 2018 +0000
perldelta 16ada235c332e017667585e1a5a00ce43a31c529
(cherry picked from commit d679c20fded9b40ee1ab7917ec766709408c57ad)
commit 2f28693612b9a084a91ee702f0000e3105094ecb
Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com>
Date: Thu Aug 31 10:29:36 2017 +1000
perldelta for 745e740c825d
and remove an obsolete comment, oops.
(cherry picked from commit cb87b182a5dce7fcec9a566d505ef08d0e85c813)
commit ff4568dea5945cfdf5e2fcc59bee3cb41839ccb4
Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com>
Date: Thu Aug 31 09:50:41 2017 +1000
perldelta for 1141a2c75717
(cherry picked from commit eed68fe8b5a46fc91d4df38f4eaccc998836085d)
commit 0b6469b125d7ea0fac2b886ea216bb6dca758fb4
Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:21:52 2018 +0000
perldelta for 3b8804a4c232
(cherry picked from commit 365cfd8eaaec7a682ba41eb6274ce70b09eb9430)
commit 85d7bd1f093b62721e39268026643ec5d2690b0c
Author: Tony Cook <t...@develop-help.com>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:20:33 2018 +0000
perldelta for 57bd660029
(cherry picked from commit 4e235a450ab8452a3fcc4eb1ecb7dd354928bb95)
commit 9f5903153ae3cde0550d6dcb4f5f15786f07140a
Author: Zefram <zef...@fysh.org>
Date: Tue Mar 13 08:17:28 2018 +0000
perldelta 397baf232086e0a9ad6f881a9614d3dbaea853fc
(cherry picked from commit 9a40fcb68413c7a6091696885a6f6b34ec8bdf97)
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Summary of changes:
dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm | 3 +
pod/perldelta.pod | 333 +++++-----------------------
t/op/magic.t | 2 -
3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 285 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index 3504d1c883..157a615479 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -15179,6 +15179,9 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
'Module::CoreList' => '5.20180315_26',
'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20180315_26',
'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20180315_26',
+ 'PerlIO::via' => '0.17',
+ 'Term::ReadLine' => '1.17',
+ 'Unicode::UCD' => '0.69',
},
removed => {
}
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 968ba86f08..c0baccfe62 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.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 v5.26.2
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -15,18 +12,6 @@ release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.26.0, first read
L<perl5261delta>, which describes differences between 5.26.0 and 5.26.1.
-=head1 Notice
-
-XXX Any important notices here
-
-=head1 Core Enhancements
-
-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.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head1 Security
XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
@@ -37,343 +22,125 @@ L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
=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 we request that you submit a
- report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
-
-[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Deprecations
-
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-
-=head2 Module removals
-
-XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
-
-The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
-future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
-Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
-prerequisites.
-
-The core versions of these modules will now issue C<"deprecated">-category
-warnings to alert you to this fact. To silence these deprecation warnings,
-install the modules in question from CPAN.
-
-Note that these are (with rare exceptions) fine modules that you are encouraged
-to continue to use. Their disinclusion from core primarily hinges on their
-necessity to bootstrapping a fully functional, CPAN-capable Perl installation,
-not usually on concerns over their design.
-
-=over
-
-=item XXX
-
-XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
-as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
-=back
-
-[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=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 *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.26.1. If any exist,
+they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See L</Reporting
+Bugs> below.
=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>. 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
+=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
+L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20170922_26 to
5.20180315_26.
=item *
-L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
-
-=back
+L<PerlIO::via> has been upgraded from version 0.16 to 0.17.
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+=item *
-=over 4
+L<Term::ReadLine> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17.
=item *
-XXX
+L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.68 to 0.69.
=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>.
-
-=head2 New Documentation
-
-XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
-
-=head3 L<XXX>
-
-XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
-
=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<XXX>
+=head3 L<perluniprops>
=over 4
=item *
-XXX Description of the change here
+This has been updated to note that C<\p{Word}> now includes code points
+matching the C<\p{Join_Control}> property. The change to the property was made
+in Perl 5.18, but not documented until now. There are currently only two code
+points that match this property: U+200C (ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER) and U+200D
+(ZERO WIDTH JOINER).
=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.
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
-and New Warnings
+=head1 Platform Support
-=head3 New Errors
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
=over 4
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
+=item Windows
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
+Visual C++ compiler version detection has been improved to work on non-English
+language systems.
+L<[perl #132421]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132421>
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+We now set C<$Config{libpth}> correctly for 64-bit builds using Visual C++
+versions earlier than 14.1.
+L<[perl #132484]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=132484>
=back
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
=item *
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=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 directory F<utils>.
-
-[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
-=head2 L<XXX>
-
-=over 4
+The C<readpipe()> built-in function now checks at compile time that it has only
+one parameter expression, and puts it in scalar context, thus ensuring that it
+doesn't corrupt the stack at runtime.
+L<[perl #4574]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=4574>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=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
+Fixed a use after free bug in C<pp_list> introduced in Perl 5.27.1.
+L<[perl #131954]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131954>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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 summarizing, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
+Parsing a C<sub> definition could cause a use after free if the C<sub> keyword
+was followed by whitespace including newlines (and comments).
+L<[perl #131836]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131836>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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 XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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 change as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
+The tokenizer now correctly adjusts a parse pointer when skipping whitespace in
+an C< ${identifier} > construct.
+L<[perl #131949]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131949>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
-
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in
-files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
+Accesses to C<${^LAST_FH}> no longer assert after using any of a variety of I/O
+operations on a non-glob.
+L<[perl #128263]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=128263>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=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. Unfixed
-platform specific bugs also go here.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
+C<sort> now performs correct reference counting when aliasing C<$a> and C<$b>,
+thus avoiding premature destruction and leakage of scalars if they are
+re-aliased during execution of the sort comparator.
+L<[perl #92264]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=92264>
=item *
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Errata From Previous Releases
-
-=over 4
+Some convoluted kinds of regexp no longer cause an arithmetic overflow when
+compiled.
+L<[perl #131893]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131893>
=item *
-XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
-the perldelta of a previous release.
+Fixed a duplicate symbol failure with B<-flto -mieee-fp> builds. F<pp.c>
+defined C<_LIB_VERSION> which B<-lieee> already defines.
+L<[perl #131786]|https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=131786>
=back
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
=head1 Acknowledgements
XXX Generate this with:
diff --git a/t/op/magic.t b/t/op/magic.t
index 36abafb098..02ced156d5 100644
--- a/t/op/magic.t
+++ b/t/op/magic.t
@@ -645,8 +645,6 @@ is ${^LAST_FH}, undef, '${^LAST_FH} is undef when
PL_last_in_gv is NULL';
# all of these would set PL_last_in_gv to a non-GV which would
# assert when referenced by the magic for ${^LAST_FH}.
-# Instead it should act like <$0> which NULLs PL_last_in_gv and the magic
-# returns that as undef.
# The approach to fixing this has changed (#128263), but it's still useful
# to check each op.
for my $code ('tell $0', 'sysseek $0, 0, 0', 'seek $0, 0, 0', 'eof $0') {
--
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