In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/9cb69123352ffa47c66a6da5bdabaabed004a5ec?hp=14d26b44a1d7eee67837ec0ea8fb0368ac6fe33e>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 9cb69123352ffa47c66a6da5bdabaabed004a5ec Author: Tony Cook <[email protected]> Date: Mon Aug 26 10:27:10 2019 +1000 perldelta for 14d26b44a1d7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 82a9748548..f9573c6b4d 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -363,7 +363,11 @@ files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. =item * -XXX +Perl no longer treats strings starting with "0x" or "0b" as hex or +binary numbers respectively when converting a string to a number. +This reverts a change in behaviour inadvertently introduced in perl +5.30.0 intended to improve precision when converting a string to a +floating point number. [perl #134230] =back -- Perl5 Master Repository
