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http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2016/12/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-december-19th-25th.html
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December 19th-25th
Perl 5.25.8 is now [1]available!
News and updates
There are some pending changes in XS for core UTF-8 handling,
[2]announced
by Karl Williamson. In short, there are new, safer UTF-8 macros and the
existing macros are deprecated.
Jim Keenan is [3]asking for help reviewing a set of patches to
[4]Storable.
Issues
New issues
* [5]Perl #130385: Bleadperl v5.25.7-12-ge03e82a breaks
TDRUGEON/List-Pairwise-1.03.tar.gz.
* [6]Perl #130393: h2xs: Support for _Bool/stdbool.h?.
* [7]Perl #130397: Unnecessary whitespace skipping in
Perl__swash_to_invlist.
* [8]Perl #130398: Bleadperl v5.25.7-97-g98d5e3e breaks
BAREFOOT/Method-Signatures-20160315.tar.gz.
Resolved issues
* [9]Perl #126310: no "Malformed UTF-8 character" warning on
single-quoted strings under "use utf8".
* [10]Perl #128966: Bleadperl v5.25.3-232-g10f9b9b breaks
LEONT/Const-Fast-0.014.tar.gz.
* [11]Perl #129821: Bleadperl v5.25.5-65-g5012eeb breaks
JJORE/Devel-OptreeDiff-2.3.tar.gz.
* [12]Perl #129851: Bleadperl v5.25.5-43-g607ee43 breaks
CDOLAN/Devel-EnforceEncapsulation-0.51.tar.gz.
* [13]Perl #130163: lib/locale.t fails on FreeBSD 10.
* [14]Perl #130324: Inconsistent behaviour of continue inside given
inside while.
* [15]Perl #130335: sort{$a<=>$b} fails to sort occasionally.
* [16]Perl #130385: Bleadperl v5.25.7-12-ge03e82a breaks
TDRUGEON/List-Pairwise-1.03.tar.gz.
* [17]Perl #130397: Unnecessary whitespace skipping in
Perl__swash_to_invlist.
* [18]Perl #130398: Bleadperl v5.25.7-97-g98d5e3e breaks
BAREFOOT/Method-Signatures-20160315.tar.gz.
Suggested patches
James Keenan provided a patch for [19]Perl #130324 (Inconsistent
behaviour
of continue inside given inside while).
References
1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/241739
2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/241795
3. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/241802
4. http://metacpan.org/pod/Storable
5. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130385
6. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130393
7. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130397
8. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130398
9. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=126310
10. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=128966
11. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129821
12. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129851
13. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130163
14. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130324
15. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130335
16. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130385
17. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130397
18. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130398
19. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130324
