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http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2017/01/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-january-2nd-8th.html
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January 2nd-8th
News and updates
Perl 5.22.3-RC5 is now [1]available!
Perl 5.24.1-RC5 is now [2]available!
Sawyer X [3]announced every deprecation will include a release in
which it
takes effect and a list of previous and current deprecations with their
release dates, based on an agreement at the core hackathon.
Grant reports
Issues
New issues
We have a META new ticket to track all the blocking issues for 5.26.0:
[4]Perl #127688.
* [5]Perl #130487: Bleadperl v5.25.6-215-gb5048e7b9a breaks
MARKELLIS/Plack-Middleware-Debug-CatalystStash-1.000000.tar.gz.
* [6]Perl #130495: toke.c: Assertion failure.
* [7]Perl #130496: pp_hot.c: Assertion failure.
Resolved issues
* [8]Perl #5844: PERL5OPT messes with build.
* [9]Perl #113960: MSWin32: perl -de1 hang up.
* [10]Perl #116176: s##$_=//#e fails unless $`, $&, or $' are used.
* [11]Perl #127663: Safety for -i option.
* [12]Perl #128250: perlref’s sections are a little muddled.
* [13]Perl #130068: setproctitle() support for DragonFly.
* [14]Perl #130198: chop(@x =~ tr///).
* [15]Perl #130487: Bleadperl v5.25.6-215-gb5048e7b9a breaks
MARKELLIS/Plack-Middleware-Debug-CatalystStash-1.000000.tar.gz.
* [16]Perl #130495: toke.c: Assertion Failure.
* [17]Perl #130496: pp_hot.c: Assertion failure.
Rejected issue
Suggested patches
Dave Mitchell [18]provided a fix for [19]Perl #78288 to make ref in
boolean context faster, but suggests only merging this in 5.26.0 due to
possible changes in other B modules to accommodate this change.
Aaron Crane [20]provided (Re: Does the range operator still have the
Unicode Bug?) a patch to update the documentation for the range operator
Unicode bug fix.
Sergey Aleynikov provided a patch in [21]Perl #130504 to fix a memory
leak
in [22]B.
Colin Newell [23]provided a patch to improve the documentation of newSVpv
to recommend using newSVpvn.
Discussion
Karl Williamson [24]asks whether qr//xx could already be re-purposed in
5.26, since it has been deprecated for two versions, starting in 5.22.
Andy Lester's [25]question about booleans in the core resulted in a
merged
[26]patch by Aaron Crane.
In [27]Perl #130523 Ed Avid suggests checking whether $a or $b are
used in
their global role after being defined as lexical variables.
References
1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242017
2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242016
3. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242156
4. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127688
5. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130487
6. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130495
7. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130496
8. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5844
9. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=113960
10. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=116176
11. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127663
12. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=128250
13. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130068
14. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130198
15. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130487
16. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130495
17. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130496
18. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242033
19. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78288
20. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242042
21. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130504
22. http://metacpan.org/pod/B
23. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242080
24. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242098
25. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/241121
26. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/242008
27. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130523
