Blog: http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2017/03/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-march-6th-12th.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/perl5summaries/status/841242722426073089
March 6th-12th News and updates Karl Williamson updates about a Unicode Emoji [1]proposal (UTS #51, Unicode Emoji proposed update available). Karl Williamson also updates that Unicode 10 Beta Review is now [2]out (Unicode 10.0 Beta Review). There is also a [3]branch available. Grant reports * Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 [4]report 165. * Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 February 2017 [5]report. Issues New issues * [6]Perl #130958: inconsistent block/hash detection (again). * [7]Perl #130971: Cannot use refalias with subroutine signatures. * [8]Perl #130981: Confusing [9]B::Deparse output with unless/elsif. Resolved issues * [10]Perl #128302: split docs don't mention pattern modifiers. * [11]Perl #130921: Bleadperl v5.25.5-100-g2b5e7bc2e6 breaks JDDPAUSE/re-engine-GNU-0.021.tar.gz. Discussion [12]Perl #32714 (Objects destroyed in the wrong order during global destruction) has been revived with a new [13]discussion around destruction. References 1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243457 2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243470 3. https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/shortlog/refs/heads/smoke-me/khw-Unicode_10 4. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243431 5. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243434 6. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130958 7. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130971 8. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130981 9. http://metacpan.org/pod/B::Deparse 10. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=128302 11. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130921 12. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=32714 13. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243467