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http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2017/04/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-march-28th---april-3rd.html
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March 28th - April 3rd
Grant reports
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 [1]report 169.
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 [2]March 2017 report.
Issues
New issues
* [3]Perl #131069: do file: Add ./ in additional cases.
* [4]Perl #131083: Bleadperl v5.25.10-81-gd69c43040e breaks
JV/App-PDF-Link-0.18.tar.gz.
* [5]Perl #131085: segfault with symbol table and coderef.
* [6]Perl #131087: ${^MATCH} not set without /p (contrary to docs).
* [7]Perl #131093: perl test suite bug.
Resolved issues
* [8]Perl #24936: Severe regexp performance problem compared to 5.6.
* [9]Perl #69652: push @INC, sub { \[] }; -> crash.
* [10]Perl #78192: gv_try_downgrade leaves dangling pointers during
global destruction.
* [11]Perl #88080: Listen to socket does not return when host is
undefined or 0.0.0.0.
* [12]Perl #105910: eval return value is only sometimes copied.
* [13]Perl #107874: installhtml likely isn't Unicode sane.
* [14]Perl #114566: Dealing With Freed Memory Bugs in General in the
Interp.
* [15]Perl #122099: Perl regression bug since 5.13.11 (masked by CoW
since 5.19.1).
* [16]Perl #126613: Segmentation fault in S_do_trans_count.
* [17]Perl #128994: Bug #128995 for perl5: Environment variables
are not
always propagated to sub-process.
* [18]Perl #129119: Assertion Failure: pp_ctl.c.
* [19]Perl #130759: perldoc error in
strawberry-perl-5.24.1.1-64bit-portable on Windows 10.
* [20]Perl #131083: Bleadperl v5.25.10-81-gd69c43040e breaks
JV/App-PDF-Link-0.18.tar.gz.
Rejected issues
* [21]Perl #125461: mro next::method doesn't work from imported method.
* [22]Perl #130614: Bug: Errno_pm.PL:135.
Discussion
Dan Book [23]suggested (RFE: Multiple-alias syntax for foreach) a syntax
change, allowing foreach to handle multiple elements when iterating.
References
1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243863
2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243864
3. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131069
4. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131083
5. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131085
6. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131087
7. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131093
8. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=24936
9. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69652
10. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=78192
11. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=88080
12. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=105910
13. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=107874
14. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=114566
15. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=122099
16. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=126613
17. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=128994
18. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129119
19. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130759
20. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131083
21. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=125461
22. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=130614
23. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/243848
