=item *
+Formats and C<use> statements are now permitted inside formats.
+
+=item *
+
C<print $x> and C<sub { print $x }->()> now always produce the same output.
It was possible for the latter to refuse to close over $x if the variable
was not active; e.g., if it was defined outside a currently-running named
Formats are no longer created after compilation errors.
+=item *
+
+Some format syntax errors started causing crashes in perl 5.17.2, but
+have now been fixed.
+
=back
=head1 Known Problems