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-This has been completed up to 84c2f6fdcb.
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+This has been completed up to a808a03dd4.
=head1 NAME
-[ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as
-XXX needs to be processed before release. ]
-
perldelta - what is new for perl v5.15.3
=head1 DESCRIPTION
=head1 Notice
-XXX Any important notices here
+This release includes a rewrite of the perl OO docs which represent
+a significant modernization of the OO documentation. All of the old OO
+tutorials (perltoot, perlboot, etc.) have been removed.
=head1 Core Enhancements
-XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language
-enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
-here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head2 More CORE subs are callable through references
Perl 5.15.2 introduced subroutines in the CORE namespace. Most of them
=head1 Security
-XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security
-vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
-L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
-
-[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
-
=head2 C<File::Glob::bsd_glob()> memory error with GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC (CVE-2011-2728).
-Calling C<File::Glob::bsd_glob> with the unsupported flag GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC would
+Calling C<File::Glob::bsd_glob> with the unsupported flag GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC would
cause an access violation / segfault. A Perl program that accepts a flags value from
an external source could expose itself to denial of service or arbitrary code
execution attacks. There are no known exploits in the wild. The problem has been
Weakening read-only references is no longer permitted. It should never
hove worked anyway, and in some cases could result in crashes.
-=head1 Deprecations
-
-XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
-In particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are
-listed as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
-[ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
-
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
-
-XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. There
-may well be none in a stable release.
-
-[ List each enhancement as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head1 Modules and Pragmata
-XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
-go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
-following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub
-entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries
-below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand.
-In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be
-cribbed.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ]
-
-=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
=item *
+L<attributes> has been upgraded from version 0.15 to version 0.16.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Attribute::Handlers> has been upgraded from version 0.92 to version 0.93.
+
+=item *
+
L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.07 to 1.08.
It now correctly deparses C<$#{/}> and C<qq(${#}a)>.
=item *
+L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.21 to 1.23.
+
+L<Carp> is now a dual life module and several fixes have been make to make
+it more portable to older versions of perl.
+
+=item *
+
L<CPAN::Meta> has been upgraded from version 2.112150 to version 2.112621.
=item *
=item *
+L<Math::BigFloat> has been upgraded from version 1.995 to version 1.997.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Math::BigInt> has been upgraded from version 1.996 to version 1.997.
+
+=item *
+
+L<Math::BigInt::FastCalc> has been upgraded from version 0.29 to 0.30.
+
+=item *
+
L<Math::BigRat> has been upgraded from version 0.2602 to version 0.2603.
C<int()> on a Math::BigRat object containing -1/2 now creates a
=item *
+L<Search::Dict> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.04.
+
+=item *
+
L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.31 to version 2.32.
XS code which duplicates functionality of F<ppport.h> has been removed.
=item *
+L<Text::Abbrev> has been upgraded from version 1.01 to 1.02.
+
+=item *
+
+L<threads> has been upgraded from version 1.83 to 1.85.
+
+=item *
+
L<threads::shared> has been upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.40.
Destructors on shared objects used to be ignored sometimes if the objects
=item *
-L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.15 to version 0.16.
+L<Unicode::UCD> has been upgraded from version 0.34 to version 0.35.
-=back
+=item *
-=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
+L<UNIVERSAL> has been upgraded from version 1.08 to version 1.09.
=item *
-XXX
+L<XSLoader> has been upgraded from version 0.15 to version 0.16.
=back
=head1 Documentation
-XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by
-file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
-
=head2 New Documentation
=head3 L<perlootut>
The old perldelta files for development cycles prior to 5.15 have been
removed.
-=head1 Diagnostics
-
-The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
-including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of
-diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
-
-XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also
-include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
-
-[ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry that links to perldiag,
- e.g.
-
- =item *
-
- L<Invalid version object|perldiag/"Invalid version object">
-]
-
-=head2 New Diagnostics
-
-XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go here
-
-=head3 New Errors
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head3 New Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
-
-XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX Describe change here
-
-=back
-
=head1 Utility Changes
-XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go
-here. Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>.
-
-[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item
-entries for each change
-Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
-
=head3 L<h2ph>
=over 4
=head1 Configuration and Compilation
-XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
-go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
-However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
-L</Platform Support> section, instead.
-
-[ List changes as a =item entry ].
-
=over 4
=item *
=head1 Testing
-XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
-listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
-large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
-Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarising, although the bugs
-that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
-
-[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
F<t/op/unlink.t> has been added to test the C<unlink> function.
-=back
+=item *
-=head1 Platform Support
+Several tests were added in L<POSIX>.
-XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
+F<ext/POSIX/t/export.t> added to test C<@EXPORT> and C<@EXPORT_OK>.
+F<ext/POSIX/t/sigset.t> added to see if L<POSIX::SigSet> works.
+F<ext/POSIX/t/unimplemented.t> added to test the diagnostics for
+unimplemented functions. F<ext/POSIX/t/usage.t> added to test the
+diagnostics for usage messages. F<ext/POSIX/t/wrappers.t> added to
+test the L<POSIX> wrapper subroutines.
-[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific
-changes as paragraphs below it. ]
+=item *
-=head2 New Platforms
+F<ext/XS-APItest/t/gotosub.t> in L<XS::APItest> tests C<goto &xsub>
+and hints.
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
-versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
-directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
-source tree.
+=item *
-=over 4
+F<t/io/shm.t> was added to see if SysV shared memory works.
-=item XXX-some-platform
+=item *
-XXX
+F<t/op/coreamp.t> was added to test C<&foo()> calls for CORE subs.
=back
-=head2 Discontinued Platforms
-
-XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item XXX-some-platform
-
-XXX
-
-=back
+=head1 Platform Support
=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
-XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration
-and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However,
-changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
-L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
-
=over 4
-=item XXX-some-platform
+=item VMS
+
+Remove unnecessary includes, fix miscellaneous compiler warnings and
+close some unclosed comments on F<vms/vms.c>.
-XXX
+Remove sockadapt layer from the VMS build.
=back
=head1 Internal Changes
-XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.
-Other significant internal changes for future core maintainers should
-be noted as well.
-
-[ List each change as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
=head1 Selected Bug Fixes
-XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarised here.
-Bug fixes in files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarised in
-L</Modules and Pragmata>.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
=over 4
=item *
=back
-=head1 Known Problems
-
-XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any
-tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here, unless
-they were specific to a particular platform (see below).
-
-This is a list of some significant unfixed bugs, which are regressions
-from either 5.XXX.XXX or 5.XXX.XXX.
-
-[ List each fix as a =item entry ]
-
-=over 4
-
-=item *
-
-XXX
-
-=back
-
-=head1 Obituary
-
-XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
-here.
-
=head1 Acknowledgements
XXX Generate this with:
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