platform/upstream/perl.git
24 years agoclarify behavior of vec() when arguments are off the end of the
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 7 Feb 2000 07:09:08 +0000 (07:09 +0000)]
clarify behavior of vec() when arguments are off the end of the
string (from M J T Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5014

24 years agoremove $^U dependent behaviors in runtime; chr() and sprintf('%c',...)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 7 Feb 2000 07:08:15 +0000 (07:08 +0000)]
remove $^U dependent behaviors in runtime; chr() and sprintf('%c',...)
now return bytes all the way to 255, they will be transparently
coerced (in future) to UTF-8 when they are used in operations
involving other UTF-8 strings; C<use utf8> doesn't set $^U anymore

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5013

24 years agopartly revert change#4851, apparently POSIX::uname() may not be correct
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 7 Feb 2000 06:36:33 +0000 (06:36 +0000)]
partly revert change#4851, apparently POSIX::uname() may not be correct
per strict reading of standard (says Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-link: @4851 on //depot/perl: 6bb694c13adc449f32ff24c71221152025ccae6c

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5012

24 years agoallow 64-bit utf8-encoded integers (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 7 Feb 2000 06:26:30 +0000 (06:26 +0000)]
allow 64-bit utf8-encoded integers (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5011

24 years agofix debug code in Perl_malloc() (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:27:03 +0000 (21:27 +0000)]
fix debug code in Perl_malloc() (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5010

24 years agoset SvUTF8 on vectors only if there are chars > 127; update copyright
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:45:30 +0000 (20:45 +0000)]
set SvUTF8 on vectors only if there are chars > 127; update copyright
years (from Gisle Aas)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5009

24 years agouse builtin __CYGWIN__ rather than -DCYGWIN (from Eric Fifer
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 19:28:31 +0000 (19:28 +0000)]
use builtin __CYGWIN__ rather than -DCYGWIN (from Eric Fifer
<EFifer@sanwaint.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5008

24 years agoreduce memory consumption of POSIX.pm (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:47:01 +0000 (17:47 +0000)]
reduce memory consumption of POSIX.pm (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5007

24 years agointegrate cfgperl contents into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:28:35 +0000 (17:28 +0000)]
integrate cfgperl contents into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5006

24 years agoVOS port updates (from Paul Green <Paul_Green@stratus.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:18:39 +0000 (17:18 +0000)]
VOS port updates (from Paul Green <Paul_Green@stratus.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5005

24 years agofix parse error on C<{ use strict }> and other constructs that
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:00:49 +0000 (17:00 +0000)]
fix parse error on C<{ use strict }> and other constructs that
make the parser reenter while LEX_KNOWNEXT is active

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5004

24 years agoavoid -Bforcearchive on netbsd too
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:57:30 +0000 (14:57 +0000)]
avoid -Bforcearchive on netbsd too

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5003

24 years agorevised notes about Pod::Parser & Co.
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:45:17 +0000 (14:45 +0000)]
revised notes about Pod::Parser & Co.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5002

24 years agofix description of obsolete diagnostic
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:02:43 +0000 (14:02 +0000)]
fix description of obsolete diagnostic

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5001

24 years agoallow "\x{12ab}" even without C<use utf8>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:59:58 +0000 (13:59 +0000)]
allow "\x{12ab}" even without C<use utf8>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5000

24 years agomake perlbug use new-style version numbers; improve compatibility
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:58:31 +0000 (13:58 +0000)]
make perlbug use new-style version numbers; improve compatibility
(runs with perl 5.005); fix swapped old vs new version reporting

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4999

24 years agosupport sprintf("v%v", v1.2.3) (works on any string argument, in
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:56:45 +0000 (13:56 +0000)]
support sprintf("v%v", v1.2.3) (works on any string argument, in
fact); add tests for version tuples

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4998

24 years agochange#4970 fallout for useithreads
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:40:08 +0000 (21:40 +0000)]
change#4970 fallout for useithreads

p4raw-link: @4970 on //depot/perl: 354992b151c6d0f4f02b9e65e8ba749a959e700d

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4997

24 years agoLargefilify offsets of tied handles.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:09:00 +0000 (20:09 +0000)]
Largefilify offsets of tied handles.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4996

24 years agoSanity check for libraries scan.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:54:25 +0000 (19:54 +0000)]
Sanity check for libraries scan.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4995

24 years agoHP-UX largefileness doesn't like lseek being redeclared;
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:48:42 +0000 (19:48 +0000)]
HP-UX largefileness doesn't like lseek being redeclared;
no more USE_LONG_LONG.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4994

24 years agoUse <syslog.h>, not <sys/syslog.h>.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:13:10 +0000 (19:13 +0000)]
Use <syslog.h>, not <sys/syslog.h>.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4992

24 years agodmake is on CPAN now
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:11:07 +0000 (19:11 +0000)]
dmake is on CPAN now

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4991

24 years agoRe-introduce #4817 and #4964 wiped out by #4987.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 19:04:01 +0000 (19:04 +0000)]
Re-introduce #4817 and #4964 wiped out by #4987.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4990

24 years agotypo fix
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:54:00 +0000 (18:54 +0000)]
typo fix

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4989

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:34:06 +0000 (18:34 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4988

24 years agoConfigure megamaintenance. Cppsym (hopefully) final spasms;
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 18:31:05 +0000 (18:31 +0000)]
Configure megamaintenance.  Cppsym (hopefully) final spasms;
default is to use long long if available; various nits
here and there; fixed to hpux 64-bitnes and largefileness.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4987

24 years agoavoid bad cast warnings (from Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:26:37 +0000 (17:26 +0000)]
avoid bad cast warnings (from Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4986

24 years agoavoid 'na' (spotted by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:43:49 +0000 (16:43 +0000)]
avoid 'na' (spotted by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4985

24 years agoCPAN.pm updated to v1.52 (from Andreas Koenig)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:20:05 +0000 (08:20 +0000)]
CPAN.pm updated to v1.52 (from Andreas Koenig)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4984

24 years agoupdated OpenBSD hints (From Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:00:38 +0000 (08:00 +0000)]
updated OpenBSD hints (From Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4983

24 years agopod typos (from Gregor N. Purdy <gregor@focusresearch.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:54:04 +0000 (07:54 +0000)]
pod typos (from Gregor N. Purdy <gregor@focusresearch.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4982

24 years agoavoid assuming cc accepts -o switch (from Tom Hughes)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:34:38 +0000 (07:34 +0000)]
avoid assuming cc accepts -o switch (from Tom Hughes)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4981

24 years agoSys::Syslog goes the XS way (from Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:29:59 +0000 (07:29 +0000)]
Sys::Syslog goes the XS way (from Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4980

24 years agopod updates (from David Adler, M J T Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:13:19 +0000 (07:13 +0000)]
pod updates (from David Adler, M J T Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4979

24 years agotypos in config_h.SH (from Paul_Green@vos.stratus.com)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:08:14 +0000 (07:08 +0000)]
typos in config_h.SH (from Paul_Green@vos.stratus.com)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4978

24 years agoavoid adding null components to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, OpenBSD has trouble
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:06:10 +0000 (07:06 +0000)]
avoid adding null components to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, OpenBSD has trouble
with them (from Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4977

24 years agoVMS update (from Dan Sugalski and Peter Prymmer)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 06:33:43 +0000 (06:33 +0000)]
VMS update (from Dan Sugalski and Peter Prymmer)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4976

24 years agopatch to provide more informative names for evals and anonymous
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 05:51:14 +0000 (05:51 +0000)]
patch to provide more informative names for evals and anonymous
subroutines (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4975

24 years agooff-by-one in malloc.c (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 05:05:57 +0000 (05:05 +0000)]
off-by-one in malloc.c (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4974

24 years agoOS/2 build fixups from Ilya Zakharevich
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 05:03:00 +0000 (05:03 +0000)]
OS/2 build fixups from Ilya Zakharevich

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4973

24 years agoavoid /* within comment
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:58:57 +0000 (04:58 +0000)]
avoid /* within comment

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4972

24 years agoanother HINT_BYTE victim
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:56:09 +0000 (04:56 +0000)]
another HINT_BYTE victim

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4971

24 years agofix pad_alloc panic from C<my $w; sub { my($i) = @_; sub { $w } }>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:45:13 +0000 (04:45 +0000)]
fix pad_alloc panic from C<my $w; sub { my($i) = @_; sub { $w } }>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4970

24 years agobyte.pm and HINT_BYTE don't match (0x8, not 0x10!)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 4 Feb 2000 01:09:37 +0000 (01:09 +0000)]
byte.pm and HINT_BYTE don't match (0x8, not 0x10!)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4969

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 13:17:25 +0000 (13:17 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4968

24 years agoupdate makerel for new version format
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 12:22:29 +0000 (12:22 +0000)]
update makerel for new version format

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4967

24 years agoworkaround for undefined symbol
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:42:03 +0000 (11:42 +0000)]
workaround for undefined symbol

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4966

24 years agoon cygwin, h_errno is now "__declspec(dllimport) int h_errno"
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:19:19 +0000 (11:19 +0000)]
on cygwin, h_errno is now "__declspec(dllimport) int h_errno"
(from Eric Fifer <EFifer@sanwaint.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4965

24 years agoadjust notes on use5005threads
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:11:15 +0000 (11:11 +0000)]
adjust notes on use5005threads

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4964

24 years agofix typo
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:14:30 +0000 (10:14 +0000)]
fix typo

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4963

24 years agointegrate selected changes from cfgperl (#4899,4900,4904,4918)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:13:10 +0000 (10:13 +0000)]
integrate selected changes from cfgperl (#4899,4900,4904,4918)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4962

24 years agoPodParser-1.092 update via CPAN (from Brad Appleton)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:55:45 +0000 (09:55 +0000)]
PodParser-1.092 update via CPAN (from Brad Appleton)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4961

24 years agoreplace misleading docs with a BUGS section
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:22:31 +0000 (08:22 +0000)]
replace misleading docs with a BUGS section

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4960

24 years agoremove FUD from perlfunc/use (from M J T Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:16:17 +0000 (08:16 +0000)]
remove FUD from perlfunc/use (from M J T Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4959

24 years agoBenchmark displays bogus CPU stats (suggested by Cedric Auzanne
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:13:04 +0000 (08:13 +0000)]
Benchmark displays bogus CPU stats (suggested by Cedric Auzanne
<cedric.auzanne@nist.gov>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4958

24 years agofix coredump on C<"x" =~ /x/; print @-> (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:04:52 +0000 (08:04 +0000)]
fix coredump on C<"x" =~ /x/; print @-> (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4957

24 years agoflock() pod talks about "adding" in the sense of "or-ing"
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:02:57 +0000 (08:02 +0000)]
flock() pod talks about "adding" in the sense of "or-ing"

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4956

24 years agofixes for switching files in the debugger (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:58:35 +0000 (07:58 +0000)]
fixes for switching files in the debugger (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4955

24 years agouse warnings rather than fiddling with $^W (from Paul Marquess)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:53:51 +0000 (07:53 +0000)]
use warnings rather than fiddling with $^W (from Paul Marquess)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4954

24 years agodynixptx hints tweak (from Martin J. Bligh <mbligh@sequent.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:40:33 +0000 (07:40 +0000)]
dynixptx hints tweak (from Martin J. Bligh <mbligh@sequent.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4953

24 years agodeltanotes on weakrefs and Pod::Parser (from Tuomas Lukka and
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 07:36:39 +0000 (07:36 +0000)]
deltanotes on weakrefs and Pod::Parser (from Tuomas Lukka and
Brad Appleton)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4952

24 years agoavoid mismatched type warnings
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:54:22 +0000 (06:54 +0000)]
avoid mismatched type warnings

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4951

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:49:10 +0000 (06:49 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4950

24 years agofix broken abs2rel() (from François Allard <franka@host.ott.igs.net>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:41:17 +0000 (06:41 +0000)]
fix broken abs2rel() (from François Allard <franka@host.ott.igs.net>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4949

24 years agomakefile tweak
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:30:41 +0000 (06:30 +0000)]
makefile tweak

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4948

24 years agofuture-proof unknown warning categories (from Greg Bacon
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:27:43 +0000 (06:27 +0000)]
future-proof unknown warning categories (from Greg Bacon
<gbacon@cs.uah.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4947

24 years agodoc tweak (from Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:21:34 +0000 (06:21 +0000)]
doc tweak (from Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4946

24 years agomore meaningful message on invalid pattern argument (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 06:03:04 +0000 (06:03 +0000)]
more meaningful message on invalid pattern argument (from
Kevin Meltzer <KMeltzer@USCO.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4945

24 years agoXSLoader build patch for VMS (from Craig A. Berry
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 05:43:49 +0000 (05:43 +0000)]
XSLoader build patch for VMS (from Craig A. Berry
<craig.berry@metamorgs.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4944

24 years agoreword some sections of perlunicode.pod
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 2 Feb 2000 03:40:49 +0000 (03:40 +0000)]
reword some sections of perlunicode.pod

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4943

24 years agoAIX warning on undefined symbol
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:02:01 +0000 (21:02 +0000)]
AIX warning on undefined symbol

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4942

24 years agoHINT_UTF8 is not propagated to the op tree anymore; add a
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 1 Feb 2000 20:29:30 +0000 (20:29 +0000)]
HINT_UTF8 is not propagated to the op tree anymore; add a
perlunicode.pod that reflects changes to unicode support so far

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4941

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:22:30 +0000 (12:22 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4940

24 years agoexport pregexec(), Tk uses it
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:52:16 +0000 (08:52 +0000)]
export pregexec(), Tk uses it

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4939

24 years agomark literal utf8 in string literals properly
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 1 Feb 2000 04:00:09 +0000 (04:00 +0000)]
mark literal utf8 in string literals properly

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4938

24 years agointroduce $^U, a global bit to indicate whether system
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:19:34 +0000 (20:19 +0000)]
introduce $^U, a global bit to indicate whether system
calls should using widechar APIs; chr and sprintf "%c" also
follow this flag in the absense of "use byte"; "use utf8"
sets $^U=1 (this appears kludgey)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4937

24 years agoHP-UX (induced) fixes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:17:44 +0000 (20:17 +0000)]
HP-UX (induced) fixes.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4936

24 years agoCppsym saga continues.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:15:22 +0000 (19:15 +0000)]
Cppsym saga continues.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4934

24 years ago!USING_WIDE() branch is busted in win32_stat()
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:45:07 +0000 (18:45 +0000)]
!USING_WIDE() branch is busted in win32_stat()

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4933

24 years agoReveal even more symbols.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:41:47 +0000 (06:41 +0000)]
Reveal even more symbols.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4932

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:21:41 +0000 (06:21 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4931

24 years agoruntime now looks at the SVf_UTF8 bit on the SV to decide
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 04:57:42 +0000 (04:57 +0000)]
runtime now looks at the SVf_UTF8 bit on the SV to decide
whether to use widechar semantics; lexer and RE engine continue
to need "use utf8" to enable unicode awareness in literals
and patterns (TODO: this needs to be fixed); $1 et al are marked
SvUTF8 if the pattern was compiled for utf8 (TODO: propagating
it from the data is probably better)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4930

24 years agoremove caller.pm from change#3534 (flawed idea)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 04:17:09 +0000 (04:17 +0000)]
remove caller.pm from change#3534 (flawed idea)

p4raw-link: @3534 on //depot/perl: f3aa04c29a85dd63d563ae8e27316ff34501ccd5

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4929

24 years agofix factual regression (-e doesn't create temporary files anymore)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 31 Jan 2000 04:16:01 +0000 (04:16 +0000)]
fix factual regression (-e doesn't create temporary files anymore)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4928

24 years agointroduce $^V (eq chr($revision) . chr($version) . chr($subversion));
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 30 Jan 2000 21:27:12 +0000 (21:27 +0000)]
introduce $^V (eq chr($revision) . chr($version) . chr($subversion));
document version tuples

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4927

24 years agoimplement -follow option in find2perl (from Helmut Jarausch
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:10:12 +0000 (18:10 +0000)]
implement -follow option in find2perl (from Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4926

24 years agodocument what chdir() without an argument does (from Mark-Jason
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:03:28 +0000 (18:03 +0000)]
document what chdir() without an argument does (from Mark-Jason
Dominus <mjd@plover.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4925

24 years agoREADME.cygwin update (from Eric Fifer <EFifer@sanwaint.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 17:49:34 +0000 (17:49 +0000)]
README.cygwin update (from Eric Fifer <EFifer@sanwaint.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4924

24 years agoavoid leaking lexicals into program being debugged (from Ilya
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 17:10:08 +0000 (17:10 +0000)]
avoid leaking lexicals into program being debugged (from Ilya
Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4923

24 years agoperldelta note about export list changes
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:36:13 +0000 (16:36 +0000)]
perldelta note about export list changes

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4922

24 years agoalias realpath() to abs_path() (from Tom Christiansen)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:49:04 +0000 (15:49 +0000)]
alias realpath() to abs_path() (from Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4921

24 years agoCppsym fixup from Andy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:52:47 +0000 (09:52 +0000)]
Cppsym fixup from Andy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4920

24 years agoIn HP-UX no largefiles if no 64 bits.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:52:22 +0000 (09:52 +0000)]
In HP-UX no largefiles if no 64 bits.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4919

24 years agoThe #4880 was too eager, the $n test is useful too.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:03:37 +0000 (09:03 +0000)]
The #4880 was too eager, the $n test is useful too.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4918

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 06:27:50 +0000 (06:27 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4917

24 years agomore exported symbols needed for build on windows
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 05:29:37 +0000 (05:29 +0000)]
more exported symbols needed for build on windows

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4916

24 years agoautogenerate API listing from comments in the source (from Benjamin
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Jan 2000 03:43:52 +0000 (03:43 +0000)]
autogenerate API listing from comments in the source (from Benjamin
Stuhl <sho_pi@hotmail.com>); fix the markup format to be more
flexible for better readability; add missing docs in sv.c; regenerate
perltoc

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4915

24 years agodocument unimplemented status of forking pipe open() on windows
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 27 Jan 2000 19:43:35 +0000 (19:43 +0000)]
document unimplemented status of forking pipe open() on windows

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4914

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:18:51 +0000 (11:18 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4913