From 0ac7511ea0a4f2883080ce5264e727f9f41e0973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:20:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] perldelta - More copy-editing --- pod/perldelta.pod | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 1a1c6f9..7fa6d54 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ index/value) pairs. =head2 EBCDIC support -Core Perl now mostly works on EBCDIC platforms. This is not true of -many modules, including some which are shipped with this release. If -you have resources to help continue this process, including test -machines, send email to L. +Core Perl now mostly works on EBCDIC platforms. This is not true of many +modules, including some which are shipped with this release. If you have +resources to help continue this process, including test machines, send email to +L. -As a result of this, certain C functions are now deprecated; see -L. +As a result of this, certain XS functions are now deprecated; see L. =head1 Security @@ -139,16 +139,15 @@ numeric values under the hood.) =head2 Literal control characters in variable names -This deprecation affects things like C<$\cT>, where \cT is a literal -control in the source code. Surprisingly, it appears that originally -this was intended as the canonical way of accessing variables like -C<$^T>, with the caret form only being added as an alternative. +This deprecation affects things like $\cT, where \cT is a literal control in +the source code. Surprisingly, it appears that originally this was intended as +the canonical way of accessing variables like $^T, with the caret form only +being added as an alternative. -The literal control form is being deprecated for two main reasons: It -has what are likely unfixable bugs, such as C<$\cI> not working as an -alias for C<$^I>, and their usage not being portable to non-ASCII -platforms: While C<$^T> will work everywhere, C<\cT> is whitespace in -EBCDIC. +The literal control form is being deprecated for two main reasons. It has what +are likely unfixable bugs, such as $\cI not working as an alias for $^I, and +their usage not being portable to non-ASCII platforms: While $^T will work +everywhere, \cT is whitespace in EBCDIC. =head2 Module removals @@ -230,9 +229,9 @@ C, changing the return value from a C object on a C C to C. C again returns a C object in this case. [perl #119351] -B version 1.44 (perl 5.19.2) introduced three new B::OP methods, -C, C, C and C, but these have never -actually worked until now. They used to croak. +B version 1.44 (Perl 5.19.2) introduced four new B::OP methods, C, +C, C and C, but these have never actually worked +until now. They used to croak. =item * @@ -492,10 +491,10 @@ L has been upgraded from version 2.97 to 2.99. The list of Perl versions covered has been updated. -A function C has been added, which returns true if the -specified module was bundled with Perl. Optionally you can specify -a minimum version of the module, and the specific version of Perl -you're interested in (defaults to C<$^V>, the running version of Perl). +A function C has been added, which returns true if the specified +module was bundled with Perl. Optionally you can specify a minimum version of +the module, and the specific version of Perl you're interested in (defaults to +$^V, the running version of Perl). =item * @@ -1011,12 +1010,13 @@ L section. =item VMS -The C feature to control the population of C<%ENV> at Perl -start-up was broken in 5.16.0 but has now been fixed. +The C feature to control the population of %ENV at perl +start-up was broken in Perl 5.16.0 but has now been fixed. =item Win32 -C and C on Win32 now set C<$!> to ENOSPC and EDQUOT when appropriate. [perl #119857] +C and C on Win32 now set $! to ENOSPC and EDQUOT when +appropriate. [perl #119857] =item WinCE @@ -1067,8 +1067,8 @@ of the underlying hash key when that key is not stored as a SV. [perl =item * -Certain rarely used functions and macros available to C code are -now, or are planned to be deprecated. These are: +Certain rarely used functions and macros available to XS code are now, or are +planned to be, deprecated. These are: C (use C instead), C (use C instead), C (use C instead), @@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ slices. [perl #28380, #114024] =item * -C< $! = EINVAL; waitpid(0, WNOHANG); > no longer goes into an internal infinite +C<$! = EINVAL; waitpid(0, WNOHANG);> no longer goes into an internal infinite loop. [perl #85228] =item * -- 2.7.4