From 54227f88eb7a20266b6d2a1977de1433647aecd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:52:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Finalize perldelta --- pod/perldelta.pod | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 5c8478b..5d932f7 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ everywhere, \cT is whitespace in EBCDIC. [perl #119123] =item * The trie performance enhancement for regular expressions has now been extended -to those compiled under C. +to those compiled under /iaa. =back @@ -188,28 +188,28 @@ internally represented. =item * -C also now shows subroutine arguments that are references to regexp +L also now shows subroutine arguments that are references to regexp objects in a consistent manner in stack traces. =item * -C now takes care not to clobber the status variables $! and $^E. +L now takes care not to clobber the status variables $! and $^E. =item * -C now won't vivify the C glob or subroutine or the -C stash. +L now won't vivify the C glob or subroutine or the +L stash. =item * -C now avoids some unwanted Unicode warnings on older Perls. This doesn't +L now avoids some unwanted Unicode warnings on older Perls. This doesn't affect behaviour with current Perls. =item * -C detects version mismatch with C, to give a good error -message if a current (stub) C gets loaded by an old C that -expects C to provide subroutines. +Carp::Heavy detects version mismatch with L, to give a good error message +if a current (stub) Carp::Heavy gets loaded by an old L that expects +Carp::Heavy to provide subroutines. =back @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ Day of year parsing (like "%y%j") has been fixed. L has been upgraded from version 0.98 to 0.99. -By default, out-of-range values are replaced with C (REPLACEMENT +By default, out-of-range values are replaced with U+FFFD (REPLACEMENT CHARACTER) when C E= 22, or ignored when C E= 20. When C E= 22, the weights of out-of-range values can be overridden. @@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ key/value hash slice syntax. =item * -The C<&DB::goto> and C<&DB::lsub> debugger subroutines are now documented. -[perl #77680] +The C and C debugger subroutines are now documented. [perl +#77680] =back @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ L now handles C wildcards correctly. [perl #113054] =item * -The F for C now generates a better F, which +The F for L now generates a better F, which avoids a race condition during parallel makes, which could cause the build to fail. This is the last known parallel make problem (on *nix platforms), and therefore we believe that a parallel make should now always be error free. @@ -1169,9 +1169,35 @@ referenced elsewhere, giving random results. =head1 Acknowledgements -XXX Generate this with: - - perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.19.3..HEAD +Perl 5.19.4 represents approximately 4 weeks of development since Perl 5.19.3 +and contains approximately 31,000 lines of changes across 580 files from 42 +authors. + +Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community +of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed +the improvements that became Perl 5.19.4: + +Andy Dougherty, Brian Fraser, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Christian Millour, Craig +A. Berry, Daniel Dragan, David Golden, David Leadbeater, David Mitchell, Father +Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, François Perrad, H.Merijn Brand, James E +Keenan, John Goodyear, John P. Linderman, John Peacock, Karl Williamson, kevin +dawson, Leon Timmermans, Marco Peereboom, Matthew Horsfall, Nathan Glenn, Neil +Bowers, Nicholas Clark, Niels Thykier, Niko Tyni, Owain G. Ainsworth, Peter +John Acklam, Reini Urban, Ricardo Signes, Ruslan Zakirov, Slaven Rezic, +Smylers, Steve Hay, Sullivan Beck, Toby Inkster, Tokuhiro Matsuno, Tony Cook, +Victor Efimov, Zefram, Zsbán Ambrus. + +The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated +from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of +the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug +tracker. + +Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules +included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for +helping Perl to flourish. + +For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see +the F file in the Perl source distribution. =head1 Reporting Bugs -- 2.7.4