From df5ac742530a435aa96ebc6b0e1f6b0a7c0bc66e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abigail Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:57:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update perldelta. Added a few issues from git log v5.19.6..HEAD that had not been added to perldelta yet. Removed sections that will not be needed in the final version. --- pod/perldelta.pod | 204 ++++++------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index b8f7c5a..34bddeb 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1,14 +1,7 @@ =encoding utf8 -=for todo -0ac75573 First steps to resolving RT #120618 -09a65838 Avoid pointer churn in study_chunk recursion bitmap allocation - =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 v5.19.7 =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -19,42 +12,16 @@ release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.19.5, first read L, which describes differences between 5.19.5 and 5.19.6. -=head1 Notice - -XXX Any important notices here - =head1 Core Enhancements -XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language -enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go -here, but most should go in the L section. - -[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Postfix syntax for maximum array index The postfix notation C<< ->$#* >> has been added, to match the similar postfix operators added in 5.19.5. C<< $foo->$#* >> is equivalent to C<$#$foo>. See L. -=head1 Security - -XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security -vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the -L section. - -[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] - =head1 Incompatible Changes -XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: - - There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX - If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a - report. See L below. - -[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] - =head2 Data::Dumper's output may change Depending on the data structures dumped and the settings set for @@ -69,8 +36,6 @@ from evaluating the dumped structure, instead of the dump itself. =head1 Deprecations -XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. - =head2 Module removals XXX Remove this section if inapplicable. @@ -96,22 +61,9 @@ as an updated module in the L section. =back -[ List each other 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 +=head2 C<< CGI.pm >> -=back +The C<< CGI.pm >> module has been deprecated since version 3.64. =head1 Modules and Pragmata @@ -195,30 +147,6 @@ XXX XXX Changes to files in F go here. Consider grouping entries by file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L. -=head2 New Documentation - -XXX Changes which create B files in F go here. - -=head3 L - -XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here - -=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation - -XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F go here. -However, any changes to F should go in the L -section. - -=head3 L - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX Description of the change here - -=back - =head1 Diagnostics The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, @@ -230,19 +158,6 @@ include any changes in L that reconcile it to the C code. =head2 New Diagnostics -XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors -and New Warnings - -=head3 New Errors - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX L - -=back - =head3 New Warnings =over 4 @@ -271,50 +186,19 @@ The error messages for C and C now mention =head1 Utility Changes -XXX Changes to installed programs such as F and F go here. -Most of these are built within the directories F and F. - -[ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item -entries for each change -Use L with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] - -=head3 L +=head3 C<< Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl >> =over 4 =item * -XXX - -=back - -=head1 Configuration and Compilation - -XXX Changes to F, F, F, 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 section, instead. - -[ List changes as a =item entry ]. - -=over 4 - -=item * - -XXX +Ensure that the latest version of Module::CoreList is used when +running the script. =back =head1 Testing -XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be -listed here. Changes which create B files in F go here as do any -large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). -Changes to existing files in F aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs -that they represent may be covered elsewhere. - -[ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -327,45 +211,8 @@ C<$GIT_DIR>. [perl #120505] =head1 Platform Support -XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. - -[ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific -changes as paragraphs below it. ] - -=head2 New Platforms - -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 -directories, or new subdirectories and F files at the top level of the -source tree. - -=over 4 - -=item XXX-some-platform - -XXX - -=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 - =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 section. - =over 4 =item Windows @@ -377,12 +224,6 @@ cover the dmake makefile (win32/makefile.mk) as well. =head1 Internal Changes -XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C 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 * @@ -414,11 +255,6 @@ with a NULL litteral or passing the C containing a NULL value. =head1 Selected Bug Fixes -XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in -files in F and F are best summarized in L. - -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] - =over 4 =item * @@ -479,29 +315,31 @@ holds a true value, to read unallocated memory has been resolved. This would usually happen after a syntax error. In past versions of Perl it has crashed intermittently. [perl #72406] -=back - -=head1 Known Problems +=item * -XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any -tests that had to be Ced for the release would be noted here. Unfixed -platform specific bugs also go here. +Fix HP-UX $! failure. HP-UX strerror() returns an empty string for an +unknown error code. This caused an assertion to fail under DEBUGGING +builds. This patch removes the assertion and changes the return into +a non-empty string indicating the errno is for an unknown error. -[ List each fix as a =item entry ] +=item * -=over 4 +Fix unexpected tainting via regexp using locale. Previously, under certain +conditions, the use of character classes could cause tainting when it +shouldn't. Some character classes are locale-dependent, but before this +patch, sometimes tainting was happening even for character classes that +don't depend on the locale. [perl #120675] =item * -XXX +Under certain conditions, Perl would throw an error if in an lookbehind +assertion in a regexp, the assertion referred to a named subpattern, +complaining the lookbehind was variable when it wasn't. This has been +fixed. [perl #120600], [perl #120618]. The current fix may be improved +on in the future. =back -=head1 Obituary - -XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary -here. - =head1 Acknowledgements XXX Generate this with: -- 2.7.4