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1 | =head1 NAME |
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3 | perl5114delta - what is new for perl v5.11.4 |
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5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
6 | |
7 | This document describes differences between the 5.11.3 release and |
8 | the 5.11.4 release. |
9 | |
10 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.11.2, first read |
11 | L<perl5113delta>, which describes differences between 5.11.2 and |
12 | 5.11.3. |
13 | |
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14 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
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16 | =head2 Version number formats |
17 | |
18 | Acceptable version number formats have been formalized into "strict" and |
19 | "lax" rules. C<package NAME VERSION> takes a strict version number. C<use |
20 | NAME VERSION> takes a lax version number. C<UNIVERSAL::VERSION> and the |
21 | L<version> object constructors take lax version numbers. Providing an |
22 | invalid version will result in a fatal error. |
23 | |
24 | These formats will be documented fully in the L<version> module in a |
25 | subsequent release of Perl 5.11. To a first approximation, a "strict" |
26 | version number is a positive decimal number (integer or decimal-fraction) |
27 | without exponentiation or else a dotted-decimal v-string with a leading 'v' |
28 | character and at least three components. A "lax" version number allows |
29 | v-strings with fewer than three components or without a leading 'v'. Under |
30 | "lax" rules, both decimal and dotted-decimal versions may have a trailing |
31 | "alpha" component separated by an underscore character after a fractional |
32 | or dotted-decimal component. |
33 | |
34 | The L<version> module adds C<version::is_strict> and C<version::is_lax> |
35 | functions to check a scalar against these rules. |
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36 | |
37 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
38 | |
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39 | =head2 Unicode properties |
40 | |
41 | C<\p{XDigit}> now matches the same characters as C<\p{Hex_Digit}>. This |
42 | means that in addition to the characters it currently matches, |
43 | C<[A-Fa-f0-9]>, it will also match their fullwidth equivalent forms, for |
44 | example U+FF10: FULLWIDTH DIGIT ZERO. |
45 | |
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46 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
47 | |
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48 | =head2 Pragmata Changes |
49 | |
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50 | =over 4 |
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51 | |
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52 | =item C<less> |
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53 | |
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54 | Upgraded from version 0.02 to 0.03. |
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55 | |
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56 | This version introduces the C<stash_name> method to allow subclasses of less to |
57 | pick where in %^H to store their stash. |
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58 | |
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59 | =item C<version> |
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60 | |
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61 | Upgraded from version 0.77 to 0.81. |
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62 | |
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63 | This version adds support for L</Version number formats> as described earlier |
64 | in this document and in its own documentation. |
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65 | |
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66 | =item C<warnings> |
67 | |
68 | Upgraded from version 1.08 to 1.09. |
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69 | |
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70 | This version adds the C<illegalproto> warning category. See also L</New or |
71 | Changed Diagnostics> for this change. |
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72 | |
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73 | =back |
74 | |
75 | =head2 Updated Modules |
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76 | |
77 | =over 4 |
78 | |
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79 | =item C<Archive::Extract> |
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80 | |
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81 | Upgraded from version 0.36 to 0.38. |
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82 | |
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83 | =item C<B::Deparse> |
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84 | |
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85 | Upgraded from version 0.93 to 0.94. |
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86 | |
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87 | =item C<Compress::Raw::Bzip2> |
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88 | |
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89 | Upgraded from version 2.021 to 2.024. |
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90 | |
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91 | =item C<Compress::Raw::Zlib> |
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92 | |
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93 | Upgraded from version 2.021 to 2.024. |
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94 | |
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95 | =item C<CPAN> |
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96 | |
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97 | Upgraded from version 1.94_5301 to 1.94_54. |
98 | |
99 | =item C<File::Fetch> |
100 | |
101 | Upgraded from version 0.22 to 0.24. |
102 | |
103 | =item C<Module::Build> |
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104 | |
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105 | Upgraded from version 0.36 to 0.3603. |
106 | |
107 | =item C<Safe> |
108 | |
109 | Upgraded from version 2.20 to 2.21. |
110 | |
111 | Anonymous coderefs created in Safe containers no longer get bogus |
112 | arguments passed to them, fixing RT #72068. |
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113 | |
114 | =back |
115 | |
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116 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
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117 | |
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118 | =over 4 |
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119 | |
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120 | =item C<Devel::DProf::V> |
121 | |
122 | Removed from the Perl core. Prior version was 'undef'. |
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123 | |
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124 | =back |
125 | |
126 | =head1 Changes to Existing Documentation |
127 | |
128 | A significant fraction of the core documentation has been updated to clarify |
129 | the behavior of Perl's Unicode handling. |
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130 | |
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131 | Much of the remaining core documentation has been reviewed and edited |
132 | for clarity, consistent use of language, and to fix the spelling of Tom |
133 | Christiansen's name. |
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134 | |
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135 | =head2 Configuration improvements |
136 | |
137 | USE_ATTRIBUTES_FOR_PERLIO is now reported in the compile-time options |
138 | listed by the C<-V> switch. |
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139 | |
140 | =head2 Platform Specific Changes |
141 | |
142 | =over 4 |
143 | |
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144 | =item VMS |
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145 | |
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146 | The default pipe buffer size on VMS has been updated to 8192 on 64-bit |
147 | systems. |
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148 | |
149 | =back |
150 | |
151 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
152 | |
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153 | =over 4 |
154 | |
155 | =item * |
156 | |
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157 | Tie::Hash::NamedCapture::* shouldn't abort if passed bad input (RT #71828) |
158 | |
159 | =item * |
160 | |
161 | @_ and $_ no longer leak under threads (RT #34342 and #41138, also |
162 | #70602, #70974) |
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163 | |
164 | =back |
165 | |
166 | =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics |
167 | |
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168 | =over 4 |
169 | |
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170 | =item New warning category C<illegalproto> |
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171 | |
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172 | The two warnings : |
173 | |
174 | Illegal character in prototype for %s : %s |
175 | Prototype after '%c' for %s : %s |
176 | |
177 | have been moved from the C<syntax> top-level warnings category into a new |
178 | first-level category, C<illegalproto>. These two warnings are currently the |
179 | only ones emitted during parsing of an invalid/illegal prototype, so one |
180 | can now do |
181 | |
182 | no warnings 'illegalproto'; |
183 | |
184 | to suppress only those, but not other syntax-related warnings. Warnings where |
185 | prototypes are changed, ignored, or not met are still in the C<prototype> |
186 | category as before. (Matt S. Trout) |
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187 | |
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188 | =item lvalue attribute ignored after the subroutine has been defined |
189 | |
190 | This new warning is issued when one attempts to mark a subroutine as |
191 | lvalue after it has been defined. |
192 | |
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193 | =back |
194 | |
195 | =head1 Changed Internals |
196 | |
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197 | =over 4 |
198 | |
199 | =item * |
200 | |
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201 | Perl_magic_setmglob now knows about globs, fixing RT #71254. |
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202 | |
203 | =back |
204 | |
205 | =head1 Known Problems |
206 | |
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207 | Perl 5.11.4 is a development release leading up to Perl 5.12.0. |
208 | Some notable known problems found in 5.11.4 are listed as dependencies |
209 | of RT #69710, the Perl 5 version 12 meta-ticket. |
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210 | |
211 | =head1 Deprecations |
212 | |
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213 | The following items are now deprecated. |
214 | |
215 | =over 4 |
216 | |
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217 | =item C<< UNIVERSAL-E<gt>import() >> |
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218 | |
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219 | The method C<< UNIVERSAL-E<gt>import() >> is now deprecated. Attempting to |
220 | pass import arguments to a C<use UNIVERSAL> statement will result in a |
221 | deprecation warning. (This is a less noisy version of the full deprecation |
222 | warning added in 5.11.0.) |
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223 | |
224 | =back |
225 | |
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226 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
227 | |
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228 | Perl 5.11.4 represents approximately one month of development since |
229 | Perl 5.11.3 and contains 17682 lines of changes across 318 files |
230 | from 40 authors and committers: |
231 | |
232 | Abigail, Andy Dougherty, brian d foy, Chris Williams, Craig A. Berry, |
233 | David Golden, David Mitchell, Father Chrysostomos, Gerard Goossen, |
234 | H.Merijn Brand, Jesse Vincent, Jim Cromie, Josh ben Jore, Karl |
235 | Williamson, kmx, Matt S Trout, Nicholas Clark, Niko Tyni, Paul Marquess, |
236 | Philip Hazel, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Rainer Tammer, Reini Urban, Ricardo |
237 | Signes, Shlomi Fish, Tim Bunce, Todd Rinaldo, Tom Christiansen, Tony |
238 | Cook, Vincent Pit, and Zefram |
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239 | |
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240 | Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN |
241 | modules included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN |
242 | community for helping Perl to flourish. |
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243 | |
244 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
245 | |
246 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles |
247 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
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248 | bug database at L<http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/>. There may also be |
249 | information at L<http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page. |
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250 | |
251 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> |
252 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down |
253 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the |
254 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be |
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255 | analyzed by the Perl porting team. |
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256 | |
257 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it |
258 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send |
259 | it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription |
260 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who be able |
261 | to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help |
262 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all |
263 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
264 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently |
265 | distributed on CPAN. |
266 | |
267 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
268 | |
269 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details |
270 | on what changed. |
271 | |
272 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. |
273 | |
274 | The F<README> file for general stuff. |
275 | |
276 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. |
277 | |
278 | =cut |