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1 | =head1 NAME |
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3 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0 |
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5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
6 | |
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7 | This document describes differences between the 5.8.0 release and |
8 | the 5.9.0 release. |
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10 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
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12 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
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14 | =head2 Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices |
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16 | Formerly, the indices passed to C<FETCH>, C<STORE>, C<EXISTS>, and |
17 | C<DELETE> methods in tied array class were always non-negative. If |
18 | the actual argument was negative, Perl would call FETCHSIZE implicitly |
19 | and add the result to the index before passing the result to the tied |
20 | array method. This behavior is now optional. If the tied array class |
21 | contains a package variable named C<$NEGATIVE_INDICES> which is set to |
22 | a true value, negative values will be passed to C<FETCH>, C<STORE>, |
23 | C<EXISTS>, and C<DELETE> unchanged. |
24 | |
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25 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
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26 | |
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27 | =head1 Utility Changes |
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28 | |
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29 | =head1 New Documentation |
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30 | |
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31 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
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32 | |
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33 | =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements |
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34 | |
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35 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
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36 | |
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37 | =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics |
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38 | |
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39 | =head1 Changed Internals |
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40 | |
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41 | =head1 New Tests |
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42 | |
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43 | =head1 Known Problems |
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45 | =head1 Platform Specific Problems |
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47 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
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49 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles |
50 | recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl |
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51 | bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/ . There may also be |
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52 | information at http://www.perl.com/ , the Perl Home Page. |
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54 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> |
55 | program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down |
56 | to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the |
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57 | output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be |
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58 | analysed by the Perl porting team. |
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60 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
61 | |
62 | The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed. |
63 | |
64 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. |
65 | |
66 | The F<README> file for general stuff. |
67 | |
68 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. |
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70 | =cut |