3 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.8.0
7 This document describes differences between the 5.6 release and this one.
9 =head1 Core Enhancements
11 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
13 =head1 Utility Changes
15 =head1 Improved Documentation
17 =head1 Performance enhancements
19 =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
21 =head1 Platform specific changes
23 =head1 Significant bug fixes
25 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
29 =item (perhaps you forgot to load "%s"?)
31 (F) This is an educated guess made in conjunction with the message
32 "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%s\"". It often means
33 that a method requires a package that has not been loaded.
39 =head1 Incompatible Changes
43 =head1 Obsolete Diagnostics
47 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
48 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
49 There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
52 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
53 program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down
54 to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the
55 output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.com to be
56 analysed by the Perl porting team.
60 The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed.
62 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
64 The F<README> file for general stuff.
66 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
70 Written by Gurusamy Sarathy <F<gsar@activestate.com>>, with many
71 contributions from The Perl Porters.
73 Send omissions or corrections to <F<perlbug@perl.com>>.