To give due honor to those who have made Perl what is is today,
here are some of the more common names in the Changes file, and their
-current addresses (as of August 2000):
+current addresses (as of September 2000):
Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
Abigail <abigail@foad.org>
Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
-
NOTE: Each change entry shows the change number; who checked it into the
repository; when; description of the change; which branch the change
happened in; and the affected files. The file lists have a short symbolic
+> branched (from elsewhere)
!> merged changes (from elsewhere)
+The Message-Ids in the change entries refer to the email messages sent
+to the perl5-porters mailing list. You can retrieve the messages for
+example from http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/
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Version v5.7.0 Development release working toward v5.8
--------------
____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7044] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 21:29:56
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: 5.7.0] proper setting for isnan for DECC 5.3
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:33:27 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009081331420.132461-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! configure.com
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7043] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 21:27:50
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH (or RFC): 5.7.0] make the ran_tests intermediate file 8.3 friendly
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:02:19 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009081054340.132461-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7042] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 21:23:21
+ Log: Continue #7041.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! cygwin/Makefile.SHs os2/Makefile.SHs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7041] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 21:18:10
+ Log: Do away with memory models cruft. Sorry, PDP users.
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/cc.U U/modified/libpth.U
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure Makefile.SH Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh
+ ! Porting/config_H cflags.SH config_h.SH configure.com
+ ! epoc/config.sh hints/mint.sh hints/titanos.sh hints/vmesa.sh
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm win32/config.bc win32/config.gc
+ ! win32/config.vc x2p/Makefile.SH x2p/cflags.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7040] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:34:18
+ Log: Major rewrite of s2p. And I mean really major, it is
+ an implementation of sed in perl. If called as s2p it
+ will function as s2p. Note: needs non-UNIXifying.
+
+ Subject: s2p
+ From: Wolfgang Laun <Wolfgang.Laun@alcatel.at>
+ Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:05:12 +0200
+ Message-ID: <39AA5578.2102E2AA@alcatel.at>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! x2p/s2p.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7039] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:19:49
+ Log: Re-allow vec() for characters > 255.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20000907.005] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +devel-7030 on alpha-dec_osf-perlio 4.0f (UNINSTALLED)
+ From: Spider Boardman <spider@web.zk3.dec.com>
+ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 02:21:02 -0400
+ Message-Id: <200009080621.CAA03409@leggy.zk3.dec.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! doop.c pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod
+ ! t/op/vec.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7038] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:14:18
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH lib/Benchmark.pm]
+ From: <abigail@foad.org>
+ Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:03:20 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20000907190320.888.qmail@foad.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Benchmark.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7037] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:11:06
+ Log: Optimizing hash keys into shared strings doesn't work with ithreads.
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000907.008] Not OK: v5.7.0 on alpha-dec_osf-thread-multi
+ From: Spider Boardman <spider@web.zk3.dec.com>
+ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 01:30:27 -0400
+ Message-Id: <200009080530.BAA10498@leggy.zk3.dec.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7036] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:08:58
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20000908.002] perlipc documentation bug.
+ From: Major Sébastien <sebastien.major@crdp.ac-caen.fr>
+ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:38:32 +0200
+ Message-Id: <39B8C1A8.3DC36E6D@crdp.ac-caen.fr>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlipc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7035] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 14:03:12
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20000907.007] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +devel-7030 on alpha-dec_osf 4.0f
+ From: "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
+ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 11:47:34 +0200
+ Message-Id: <20000908111426.FBDB.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/dec_osf.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7034] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 13:59:35
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20000906.004] segfault with bad perl statement
+ From: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>
+ Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:40:38 +0100
+ Message-ID: <20000907204038.A15650@deep-dark-truthful-mirror.perlhacker.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp_hot.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7033] By: jhi on 2000/09/08 04:03:03
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20000904.008] Tiny fix for perldiag
+ From: "Larry W. Virden" <lvirden@cas.org>
+ Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:45:44 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-Id: <200009042245.SAA22916@lwv26awu.cas.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7032] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 22:18:30
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.0] perl5db.pl [Was: Re: Debugger question]
+ From: Peter Scott <Peter.J.Scott@jpl.nasa.gov>
+ Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 13:16:38 -0700
+ Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000904130939.00adae90@mail2a.jpl.nasa.gov>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/perl5db.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7031] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 22:02:29
+ Log: Fix the ccversion detection for 5.1 and beyond.
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000907.007] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +devel-7030 on alpha-dec_osf 4.0f
+ From: Spider Boardman <spider@leggy.zk3.dec.com>
+ Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 17:54:27 -0400
+ Message-Id: <200009072154.RAA14747@leggy.zk3.dec.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/dec_osf.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7030] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 19:12:28
+ Log: Fix for
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000903.001] \w in utf8-strings
+ From: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
+ Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 09:44:29 +0200
+ Message-Id: <E13VUS5-0000cv-00.pgcc-forever-2000-09-03-09-44-29@fuji>
+
+ and various related nits.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/unicode/mktables.PL regcomp.h regexec.c utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7029] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:49:09
+ Log: Fix the URL, but the server is still missing in action.
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000905.002] perlfaq1.pod URL error
+ From: "Larry W. Virden" <lvirden@cas.org>
+ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:24:40 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-Id: <200009051224.IAA11226@lwv26awu.cas.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfaq1.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7028] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:47:13
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20000905.001] Assertion failed: file "toke.c", line 202
+ From: Hugo <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 14:13:37 +0100
+ Message-Id: <200009051313.OAA24507@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7027] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:45:35
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH@7014] \G in non-/g is well-defined now ... right?
+ From: Daniel Chetlin <daniel@chetlin.com>
+ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 04:57:07 -0700
+ Message-ID: <20000905045707.A8620@ilmd.chetlin.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfaq6.pod pod/perlop.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7026] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:44:01
+ Log: Document the new ref() semantics.
+
+ Subject: Re: Undocumented(?) change to "ref" semantics in 5.7.0
+ From: Gisle Aas <gisle@ActiveState.com>
+ Date: 05 Sep 2000 08:10:30 +0200
+ Message-ID: <m3vgwb8j3d.fsf@eik.g.aas.no>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7025] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:42:27
+ Log: Make Data::Dumper (non-XS) to work with changed semantics of ref().
+
+ Subject: Re: Undocumented(?) change to "ref" semantics in 5.7.0
+ From: Gisle Aas <gisle@ActiveState.com>
+ Date: 05 Sep 2000 08:11:40 +0200
+ Message-ID: <m3snrf8j1f.fsf@eik.g.aas.no>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm t/lib/dumper.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7024] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:39:32
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Modernize Opcode.pm documentation
+ From: Gisle Aas <gisle@ActiveState.com>
+ Date: 4 Sep 2000 00:18:55 -0000
+ Message-ID: <20000904001855.26128.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7023] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:37:42
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Tied filehandle documentation
+ From: Gisle Aas <gisle@ActiveState.com>
+ Date: 4 Sep 2000 00:14:40 -0000
+ Message-ID: <20000904001440.26084.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perltie.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7022] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:35:37
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Tie::StdHandle did not know about 3-arg open
+ From: Gisle Aas <gisle@ActiveState.com>
+ Date: 4 Sep 2000 00:04:22 -0000
+ Message-ID: <20000904000422.26002.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Tie/Handle.pm t/lib/tie-stdhandle.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7021] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 18:33:22
+ Log: Subject: small apidoc fix
+ From: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
+ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 05:12:06 +0200
+ Message-ID: <20000903051206.A5909@cerebro.laendle>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlapi.pod utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7020] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 16:14:57
+ Log: Tiny perldelta nits.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7019] By: jhi on 2000/09/07 16:04:20
+ Log: Guard against bad string->int conversion for quads.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/op/64bitint.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7018] By: jhi on 2000/09/06 17:07:03
+ Log: Update Unicode todo list.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Todo-5.6
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7017] By: jhi on 2000/09/05 21:16:01
+ Log: Document the SvIOK_.*UV().
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlapi.pod sv.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7016] By: nick on 2000/09/03 21:54:46
+ Log: Hash lookup of constant strings optimization:
+ Introduce SvREADONLY && SvFAKE to flag an SV which has SvPVX pointing
+ to string table (as per sharepvn). Add newSV_pvn_share to create such
+ a thing. Make hv.c compare addresses of strings and skip string compare
+ if equal. Make method_named and helem ops use these shared-string SVs
+ when arg is constant. Make keys op return shared-string SVs (less clearly
+ a win).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! embed.h embed.pl embedvar.h global.sym hv.c objXSUB.h op.c
+ ! opcode.h opnames.h perlapi.c perlapi.h pod/perlapi.pod
+ ! pod/perlintern.pod pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7015] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 17:48:59
+ Log: This is 5.7.0.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7014] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 17:35:45
+ Log: Changes and patchlevel tweaks.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7013] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 17:30:50
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7012] By: nick on 2000/09/02 17:25:20
+ Log: More %{} and other deref special casing - do not pass to 'nomethod'.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! gv.c lib/overload.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7011] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 17:16:25
+ Log: Update perlhist.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7010] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 17:01:35
+ Log: perldelta nits.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7009] By: nick on 2000/09/02 16:48:35
+ Log: If overloaded %{} etc. return the object do not loop.
+ Thus sub deref { $_[0] } functions if object is wanted type.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7008] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 16:26:11
+ Log: Retab MANIFEST.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Storable/MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7007] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 16:23:02
+ Log: Make certain cc is set before trying to run it.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7006] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 15:45:41
+ Log: Unicode notes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7005] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 15:42:11
+ Log: Various Configure nits by Philip Newton,
+ plus the ebcdic one by me.
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ + U/modified/pager.U
+ ! U/ebcdic/ebcdic.U U/modified/Finish.U U/modified/Guess.U
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! Devel.U quadfio.U
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7004] By: jhi on 2000/09/02 15:06:14
+ Log: Apparently avoiding the swapping is too costly.
+
+ From: "Ben Tilly" <ben_tilly@hotmail.com>
+ Subject: Re: the door is closed.
+ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:23:16 EDT
+ Message-ID: <LAW2-F2963JkUwWpSWe00000904@hotmail.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfaq4.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7003] By: nick on 2000/09/02 12:26:04
+ Log: Undo part of change 6489 which looks like a bulk edit which
+ changed _all_ gv_efullname3() calls to gv_efullname4() calls.
+ The supressing of main:: on return from select() is undesirable.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7002] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 23:08:54
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7001] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 23:00:13
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: 6996] minimal removal of 8 bit chrs from perlebcdic.pod
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:50:57 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009011542550.147696-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+
+ plus rework the http: spots as suggested by Tom Christiansen,
+ plus regen perltoc.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! README.os2 pod/perl56delta.pod pod/perlebcdic.pod
+ ! pod/perlguts.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlxs.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7000] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 22:36:01
+ Log: Only the first line, thank you very much.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6999] By: gsar on 2000/09/01 22:16:40
+ Log: change#6791 accidentally clobbered change#6710, put it back
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6998] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 22:14:16
+ Log: Mention the HP-UX LP64 freak failure.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6997] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 21:48:32
+ Log: Detypo.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/hpux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6996] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 21:27:10
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6995] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 21:14:24
+ Log: Mi splgn s gnin.g
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp_ctl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6994] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 21:09:54
+ Log: Subject: http:// in L<>
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:03:21 +0100
+ Message-ID: <20000901220321.B72074@plum.flirble.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! README.os2 pod/perl56delta.pod pod/perlxs.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6993] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 21:06:54
+ Log: Update to Storable 1.0, from Raphael Manfredi.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Storable/ChangeLog ext/Storable/MANIFEST
+ ! ext/Storable/Makefile.PL ext/Storable/README
+ ! ext/Storable/Storable.pm ext/Storable/Storable.xs
+ ! t/lib/st-06compat.t t/lib/st-blessed.t t/lib/st-canonical.t
+ ! t/lib/st-dclone.t t/lib/st-dump.pl t/lib/st-forgive.t
+ ! t/lib/st-freeze.t t/lib/st-overload.t t/lib/st-recurse.t
+ ! t/lib/st-retrieve.t t/lib/st-store.t t/lib/st-tied.t
+ ! t/lib/st-tiedhook.t t/lib/st-tieditems.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6992] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 20:43:05
+ Log: Mention known sfio+linux buglet.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6991] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 20:40:11
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH perl@6962] 2 more vms.c fix-ups and status
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:03:38 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009011140240.147696-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! vms/vms.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6990] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 20:25:26
+ Log: Retract #6986.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6989] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 20:23:00
+ Log: Mergesort is back.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltoc.pod pp_ctl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6988] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 19:37:40
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Fix vec() / utf8 (was Re: bitvec ops still broken with utf8 -- or not?)
+ From: Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk>
+ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 17:43:33 +0100
+ Message-Id: <E13Utuf-0004Bw-00@draco.cus.cam.ac.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! doop.c embed.pl perlapi.c pod/perlapi.pod pod/perldiag.pod
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod proto.h t/op/vec.t utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6987] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 19:17:10
+ Log: Regen perltoc.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6986] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 18:51:10
+ Log: Subject: Re: Solaris x86 has no SPARC libraries!
+ From: Lupe Christoph <lupe@lupe-christoph.de>
+ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:41:20 +0200
+ Message-ID: <20000901204120.P13547@alanya.lupe-christoph.de>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 6985] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 18:28:10
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 6984] By: jhi on 2000/09/01 18:26:53
Log: Feature ordering tweak.
Branch: perl