Changes5.004 Differences between 5.003 and 5.004
Changes5.005 Differences between 5.004 and 5.005
Changes5.6 Differences between 5.005 and 5.6
+Changes5.8 Differences between 5.6.0 and 5.8.0 (and maint-5.6)
configpm Produces lib/Config.pm
Configure Portability tool
configure.com Configure-equivalent for VMS
ext/Devel/PPPort/TODO Devel::PPPort Todo
ext/Digest/MD5/Changes Digest::MD5 extension changes
ext/Digest/MD5/hints/irix_6.pl Hints for named architecture
+ext/Digest/MD5/hints/MacOS.pl Hints for named architecture
ext/Digest/MD5/Makefile.PL Digest::MD5 extension makefile writer
ext/Digest/MD5/MD5.pm Digest::MD5 extension
ext/Digest/MD5/MD5.xs Digest::MD5 extension
ext/MIME/Base64/Makefile.PL MIME::Base64 extension
ext/MIME/Base64/QuotedPrint.pm MIME::Base64 extension
ext/MIME/Base64/t/base64.t See whether MIME::Base64 works
-ext/MIME/Base64/t/qp.t See whether MIME::QuotedPrint works
+ext/MIME/Base64/t/quoted-print.t See whether MIME::QuotedPrint works
ext/MIME/Base64/t/unicode.t See whether MIME::Base64 works
ext/NDBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
ext/NDBM_File/hints/dec_osf.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/cygwin.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/dec_osf.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/hpux.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
+ext/ODBM_File/hints/linux.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/PerlIO/encoding/Makefile.PL PerlIO::encoding makefile writer
ext/PerlIO/encoding/MANIFEST PerlIO::encoding list of files
ext/PerlIO/PerlIO.t See if PerlIO works
-ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Makefile.PL PerlIO layer for scalars
-ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Scalar.pm PerlIO layer for scalars
-ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Scalar.xs PerlIO layer for scalars
+ext/PerlIO/scalar/Makefile.PL PerlIO layer for scalars
+ext/PerlIO/scalar/scalar.pm PerlIO layer for scalars
+ext/PerlIO/scalar/scalar.xs PerlIO layer for scalars
ext/PerlIO/t/encoding.t See if PerlIO encoding conversion works
ext/PerlIO/t/fail.t See if bad layers fail
ext/PerlIO/t/fallback.t See if PerlIO fallbacks work
-ext/PerlIO/t/scalar.t See if PerlIO::Scalar works
-ext/PerlIO/t/via.t See if PerlIO::Via works
-ext/PerlIO/Via/Makefile.PL PerlIO layer for layers in perl
-ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.pm PerlIO layer for layers in perl
-ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.xs PerlIO layer for layers in perl
+ext/PerlIO/t/scalar.t See if PerlIO::scalar works
+ext/PerlIO/t/via.t See if PerlIO::via works
+ext/PerlIO/via/Makefile.PL PerlIO layer for layers in perl
+ext/PerlIO/via/via.pm PerlIO layer for layers in perl
+ext/PerlIO/via/via.xs PerlIO layer for layers in perl
ext/POSIX/hints/bsdos.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/hints/dynixptx.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/hints/freebsd.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs POSIX extension external subroutines
ext/POSIX/t/posix.t See if POSIX works
ext/POSIX/t/sigaction.t See if POSIX::sigaction works
+ext/POSIX/t/taint.t See if POSIX works with taint
ext/POSIX/t/waitpid.t See if waitpid works
ext/POSIX/typemap POSIX extension interface types
ext/re/hints/mpeix.pl Hints for re for named architecture
ext/re/re.xs re extension external subroutines
ext/Safe/safe1.t See if Safe works
ext/Safe/safe2.t See if Safe works
+ext/Safe/safe3.t See if Safe works
ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL SDBM extension makefile writer
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm.t See if SDBM_File works
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/biblio SDBM kit
ext/Storable/Storable.xs Storable extension
ext/Storable/t/blessed.t See if Storable works
ext/Storable/t/canonical.t See if Storable works
+ext/Storable/t/code.t See if Storable works
ext/Storable/t/compat06.t See if Storable works
ext/Storable/t/croak.t See if Storable works
ext/Storable/t/dclone.t See if Storable works
ext/Thread/lock.tx Test lock primitive
ext/Thread/Makefile.PL Thread extension makefile writer
ext/Thread/Notes Thread notes
+ext/Thread/Queue.pmx Threadsafe queue
ext/Thread/queue.tx Test Thread::Queue module
ext/Thread/README Thread README
ext/Thread/README.threads Notes about multithreading
+ext/Thread/Semaphore.pmx Threadsafe semaphore
ext/Thread/specific.tx Test thread-specific user data
ext/Thread/sync.tx Test thread synchronisation
ext/Thread/sync2.tx Test thread synchronisation
ext/threads/Makefile.PL ithreads
ext/threads/README ithreads
ext/threads/shared/Makefile.PL thread shared variables
-ext/threads/shared/queue.pm Threadsafe queue.
ext/threads/shared/README thread shared variables
-ext/threads/shared/semaphore.pm Threadsafe semaphore
ext/threads/shared/shared.pm thread shared variables
ext/threads/shared/shared.xs thread shared variables
ext/threads/shared/t/0nothread.t Tests for basic shared array functionality.
ext/threads/shared/t/av_refs.t Tests for arrays containing references
ext/threads/shared/t/av_simple.t Tests for basic shared array functionality.
ext/threads/shared/t/cond.t Test condition variables
+ext/threads/shared/t/disabled.t Test threads::shared when threads are disabled.
ext/threads/shared/t/hv_refs.t Test shared hashes containing references
ext/threads/shared/t/hv_simple.t Tests for basic shared hash functionality.
ext/threads/shared/t/no_share.t Tests for disabled share on variables.
-ext/threads/shared/t/queue.t thread shared variables
-ext/threads/shared/t/semaphore.t test semaphore
ext/threads/shared/t/shared_attr.t Test :shared attribute
ext/threads/shared/t/sv_refs.t thread shared variables
ext/threads/shared/t/sv_simple.t thread shared variables
ext/Unicode/Normalize/t/norm.t Unicode::Normalize
ext/Unicode/Normalize/t/test.t Unicode::Normalize
ext/util/make_ext Used by Makefile to execute extension Makefiles
+ext/XS/APItest/APItest.pm XS::APItest extension
+ext/XS/APItest/APItest.xs XS::APItest extension
+ext/XS/APItest/Makefile.PL XS::APItest extension
+ext/XS/APItest/MANIFEST XS::APItest extension
+ext/XS/APItest/README XS::APItest extension
+ext/XS/APItest/t/printf.t XS::APItest extension
ext/XS/Typemap/Makefile.PL XS::Typemap extension
ext/XS/Typemap/README XS::Typemap extension
ext/XS/Typemap/stdio.c XS::Typemap extension
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os390.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/os400.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/posix-bc.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/powerux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/qnx.sh Hints for named architecture
lib/bigint.pm bignum
lib/bigintpl.t See if bigint.pl works
lib/bignum.pm bignum
+lib/bignum/t/bn_lite.t See if bignum works
+lib/bignum/t/br_lite.t See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/bigint.t See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/bignum.t See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/bigrat.t See if bignum works
+lib/bignum/t/biinfnan.t See if bignum works
+lib/bignum/t/bninfnan.t See if bignum works
+lib/bignum/t/brinfnan.t See if bignum works
+lib/bignum/t/infnan.inc See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/option_a.t See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/option_l.t See if bignum works
lib/bignum/t/option_p.t See if bignum works
lib/Class/Struct.pm Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
lib/Class/Struct.t See if Class::Struct works
lib/complete.pl A command completion subroutine
+lib/Config.t See if Config works
lib/constant.pm For "use constant"
lib/constant.t See if compile-time constants work
lib/CPAN.pm Interface to Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
lib/File/Spec/Epoc.pm portable operations on EPOC file names
lib/File/Spec/Functions.pm Function interface to File::Spec object methods
lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm portable operations on Mac file names
-lib/File/Spec/NW5.pm portable operations on NetWare5 file names
lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm portable operations on OS2 file names
lib/File/Spec/t/Functions.t See if File::Spec::Functions works
lib/File/Spec/t/rel2abs2rel.t See if File::Spec->rel2abs/abs2rel works
lib/File/Spec/t/Spec.t See if File::Spec works
lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm portable operations on Unix file names
lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm portable operations on VMS file names
-lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm portable operations on Win32 file names
+lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm portable operations on Win32 and NetWare file names
lib/File/stat.pm By-name interface to Perl's builtin stat
lib/File/stat.t See if File::stat works
lib/File/Temp.pm create safe temporary files and file handles
lib/Math/BigFloat/Trace.pm bignum tracing
lib/Math/BigInt.pm An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+lib/Math/BigInt/Scalar.pm Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bare_mbf.t Test MBF under Math::BigInt::BareCalc
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bare_mbi.t Test MBI under Math::BigInt::BareCalc
+lib/Math/BigInt/t/bare_mif.t Rounding tests under BareCalc
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigfltpm.inc Shared tests for bigfltpm.t and sub_mbf.t
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigfltpm.t See if BigFloat.pm works
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigintc.t See if BigInt/Calc.pm works
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigintpm.inc Shared tests for bigintpm.t and sub_mbi.t
lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigintpm.t See if BigInt.pm works
+lib/Math/BigInt/t/bigints.t See if BigInt.pm works
lib/Math/BigInt/t/calling.t Test calling conventions
lib/Math/BigInt/t/config.t Test Math::BigInt->config()
lib/Math/BigInt/t/constant.t Test Math::BigInt/BigFloat under :constant
lib/Math/BigInt/t/sub_mif.t Test A & P with subclasses using mbimbf.inc
lib/Math/BigInt/t/upgrade.inc Actual tests for upgrade.t
lib/Math/BigInt/t/upgrade.t Test if use Math::BigInt(); under upgrade works
+lib/Math/BigInt/t/upgradef.t Test if use Math::BigFloat(); under upgrade works
lib/Math/BigInt/t/use.t Test if use Math::BigInt(); works
lib/Math/BigInt/t/use_lib1.t Test combinations of Math::BigInt and BigFloat
lib/Math/BigInt/t/use_lib2.t Test combinations of Math::BigInt and BigFloat
lib/Math/BigInt/t/with_sub.t Test use Math::BigFloat with => package
lib/Math/BigInt/Trace.pm bignum tracing
lib/Math/BigRat.pm Math::BigRat
+lib/Math/BigRat/t/big_ap.t Math::BigRat test
lib/Math/BigRat/t/bigfltpm.inc Math::BigRat test
lib/Math/BigRat/t/bigfltrt.t Math::BigRat test
lib/Math/BigRat/t/bigrat.t Math::BigRat test
lib/Net/Netrc.pm libnet
lib/Net/NNTP.pm libnet
lib/Net/Ping.pm Hello, anybody home?
-lib/Net/Ping/CHANGES Net::Ping
+lib/Net/Ping/Changes Net::Ping
lib/Net/Ping/README Net::Ping
lib/Net/Ping/t/100_load.t Ping Net::Ping
lib/Net/Ping/t/110_icmp_inst.t Ping Net::Ping
lib/NEXT/t/actuns.t NEXT
lib/NEXT/t/next.t NEXT
lib/NEXT/t/unseen.t NEXT
-lib/open.pm Pragma to specify default I/O disciplines
+lib/open.pm Pragma to specify default I/O layers
lib/open.t See if the open pragma works
lib/open2.pl Open a two-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open2)
lib/open3.pl Open a three-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open3)
lib/overload.t See if operator overloading works
lib/perl5db.pl Perl debugging routines
lib/PerlIO.pm PerlIO support module
+lib/PerlIO/via/QuotedPrint.pm PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
+lib/PerlIO/via/t/QuotedPrint.t PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
lib/ph.t See if h2ph works
lib/Pod/Checker.pm Pod-Parser - check POD documents for syntax errors
lib/Pod/Find.pm used by pod/splitpod
lib/Pod/t/pod2html-lib.pl pod2html testing library
lib/Pod/t/Select.t See if Pod::Select works
lib/Pod/t/text-errors.t podlators test
+lib/Pod/t/text-options.t podlators test
+lib/Pod/t/text.t podlators test
lib/Pod/t/Usage.t See if Pod::Usage works
lib/Pod/t/utils.t Test for Pod::ParseUtils
lib/Pod/Text.pm Pod-Parser - convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
lib/Test/Simple.pm Basic utility for writing tests
lib/Test/Simple/Changes Test::Simple changes
lib/Test/Simple/README Test::Simple README
+lib/Test/Simple/t/bad_plan.t Test::Builder plan() test
lib/Test/Simple/t/buffer.t Test::Builder buffering test
lib/Test/Simple/t/Builder.t Test::Builder tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/curr_test.t Test::Builder->curr_test tests
+lib/Test/Simple/t/details.t Test::Builder tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/diag.t Test::More diag() test
lib/Test/Simple/t/exit.t Test::Simple test, exit codes
lib/Test/Simple/t/extra.t Test::Simple test
lib/Test/Simple/t/fail-more.t Test::More test, tests failing
lib/Test/Simple/t/fail.t Test::Simple test, test failures
lib/Test/Simple/t/filehandles.t Test::Simple test, STDOUT can be played with
+lib/Test/Simple/t/fork.t Test::More fork tests
+lib/Test/Simple/t/has_plan.t Test::Builder->plan tests
+lib/Test/Simple/t/has_plan2.t Test::More->plan tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/import.t Test::More test, importing functions
lib/Test/Simple/t/is_deeply.t Test::More test, is_deeply()
+lib/Test/Simple/t/ok_obj.t Test::Builder object tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/maybe_regex.t Test::Builder->maybe_regex() tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/missing.t Test::Simple test, missing tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/More.t Test::More test, basic stuff
lib/Test/Simple/t/skip.t Test::More test, SKIP tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/skipall.t Test::More test, skip all tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/strays.t Test::Builder stray newline checks
+lib/Test/Simple/t/threads.t Test::Builder thread-safe checks
lib/Test/Simple/t/todo.t Test::More test, TODO tests
lib/Test/Simple/t/undef.t Test::More test, undefs don't cause warnings
lib/Test/Simple/t/useing.t Test::More test, compile test
lib/Text/TabsWrap/t/wrap.t See if Text::Wrap::wrap works
lib/Text/Wrap.pm Paragraph formatter
lib/Thread.pm Thread extensions frontend
-lib/Thread/Queue.pm Thread synchronised queue objects
-lib/Thread/Semaphore.pm Thread semaphore objects
+lib/Thread/Queue.pm Threadsafe queue
+lib/Thread/Queue.t See if threadsafe queue works
+lib/Thread/Semaphore.pm Threadsafe semaphore
+lib/Thread/Semaphore.t See if threadsafe semaphore works
lib/Tie/Array.pm Base class for tied arrays
lib/Tie/Array/push.t Test for Tie::Array
lib/Tie/Array/splice.t Test for Tie::Array::SPLICE
lib/Unicode/Collate/Changes Unicode::Collate
lib/Unicode/Collate/keys.txt Unicode::Collate
lib/Unicode/Collate/README Unicode::Collate
+lib/Unicode/Collate/t/index.t Unicode::Collate
lib/Unicode/Collate/t/test.t Unicode::Collate
lib/Unicode/README Explanation what happened to lib/unicode.
lib/Unicode/UCD.pm Unicode character database
lib/validate.pl Perl library supporting wholesale file mode validation
lib/vars.pm Declare pseudo-imported global variables
lib/vars.t See if "use vars" work
+lib/version.pm Support for version objects
+lib/version.t Tests for version objects
lib/vmsish.pm Control VMS-specific behavior of Perl core
lib/vmsish.t Tests for vmsish.pm
lib/warnings.pm For "use warnings"
os2/perl2cmd.pl Corrects installed binaries under OS/2
os2/perlrexx.c Support perl interpreter embedded in REXX
patchlevel.h The current patch level of perl
+pad.c Scratchpad functions
+pad.h Scratchpad headers
perl.c main()
perl.h Global declarations
perlapi.c Perl API functions
pod/perl570delta.pod Changes from 5.6 to 5.7.0
pod/perl571delta.pod Changes from 5.7.0 to 5.7.1
pod/perl572delta.pod Changes from 5.7.1 to 5.7.2
+pod/perl573delta.pod Changes from 5.7.2 to 5.7.3
+pod/perl58delta.pod Changes from 5.6 to 5.8.0
pod/perlapi.pod Perl API documentation (autogenerated)
pod/perlapio.pod PerlIO IO API info
pod/perlbook.pod Perl book information
README.netware Notes about NetWare port
README.os2 Notes about OS/2 port
README.os390 Notes about OS/390 (nee MVS) port
+README.os400 Notes about OS/400 port
README.plan9 Notes about Plan9 port
README.qnx Notes about QNX port
README.solaris Notes about Solaris port
t/comp/decl.t See if declarations work
t/comp/hints.t See if %^H works
t/comp/multiline.t See if multiline strings work
+t/comp/our.t Tests for our declaration
t/comp/package.t See if packages work
t/comp/proto.t See if function prototypes work
t/comp/redef.t See if we get correct warnings on redefined subs
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/five_fail.plx for exit.t
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/last_minute_death.plx for exit.t
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/one_fail.plx for exit.t
+t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/pre_plan_death.plx for exit.t
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/require.plx for exit.t
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/success.plx for exit.t
t/lib/Test/Simple/sample_tests/too_few.plx for exit.t
t/op/die.t See if die works
t/op/die_exit.t See if die and exit status interaction works
t/op/do.t See if subroutines work
+t/op/dor.t See if defined-or (//) works
t/op/each.t See if hash iterators work
t/op/eval.t See if eval operator works
t/op/exec.t See if exec and system work
t/op/filetest.t See if file tests work
t/op/flip.t See if range operator works
t/op/fork.t See if fork works
+t/op/getpid.t See if $$ and getppid work with threads
t/op/glob.t See if <*> works
t/op/gmagic.t See if GMAGIC works
t/op/goto.t See if goto works
t/op/split.t See if split works
t/op/sprintf.t See if sprintf works
t/op/srand.t See if srand works
+t/op/stash.t See if %:: stashes work
t/op/stat.t See if stat works
t/op/study.t See if study works
t/op/subst.t See if substitution works
vms/vmspipe.com VMS-specific piped command helper script
vms/vms_yfix.pl convert Unix perly.[ch] to VMS perly_[ch].vms
vms/writemain.pl Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
-vos/build.cm VOS command macro to build "mini" Perl
vos/Changes Changes made to port Perl to the VOS operating system
vos/compile_full_perl.cm VOS command macro to build "full" Perl
-vos/compile_perl.cm VOS command macro to build "mini" Perl
-vos/config.alpha.def definitions used by config.pl
-vos/config.alpha.h config.h for use with alpha VOS POSIX.1 support
-vos/config.ga.def definitions used by config.pl
-vos/config.ga.h config.h for use with generally-available VOS POSIX.1 support
-vos/config.pl script to convert a config_h.SH to a config.h
vos/configure_full_perl.sh VOS shell script to configure "full" perl before building
-vos/configure_perl.cm VOS command macro to configure "mini" perl before building
-vos/install_perl.cm VOS command macro to install "mini" perl after building
-vos/Makefile A helper for maintaining the config.*.* in UNIX
vos/make_full_perl.sh VOS shell script to build and test "full" perl
-vos/perl.bind VOS bind control file
-vos/test_vos_dummies.c Test program for "vos_dummies.c"
vos/vos.c VOS emulations for missing POSIX functions
vos/vosish.h VOS-specific header file
-vos/vos_dummies.c Wrappers to soak up undefined functions
warnings.h The warning numbers
warnings.pl Program to write warnings.h and lib/warnings.pm
win32/bin/exetype.pl Set executable type to CONSOLE or WINDOWS