=head1 NAME
-perldelta - what's new for perl5.005
+perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Some new keywords have been introduced. These are generally expected to
have very little impact on compatibility. See L<New C<INIT> keyword>,
-L<New C<lock> keyword>, and L<New C<qr//> operator>.
+L<New C<lock> keyword>, and L<New C<qrE<sol>E<sol>> operator>.
Certain barewords are now reserved. Use of these will provoke a warning
if you have asked for them with the C<-w> switch.
=over 4
-=item Core sources now require ANSI C compiler
+=item *
+
+Core sources now require ANSI C compiler
An ANSI C compiler is now B<required> to build perl. See F<INSTALL>.
-=item All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix
+=item *
+
+All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix
All Perl global variables that are visible for use by extensions now
have a C<PL_> prefix. New extensions should C<not> refer to perl globals
See L<perlguts/"API LISTING">.
-=item Enabling threads has source compatibility issues
+=item *
+
+Enabling threads has source compatibility issues
Perl built with threading enabled requires extensions to use the new
C<dTHR> macro to initialize the handle to access per-thread data.
General Public License or the Artistic License (at the user's choice).
Now much of the documentation unambiguously states the terms under which
it may be distributed. Those terms are in general much less restrictive
-than the GNU GPL. See L<perl> and the individual perl man pages listed
+than the GNU GPL. See L<perl> and the individual perl manpages listed
therein.
=head1 Core Changes
=item New operator for precompiled regular expressions
-See L<New C<qr//> operator>.
+See L<New C<qrE<sol>E<sol>> operator>.
=item Other improvements
In previous versions, this would print "hello", but it now prints "g'bye".
-=head2 E<lt>E<gt> now reads in records
+=head2 <> now reads in records
If C<$/> is a reference to an integer, or a scalar that holds an integer,
-E<lt>E<gt> will read in records instead of lines. For more info, see
+<> will read in records instead of lines. For more info, see
L<perlvar/$/>.
=head1 Supported Platforms
=head2 New Modules
-=over
+=over 4
=item B
=head2 Changes in existing modules
-=over
+=over 4
=item Benchmark
You can now run tests for I<x> seconds instead of guessing the right
number of tests to run.
+Keeps better time.
+
=item Carp
Carp has a new function cluck(). cluck() warns, like carp(), but also adds
Cwd::cwd is faster on most platforms.
-=item Benchmark
-
-Keeps better time.
-
=back
=head1 Utility Changes
=head1 New Diagnostics
-=over
+=over 4
=item Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &
=item Can't localize pseudo-hash element
-(F) You said something like C<local $ar-E<gt>{'key'}>, where $ar is
+(F) You said something like C<< local $ar->{'key'} >>, where $ar is
a reference to a pseudo-hash. That hasn't been implemented yet, but
you can get a similar effect by localizing the corresponding array
-element directly -- C<local $ar-E<gt>[$ar-E<gt>[0]{'key'}]>.
+element directly -- C<< local $ar->[$ar->[0]{'key'}] >>.
=item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available
One possible workaround is to force Perl to use magical string
increment by prepending "0" to your numbers.
-=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s'
+=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' %s
(F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were encountered while invoking a
method. Probably indicates an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy.
=head1 Obsolete Diagnostics
-=over
+=over 4
=item Can't mktemp()