=item *
+The (bogus) escape sequences \8 and \9 now give an optional warning
+("Unrecognized escape passed through"). There is no need to \-escape
+any C<\w> character.
+
+=item *
+
lstat(FILEHANDLE) now gives a warning because the operation makes no sense.
In future releases this may become a fatal error.
=item *
+Formats now support zero-padded decimal fields.
+
+=item *
+
C<perl -d:Module=arg,arg,arg> now works (previously one couldn't pass
in multiple arguments.)
=item *
+The printf and sprintf now support parameter reordering using the
+C<%\d+\$> and C<*\d+\$> syntaxes.
+
+=item *
+
prototype(\&) is now available.
=item *
The Shell module now has an OO interface.
-=item *
-
=back
=head1 Utility Changes
map() that changes the size of the list should now work faster.
=item *
-
+
sort() has been changed to use mergesort internally as opposed to the
earlier quicksort. For very small lists this may result in slightly
slower sorting times, but in general the speedup should be at least
scalar() now forces scalar context even when used in void context.
=item *
-
+
sort() arguments are now compiled in the right wantarray context
(they were accidentally using the context of the sort() itself).
=back
+=back
+
=head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
All regular expression compilation error messages are now hopefully
No known fix.
+=head2 sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+The op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 are known to fail in some platforms.
+Examples include any platform using sfio, and Tandem's NonStop-UX.
+The failing platforms do not comply with the ANSI C Standard, line
+19ff on page 134 of ANSI X3.159 1989 to be exact. (They produce
+something else than "1" and "-1" when formatting 0.6 and -0.6 using
+the printf format "%.0f", most often they produce "0" and "-0".)
+
=head2 Storable tests fail in some platforms
If any Storable tests fail the use of Storable is not advisable.
st-store.t and st-retrieve may fail with Compaq C 6.2 on OpenVMS Alpha 7.2.
+=back
+
=head2 Threads Are Still Experimental
Multithreading is still an experimental feature. Some platforms
working order yet. The backend part that has seen perhaps the most
progress is the bytecode compiler.
-=back
-
=head1 Reporting Bugs
If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles