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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 4c2da90..8ea61b3 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ since it, in a way, falsely promised that the features could be used.
 
 =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.
 
@@ -103,6 +109,10 @@ functionality, see pack('U0', ...) and pack('C0', ...).
 
 =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.)
 
@@ -125,6 +135,11 @@ C<pack('U0a*', ...)> can now be used to force a string to UTF8.
 
 =item *
 
+The printf and sprintf now support parameter reordering using the
+C<%\d+\$> and C<*\d+\$> syntaxes.
+
+=item *
+
 prototype(\&) is now available.
 
 =item *
@@ -217,8 +232,6 @@ C<%INC> now localised in a Safe compartment so that use/require work.
 
 The Shell module now has an OO interface.
 
-=item *
-
 =back
 
 =head1 Utility Changes
@@ -711,6 +724,8 @@ winsock handle leak fixed.
 
 =back
 
+=back
+
 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
 
 All regular expression compilation error messages are now hopefully
@@ -808,6 +823,15 @@ this area.)
 
 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.
@@ -837,6 +861,8 @@ made in other platforms.
 
 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
@@ -866,8 +892,6 @@ The compiler suite is slowly getting better but is nowhere near
 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