Document known failures.

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

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 70d2113..a0d4472 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ C<pack('U0a*', ...)> can now be used to force a string to UTF8.
 
 prototype(\&) is now available.
 
+=item *
+
+There is now an UNTIE method.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
@@ -286,16 +290,16 @@ distribution.
 
 map() that changes the size of the list should now work faster.
 
-=sort *
+=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 20%.
 Additional bonuses are that the worst case behaviour of sort() is now
-better (in computer science terms it is now O(N log N), as opposed to
-O(N**2) of quicksort), and that sort() is now stable (meaning that
-elements with identical keys will stay ordered as they were before
-the sort).
+better (in computer science terms it now runs in time O(N log N), as
+opposed to quicksorts Theta(N**2) worst-case run time behaviour), and
+that sort() is now stable (meaning that elements with identical keys
+will stay ordered as they were before the sort).
 
 =back
 
@@ -761,11 +765,35 @@ one can (or, if one can, whether it's a good idea) link together at
 all binaries with different ideas about file offsets, all this is
 platform-dependent.
 
-=head2 Storable test st-06compat Fails in UNICOS and UNICOS/mk
+=head2 ftmp-posix subtest 6 fails in VMS
+
+The test exposed a flushing bug in VMS, this failure can be ignored.
+
+=head2 Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Many Storable tests fail on AIX configured with 64 bit integers.
+
+So far unidentified problems break Storable in AIX if Perl is
+configured to use 64 bit integers.  AIX in 32-bit mode works and
+other 64-bit platforms work with Storable.
+
+=item *
+
+DOS DJGPP may hang when testing Storable.
+
+=item *
+
+st-06compat fails in UNICOS and UNICOS/mk.
 
 This means that you cannot read old (pre-Storable-0.7) Storable images
 made in other platforms.
 
+=back
+
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles