=item *
-C<Encode>, by Nick Ing-Simmons, provides a mechanism to translate
-between different character encodings. Support for Unicode,
-ISO-8859-*, ASCII, CP*, KOI8-R, and three variants of EBCDIC are
-compiled in to the module. Several other encodings (like Japanese,
-Chinese, and MacIntosh encodings) are included and will be loaded at
-runtime. See L<Encode>.
+C<Encode>, by Nick Ing-Simmons and Dan Kogai, provides a mechanism to
+translate between different character encodings. Support for Unicode,
+ISO-8859-1, and ASCII are compiled in to the module. Several other
+encodings (like the rest of the ISO-8859, CP*/Win*, Mac, KOI8-R, three
+variants EBCDIC, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean encodings) are included
+and can be loaded at runtime. (For space considerations, the largest
+Chinese encodings have been separated into their own CPAN module,
+Encode::HanExtra, which Encode will use if available). See L<Encode>.
Any encoding supported by Encode module is also available to the
":encoding()" layer if PerlIO is used.
=item *
+In Sys::Syslog there is now a failover mechanism that will go
+through alternative connection mechanisms until the message
+is successfully logged.
+
+=item *
+
The Test module has been significantly enhanced.
=item *
=item *
-perl5db.pl has been modified to present a more consistent commands
-interface, via (CommandSet=580). perl5db.t was also added to test the
-changes, and as a placeholder for further tests.
+The debugger (perl5db.pl) has been modified to present a more
+consistent commands interface, via (CommandSet=580). perl5db.t was
+also added to test the changes, and as a placeholder for further tests.
-See L<perldebug>
+See L<perldebug>.
=item *
=item *
+The debugger can now show lexical variables if you have the CPAN
+module PadWalker installed.
+
+=item *
+
If an attempt to use a (non-blessed) reference as an array index
is made, a warning is given.
vac version 5.0.1.0, that has been known to compile Perl correctly.
"lslpp -L|grep vac.C" will tell you the vac version. See README.aix.
+=item *
+
+If building threaded Perl, you may get compilation warning from pp_sys.c:
+
+ "pp_sys.c", line 4651.39: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment between types "unsigned char*" and "const void*" is not allowed.
+
+This is harmless; it is caused by the getnetbyaddr() and getnetbyaddr_r()
+having slightly different types for their first argument.
+
=back
=head2 Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
works, but for example C<bin:perl -v> doesn't. The exact reason isn't
known but the current suspect is the F<ixemul> library.
+=head2 mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
+In Linux, building mod_perl with B<threaded> Perl 5.8.0 does not work
+because starting from 5.8.0 building a threaded Perl uses the
+-D_GNU_SOURCE flag. The Apache 1.3.23 sources that are built
+alongside mod_perl don't like that flag and the compilation dies
+because of function prototype conflicts. This may or may not get
+fixed in later releases of mod_perl than the current 1.26 or in later
+releases of Apache than the current 1.3.23 (fixing the problem in Perl
+is less likely since threaded Perl in Linux now needs the -D_GNU_SOURCE>).
+Workarounds include using non-threaded Perl and using Apache 2.0.
+An obvious workaround would be to stop the -D_GNU_SOURCE from reaching
+the Apache 1.3.23 sources, but as of Perl 5.8.0, the complex build
+system of mod_perl has foiled this idea.
+
=head2 lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
Don't panic. Read INSTALL 'make test' section instead.
t/op/stat.t subtest #9 fail. This is caused by Darwin's UFS not
supporting inode change time.
-=head2 OS/390
+=head2 z/OS (OS/390)
-OS/390 has rather many test failures but the situation is actually
+z/OS has rather many test failures but the situation is actually
better than it was in 5.6.0, it's just that so many new modules and
tests have been added.
- ../ext/B/t/deparse.t 17 1 5.88% 14
+ Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
../ext/Data/Dumper/t/dumper.t 321 2 0.62% 311 314
../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_unix.t 5 4 80.00% 2-5
../lib/utf8.t 94 13 13.83% 27 30-31 43 46 73
76 79 82 85 88 91
94
../lib/Benchmark.t 1 256 159 1 0.63% 75
+ ../lib/ExtUtils/t/Constant.t 27 19 70.37% 5-23
../lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t 9 9 100.00% 1-9
- ../lib/ExtUtils/t/ExtUtils.t 27 19 70.37% 5-23
op/pat.t 864 9 1.04% 242-243 665 776
785 832-834 845
op/sprintf.t 224 3 1.34% 98 100 136
=head2 UNICOS
+ Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
../ext/Socket/socketpair.t 1 256 45 1 2.22% 12
../lib/Math/Trig.t 26 1 3.85% 25
../lib/warnings.t 460 1 0.22% 425
=head2 Win32
In multi-CPU boxes there are some problems with the I/O buffering:
-some output may appear twice. The Win32 following failures are known
+some output may appear twice. The following Win32 failures are known
as of 5.7.3:
- ..\ext/Encode/t/JP.t 4 1024 22 4 18.18% 9 14 18 21
+ Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
..\ext/threads/t/end.t 6 4 66.67% 3-6
- ..\lib/blib.t 3 768 7 3 42.86% 1 4-5
=head2 Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
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