=item *
+POSIX::sleep() now returns the number of I<unslept> seconds
+(as the POSIX standard says), as opposed to CORE::sleep() which
+returns the number of slept seconds.
+
+=item *
+
The printf() and sprintf() now support parameter reordering using the
C<%\d+\$> and C<*\d+\$> syntaxes. For example
=item *
C<*foo{FORMAT}> now works.
+
=item *
Infinity is now recognized as a number.
14.5.0 and GNU C++/GNU Tools 2.0.1, all attempted tests either
pass or result in TODO (ignored) failures.
+=head Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
+
+Use Term::ReadKey 2.20 or later.
+
=head2 Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
B<Note that support for 5.005-style threading is deprecated,
=head2 UNICOS
- Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ../lib/Math/Trig.t 26 1 3.85% 25
- ../lib/warnings.t 460 1 0.22% 425
- op/numconvert.t 1440 13 0.90% 208 509-510
- 657-658 665-666 829-830 989-990 1149-1150
+ ../ext/Socket/socketpair.t 1 256 45 1 2.22% 12
+ ../ext/Storable/t/downgrade.t 92 23552 59 6 10.17% 144-147
+ 150-151
+ ../lib/Math/Trig.t 26 1 3.85% 25
+ ../lib/warnings.t 470 1 0.21% 429
+ op/numconvert.t 1440 13 0.90% 208 509-510
+ 657-658 665-666 829-830 989-990 1149-1150
The Trig and numconvert failures are caused by the slighly differing
(from IEEE) floating point implementation of UNICOS. The warnings
core module. It is still a useful module, though, and is available
from the CPAN.
-Perl 5.8 does not unfortunately does not build anymore on AmigaOS,
+Perl 5.8 unfortunately does not build anymore on AmigaOS,
this broke at some point accidentally. Since there are not that many
Amiga developers available, we could not get this fixed and tested in
time for 5.8.0.