X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperl5005delta.pod;h=78bf90f616b97751fc9c4b4855e727c6ef518155;hb=24000d2f6ceadea08f0cd0a3282c486d5e818858;hp=d863453680da914c6279938a6b934d2aa709fddf;hpb=13a2d996abe42696bc5ca08abf08030d440c6148;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perl5005delta.pod b/pod/perl5005delta.pod index d863453..78bf90f 100644 --- a/pod/perl5005delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5005delta.pod @@ -63,11 +63,15 @@ the new features in this release. =over 4 -=item Core sources now require ANSI C compiler +=item * + +Core sources now require ANSI C compiler An ANSI C compiler is now B to build perl. See F. -=item All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix +=item * + +All Perl global variables must now be referenced with an explicit prefix All Perl global variables that are visible for use by extensions now have a C prefix. New extensions should C refer to perl globals @@ -87,7 +91,9 @@ support may cease in a future release. See L. -=item Enabling threads has source compatibility issues +=item * + +Enabling threads has source compatibility issues Perl built with threading enabled requires extensions to use the new C macro to initialize the handle to access per-thread data. @@ -603,6 +609,8 @@ Various pragmata to control behavior of regular expressions. You can now run tests for I seconds instead of guessing the right number of tests to run. +Keeps better time. + =item Carp Carp has a new function cluck(). cluck() warns, like carp(), but also adds @@ -660,10 +668,6 @@ See and L. Cwd::cwd is faster on most platforms. -=item Benchmark - -Keeps better time. - =back =head1 Utility Changes @@ -859,7 +863,7 @@ are outside the range which can be represented by integers internally. One possible workaround is to force Perl to use magical string increment by prepending "0" to your numbers. -=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s' +=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' %s (F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were encountered while invoking a method. Probably indicates an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy.