X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperl5005delta.pod;h=c60d37c3e61ed4bdb7be4dcb8b60f424a19a63e7;hb=2975d2266cd5007c9c9ffad3ff137d0cd9a1bceb;hp=ca9f185bc5a6c1e3bc94c985b9021576833b26bd;hpb=b4bc034f8b4a9c19c30b638615fa469e7e5a6d0d;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perl5005delta.pod b/pod/perl5005delta.pod index ca9f185..c60d37c 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. @@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ Most of the Perl documentation was previously under the implicit GNU General Public License or the Artistic License (at the user's choice). Now much of the documentation unambiguously states the terms under which it may be distributed. Those terms are in general much less restrictive -than the GNU GPL. See L and the individual perl man pages listed +than the GNU GPL. See L and the individual perl manpages listed therein. =head1 Core Changes @@ -482,10 +488,10 @@ magic lvalue too. For instance, this code now acts differently: In previous versions, this would print "hello", but it now prints "g'bye". -=head2 EE now reads in records +=head2 <> now reads in records If C<$/> is a reference to an integer, or a scalar that holds an integer, -EE will read in records instead of lines. For more info, see +<> will read in records instead of lines. For more info, see L. =head1 Supported Platforms @@ -525,7 +531,7 @@ The hints files for most Unix platforms have seen incremental improvements. =head2 New Modules -=over +=over 4 =item B @@ -596,13 +602,15 @@ Various pragmata to control behavior of regular expressions. =head2 Changes in existing modules -=over +=over 4 =item Benchmark 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 @@ -702,7 +706,7 @@ L gives a tutorial on threads. =head1 New Diagnostics -=over +=over 4 =item Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use & @@ -759,10 +763,10 @@ only with arrays that have a hash reference at index 0. =item Can't localize pseudo-hash element -(F) You said something like C{'key'}>, where $ar is +(F) You said something like C<< local $ar->{'key'} >>, where $ar is a reference to a pseudo-hash. That hasn't been implemented yet, but you can get a similar effect by localizing the corresponding array -element directly -- C[$ar-E[0]{'key'}]>. +element directly -- C<< local $ar->[$ar->[0]{'key'}] >>. =item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available @@ -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. @@ -916,7 +920,7 @@ fix the problem can be found in L. =head1 Obsolete Diagnostics -=over +=over 4 =item Can't mktemp()