X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperl572delta.pod;h=c080ee85e1bed91bc3da604f13d17ce2de2e0a58;hb=7d824d8e6f7cacfafe95d58fa9ab3d99bd41e854;hp=13d569011358afb57e0948b59f82e3b866fabbba;hpb=d5f2cb0394311535fe07391b68b9427017224012;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perl572delta.pod b/pod/perl572delta.pod index 13d5690..c080ee8 100644 --- a/pod/perl572delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl572delta.pod @@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ deprecated. Its semantics were never that clear and its implementation even less so. If you have used that feature to disallow all but fully qualified variables, C instead. +The chdir(undef) and chdir('') behaviors to match chdir() has been +deprecated. In future versions, chdir(undef) and chdir('') will +simply fail. + =head1 Core Enhancements In general a lot of fixing has happened in the area of Perl's @@ -163,6 +167,14 @@ C now works. VMS now works under PerlIO. +=item * + +END blocks are now run even if you exit/die in a BEGIN block. +The execution of END blocks is now controlled by +PL_exit_flags & PERL_EXIT_DESTRUCT_END. This enables the new +behaviour for perl embedders. This will default in 5.10. See +L. + =back =head1 Modules and Pragmata @@ -587,7 +599,7 @@ Don't panic. Read INSTALL 'make test' section instead. The subtests 11 and 12 sometimes fail and sometimes work. -=head2 HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configur +=head2 HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured The lib/io_multihomed test may hang in HP-UX if Perl has been configured to be 64-bit. Because other 64-bit platforms do not hang in @@ -694,7 +706,7 @@ many more tests than there used to be. Here are the known failures from some compiler/platform combinations. DEC C V5.3-006 on OpenVMS VAX V6.2 - + [-.ext.list.util.t]tainted..............FAILED on test 3 [-.ext.posix]sigaction..................FAILED on test 7 [-.ext.time.hires]hires.................FAILED on test 14 @@ -714,7 +726,7 @@ Compaq C V6.2-008 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 [.lib]vmsish............................FAILED on test 13 Failed 4/399 tests, 92.48% okay. -Compac C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS Alpha 7.2.1 +Compaq C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS Alpha 7.2.1 [-.ext.b]showlex........................FAILED on test 1 [-.ext.list.util.t]tainted..............FAILED on test 3