X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperldelta.pod;h=65f4612c01e295e89f97e800c63c6073855d691c;hb=6e5a998b1cc5eddc2fb262c2e2e7f989bfb76f23;hp=51e24df9bf2caa96d36511fd262ba7643810aae0;hpb=9972c7afa298c7672cee8abcd659c49c40cda99b;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 51e24df..65f4612 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -1050,6 +1050,10 @@ is called with an array/hash element as the B argument. =item * +The return value of Cwd::fastcwd() is now tainted. + +=item * + Data::Dumper has now an option to sort hashes. =item * @@ -1064,6 +1068,12 @@ other improvements. =item * +Devel::Peek now has an interface for the Perl memory statistics +(this works only if you are using perl's malloc, and if you have +compiled with debugging). + +=item * + The English module can now be used without the infamous performance hit by saying @@ -1075,6 +1085,11 @@ C<@LAST_MATCH_END> English aliases for C<@-> and C<@+>. =item * +ExtUtils::MakeMaker now uses File::Spec internally, which hopefully +leads into better portability. + +=item * + Fcntl, Socket, and Sys::Syslog have been rewritten to use the new-style constant dispatch section (see L). This means that they will be more robust and hopefully faster. @@ -1111,12 +1126,6 @@ the returned list of filenames. =item * -Devel::Peek now has an interface for the Perl memory statistics -(this works only if you are using perl's malloc, and if you have -compiled with debugging). - -=item * - IPC::Open3 now allows the use of numeric file descriptors. =item * @@ -1143,11 +1152,6 @@ with 'no lib' now works. =item * -ExtUtils::MakeMaker now uses File::Spec internally, which hopefully -leads into better portability. - -=item * - Math::BigFloat and Math::BigInt have undergone a full rewrite. They are now magnitudes faster, and they support various bignum libraries such as GMP and PARI as their backends.