X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperltoc.pod;h=617ed2390f2bc21729319d06b9ba26a6593761c1;hb=c4f1ce08c1c189f6f2a738bd05fe6603760d0e85;hp=8cdef2ebdaa00e6b1584ba6a9bdf68868fc2b117;hpb=428dc699a4f0702c3203ed9256895c20af4aceff;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod index 8cdef2e..617ed23 100644 --- a/pod/perltoc.pod +++ b/pod/perltoc.pod @@ -426,22 +426,22 @@ lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open -FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE, -opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, -pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE, package, pipe -READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE -LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, -LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, -qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, -rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, -readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, -recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename -OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset, -return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex -STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar -EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select -FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl -ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send +FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open +FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord +EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package +NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos +SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE +FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, +q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, +quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read +FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, +readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, +ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, +require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir +DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, +rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir +DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, +semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY, shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, @@ -1132,6 +1132,78 @@ $ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr} =back +=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C and C + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item The Basic Principle + +=item Packing Text + +=item Packing Numbers + +=over 4 + +=item Integers + +=item Unpacking a Stack Frame + +=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net + +=item Floating point Numbers + +=back + +=item Exotic Templates + +=over 4 + +=item Bit Strings + +=item Uuencoding + +=item Doing Sums + +=item Unicode + +=item Another Portable Binary Encoding + +=back + +=item Lengths and Widths + +=over 4 + +=item String Lengths + +=item Dynamic Templates + +=back + +=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures + +=over 4 + +=item The Alignment Pit + +=item Alignment, Take 2 + +=item Alignment, Take 3 + +=item Pointers for How to Use Them + +=back + +=item Pack Recipes + +=item Funnies Section + +=item Authors + +=back + =head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial =over 4 @@ -2133,6 +2205,8 @@ LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG =item Unicode I/O +=item Displaying Unicode As Text + =item Special Cases =item Advanced Topics @@ -2153,6 +2227,8 @@ Locales? =back +=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS + =item SEE ALSO =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @@ -2417,34 +2493,33 @@ module (sometimes unnecessary), B the module =item Pragmatic Modules attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, -diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload, -re, sigtrap, strict, subs, threads, utf8, vars, warnings, +diagnostics, encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, +overload, re, sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings, warnings::register =item Standard Modules -AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, -B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug, -B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash, -B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, -CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, -CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, -Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle, -Dumpvalue, Encode, Encode::EncodeFormat, Encode::Tcl, English, Env, -Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, -ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, -ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, -ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, -ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, -ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, -File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, -File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions, -File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, -File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, -Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, -I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, -Lingua::KO::Hangul::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, -Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext, +AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, +B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, +B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, +B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, +CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, +CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct, +Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, Encode, +Encode::EncodeFormat, Encode::Tcl, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, +ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, +ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, +ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, +ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest, +ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist, +ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, +File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path, +File::Spec, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, +File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, +File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, Filter::Simple, FindBin, +Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags, +I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants, +Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, @@ -2453,16 +2528,16 @@ Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, -Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, -Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, -Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, -Socket, Storable, Switch, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, -Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Test::More, -Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, -Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, -Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, -Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, -Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, +Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, +Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, +Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic, SDBM_File, Safe, +Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch, +Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, +Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, +Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, +Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, +Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, +Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32 =item Extension Modules @@ -2495,8 +2570,6 @@ User::pwent, Win32 =item Guidelines for Module Creation -Adding a Copyright Notice - =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code @@ -2832,8 +2905,8 @@ mean? =back -=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 -08:06:04 $) +=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2001/12/07 +21:17:58 $) =over 4 @@ -3140,7 +3213,7 @@ protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl? =back -=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $) +=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/12/02 01:55:12 $) =over 4 @@ -4907,6 +4980,8 @@ I =item DESCRIPTION +=item Highlights In 5.8.0 + =item Incompatible Changes =over 4 @@ -4915,12 +4990,18 @@ I =item AIX Dynaloading +=item Attributes for C variables now handled at run-time. + =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS +=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha + =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...} =item Perl Parser Stress Tested +=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...) + =item Deprecations =back @@ -4929,21 +5010,23 @@ I =over 4 -=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable - =item PerlIO is Now The Default =item Signals Are Now Safe +=item Unicode Overhaul + =item Understanding of Numbers +=item Miscellaneous Enhancements + =back =item Modules and Pragmata =over 4 -=item New Modules +=item New Modules and Pragmata =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata @@ -4999,6 +5082,8 @@ I =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 +=item Mac OS X + =item OS/390 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 @@ -5011,19 +5096,21 @@ I =item VMS -=item Win32 - =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory -=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden +=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken -=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing +=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles +=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty + =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental -=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental +=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental + +=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now =back @@ -5263,109 +5350,523 @@ d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX -=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX +=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX + +=item lib/b test 19 + +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 + +=item sigaction test 13 in VMS + +=item sprintf tests 129 and 130 + +=item Failure of Thread tests + +=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory + +=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden + +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles + +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental + +=back + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Security Vulnerability Closed + +=item Incompatible Changes + +=item Core Enhancements + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item New Modules + +=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=item New Documentation + +=item Performance Enhancements + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item Generic Improvements + +=back + +=item Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes + +=back + +=item New or Changed Diagnostics + +=item Changed Internals + +=item Known Problems + +=over 4 + +=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect + +=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform + +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles + +=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' + +=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX + +=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris + +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 + +=item Storable tests fail in some platforms + +=item Threads Are Still Experimental + +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental + +=back + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl561delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.x + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 + +=over 4 + +=item Security Issues + +=item Core bug fixes + +C, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(), +Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic +references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and +errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes, +map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support, +Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C, Tests + +=item Core features + +=item Configuration issues + +=item Documentation + +=item Bundled modules + +B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN, +Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll, +IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser, +Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash + +=item Platform-specific improvements + +NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX + +=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency + +=item Lexically scoped warning categories + +=item Unicode and UTF-8 support + +=item Support for interpolating named characters + +=item "our" declarations + +=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals + +=item Improved Perl version numbering system + +=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes + +=item File and directory handles can be autovivified + +=item open() with more than two arguments + +=item 64-bit support + +=item Large file support + +=item Long doubles + +=item "more bits" + +=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines + +=item C allowed + +=item File globbing implemented internally + +=item Support for CHECK blocks + +=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported + +=item Better pseudo-random number generator + +=item Improved C operator + +=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes + +=item pack() format 'Z' supported + +=item pack() format modifier '!' supported + +=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings + +=item Comments in pack() templates + +=item Weak references + +=item Binary numbers supported + +=item Lvalue subroutines + +=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references + +=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues + +=item exists() is supported on subroutine names + +=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements + +=item Pseudo-hashes work better + +=item Automatic flushing of output buffers + +=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations + +=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle + +=item eof() has the same old magic as <> + +=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes + +=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text" + +=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure + +=item Improved diagnostics + +=item Diagnostics follow STDERR + +=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior + +=item syswrite() ease-of-use + +=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators + +=item Bit operators support full native integer width + +=item Improved security features + +=item More functional bareword prototype (*) + +=item C and C may be overridden + +=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character + +=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch + +=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string + +=item Optional Y2K warnings + +=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings + +=back + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item Modules + +attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper, +DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English, +Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec, +File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt, +Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker, +podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage, +pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname, +Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters + +=item Pragmata + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=over 4 + +=item dprofpp + +=item find2perl + +=item h2xs + +=item perlcc + +=item perldoc + +=item The Perl Debugger + +=back + +=item Improved Documentation + +perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod, +perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod, +perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod, +perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod + +=item Performance enhancements + +=over 4 + +=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized + +=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables + +=item Faster subroutine calls + +=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster + +=back + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item -Dusethreads means something different + +=item New Configure flags + +=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring + +=item Long Doubles + +=item -Dusemorebits + +=item -Duselargefiles + +=item installusrbinperl + +=item SOCKS support + +=item C<-A> flag + +=item Enhanced Installation Directories + +=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working + +=back + +=item Platform specific changes -=item lib/b test 19 +=over 4 -=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 +=item Supported platforms -=item sigaction test 13 in VMS +=item DOS -=item sprintf tests 129 and 130 +=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS) -=item Failure of Thread tests +=item VMS -=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory +=item Win32 -=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden +=back -=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles +=item Significant bug fixes -=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental +=over 4 -=back +=item on empty files -=item Reporting Bugs +=item C improvements -=item SEE ALSO +=item All compilation errors are true errors -=item HISTORY +=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer -=back +=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent -=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0 +=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}> -=over 4 +=item C and AUTOLOAD -=item DESCRIPTION +=item C<-bareword> allowed under C -=item Security Vulnerability Closed +=item Failures in DESTROY() -=item Incompatible Changes +=item Locale bugs fixed -=item Core Enhancements +=item Memory leaks -=item Modules and Pragmata +=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls -=over 4 +=item Taint failures under C<-U> -=item New Modules +=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch -=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata +=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles =back -=item Utility Changes +=item New or Changed Diagnostics -=item New Documentation +"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet +implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, +/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed +by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape +\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class +passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too +early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s +argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a +subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word: +%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled +substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, +Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector +size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check +filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", +Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, +Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't +remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't +weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class +syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference, +constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated, +defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean +"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective +%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for +output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires +explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable, +Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter: +|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal +number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute: +%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid +separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in +subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs +returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing +%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub", +No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our", +No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time +is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref, +panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing +around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string, +Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS" +instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows, +Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored, +Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on +zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This +Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL +environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode +'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized +escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute +list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in +subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of +CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number -=item Performance Enhancements +=item New tests -=item Installation and Configuration Improvements +=item Incompatible Changes =over 4 -=item Generic Improvements +=item Perl Source Incompatibilities -=back +CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed, +Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form +C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number +generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C fails on +read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles, +Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(), +values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, +Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, +Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword +prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed +on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results -=item Selected Bug Fixes +=item C Source Incompatibilities -=over 4 +C, C, C -=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes +=item Compatible C Source API Changes -=back +C is now C -=item New or Changed Diagnostics +=item Binary Incompatibilities -=item Changed Internals +=back =item Known Problems =over 4 -=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect +=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory -=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform +=item Known test failures -=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles +64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure, +Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc -=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' +=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported -=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX +=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run -=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris +=item Arrow operator and arrays -=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 +=item Experimental features -=item Storable tests fail in some platforms +Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The +pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file +globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs: -=item Threads Are Still Experimental +=back -=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental +=item Obsolete Diagnostics -=back +Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed +logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as +\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$" +to mean "${$}" is deprecated =item Reporting Bugs @@ -6356,7 +6857,7 @@ C<-lcygipc> (C) =item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin -C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>, +C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> =item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin @@ -6656,6 +7157,8 @@ op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t =item NOTE +=item Binary distribution from HP + =item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX =item Welcome to Perl/iX @@ -6978,7 +7481,8 @@ C, F =back -=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390. +=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390 +and z/OS =over 4 @@ -6988,6 +7492,8 @@ C, F =over 4 +=item Tools + =item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390 =item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390 @@ -7608,6 +8114,8 @@ escapes. =item charnames::viacode(code) +=item charnames::vianame(code) + =item BUGS =back @@ -7969,58 +8477,6 @@ C, C, C =back -=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads -from perl - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -$thread = new(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach, -threads->self, $thread->tid - -=item TODO - -Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory -leaks! - -=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT - -=item BUGS - -creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32, -PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data -structures between threads - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item EXPORT - -=item FUNCTIONS - -share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, -cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code @@ -8113,49 +8569,6 @@ warnings::warnif($object, $message) =back -=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers - -=over 4 - -=item VERSION - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] - -=over 4 - -=item Typed lexicals - -=item Type-specific attribute handlers - -=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers - -=item Phase-specific attribute handlers - -=item Attributes as C interfaces - -=back - -=item EXAMPLES - -=item DIAGNOSTICS - -C, C, C, C, -C, C - -=item AUTHOR - -=item BUGS - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=back - =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand =over 4 @@ -9447,11 +9860,11 @@ C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, @@ -9483,32 +9896,32 @@ C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, @@ -9613,7 +10026,7 @@ C, C C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C +C, C, C, C =item q @@ -9976,6 +10389,8 @@ Dumper =back +=item ppport.h + =item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO @@ -10349,6 +10764,8 @@ arrays =item Tag Handling Utility Functions +=item Ced Constants + =back =back @@ -11773,6 +12190,8 @@ component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial filters described in the previous section. +=item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C subroutine + =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together =item How it works @@ -13273,7 +13692,7 @@ Remarks =item EXAMPLES - use Math::BigInt qw(bstr); + use Math::BigInt; =item Autocreating constants @@ -13813,19 +14232,24 @@ MSGNUM ), reset (), quit () =item DESCRIPTION -icmp, udp, tcp, stream, external - =over 4 =item Functions Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($host [, -$timeout]);, $p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]); +$timeout]);, $p->open($host);, $p->open($host);, $p->close();, +pingecho($host [, $timeout]); =back +=item WARNING + =item NOTES +=item AUTHOR(S) + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client @@ -14373,7 +14797,7 @@ unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw =item DESCRIPTION -$class->PUSHED([$mode][,$fh]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]), +$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]), $class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd), $class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh), $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh), @@ -14909,10 +15333,13 @@ release, section roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown -escape EE%sE, %s:%d: Unknown sequence %s, %s:%d: Unmatched =back +escape EE%sE, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched +=back =item BUGS +=item CAVEATS + =item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR @@ -14921,7 +15348,7 @@ escape EE%sE, %s:%d: Unknown sequence %s, %s:%d: Unmatched =back =back -=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text +=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LEE formatting code in POD text =over 4 @@ -15419,7 +15846,7 @@ alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph -"%s", %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown sequence: %s, %s:%d: +"%s", %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d: Unmatched =back =item RESTRICTIONS @@ -15480,6 +15907,8 @@ text with format escapes =item DESCRIPTION +=item NOTES + =item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR