coordinated (while 5.8.0 was still called 5.7.something).
Changes that were integrated into the 5.6.1 release are marked C<[561]>.
-In some cases the said bug/feature may have been further fixed/enhanced
-after 5.6.1.
+Changes that also appear in 5.6.1 but have been improved since are marked
+C<[561+]>.
-You can see the list of changes in the 5.6.1 (from 5.6.0) by reading
-L<perl561delta>.
-
-If you are upgrading from Perl 5.005_03, you might also want
-to read L<perl56delta>.
+You can see the list of changes in the 5.6.1 release (both from the
+5.005_03 release and the 5.6.0 release) by reading L<perl561delta>.
=head1 Highlights In 5.8.0
The Unicode Character Database coming with Perl has been upgraded
to Unicode 3.2.0. For more information, see http://www.unicode.org/ .
-
+[561+] (5.6.1 has UCD 3.0.1.)
=item *
=item *
Lvalue subroutines can now return C<undef> in list context. However,
-the lvalue subroutine feature still remains experimental.
+the lvalue subroutine feature still remains experimental. [561+]
=item *
C<B::Concise>, by Stephen McCamant, is a new compiler backend for
walking the Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops.
-The output is highly customisable. See L<B::Concise>.
+The output is highly customisable. See L<B::Concise>. [561+]
=item *
=item *
C<File::Temp>, by Tim Jenness, allows one to create temporary files
-and directories in an easy, portable, and secure way. See
-L<File::Temp>.
+and directories in an easy, portable, and secure way. See L<File::Temp>.
+[561+]
=item *
C<Pod::Text::Overstrike>, by Joe Smith, has been added.
It converts POD data to formatted overstrike text.
-See L<Pod::Text::Overstrike>.
+See L<Pod::Text::Overstrike>. [561+]
=item *
The following independently supported modules have been updated to the
newest versions from CPAN: CGI, CPAN, DB_File, File::Spec, File::Temp,
Getopt::Long, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, the podlators bundle
-(Pod::Man, Pod::Text), Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Parser, Storable,
+(Pod::Man, Pod::Text), Pod::LaTeX [561+], Pod::Parser, Storable,
Term::ANSIColor, Test, Text-Tabs+Wrap.
=item *
perlclib documents the internal replacements for standard C library
functions. (Interesting only for extension writers and Perl core
-hackers.)
+hackers.) [561+]
=item *
-perldebtut is a Perl debugging tutorial.
+perldebtut is a Perl debugging tutorial. [561+]
=item *
perlebcdic contains considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC
-platforms.
+platforms. [561+]
=item *
=item *
-perlnewmod tells about writing and submitting a new module.
+perlnewmod tells about writing and submitting a new module. [561+]
=item *
=item *
-perlretut is a regular expression tutorial.
+perlretut is a regular expression tutorial. [561+]
=item *
=item *
perlutil explains the command line utilities packaged with the Perl
-distribution.
+distribution. [561+]
=back
Stratus VOS is now supported using Perl's native build method
(Configure). This is the recommended method to build Perl on
VOS. The older methods, which build miniperl, are still
-available. See L<perlvos>.
+available. See L<perlvos>. [561+]
=item *
=item *
-caller() could cause core dumps in certain situations. Carp was sometimes
-affected by this problem. In particular, caller() now returns a
-subroutine name of C<(unknown)> for subroutines that have been removed
-from the symbol table.
+caller() could cause core dumps in certain situations. Carp was
+sometimes affected by this problem. In particular, caller() now
+returns a subroutine name of C<(unknown)> for subroutines that have
+been removed from the symbol table.
=item *
=item *
-Regular expressions on references and overloaded scalars now work.
+Regular expressions on references and overloaded scalars now work. [561+]
=item *
=item *
fork() emulation has been improved in various ways, but still continues
-to be experimental. See L<perlfork> for known bugs and caveats.
+to be experimental. See L<perlfork> for known bugs and caveats. [561+]
=item *