minor tweaks to perldelta and README.win32

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1466

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 594300f..4df7261 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ Version 5.004_73        Developer release working toward 5.005
 ----------------
 
 ____________________________________________________________________________
+[  1464] By: gsar                                  on 1998/07/13  04:41:07
+        Log: up patchlevel to 73, update Changes &c.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Changes patchlevel.h pod/perlhist.pod t/op/array.t
+          ! win32/Makefile win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc
+           ! win32/config_H.vc win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
 [  1463] By: gsar                                  on 1998/07/13  02:58:51
         Log: avoid empty rm -f in MM_Unix.pm
      Branch: perl

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index fbcfe3c..3ba6d2e 100644 (file)
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -575,6 +575,15 @@ currently be considered unsupported.
 
 =item *
 
+C<kill()> is implemented, but doesn't have the semantics of
+C<raise()>, i.e. it doesn't send a signal to the identified process
+like it does on Unix platforms.  Instead it immediately calls
+C<TerminateProcess(process,signal)>.  Thus the signal argument is
+used to set the exit-status of the terminated process.  This behavior
+may change in future.
+
+=item *
+
 File globbing may not behave as on Unix platforms.  In particular,
 if you don't use perlglob.bat for globbing, it will understand
 wildcards only in the filename component (and not in the pathname).

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 779de93..c5104b0 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ people to work on those issues.
 
 See L<perlfunc/prototype>.
 
+=head2 Extended support for exception handling
+
+C<die()> now accepts a reference value, and C<$@> gets set to that
+value in exception traps.  This makes it possible to propagate
+exception objects.  See L<perlfunc/eval>.  [XXX there's nothing
+about this in perlfunc/eval yet.]
+
 =head2 Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
 
 See L<perlobj/Destructors>.