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+[ 1491] By: gsar on 1998/07/14 08:48:28
+ Log: up patchlevel to 74; introduce distinct archname for PERL_OBJECT
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h pod/perlhist.pod win32/Makefile
+ ! win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc
+ ! win32/makefile.mk
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[ 1490] By: gsar on 1998/07/14 08:31:13
Log: From: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
Date: 14 Jul 1998 10:20:34 +0200
This document describes differences between the 5.004 release and this one.
[XXX this needs more verbose summaries of the sub topics, instead of just
-the "See L<foo>." Scheduled for a second iteration. GSAR]
+the "See foo." Scheduled for a second iteration. GSAR]
=head1 About the new versioning system
Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to
provide symbolic names for C<$!> errno values.
-=item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available
-
-(F) The first time the %! hash is used, perl automatically loads the
-Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to
-provide symbolic names for C<$!> errno values.
-
=item Cannot find an opnumber for "%s"
(F) A string of a form C<CORE::word> was given to prototype(), but
Another way is to assign to a substr() that's off the end of the string.
-=item Modification of noncreatable array value attempted, subscript %d
+=item Modification of non-creatable array value attempted, subscript %d
(F) You tried to make an array value spring into existence, and the
subscript was probably negative, even counting from end of the array
backwards.
-=item Modification of noncreatable hash value attempted, subscript "%s"
+=item Modification of non-creatable hash value attempted, subscript "%s"
(F) You tried to make a hash value spring into existence, and it couldn't
be created for some peculiar reason.