From: Gurusamy Sarathy Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:15:12 +0000 (+0000) Subject: update Changes, perlhist.pod, beginnings of perldelta.pod X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=429b3afa3ef714dd9afb83b1ee6d98d1c8b77ba6;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git update Changes, perlhist.pod, beginnings of perldelta.pod p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1399 --- diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 69ec578..9eb0ac8 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -65,10 +65,616 @@ indicator: ---------------- -Version 5.004_70 Developer release working toward 5.005 +Version 5.004_71 Developer release working toward 5.005 ---------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1397] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 08:35:39 + Log: merge changes from maintbranch (1354, and relevant part of 1356); all + maintenance changes upto 1356 merged + Branch: perl + ! pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c t/op/misc.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1396] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 08:02:52 + Log: add Data-Dumper, up patchlevel to 71, various misc tweaks to + make all configs build on Solaris and win32 + Branch: perl + + ext/Data/Dumper/Changes ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.pm + + ext/Data/Dumper/Dumper.xs ext/Data/Dumper/Makefile.PL + + ext/Data/Dumper/Todo t/lib/dumper-ovl.t t/lib/dumper.t + ! MANIFEST Todo patchlevel.h win32/Makefile win32/config_H.bc + ! win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc win32/makefile.mk +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1395] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 05:39:48 + Log: From: Stephen McCamant + Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 23:16:49 CDT + Message-Id: <13732.16626.904108.608743@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Subject: [PATCH] UNOP opclass test in B.xs + Branch: perl + ! ext/B/B.xs +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1394] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 05:37:48 + Log: get it building again on win32 + Branch: perl + ! bytecode.h embed.h ext/re/Makefile.PL global.sym intrpvar.h + ! op.c opcode.pl perl.h pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_proto.h + ! pp_sys.c proto.h win32/Makefile win32/makedef.pl + ! win32/makefile.mk +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1393] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 05:20:31 + Log: applied patch from Ilya, tweaked some to get clean static build of + the ext/re stuff (untested on win32) + Branch: perl + ! regcomp.c regexec.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1392] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 03:56:45 + Log: fix installperl typo + From: kstar@chapin.edu + Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 23:51:57 EDT + Message-Id: <19980708235157.D1380@O2.chapin.edu> + Subject: Re: [PATCH] 5.004_70 installperl and docs + Branch: perl + ! installperl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1391] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:48:16 + Log: From: Chip Salzenberg + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 18:10:55 -0400 + Message-ID: <19980708181055.A8005@perlsupport.com> + Subject: [PATCH _70] Allow $SIG{CHLD}='IGNORE' to work on Solaris + Branch: perl + ! util.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1390] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:45:16 + Log: added patch, tweaked per Ilya's suggestion + From: "M.J.T. Guy" + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:34:42 +0100 + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH] perl5db.pl complains about non-integer condition + Branch: perl + ! lib/perl5db.pl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1389] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:42:13 + Log: reenable misaligned memory checks, cast to UV & check alignment + From: Dominic Dunlop + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:21:48 +0000 + Message-Id: + Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.00469] corrupt malloc ptr on NeXT + Branch: perl + ! malloc.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1388] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:36:22 + Log: From: Andy Dougherty + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:32:07 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] more on finding metaconfig units. + Branch: perl + ! Porting/pumpkin.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1387] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:35:23 + Log: From: Andy Dougherty + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:29:34 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: + Subject: Configure indentation patch + Branch: perl + ! Configure +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1386] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:33:31 + Log: don't try to hardlink perldiag.pod; that is no longer not needed + From: Andy Dougherty + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:18:32 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: + Subject: Re: pelr installation attempts hard links between file systems + Branch: perl + ! installperl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1385] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:28:05 + Log: win32/makefile.mk =~ s|gcc -pipe|gcc| + Branch: perl + ! win32/makefile.mk +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1384] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:26:19 + Log: make t/TEST run 'perl $switches ./foo/test.t' everywhere + Branch: perl + ! t/TEST +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1383] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:06:47 + Log: manually apply patch with a dependency on unapplied patch + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:03:51 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807081103.HAA25145@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] make quoted RE embeddable + Branch: perl + ! sv.c t/op/pat.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1382] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 01:02:23 + Log: change order of libs for extensions + From: Laszlo Molnar + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:48:05 +0200 + Message-ID: <19980707234805.C180@cdata.tvnet.hu> + Subject: [PATCH _70] linking problem with modules + Branch: perl + ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1381] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 00:56:12 + Log: patch for more flexible initialization of xsub parameters + From: Tye McQueen + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:04:27 -0500 (CDT) + Message-Id: <199807070004.AA16454@metronet.com> + Subject: Enhanced arg inits for xsubpp + Branch: perl + ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp pod/perlxs.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1380] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 00:44:01 + Log: From: Tye McQueen + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:34:54 -0500 (CDT) + Message-Id: <16619-17073@lyris.activestate.com> + Subject: New pl2bat.pl + Branch: perl + ! win32/bin/pl2bat.pl +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1379] By: gsar on 1998/07/09 00:30:58 + Log: remove ordering dependency in posix.t + Branch: perl + ! t/lib/posix.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1378] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 20:17:43 + Log: make -i'*suffix' work too + Branch: perl + ! doio.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1377] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 08:56:28 + Log: regen headers; result builds & tests on Solaris again (threaded) + Branch: perl + ! embedvar.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1376] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 08:55:03 + Log: change#1350 breaks things, back it out + Branch: perl + ! embedvar.h gv.c interp.sym intrpvar.h perlvars.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1375] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 07:47:00 + Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:30:15 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807080530.BAA14072@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] Switch modifiers in RE off + Branch: perl + ! pod/perlre.pod regcomp.c t/op/re_tests +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1374] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 07:41:06 + Log: From: Gisle Aas + Date: 07 Jul 1998 23:08:59 +0200 + Message-ID: + Subject: [PATCH] Faster copying from SvIV/SvNVs in sv_setsv() + Branch: perl + ! sv.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1373] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 07:36:01 + Log: From: Laszlo Molnar + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:47:50 +0200 + Message-ID: <19980707234750.A180@cdata.tvnet.hu> + Subject: [PATCH _70] dos-djgpp update + Branch: perl + ! djgpp/config.over djgpp/djgppsed.sh +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1372] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 07:12:47 + Log: add extension to support SysV IPC + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 02:32:53 +0300 (EET DST) + Message-Id: <199807062332.CAA25792@alpha.hut.fi> + Subject: [PATCH] 5.004_70: IPC::SysV + Branch: perl + + ext/IPC/SysV/ChangeLog ext/IPC/SysV/MANIFEST + + ext/IPC/SysV/Makefile.PL ext/IPC/SysV/Msg.pm + + ext/IPC/SysV/README ext/IPC/SysV/Semaphore.pm + + ext/IPC/SysV/SysV.pm ext/IPC/SysV/SysV.xs ext/IPC/SysV/t/msg.t + + ext/IPC/SysV/t/sem.t + ! Configure MANIFEST pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod + ! t/op/ipcmsg.t t/op/ipcsem.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1371] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 05:12:07 + Log: add patch for C + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:24:33 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807070224.WAA10318@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: Re: _70 and Devel::RE + Branch: perl + + ext/re/Makefile.PL ext/re/re.pm ext/re/re.xs + - lib/re.pm + ! MANIFEST Makefile.SH global.sym interp.sym intrpvar.h op.c + ! perl.h pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c regexec.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1370] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 04:27:27 + Log: added patch to generate PPDEF(pp_foo) + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:43:54 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807070043.UAA28572@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] Autogenerate declarations for opcodes + Branch: perl + + pp_proto.h + ! MANIFEST Makefile.SH opcode.pl proto.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1369] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 04:19:49 + Log: suggest 'make test' after make + Branch: perl + ! Makefile.SH +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1368] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 03:58:19 + Log: added patch for -i'foo*bar', made code somewhat simpler, tweaked doc + From: Colin Kuskie + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:44:33 -0700 (PDT) + Message-ID: + Subject: Corrected -i prefix patch + Branch: perl + + t/io/iprefix.t + ! MANIFEST doio.c pod/perlrun.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1366] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 02:28:30 + Log: From: Gisle Aas + Date: 07 Jul 1998 17:48:36 +0200 + Message-ID: + Subject: [PATCH] Remove some rendundant SvOOK_on tests + Branch: perl + ! sv.c sv.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1365] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 02:25:17 + Log: applied patch to clarify m//g + From: "M.J.T. Guy" + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 15:59:03 +0100 + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH] Re: m//g in perlop.pod + Branch: perl + ! pod/perlop.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1364] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 02:13:07 + Log: From: "M.J.T. Guy" + Subject: [PATCH] 5.004_70 bug in perlfaq.pod + Message-Id: + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:59:41 +0100 + Branch: perl + ! pod/perlfaq.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1363] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 02:11:11 + Log: applied tweak (via private mail) + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 13:27:47 +0300 (EET DST) + Message-Id: <199807071027.NAA20829@alpha.hut.fi> + Subject: tiny perllocale.pod patch for 5.004_70 + Branch: perl + ! pod/perllocale.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1362] By: gsar on 1998/07/08 02:07:48 + Log: applied patch, various tweaks to pander to pod2man tantrums + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:47:30 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807070247.WAA10677@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] CONFIGPM + Branch: perl + ! Porting/Glossary configpm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1361] By: gsar on 1998/07/07 22:13:11 + Log: From: Stephen McCamant + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 21:22:17 -0500 (CDT) + Message-ID: <13729.33816.311236.995647@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Subject: Re: Inconsistent arithmetics on refs + Branch: perl + ! sv.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1360] By: gsar on 1998/07/07 22:11:11 + Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:59:10 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807070059.UAA28815@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] Anohter ptags improvement + Branch: perl + ! emacs/ptags +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1359] By: gsar on 1998/07/07 22:08:48 + Log: fix accidental RE-de-optimization + From: larry@wall.org (Larry Wall) + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 17:49:31 -0700 + Message-Id: <199807070049.RAA23475@wall.org> + Subject: Re: before you deluge us with patches + -- + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 03:10:56 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: <199807070710.DAA25399@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Subject: Re: before you deluge us with patches + Branch: perl + ! pp_hot.c regexec.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1358] By: gsar on 1998/07/07 21:36:29 + Log: From: Gisle Aas + Subject: [PATCH] Evaluation of AVHVs in scalar context + Date: 06 Jul 1998 21:41:14 +0200 + Message-ID: + Branch: perl + ! pp_hot.c t/op/avhv.t +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1357] By: gsar on 1998/07/07 21:29:46 + Log: doc tweaks suggested by Abigail, M.J.T. Guy, and Larry Wall + Branch: perl + ! lib/Math/Trig.pm lib/fields.pm thread.sym +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1356] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/07 17:19:42 + Log: Assorted patches: + + ------ BUILD PROCESS ------ + + Title: "Add Test.pm (from perl 5.004_70)" + Files: MANIFEST lib/Test.pm + + ------ EXTENSIONS ------ + + Title: "Add CR LF CRLF to Socket.pm" + From: Chris Nandor + Msg-ID: + Files: ext/Socket/Socket.pm + + ------ LIBRARY ------ + + Title: "AutoSplit upgrade (AutoSplit 1.0302 from 5.004_70)" + Files: lib/AutoSplit.pm + + Title: "Upgrade base.pm (from perl 5.004_70)" + Files: lib/base.pm + + Title: "Add File::Spec modules (from 5.004_70)" + Files: lib/File/Spec.pm lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm + lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm + lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm + + ------ TESTS ------ + + Title: "fixup test for method call on undefined value" + Files: t/op/misc.t + + ------ UTILITIES ------ + + Title: "perlbug upgrade (from 5.004_70)" + Files: utils/perlbug.PL + + Title: "Upgrade perldoc (from 5.004_70)" + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + + lib/File/Spec.pm lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm lib/File/Spec/OS2.pm + + lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm + + lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm lib/Test.pm + ! MANIFEST ext/Socket/Socket.pm lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/base.pm + ! t/op/misc.t utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1355] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/07 14:39:51 + Log: Title: "Fix memory leak in Safe module" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199806290544.BAA18463@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs ext/Opcode/Safe.pm + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + ! ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs ext/Opcode/Safe.pm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1354] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/07 14:35:25 + Log: Title: "Better error message for $undef->method call" + From: Tim Bunce , Graham Barr , + joshua.pritikin@db.com + Msg-ID: <19980615171027.U4120@asic.sc.ti.com>, + Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + ! pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1353] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 23:33:38 + Log: From: Andy Dougherty + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:59:06 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] Update metaconfig info + Branch: perl + ! Porting/pumpkin.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1352] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 23:30:54 + Log: From: Andy Dougherty + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 13:14:37 -0400 (EDT) + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH 5.004_70] Config_70-01: Remove default "/share" + Branch: perl + ! Configure INSTALL Policy_sh.SH Porting/Glossary + ! Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1351] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 23:24:47 + Log: try harder to run non-executable tests + Branch: perl + ! t/TEST +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1350] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 23:12:17 + Log: add patch to improve method caching, regen headers + From: joshua.pritikin@db.com + Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:19:29 -0400 + Message-Id: + Subject: [PATCH _70] cache missing methods + Branch: perl + ! embedvar.h gv.c interp.sym intrpvar.h perlvars.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1349] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/06 23:03:16 + Log: Assorted patches: + + ------ BUILD PROCESS ------ + + Title: "Configure: Workaround bash CDPATH oddity" + From: Andy Dougherty + Msg-ID: + Files: Configure + + Title: "Don't suppress display of Makefile recipes that invoke perl" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199806252213.SAA08545@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: Makefile.SH + + ------ CORE LANGUAGE ------ + + Title: "one more^Wless quad unpack bug" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Msg-ID: <199806301132.OAA27353@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: pp.c + + Title: "minor fixups to bring maint closer to devel for patching" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199805200046.UAA19284@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod deb.c dump.c t/op/ref.t t/op/split.t taint.c util.c + + Title: "-Pw switches used together report bogus error" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199806252331.TAA10160@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "Add doc and perl home page info to -v output" + From: Tom Christiansen + Msg-ID: <199802172229.PAA29309@jhereg.perl.com> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "Fix C<@a = (%a = 1)> bizarreness" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy , Tom Christiansen + + Msg-ID: <199807012026.OAA31507@jhereg.perl.com>, + <199807012339.TAA26024@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: pp_hot.c + + Title: "make find_script() return saved string, reenable missing + diagnostics" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199806262224.SAA00422@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: perl.c util.c + + Title: "minor e_script optimization" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199807060704.DAA25988@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: perl.c + + ------ DOCUMENTATION ------ + + Title: "Insecure $ENV{} message out of step with perldiag" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" + Msg-ID: + Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlsec.pod + + Title: "documenting close without arguments" + From: Tom Phoenix + Msg-ID: + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "pod for scalar .. op" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" + Msg-ID: + Files: pod/perlop.pod + + ------ EXTENSIONS ------ + + Title: "Fcntl: add few constants, enhance maintainability" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Msg-ID: <199806221558.SAA18626@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs + + ------ LIBRARY ------ + + Title: "Fix undef warnings in Text::Parsewords" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Msg-ID: <199806300842.LAA26409@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: lib/Text/ParseWords.pm + + Title: "Add Symbol::delete_package()" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199807060702.DAA25976@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: pod/perlembed.pod lib/Symbol.pm + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + ! Configure Makefile.SH deb.c dump.c ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm + ! ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs lib/Symbol.pm lib/Text/ParseWords.pm perl.c + ! pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlfunc.pod + ! pod/perlop.pod pod/perlsec.pod pp.c pp_hot.c t/op/ref.t + ! t/op/split.t taint.c util.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1348] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 22:55:56 + Log: remove #! line from Errno_pm.PL + Branch: perl + ! ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1347] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 22:51:34 + Log: added patch to fix Cwd.pm warnings, fixed a couple more places + From: Gisle Aas + Date: 06 Jul 1998 13:08:53 +0200 + Message-ID: + Subject: [PATCH] 5.004_70 Cwd.pm now give warnings + Branch: perl + ! lib/Cwd.pm +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1346] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 22:20:29 + Log: much simpler fix to typecheck read/sysread/recv, as suggested by + Stephen McCamant + Branch: perl + ! op.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1345] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 21:58:52 + Log: undo ck_sysread() changes#1319,1337 in preparation for a much + simpler fix + Branch: perl + ! ObjXSub.h embed.h global.sym globals.c objpp.h op.c opcode.h + ! opcode.pl proto.h +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1344] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/06 21:51:05 + Log: Title: "Fix for broken goto &xsub" + From: Albert Dvornik , + Msg-ID: + Files: MANIFEST pp_ctl.c t/op/goto_xs.t + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + + t/op/goto_xs.t + ! MANIFEST pp_ctl.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1343] By: TimBunce on 1998/07/06 21:40:14 + Log: Title: "Undo sub stub optimization and add comments on GV_FOO constants" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Msg-ID: <199807050841.EAA25114@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: gv.h gv.c op.c toke.c + Branch: maint-5.004/perl + ! gv.c gv.h op.c toke.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1342] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 20:57:06 + Log: From: Gisle Aas + Message-Id: + Date: 06 Jul 1998 21:52:12 +0200 + Subject: Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin + Branch: perl + ! Changes +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1341] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 20:43:35 + Log: remove dup entry in perldiag + Branch: perl + ! pod/perldiag.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1340] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 20:31:44 + Log: more reasonable diagnostic on keyword vs. sub ambiguity + Branch: perl + ! pod/perldiag.pod toke.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1339] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 19:23:06 + Log: rename s/\bSI_/PERLSI_/ to avoid collisions with sysinfo headers + Branch: perl + ! av.c cop.h gv.c mg.c op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c scope.c + ! sv.c toke.c util.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1338] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 18:45:35 + Log: per Larry suggestion, toss change#1327 and fix the documentation + to match behavior instead + Branch: perl + ! pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1337] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 17:15:26 + Log: allow read(FH,threadsv,...) + Branch: perl + ! op.c + +---------------- +Version 5.004_70 +---------------- + +____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1336] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 09:06:33 + Log: 5.004_70 tweaks + Branch: perl + ! Changes win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk +____________________________________________________________________________ [ 1335] By: gsar on 1998/07/06 07:05:37 Log: update Changes Branch: perl @@ -626,17 +1232,17 @@ ____________________________________________________________________________ +> t/lib/cgi-function.t t/lib/cgi-html.t t/lib/cgi-request.t +> t/lib/errno.t t/op/goto_xs.t t/op/splice.t !> (integrate 100 files) -____________________________________________________________________________ -[ 1263] By: gsar on 1998/06/29 09:17:28 - Log: update Changes and perlhist.pod - Branch: perl - ! Changes pod/perlhist.pod ---------------- Version 5.004_69 ---------------- ____________________________________________________________________________ +[ 1263] By: gsar on 1998/06/29 09:17:28 + Log: update Changes and perlhist.pod + Branch: perl + ! Changes pod/perlhist.pod +____________________________________________________________________________ [ 1262] By: gsar on 1998/06/29 08:26:36 Log: bump patchlevel to 69, various little tweaks (tested on win32, Solaris under several build configurations) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 4ec71c8..93f50df 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -6,22 +6,588 @@ perldelta - what's new for perl5.005 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." Scheduled for a second iteration. GSAR] + +=head1 About the new versioning system + =head1 Incompatible Changes +=head2 WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. + +Starting with Perl 5.004_50 there were many deep and far-reaching changes +to the language internals. If you have dynamically loaded extensions +that you built under perl 5.003 or 5.004, you can continue to use them +with 5.004, but you will need to rebuild and reinstall those extensions +to use them 5.005. See L for detailed instructions on how to +upgrade. + +=head2 Installation structure has changed + +Extensions that have with architecture-dependent files are now always +installed in the architecture-dependent locations. Previously, they +were shared will multiple versions of perl, an were therefore liable to +be overwritten with newer versions that may have subtle incompatibilities. + +=head2 Perl Source Compatibility + +When none of the experimental features are enabled, there should be +no user-visible Perl source compatibility issue. + +If threads are enabled, then some caveats apply. C<@_> and C<$_> become +lexical variables. The effect of this should be largely transparent to +the user, but there are some boundary conditions under which user will +need to be aware of the issues. [XXX Add e.g. here.] + +=head2 C Source Compatibility + +=item Core sources now require ANSI C compiler + +=item Enabling threads has source compatibility issues + +=head2 Binary Compatibility + +This version is NOT binary compatible with older versions. All extensions +will need to be recompiled. + +=head2 Security fixes may affect compatibility + +A few taint leaks and taint omissions have been corrected. This may lead +to "failure" of scripts that used to work with older versions. Compiling +with -DINCOMPLETE_TAINTS provides a perl with minimal amounts of changes +to the tainting behavior. But note that the resulting perl will have +known insecurities. + +Oneliners with the C<-e> switch do not create temporary files anymore. + +=head2 Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004 + +Many new warnings that were introduced in 5.004 have either been made +optional. Some of these warnings are still present, but perl's new +features make them less often a problem. See L. + +=head2 Licensing + +Perl has a new Social Contract for contributors. + +Perl's documentation license has changed. + =head1 Core Changes -=head1 Modules -=head2 Required Updates +=head2 Threads + +WARNING: Threading is considered an experimental feature. Details of the +implementation may change without notice. There are known limitations +and bugs. + +See L. + +=head2 Compiler + +WARNING: The Compiler and related tools are considered experimental. +Features may change without notice, and there are known limitations +and bugs. + +B::Lint is an experimental module to detect and warn about suspicious +code, especially the cases that the -w switch does not detect. + +B::Deparse can be used to demystify perl code. + +See C. + +=head2 Regular Expressions + +See L and L. + +=head2 Improved malloc() + +See banner at the beginning of C for details. + +=head2 Quicksort is internally implemented + +See C. + +=head2 Reliable signals + +Via Thread::Signal. + +Via switched runtime op loop. + +=head2 Reliable stack pointers + +The internals now reallocate the perl stack only at predicatable times. +In particular, magic calls never trigger reallocations of the stack, +because all reentrancy of the runtime is handled using a "stack of stacks". +This should improve reliability of cached stack pointers in XSUBs. + +=head2 Behavior of local() on composites is well-defined + +See L. + +=head2 C<%!> is transparently tied to the L module + +See L. + +=head2 Pseudo-hashes are supported + +See L. + +=head2 C is supported + +See L. + +=head2 Slice notation on glob elements is supported + +[XXX See what?] + +=head2 Keywords can be globally overridden + +See L. + +=head2 C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32 + +See L. + +=head2 C optimized + +C is now optimized into a counting loop. It does +not try to allocate a 1000000-size list anymore. + +=head2 C can be used as implicitly quoted package name + +[XXX See what?] + +=head2 C tests existence of a package + +[XXX See what?] + +=head2 Better locale support + +See L. + +=head2 Better support for 64-bit platforms + +[XXX How?] + +=head2 prototype() returns useful results on builtins + +See L. + +=head2 Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods + +See L. + +=head2 All C format conversions are handled internally + +See L. + +=head2 New C keyword + +C subs are like C and C, but they get called just before +the perl runtime begins execution. + +[XXX Needs to be documented in perlsub or perlmod.] + +=head2 New C keyword + +To minimize impact on source compatibility this keyword is "weak", i.e., any +user-defined subroutine of the same name overrides it, unless a C +has been seen. + +=head2 Tied arrays are now fully supported + +See L. + +=head2 Tied handles support is better + +Several missing hooks have been added. There is also a new base class for +TIEARRAY implementations. See L. + + +=head1 Supported Platforms + +Configure has many incremental improvements. Site-wide policy for building +perl can now be made perlsistent, via Policy.sh. Configure can also remember +the arguments used in previous invocations. + +=head2 New Platforms + +BeOS is now supported. See L. + +DOS is now supported under the DJGPP tools. See L. + +=head2 Changes in existing support + +Win32 support has been vastly enhanced. Support for Perl Object, a C++ +encapsulation of Perl. GCC and EGCS are now supported on Win32. +[XXX Perl Object needs a big explanation elsewhere, and a pointer to +that location here.] + +VMS configuration system has been rewritten. See L. + +OpenBSD better supported. [XXX what others?] + +=head1 Modules and Pragmata + +=head2 New Modules + +=over + +=item B + +Perl compiler and tools. See [XXX what?]. + +=item Data::Dumper + +A module to pretty print Perl data. See L. + +=item Errno + +A module to look up errors more conveniently. See L. + +=item File::Spec + +A portable API for file operations. + +=item ExtUtils::Installed + +Query and manage installed modules. + +=item ExtUtils::Packlist + +Manipulate .packlist files. + +=item Fatal + +Make functions/builtins succeed or die. + +=item IPC::SysV + +Constants and other support infrastructure for System V IPC operations +in perl. + +=item Test + +A framework for writing testsuites. - XXX Any??? +=item Tie::Array + +Base class for tied arrays. + +=item Tie::Handle + +Base class for tied handles. + +=item Thread + +Perl thread creation, manipulation, and support. + +=item attrs + +Set subroutine attributes. + +=item fields + +Compile-time class fields. + +=item re + +Various pragmata to control behavior of regular expressions. + +=back + +=head2 Changes in existing modules + +=over + +=item CGI + +CGI has been updated to version 2.42. + +=item POSIX + +POSIX now has its own platform-specific hints files. + +=item DB_File + +DB_File supports version 2.x of Berkeley DB. See C. + +=item MakeMaker + +MakeMaker now supports writing empty makefiles, provides a way to +specify that site umask() policy should be honored. There is also +better support for manipulation of .packlist files, and getting +information about installed modules. + +=item CPAN + +[XXX What?] + +=item Cwd + +Cwd::cwd is faster on most platforms. + +=item Benchmark + +Keeps better time. + +=back =head1 Utility Changes -=head1 C Language API Changes +The crude GNU configure emulator is now called configure.gnu. + +h2ph and related utilities have been vastly overhauled. + +perlcc, a new experimental front end for the compiler is available. + +=head1 API Changes + +=head2 Incompatible Changes + +=head2 Deprecations, Extensions + +=head2 C++ Support =head1 Documentation Changes +Config.pm now has a glossary of variables. + +Porting/patching.pod has detailed instructions on how to create and +submit patches for perl. + +=head1 New Diagnostics + +=over + +=item Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use & + +(W) A subroutine you have declared has the same name as a Perl keyword, +and you have used the name without qualification for calling one or the +other. Perl decided to call the builtin because the subroutine is +not imported. + +To force interpretation as a subroutine call, either put an ampersand +before the subroutine name, or qualify the name with its package. +Alternatively, you can import the subroutine (or pretend that it's +imported with the C pragma). + +To silently interpret it as the Perl operator, use the C prefix +on the operator (e.g. C) or by declaring the subroutine +to be an object method (see L). + +=item Bad index while coercing array into hash + +(F) The index looked up in the hash found as the 0'th element of a +pseudo-hash is not legal. Index values must be at 1 or greater. +See L. + +=item Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package + +(W) You used a qualified bareword of the form C, but +the compiler saw no other uses of that namespace before that point. +Perhaps you need to predeclare a package? + +=item Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value + +(F) You used the syntax of a method call, but the slot filled by the +object reference or package name contains an undefined value. +Something like this will reproduce the error: + + $BADREF = 42; + process $BADREF 1,2,3; + $BADREF->process(1,2,3); + +=item Can't coerce array into hash + +(F) You used an array where a hash was expected, but the array has no +information on how to map from keys to array indices. You can do that +only with arrays that have a hash reference at index 0. + +=item Can't goto subroutine from an eval-string + +(F) The "goto subroutine" call can't be used to jump out of an eval "string". +(You can use it to jump out of an eval {BLOCK}, but you probably don't want to.) + +=item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available + +(F) The first time the %! hash is used, perl automatically loads the +Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to +provide symbolic names for C<$!> errno values. + +=item 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 was given to prototype(), but +there is no builtin with the name C. + +=item Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions + +(W) Within regular expression character classes ([]) the syntax beginning +with "[." and ending with ".]" is reserved for future extensions. +If you need to represent those character sequences inside a regular +expression character class, just quote the square brackets with the +backslash: "\[." and ".\]". + +=item Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions + +(W) Within regular expression character classes ([]) the syntax beginning +with "[:" and ending with ":]" is reserved for future extensions. +If you need to represent those character sequences inside a regular +expression character class, just quote the square brackets with the +backslash: "\[:" and ":\]". + +=item Character class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions + +(W) Within regular expression character classes ([]) the syntax +beginning with "[=" and ending with "=]" is reserved for future extensions. +If you need to represent those character sequences inside a regular +expression character class, just quote the square brackets with the +backslash: "\[=" and "=\]". + +=item %s: Eval-group in insecure regular expression + +(F) Perl detected tainted data when trying to compile a regular expression +that contains the C<(?{ ... })> zero-width assertion, which is unsafe. +See L, and L. + +=item %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval' + +(F) A regular expression contained the C<(?{ ... })> zero-width assertion, +but that construct is only allowed when the C pragma is +in effect. See L. + +=item %s: Eval-group not allowed at run time + +(F) Perl tried to compile a regular expression containing the C<(?{ ... })> +zero-width assertion at run time, as it would when the pattern contains +interpolated values. Since that is a security risk, it is not allowed. +If you insist, you may still do this by explicitly building the pattern +from an interpolated string at run time and using that in an eval(). +See L. + +=item Explicit blessing to '' (assuming package main) + +(W) You are blessing a reference to a zero length string. This has +the effect of blessing the reference into the package main. This is +usually not what you want. Consider providing a default target +package, e.g. bless($ref, $p or 'MyPackage'); + +=item Illegal hex digit ignored + +(W) You may have tried to use a character other than 0 - 9 or A - F in a +hexadecimal number. Interpretation of the hexadecimal number stopped +before the illegal character. + +=item No such array field + +(F) You tried to access an array as a hash, but the field name used is +not defined. The hash at index 0 should map all valid field names to +array indices for that to work. + +=item No such field "%s" in variable %s of type %s + +(F) You tried to access a field of a typed variable where the type +does not know about the field name. The field names are looked up in +the %FIELDS hash in the type package at compile time. The %FIELDS hash +is usually set up with the 'fields' pragma. + +=item Out of memory during ridiculously large request + +(F) You can't allocate more than 2^31+"small amount" bytes. This error +is most likely to be caused by a typo in the Perl program. e.g., C<$arr[time]> +instead of C<$arr[$time]>. + +=item Range iterator outside integer range + +(F) One (or both) of the numeric arguments to the range operator ".." +are outside the range which can be represented by integers internally. +One possible workaround is to force Perl to use magical string +increment by prepending "0" to your numbers. + +=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s' + +(F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were encountered while invoking a +method. Probably indicates an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy. + +=item Reference found where even-sized list expected + +(W) You gave a single reference where Perl was expecting a list with +an even number of elements (for assignment to a hash). This +usually means that you used the anon hash constructor when you meant +to use parens. In any case, a hash requires key/value B. + + %hash = { one => 1, two => 2, }; # WRONG + %hash = [ qw/ an anon array / ]; # WRONG + %hash = ( one => 1, two => 2, ); # right + %hash = qw( one 1 two 2 ); # also fine + +=item Undefined value assigned to typeglob + +(W) An undefined value was assigned to a typeglob, a la C<*foo = undef>. +This does nothing. It's possible that you really mean C. + +=item Use of reserved word "%s" is deprecated + +(D) The indicated bareword is a reserved word. Future versions of perl +may use it as a keyword, so you're better off either explicitly quoting +the word in a manner appropriate for its context of use, or using a +different name altogether. The warning can be suppressed for subroutine +names by either adding a C<&> prefix, or using a package qualifier, +e.g. C<&our()>, or C. + +=item perl: warning: Setting locale failed. + +(S) The whole warning message will look something like: + + perl: warning: Setting locale failed. + perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: + LC_ALL = "En_US", + LANG = (unset) + are supported and installed on your system. + perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). + +Exactly what were the failed locale settings varies. In the above the +settings were that the LC_ALL was "En_US" and the LANG had no value. +This error means that Perl detected that you and/or your system +administrator have set up the so-called variable system but Perl could +not use those settings. This was not dead serious, fortunately: there +is a "default locale" called "C" that Perl can and will use, the +script will be run. Before you really fix the problem, however, you +will get the same error message each time you run Perl. How to really +fix the problem can be found in L section B. + +=back + + +=head1 Obsolete Diagnostics + +=over + +=item Can't mktemp() + +(F) The mktemp() routine failed for some reason while trying to process +a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered. + +=item Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s + +(F) The write routine failed for some reason while trying to process +a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered. + +=item Cannot open temporary file + +(F) The create routine failed for some reason while trying to process +a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered. + + +=back + =head1 BUGS If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the headers of @@ -46,3 +612,5 @@ The F file for general stuff. The F and F files for copyright information. =head1 HISTORY + +=cut diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index 22f42fa..e028fa6 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ the strings?). Sarathy 5.004_67 1998-Jun-15 5.004_68 1998-Jun-23 5.004_69 1998-Jun-29 + 5.004_70 1998-Jul-06 + 5.004_71 1998-Jul-09 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES