From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 14:35:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention the new pack tricks.
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Mention the new pack tricks.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14866
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index f621c85..c34d434 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -449,6 +449,16 @@ pop(), push(), shift(), splice(), unshift().
 
 =item *
 
+C<pack() / unpack()> now can group template letters with C<()> and then
+apply repetition/count modifiers on the groups.
+
+=item *
+
+C<pack() / unpack()> can now process the Perl internal numeric types:
+IVs, UVs, NVs-- and also long doubles, if supported by the platform.
+
+=item *
+
 C<pack('U0a*', ...)> can now be used to force a string to UTF8.
 
 =item *