24 years agoremove outdated kludge in Carp (NULLs are permitted in diagnostics now)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 7 May 2000 04:01:38 +0000]
remove outdated kludge in Carp (NULLs are permitted in diagnostics now)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6079

24 years agoworkaround for CRT bug in chdir() (from Charles Lane, via
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 7 May 2000 01:24:19 +0000]
workaround for CRT bug in chdir() (from Charles Lane, via
Peter Prymmer)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6078

24 years agoavoid warnings in diagnostics.pm; pod tweaks (from Peter Prymmer
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 7 May 2000 01:22:23 +0000]
avoid warnings in diagnostics.pm; pod tweaks (from Peter Prymmer
and Tom Phoenix)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6077

24 years agointegrate cfgperl contents into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 6 May 2000 17:36:29 +0000]
integrate cfgperl contents into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6076

24 years agoMake the test more portable.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 5 May 2000 18:56:10 +0000]
Make the test more portable.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6075

24 years agoIntroduce t/lib/peek.t.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 5 May 2000 18:49:20 +0000]
Introduce t/lib/peek.t.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6074

24 years agoComplex tweaks.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 5 May 2000 14:30:45 +0000]
Complex tweaks.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6073

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 5 May 2000 12:27:13 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6072

24 years agomisformatted perllocal.pod (from Tim Jenness
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 02:24:46 +0000]
misformatted perllocal.pod (from Tim Jenness
<t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6071

24 years agoremove misleading comment (from M.J.T. Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 02:16:52 +0000]
remove misleading comment (from M.J.T. Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6070

24 years agoFile::Spec compatibility update (from Barrie Slaymaker
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 02:15:13 +0000]
File::Spec compatibility update (from Barrie Slaymaker
<barries@slaysys.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6069

24 years agonote about values()
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 02:01:50 +0000]
note about values()

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6068

24 years agoreplace direct call to sighandler() with (*PL_sighandlerp)()
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 01:33:09 +0000]
replace direct call to sighandler() with (*PL_sighandlerp)()

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6067

24 years agos/END/CHECK/
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 5 May 2000 01:23:43 +0000]
s/END/CHECK/

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6066

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 4 May 2000 17:30:22 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6065

24 years agochange#5905 wasn't quite right--it's intent only applies when arguments
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 4 May 2000 17:26:14 +0000]
change#5905 wasn't quite right--it's intent only applies when arguments
to sv_vcatpvfn() are SVs instead of C types; back out change#5907 as well

p4raw-link: @5907 on //depot/cfgperl: 7cfcdf208eb7eff0b6f8313f1a5b14880681119d
p4raw-link: @5905 on //depot/cfgperl: 686fa4bb8e88f0c9a36218cdbf3c49f4a7b93b2a

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6064

24 years agotokeq() could read unallocated field in argument
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 4 May 2000 16:52:29 +0000]
tokeq() could read unallocated field in argument

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6063

24 years agoadditional tests for utf8.t
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 4 May 2000 16:34:51 +0000]
additional tests for utf8.t

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6062

24 years agochange#5921 neglected to make eq honor "use bytes"
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 4 May 2000 16:09:28 +0000]
change#5921 neglected to make eq honor "use bytes"

p4raw-link: @5921 on //depot/perl: c5cc35007718d4b8a82486110aec2d59e69a4f79

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6061

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 4 May 2000 15:30:16 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6060

24 years agoThe logic of choosing strtol/strtoul/strtoll/strtoull was wrong
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 4 May 2000 15:26:37 +0000]
The logic of choosing strtol/strtoul/strtoll/strtoull was wrong
in natively 64-bit platforms where a long is a quad (no need
for long longs).  Also added bias for IVs.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6059

24 years agoprintf(...) should be PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stdout(), ...)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 4 May 2000 00:19:14 +0000]
printf(...) should be PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stdout(), ...)
(spotted by Donald Kinzer <dkinzer@premia.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6058

24 years agofix broken parsing of /\x{ab}/
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 3 May 2000 18:34:01 +0000]
fix broken parsing of /\x{ab}/

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6057

24 years agoThe search of infinity continues, this time simplified.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 3 May 2000 17:57:16 +0000]
The search of infinity continues, this time simplified.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6056

24 years agoDetypo.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 3 May 2000 17:45:30 +0000]
Detypo.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6055

24 years agoBe more forgiving in POSIX about HUGE_VALL.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 22:28:27 +0000]
Be more forgiving in POSIX about HUGE_VALL.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6054

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 22:25:05 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6053

24 years agoUnicos hint tweak.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 22:24:31 +0000]
Unicos hint tweak.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6052

24 years agoComplex tweakery.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 22:21:26 +0000]
Complex tweakery.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6051

24 years agoUse setxxent()/endxxent().
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 19:26:22 +0000]
Use setxxent()/endxxent().

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6050

24 years agoTest both the scalar and list contexts.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 19:06:02 +0000]
Test both the scalar and list contexts.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6049

24 years agoadd note about how $( doesn't interpolate in REs (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 18:29:10 +0000]
add note about how $( doesn't interpolate in REs (from
Philip Newton <newton@ficus.frogspace.net>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6048

24 years agoCall getspnam() only iff needed.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 17:41:24 +0000]
Call getspnam() only iff needed.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6047

24 years agolibscheck has insufficient checks for n32 libs (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 17:07:25 +0000]
libscheck has insufficient checks for n32 libs (from
Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6046

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 13:57:17 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6045

24 years agochange#3798 broke the meaning of "\0_7_7", tr/\0_// etc.; fix it
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 06:48:19 +0000]
change#3798 broke the meaning of "\0_7_7", tr/\0_// etc.; fix it
such that underscores are only ignored in literal numbers,
"\x{...}", and hex/oct argument

p4raw-link: @3798 on //depot/cfgperl: 252aa0820e6bce274b33bd342cfc65e18a59a165

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6044

24 years agoperlretut revisions (from Mark Kvale <kvale@phy.ucsf.edu>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 02:22:29 +0000]
perlretut revisions (from Mark Kvale <kvale@phy.ucsf.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6043

24 years agoremove outdated perltrap entry (from Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 02:17:51 +0000]
remove outdated perltrap entry (from Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6042

24 years agocpio 2.4.2 on Linux creates directories in 0700 mode, adjust makerel
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 01:53:51 +0000]
cpio 2.4.2 on Linux creates directories in 0700 mode, adjust makerel
to compensate

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6041

24 years agomissing files in MANIFEST
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 2 May 2000 01:51:57 +0000]
missing files in MANIFEST

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6040

24 years agoInfinite problems.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 00:36:46 +0000]
Infinite problems.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6039

24 years agopwent/spent #ifdef imbalance.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 2 May 2000 00:06:38 +0000]
pwent/spent #ifdef imbalance.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6038

24 years agoUse HUGE_VALL if applicable.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 1 May 2000 22:50:11 +0000]
Use HUGE_VALL if applicable.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6037

24 years agoCorrect Freudian slip.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 1 May 2000 22:20:53 +0000]
Correct Freudian slip.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6036

24 years agoContinue on the pwent/spent case.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 1 May 2000 21:07:38 +0000]
Continue on the pwent/spent case.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6035

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy; unfortunately Sarathy's whitespace
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 1 May 2000 17:45:14 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy; unfortunately Sarathy's whitespace
adjustments in 6032 conflicted badly with this, will have
to revisit them later.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6034

24 years agoRewrite the pwent/spent logic to be a little bit more clearer.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 1 May 2000 17:40:49 +0000]
Rewrite the pwent/spent logic to be a little bit more clearer.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6033

24 years agowhitespace adjustments
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 15:56:32 +0000]
whitespace adjustments

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6032

24 years agosmall nits in diagnostics.pm (from Robin Barker)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 15:19:41 +0000]
small nits in diagnostics.pm (from Robin Barker)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6031

24 years agointroduce @LAST_MATCH_START and @LAST_MATCH_END, English aliases
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 08:39:18 +0000]
introduce @LAST_MATCH_START and @LAST_MATCH_END, English aliases
for @- and @+ (from Johan Vromans)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6030

24 years agoadd CGI.pm v2.66 (from Lincoln Stein)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 08:16:10 +0000]
add CGI.pm v2.66 (from Lincoln Stein)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6029

24 years agoPod::Man generates groff-incompatible macro definition (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 06:34:41 +0000]
Pod::Man generates groff-incompatible macro definition (from
Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6028

24 years agopodlators-1.02 update (from Russ Allbery)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 1 May 2000 06:31:36 +0000]
podlators-1.02 update (from Russ Allbery)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6027

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:24:23 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6026

24 years agoIs{Alnum,Alpha,Word} don't match titlecase
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:17:47 +0000]
Is{Alnum,Alpha,Word} don't match titlecase

TODO: IsSpace is defined recursively!

(both spotted by Larry)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6025

24 years agoextend "Unrecognized escape" warning to \8, \9, and \_ as well
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:50:19 +0000]
extend "Unrecognized escape" warning to \8, \9, and \_ as well
(from Hugo van der Sanden)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6024

24 years agodebugger stomps on $. (from M.J.T. Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 30 Apr 2000 17:14:43 +0000]
debugger stomps on $. (from M.J.T. Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6023

24 years agounbalanced LEAVE after perl_clone(...,0) (from Doug MacEachern)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:59:22 +0000]
unbalanced LEAVE after perl_clone(...,0) (from Doug MacEachern)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6022

24 years agoremove Win2K issue in pod (fixed by change#6020)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:00:08 +0000]
remove Win2K issue in pod (fixed by change#6020)

p4raw-link: @6020 on //depot/perl: 945d6bad06c27bf93b3917eb3a345a4f0cd2de10

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6021

24 years agotest tweak
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:51:49 +0000]
test tweak

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6020

24 years agowindows portability tweaks
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:34:27 +0000]
windows portability tweaks

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6019

24 years agomake lib/syslog.t portable to systems that don't have _PATH_LOG,
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:55:24 +0000]
make lib/syslog.t portable to systems that don't have _PATH_LOG,
make _PATH_LOG() return "" if unavailable

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6018

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:49:46 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6017

24 years agoDo not warn that an infinity does not look like a number.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:46:14 +0000]
Do not warn that an infinity does not look like a number.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6016

24 years agotweak test for portability
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:35:49 +0000]
tweak test for portability

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6015

24 years agoglob() loading File::Glob behind the scenes may cause syntax errors
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 22:05:31 +0000]
glob() loading File::Glob behind the scenes may cause syntax errors

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6014

24 years agotweak change#5945 to display correct switch name in diagnostic
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:25:22 +0000]
tweak change#5945 to display correct switch name in diagnostic

p4raw-link: @5945 on //depot/perl: 6df41af287665da86827e04cbbf0dae1bbd4c94e

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6013

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:08:12 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6012

24 years ago&HUGE_VAL is not defined, it exists.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:04:46 +0000]
&HUGE_VAL is not defined, it exists.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6011

24 years agoclarify note about shadow password support (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:02:58 +0000]
clarify note about shadow password support (from
gellyfish@gellyfish.com)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6010

24 years agoIO::Poll bugs fixed (from Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 21:00:00 +0000]
IO::Poll bugs fixed (from Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6009

24 years agoVMS config tweak (from Craig A. Berry <craig.berry@metamorgs.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:56:33 +0000]
VMS config tweak (from Craig A. Berry <craig.berry@metamorgs.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6008

24 years agonote about compile failures and END blocks (from M.J.T. Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:51:21 +0000]
note about compile failures and END blocks (from M.J.T. Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6007

24 years agoRegen Configure.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:42:14 +0000]
Regen Configure.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6006

24 years agoperldoc might fail via "use blib" (from Hugo van der Sanden)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:41:16 +0000]
perldoc might fail via "use blib" (from Hugo van der Sanden)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6005

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:28:21 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@6004

24 years agoallow REG_EXPAND_SZ keys in Windows registry (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:11:20 +0000]
allow REG_EXPAND_SZ keys in Windows registry (from
John Clayton <John.Clayton@barclayscapital.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6003

24 years agodestructive sv_setsv() can lose UV-ness from source, causing
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 19:34:16 +0000]
destructive sv_setsv() can lose UV-ness from source, causing
numeric promotions/comparisons to fail to do the right thing

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6002

24 years agosupport additional library locations via $Config{otherlibdirs}
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 18:44:15 +0000]
support additional library locations via $Config{otherlibdirs}
(from Andy Dougherty)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6001

24 years agofix line renumbering bug in C<eval qq[#line 10 "X"\nwarn]>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 18:17:07 +0000]
fix line renumbering bug in C<eval qq[#line 10 "X"\nwarn]>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5999

24 years agoTry to get "Inf" by using &POSIX::HUGE_VAL in sprintf.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:32:17 +0000]
Try to get "Inf" by using &POSIX::HUGE_VAL in sprintf.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5998

24 years agoPreserve $!.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:14:04 +0000]
Preserve $!.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5997

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 12:59:23 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5996

24 years agofixes for bugs in C<use warnings qw(FATAL all)> (from Paul Marquess)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:37:36 +0000]
fixes for bugs in C<use warnings qw(FATAL all)> (from Paul Marquess)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5995

24 years agofix for missed accounting for null byte in pack("Z",...) (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:33:26 +0000]
fix for missed accounting for null byte in pack("Z",...) (from
M.J.T. Guy)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5994

24 years agovarious minor tweaks seen on p5p
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:30:05 +0000]
various minor tweaks seen on p5p

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5993

24 years agopod nit (from Simon Cozens)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:08:19 +0000]
pod nit (from Simon Cozens)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5992

24 years agoposix-bc patches (from Dorner Thomas <Thomas.Dorner@start.de>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:06:36 +0000]
posix-bc patches (from Dorner Thomas <Thomas.Dorner@start.de>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5991

24 years agouse $ENV{LIB} to search for libs under Visual C compiler
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:54:52 +0000]
use $ENV{LIB} to search for libs under Visual C compiler
on Windows (from Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5990

24 years agoqw(a\\b) must be parsed like 'a\\b', i.e., backslash escapes
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:27:12 +0000]
qw(a\\b) must be parsed like 'a\\b', i.e., backslash escapes
itself and no other (from Tom Hughes)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5989

24 years agos/HTMLSCRIPTPOD/HTMLSCRIPTPODS/ (from Paul Sharpe
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:01:38 +0000]
s/HTMLSCRIPTPOD/HTMLSCRIPTPODS/ (from Paul Sharpe
<paul@miraclefish.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5988

24 years agoB::Bytecode tweaks (from Simon Cozens <simon@brecon.co.uk>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:53:09 +0000]
B::Bytecode tweaks (from Simon Cozens <simon@brecon.co.uk>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5987

24 years agoadd regular expressions tutorial and quick-start guide (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:44:17 +0000]
add regular expressions tutorial and quick-start guide (from
Mark Kvale <kvale@phy.ucsf.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5986

24 years agoforked child may not exit correctly if it failed to open
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:30:28 +0000]
forked child may not exit correctly if it failed to open
/dev/console (from Graham Barr)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5985

24 years agoattributes::reftype() doesn't work on tied argument
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:27:20 +0000]
attributes::reftype() doesn't work on tied argument

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5984

24 years agonumeric conversion of non-number in change#3378 tramples on
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 07:15:04 +0000]
numeric conversion of non-number in change#3378 tramples on
OOK offset, causing segfaults

p4raw-link: @3378 on //depot/perl: 25da4f389200e19df8aa50bcef9af9506f48ed2e

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5983

24 years agoavoid error in IO::Socket::INET when given an unknown service name
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:48:25 +0000]
avoid error in IO::Socket::INET when given an unknown service name
with a port number (from Brian Raven <brianr@ssprdmh01.liffe.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5982

24 years agorename File::Glob::glob() to File::Glob::bsd_glob() to avoid
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 04:31:31 +0000]
rename File::Glob::glob() to File::Glob::bsd_glob() to avoid
prototype mismatch with CORE::glob(); update pod and tests to
suit (File::Glob::glob() is still available for backward
compatibility, but should be considered deprecated)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5981

24 years agoallow Configure -S to run non-interactively (spotted by Greg Hudson
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 03:47:29 +0000]
allow Configure -S to run non-interactively (spotted by Greg Hudson
<ghudson@mit.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5980

24 years agounder useithreads, constant pad entries could inadvertently be
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 28 Apr 2000 03:07:54 +0000]
under useithreads, constant pad entries could inadvertently be
shared across threads (from Eric Blood <eblood@xmission.com>);
added Eric's test case to testsuite

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5979