Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:52:00 +0000]
Re: constant function inlining
(this is the same change as commit
f0893e72a8aa916a77953ff2f1847494d1527fb8, but as applied)
Fabien TASSIN [Sun, 5 Jan 1997 23:47:01 +0000]
pod2html.PL patch (for 5.003-19)
I've just found 2 bugs:
- incorrect order for tags in the header.
- bad links if the filename contains one (or more) "_".
Here is the patch :
nexus:~perl/5.003-19/src/pod $ diff -c pod2html.PL.orig pod2html.PL
p5p-msgid: <
199701052347.AAA21297@solar5>
Robin Barker [Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:19:59 +0000]
File::Basename::dirname bugs
private-msgid: <12393.
9701071719@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk>
Roderick Schertler [Mon, 6 Jan 1997 15:39:52 +0000]
More magic variable tests
private-msgid: <7043.
852565192@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 6 Jan 1997 22:00:11 +0000]
Finish OP= warnings: none on ^=
Chip Salzenberg [Sat, 4 Jan 1997 22:51:38 +0000]
Fix $^X on systems that set it to Perl's basename
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:52:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_19 to perl5.003_20]
Change from running these commands:
# this file is obsolete
rm -f ext/DynaLoader/dl_os2.xs
# this file was renamed
if test -f t/pragma/warn-global
then
mv t/pragma/warn-global t/pragma/warn-1global
fi
# new (and nearly new) tests must be executable
touch t/comp/proto.t
chmod +x t/comp/proto.t t/comp/use.t t/harness
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Sat, 4 Jan 1997 05:44:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_19]
Perl 5 Porters [Sat, 4 Jan 1997 05:44:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_18 to perl5.003_19]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Make method cache invisible to user code
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: dump.c gv.c gv.h hv.c op.c perl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c sv.c toke.c
Subject: Never parse "{m,s,y,tr,q{,q,w,x}}:{,:}" as package or label
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: Fix $^X under HP-UX
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: hints/hpux.sh toke.c
Subject: New hints/hpux.sh
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 15:09:32 -0800
From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Files: hints/hpux.sh
private-msgid: <
199612312309.AA283393772@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Perlguts, version 28
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:10:46 -0800
From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Files: pod/perlguts.pod
private-msgid: <
199701032110.AA102535846@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Subject: Miscellaneous pod patches
From: Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
Files: pod/Makefile pod/perldebug.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod
Subject: expanded flock() docs
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 19:31:11 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
Msg-ID: <4481.
852337871@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
1fd81fbbe87d964ad1f7dbdce41e36f3781dcf82)
Subject: Use Text::Wrap in buildtoc; run buildtoc
From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Files: pod/buildtoc pod/perltoc.pod
Subject: Remove obsolete perlovl.pod
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST plan9/mkfile pod/perlovl.pod vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Fix segv when calling named closures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_hot.c
Subject: Finish rationalizing "undef value" warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: doop.c pp.c sv.c t/op/assignwarn.t
Subject: Arrange for all "_<file" entries to be in %main::
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: gv.c lib/perl5db.pl
Subject: Introduce CVf_NODEBUG flag
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 15:42:05 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: cv.h pp_hot.c
Msg-ID: <
199701012042.PAA25994@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
a3d90dd510fe5a67ed9b80e603493d285c30aa97)
Subject: Reword 'may be "0"' warning per Larry; fix its line number
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod
Subject: 5.003_18: perl_{con,des}truct fixes
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 15:42:04 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org>
Files: perl.c perl.h pod/perlembed.pod pod/perltoc.pod t/op/sysio.t
Msg-ID: <
199701032042.PAA06766@postman.osf.org>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
316c7b3d7b47e3143f94c7f8621e854c519d1e87)
Subject: Fix lost value from READLINE after TIEHANDLE
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c sv.h
TESTS
Subject: Create t/pragma directory; populate with new and old
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: MANIFEST Makefile.SH t/TEST t/comp/use.t t/lib/locale.t t/op/overload.t t/op/use.t t/pragma/locale.t t/pragma/overload.t t/pragma/strict-refs t/pragma/strict-subs t/pragma/strict-vars t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warn-global t/pragma/warning.t
Subject: New tests: comp/colon.t and op/assignwarn.t
From: Robin Barker <rmb@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: MANIFEST t/comp/colon.t t/op/assignwarn.t
Roderick Schertler [Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:31:11 +0000]
expanded flock() docs
p5p-msgid: <4481.
852337871@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Tim Bunce [Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:48:46 +0000]
Re: perldelta, take 3
> From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Some quick thoughts:
> =head1 NAME
>
> perldelta - what's new for perl5.004 (version 0.3)
To avoid any confusion: s/version/perldelta version/
> =head2 Internal Change: Safe Module Absorbed into Opcode
>
> A new Opcode module subsumes 5.003's Safe module. The Safe
> interface is still available, so existing scripts should still
> work, but users are encouraged to read the new Opcode documentation.
> (Note too, that after 5.004 is installed, you will no longer be
> able to run Safe under the 5.003 binary.)
Opcode does not supercede Safe. Safe is now implemented on top of Opcode.
Opcode is purely functional. Safe implements OO 'compartments'.
I'd suggest you say something like:
=head2 New Opcode Module and Revised Safe Module
A new Opcode module supports the creation, manipulation and application
of opcode masks. The revised Safe module has a new API and is implemented
using the new Opcode module. Users are encouraged to read the new Opcode
and Safe documentation. (Note too, that after 5.004 is installed, you will
no longer be able to run Safe under the 5.003 binary.)
> =item use Module VERSION LIST
>
> If the VERSION argument is present between Module and LIST, then the
> C<use> will fail if the $VERSION variable in package Module is
> less than VERSION.
>
> Note that there is not a comma after the version!
+ This is similar to the existing version checking mechanism in the
+ Exporter module but it's faster and can be used with modules that
+ don't use the Exporter. It is the recommended method for new code.
> =head2 New Built-in Methods
>
> The C<UNIVERSAL> package automatically contains the following methods that
> are inherited by all other classes:
>
> =item isa ( CLASS )
> =item can ( METHOD )
> =item VERSION ( [ VERSION ] )
>
> use A 1.2 qw(some imported subs);
>
> A->VERSION( 1.2 );
> $ref->is_instance(); # True
I don't see is_instance described anywhere. I think it needs a few words.
> =head1 Pragmata
>
> Three new pragmatic modules exist:
>
> =item use ops
>
> Restrict unsafe operations when compiling
! Disable named/unsafe opcodes when compiling perl code
> =head1 Efficiency Enhancements
>
> All hash keys with the same string are only allocated once, so
> even if you have 100 copies of the same hash, the immutable keys
> never have to be re-allocated.
>
> Functions that do nothing but return a fixed value are now inlined.
! Functions with an empty prototype that do nothing but return a
! fixed value are now inlined. E.g., sub PI () { 3.14159 }
p5p-msgid: <
9701031748.AA15335@toad.ig.co.uk>
Doug MacEachern [Fri, 3 Jan 1997 20:42:04 +0000]
5.003_18: perl_{con,des}truct fixes
Here's my current patch to clean/reset global variables. I trust more
work needs to be done in this area, there are comments that might help
if something pops up down the line.
I did not test MULTIPLICITY extensively, but a simple test case seems to
work, I've added that to perlembed.pod.
A *huge* _thank you_ to Chip for your help in this area, 5.004 will make
many once frusterated embedders very happy!
p5p-msgid: <
199701032042.PAA06766@postman.osf.org>
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 2 Jan 1997 05:27:47 +0000]
Make libs clean under '-w'
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 1 Jan 1997 20:42:05 +0000]
Introduce CVf_NODEBUG flag
Subject: Re: debugger and XSUBs
On Wed, 01 Jan 1997 13:45:32 EST, Chip Salzenberg wrote:
>According to Gurusamy Sarathy:
>> P.S: Porters: Come to think of if, I can't seem to find a
>> good enough reason for why even XSUBs (like Alias::attr())
>> must be called by DB::sub() and not directly by perl (when
>> perldb). Anyone else can?
>
>Nope.
Actually, there is a case for it, since you may want to profile
XSUBs.
>> I ask because the fix will be much simpler in perl (just skip the
>> OPpENTERSUB_DB indirection in pp_entersub() for XSUBs).
>
>I vote for this change. It's even a performance improvement.
Here's a simple patch that offers the best of both worlds. I have added
a new flag CVf_NODEBUG, that can be used to turn off the DB::sub
indirection for specific CVs. This is most likely to be used
on XSUBs that must depend on the calling scope's structure
(which C<-d> alters), but can be used on the CV of plain subs
as well.
This facility will also be useful in Dprof, where one can conceivably
turn off the profiling of all subs except the target one in the
interest of accurately timing the target sub's performance.
I do the following now in the BOOT: section of Alias.xs to
disable debugging of Alias::attr():
BOOT:
{
GV *gv = gv_fetchpv("Alias::attr", FALSE, SVt_PVCV);
if (gv && GvCV(gv))
CvNODEBUG_on(GvCV(gv));
}
Perlanoids will be happy to note that this patch has no effect
unless the -d switch is used.
p5p-msgid: <
199701012042.PAA25994@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 2 Jan 1997 00:22:16 +0000]
Free memory of large lexical variables when leaving scope
Chip Salzenberg [Sat, 4 Jan 1997 05:44:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_18 to perl5.003_19]
Change from running these commands:
# these files are obsolete
rm -f pod/perlovl.pod
rm -f t/lib/locale.t
rm -f t/op/overload.t
rm -f t/op/use.t
# new test directory must exists
test -d t/pragma || mkdir t/pragma
# new tests must be executable
t="t/comp/colon.t t/op/assignwarn.t t/pragma/locale.t \
t/pragma/overload.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t"
touch $t
chmod +x $t
# now that we have splain.PL, this need not be executable
chmod a-x lib/diagnostics.pm
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:59:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_18]
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:59:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_17 to perl5.003_18]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Inherited overloading
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 08:12:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c lib/overload.pm perl.h sv.c sv.h t/op/overload.t
Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> Patch now, tarchive later:
Below is the fixed overloading patch.
Note that in between AMG_names got const on it (a good thing!), but as
a corollary I needed to cast away const-ness to actually use it
(since, say, newSVpv does not have const args).
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612291312.IAA02134@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Closures at file scope must be anonymous
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c
Subject: Warn on '{if,while} ($x = X)' where X is glob, readdir, or <FH>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Re: perldiag.pod entry for "Scalar value @%s{%s} ..."
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:50:19 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
Msg-ID: <2043.
852051019@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
c885792efecf3f527b3b5099727cc16b03eee1dc)
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Get rid of 'Leaked scalars'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h gv.c op.c
TESTS
Subject: Expanded locale.t and misc.t
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: t/lib/locale.t t/lib/misc.t
Subject: Expanded my.t
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: t/lib/my.t
Roderick Schertler [Tue, 31 Dec 1996 16:50:19 +0000]
Re: perldiag.pod entry for "Scalar value @%s{%s} ..."
On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:28:30 -0500, Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> said:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:09:12 EST, Roderick Schertler wrote:
>>
>> +=item Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}
>> +
>> +This is just like the previous entry, but for hashes instead of arrays.
>> +
>
> Won't that look odd under -Mdiagnostics? Better to spell it out
> again.
Right you are. This diff goes on top of the one above.
p5p-msgid: <2043.
852051019@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Dominic Dunlop [Sat, 28 Dec 1996 09:56:41 +0000]
Locale-related pod patches, take 2
[Ahem. Had the wrong thing in the scratch-pad, didn't I? Please ignore my
previous full posting of a slightly-tweaked perllocale.pod. This mail
contains what I really meant to send.]
Herewith (quick, before _18 appears) locale-related patches to the
documentation in perl5.003_17/pod. The main effect is to add
locale-related information to pods other than perllocale.pod, although
there are some tiny tweaks to that pod too. Produces no complaints from
pod2man; not checked for layout since 5.003_13.
p5p-msgid: <v
03007800aeea9e488b36@[194.51.248.77]>
Dominic Dunlop [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:31:06 +0000]
Updates to perllocale.pod
Ilya Zakharevich [Sat, 28 Dec 1996 03:47:24 +0000]
File::Copy under OS/2
Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> Patch now, tarchive later:
>
> file: $CPAN/authors/id/CHIPS/perl5.003_17.pat.gz
Almost clean under OS/2: the only problem is with File::Copy: the
test for syscopy was inverted, and test contained some Un*xisms.
Note that the POD contains some line noise, I marked it with ?????.
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612280347.WAA00293@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Tom Phoenix [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 17:24:16 +0000]
Improving Config.pm
private-msgid: <Pine.GSO.3.95.
961230091244.13467L-100000@solaris.teleport.co
Tom Phoenix [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 01:46:21 +0000]
More tests
private-msgid: <Pine.GSO.3.95.
961229170736.15213M-100000@solaris.teleport.co
Graham Barr [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 07:00:18 +0000]
test harness for C<use x.xxxx>
Here is the test harness for version numbers in use statements. It
checks both the C<use x.xxx> and C<use MODULE x.xxxx>
Paul suggested in an earlier message, the introduction
of a pragma directory. I would suggest that this test
should also go in the pragma directory.
p5p-msgid: <
32C76882.3F3C7999@tiuk.ti.com>
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 27 Dec 1996 00:55:26 +0000]
Add missing syms to global.sym; update magic doc
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:52:01 +0000]
Fix core dump on perl_construct()/perl_destruct() loop
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:34:20 +0000]
Don't forget $c in C<(($a,$b,$c)=(1,2))=(3,4,5)>
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 22:57:15 +0000]
Ultrix setlocale() workaround
Chip Salzenberg [Sun, 29 Dec 1996 21:20:34 +0000]
Warn on 'undef $x; $x OP 1' where OP is *=, /=, %=, or **=
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 30 Dec 1996 21:33:01 +0000]
Hide lexicals from C<use>d or C<require>d module (!)
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 31 Dec 1996 20:59:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_17 to perl5.003_18]
Change from running these commands:
# new tests must be executable
touch t/op/use.t
chmod +x t/op/use.t
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:22:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_17]
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:22:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_16 to perl5.003_17]
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 13:06:04 +0000]
tiny perllocale.pod diff for _16
private-msgid: <
199612261306.PAA21161@alpha.hut.fi>
Kenneth Albanowski [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 04:00:10 +0000]
perlpod.pod patch for _16
This documents the new =for/=begin/=end behavior, and slightly changes the
emphasis on HTML in description of E<>, hopefully for the better.
p5p-msgid: <Pine.LNX.3.93.
961224225906.337B-100000@kjahds.com>
Jeff Okamoto [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 01:44:23 +0000]
Perlguts, version 27
private-msgid: <
199612250144.AA059528263@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Ilya Zakharevich [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 19:54:34 +0000]
Newer debugger
Here are the fruits of my spending _days_ trying to understand why
MakeMaker did not work on my extension.
Docs in the second chunk.
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612242305.SAA10757@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
private-msgid: <
199612261954.OAA12999@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Andreas Koenig [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:01:43 +0000]
Refresh MakeMaker to 5.39
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:07:36 +0000]
Test C< ()=() >
Ilya Zakharevich [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 00:31:14 +0000]
New tests: op/method.t and op/locale.t
Signed-off-by: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 20:55:25 +0000]
Limit effects of "=pod" to a single file
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 09:42:02 +0000]
Fix {,un}tainting of $1 etc. when C<use locale>
Ilya Zakharevich [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 21:05:42 +0000]
Minor OS/2 fixes
These are pretty minor (though fix one test-case and can make CPAN.pm
behave better).
p5p-msgid: <
199612252105.QAA11890@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Ralf S. Engelschall [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:04:03 +0000]
Suggest "usemymalloc='n'" for FreeBSD 2.*
Winfried Koenig [Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:45:45 +0000]
perl5.003_15 and Interactive Unix
with my patches, perl5.003_15 compiled with cc, runs all tests.
Compiled with gcc I get this failed tests:
op/goto...........FAILED on test 8
op/sysio..........FAILED on test 0
lib/autoloader....Goto undefined subroutine at ./lib/autoloader.t line 58.
FAILED on test 3
lib/english.......FAILED on test 0
lib/fatal.........FAILED on test 0
lib/hostname......FAILED on test 0
Failed 6/135 tests, 91.11% okay.
On my Linux System I get similar failures:
op/goto...........FAILED on test 8
op/sysio..........Negative length at ./op/sysio.t line 64.
FAILED on test 1
lib/autoloader....Goto undefined subroutine at ./lib/autoloader.t line 58.
FAILED on test 0
lib/english.......FAILED on test 0
lib/fatal.........Can't use an undefined value as filehandle reference at ./lib/fatal.t line 21.
lib/hostname......FAILED on test 0
Failed 6/135 tests, 94.81% okay.
So I think that this problems are already fixed. My changes to
perl.h are necessary to compile x2p/malloc.c, but there may be
better solutions.
p5p-msgid: <m0vd254-0004oKC@incom.rhein-main.de>
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 26 Dec 1996 01:07:14 +0000]
Support named closures
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 27 Dec 1996 18:22:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_16 to perl5.003_17]
Change from running these commands:
# new tests must be executable
touch t/lib/locale.t t/op/method.t
chmod +x t/lib/locale.t t/op/method.t
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 23:25:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_16]
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 23:25:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_15 to perl5.003_16]
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: _13: patches for unicos/unicosmk
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:38:50 -0600
From: Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>
Files: Configure MANIFEST hints/unicos.sh hints/unicosmk.sh
private-msgid: <
199612202038.OAA22805@poplar.cray.com>
LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Refresh IO to 1.14
From: Graham Barr <gbarr@ti.com>
Files: MANIFEST ext/IO/IO.xs ext/IO/README ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_pipe.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_sock.t t/lib/io_tell.t t/lib/io_udp.t t/lib/io_xs.t
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Fix 'foreach(@ARGV) { while (<>) { push @p,$_ } }'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h pp_hot.c scope.c
Subject: Eliminate warnings from C< undef $x; $x OP= "foo" >
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: doop.c pp.c pp.h pp_hot.c
Subject: Try again to improve method caching
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 20:13:56 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c sv.c
Msg-ID: <
199612240113.UAA09487@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
81c78688fe5c3927ad37ba29de14c86e38120317)
Subject: Be more careful about 'o' magic memory management
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: mg.c sv.c
Subject: Fix bad pointer refs when localized object loses magic
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: scope.c
Ilya Zakharevich [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 01:13:56 +0000]
Try again to improve method caching
Subject: Re: Autoloading broken?!
Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> According to Ilya Zakharevich:
> >
>
> Well, I can only guess what your message was going to say... But if
> you build stock _14, you'll find that MakeMaker doesn't work, because
> SelfLoader doesn't work.
>
> I think it has something to do with your patch finding completely
> empty functions (no XSUB and no code) and ignoring -- or even removing
> -- them, under the assumption they're bad cache entries. But that
> approach can make declarations like "sub Foo::bar;" evaporate into
> nothingness, when such declarations are sometimes used to force a call
> to Foo::AUTOLOAD().
In a correct package - FOO. I think it would call some AUTOLOAD
anyway, this is why this case slipped through my testing.
> That's my understanding, anyway.
Thanks, I found this too (and fixed it). I think it should work better
now. So far only other places which I found broken by my previous
patch are "overloading + AUTOLOADing", and "->can + AUTOLOAD".
These 3 cases work now (after correcting a bug in overload.t's AUTOLOAD).
p5p-msgid: <
199612240113.UAA09487@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:09:31 +0000]
Update to perllocale.pod
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:07:29 +0000]
Edit INSTALL to describe new binary compat setup
Robin Barker [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:08:19 +0000]
Fix compilation errors when malloc.c used for x2p
Paul Marquess [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:07:24 +0000]
Use root EXTERN.h when compiling x2p/malloc.c.
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:08:18 +0000]
Don't recurse into subdirs twice on 'make realclean'
Russell Mosemann [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:08:16 +0000]
Refresh Net::Ping to 2.02
Andreas Koenig [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:08:07 +0000]
Refresh CPAN to 1.09
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 04:22:19 +0000]
Fix closures that are not in subroutines
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 24 Dec 1996 23:25:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_15 to perl5.003_16]
Change from running these commands:
# new test must be executable
touch t/lib/io_sel.t
chmod +x t/lib/io_sel.t
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 21:07:00 +0000]
[revert some function caching changes]
[remove] some function caching changes that were supposed to be
improvements, but weren't.
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_14]
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_13 to perl5.003_14]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Eliminate support for {if,unless,while,until} BLOCK BLOCK
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y toke.c
Subject: Taint $x after $x =~ s/pat/xyz/ if pat or xyz is tainted by locale
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h mg.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
Subject: Complete support for modifying undefined array members in foreach
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym mg.c perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Update pod/Makefile; s/perli18n/perllocale/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod lib/I18N/Collate.pm pod/Makefile pod/perl.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlnews.pod pod/roffitall
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Bug in debugger with import manipulations
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 05:37:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c
Finally I traced why MakeMaker runs wrongly under debugger: debugger
function calling sequence was assuming that
GvCV(CvGV(cv)) == cv
for non-anonymous subs (ne END). MakeMaker managed to break it by
*A::B = \&C::D;
eval 'sub C::D {new one}';
After this CvGV(\&A::B) is *C::D, but &{*C::D} is the "new one".
Patch follows (note that in this case we do not sacrifice having a
subroutine name in debugger output ;-).
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612231037.FAA08617@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Import and dynamic methods
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:45:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c hv.c sv.c
Here is the patch which corrects bad things which happens when you
import subroutines and otherwise manipulate the symbol tree.
I put forward the only chunk which may be controversal, since it may
have a minor performance penalty. It is independent of the others, so
it can be freely deleted.
The manipulations which correctly propagate to method calls:
a) Pruning globs: delete $B::{method}
b) Undefing subroutines: undef &B::method;
c) Importing: *B::method = \&mymethod;
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612230645.BAA08378@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: sv_gets patch
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:24:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c
I sent this patch before as a part of
pos $str =
$str = /failing/g
patch. Now I separate it in the case it was tainted by environment:
Synopsis:
$a = <FH>;
does not work as expected if $a is magic (say, tied).
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612220824.DAA07235@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: pos $str patch
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:31:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: mg.c pp_hot.c t/op/pat.t
This patch was (mostly) posted already.
It fixes the bug:
pos $str
is reset to undef if
$str =~ /failing/g
fails.
Additionally, if fixes the hidded bit (=MGf_MINMATCH) surviving
setting
pos $str = ...
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612220831.DAA07247@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
PORTABILITY
Subject: Fix bugs in bincompat3 usage
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perl.h perl_exp.SH
Subject: VMS patches to 5.003_13
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:26:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: deb.c ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs gv.c lib/File/Copy.pm mg.c perl.c perl.h proto.h sv.c t/lib/filecopy.t taint.c toke.c util.c vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/gen_shrfls.pl vms/genconfig.pl vms/genopt.com vms/perly_c.vms vms/perly_h.vms vms/test.com vms/vms.c vms/vms_yfix.pl
private-msgid: <01IDBYYFYPIS002ASE@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
UTILITIES, LIBRARY, AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Remove libnet
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST pod/perlmod.pod
Subject: Update IO->VERSION() to 1.1201 for CPAN's sake
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm lib/IO/Handle.pm
Subject: Remodel File::Copy.
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: lib/File/Copy.pm
Roderick Schertler [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:23:57 +0000]
obstruct pod2man doc tweaks
p5p-msgid: <3923.
851106237@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Jeff Okamoto [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:43:38 +0000]
Perlguts, version 26
private-msgid: <
199612201943.AA048111018@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Dominic Dunlop [Sat, 21 Dec 1996 14:00:50 +0000]
perllocale.pod -- second draft
My notes on this are in a second mailing in this thread. Please read them
before you respond to this mail. Thanks.
[editor's note: he is probably referring to his first draft,
<v
03007809aedafbad79e9@[194.51.248.70]>, notes below]
Subject: Draft perllocale.pod -- proposed as replacement for perli18n.pod
Herewith a draft of perllocale.pod. It's based on Chip's perl18n.pod,
but beefed up considerably, and rearranged a bit.
I'd like to see the name changed, as "i18n" sounds too buzzy to me,
and there was a discussion on p5p some months back which I thought
ended up with the same view. (Chapter and verse can be supplied if
you want.) But if consensus (or expedience) is now for perli18n, I
shan't shed more than a few tears.
If consensus is that this pod is close enought to being ready for
prime time for inclusion in 5.004, I'll undertake to munge it in
response to comments, and to fix up all the necessary
cross-referencing in other pods (there's quite a lot of this) by the
end of this week.
If consensus is that this pod can't be made good enough soon enough
(or may never be good enough), I'll adopt a more relaxed timetable (or
none at all): I wouldn't want to hold things up.
May I ask as many people as possible to scrutinize the spelling,
English, mark up and so. And to think about the points in the
editor's notes. And PLEASE to try the examples on your own hosts.
Thanks.
p5p-msgid: <v
03007800aee1923e30a2@[194.51.248.68]>
Kenneth Albanowski [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 21:43:35 +0000]
Better support for =for
private-msgid: <Pine.LNX.3.93.
961220163747.298T-100000@kjahds.com>
Tom Christiansen [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:45:37 +0000]
dumb bug in User::pwent.pm
You need to apply s/getpwgid/getpwuid/g on that file. Sorry 'bout that.
Cut and paste strikes again.
--tom
p5p-msgid: <
199612201145.EAA27860@mox.perl.com>
Andreas Koenig [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 09:08:28 +0000]
Refresh ExtUtils::Manifest to version 1.28
Chip Salzenberg [Sun, 22 Dec 1996 19:13:09 +0000]
Refresh CPAN module to 1.08
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:15:29 +0000]
Use "proto" instead of "_" in sdbm.h
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0000]
[dummy merge]
This merge exists so that the p5p version of the patch and the applied
version are both in the history
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0000]
Fixes for Interactive Unix
(this is the same change as commit
1ab5d0547ab7398ea9e3e00b1c1b0f1f8ea0dd94, but as applied)
Winfried Koenig [Sun, 22 Dec 1996 03:14:00 +0000]
Fixes for Interactive Unix
This is a bug report for perl from win@in.rhein-main.de,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.14 running under perl 5.00313.
With the following patches, perl compiles and passes all tests on
Interactiv Unix Version 4.1. I tested with cc and with gcc.
p5p-msgid: <m0vbeNO-00003WC@incom.rhein-main.de>
Ilya Zakharevich [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 23:25:30 +0000]
Configure on OS/2
Subject: Re: OFFSETOF
Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> According to Ilya Zakharevich:
> > OFFSETOF conflicts with system headers under OS/2. Can the name be
> > changed slightly?
>
> Okay; or, would it be okay to "#undef OFFSETOF" and redefine it?
In this case the extensions would not be able to access "old-format"
16-bit functions. Not that I know any extension which tries to do
this...
What is bad with PERL_OFFSET?
p5p-msgid: <
199612202353.SAA05539@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
private-msgid: <
199612202325.SAA05505@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Ulrich Pfeifer [Fri, 20 Dec 1996 07:17:20 +0000]
Support shared libperl on SunOS
Chip Salzenberg [Sat, 21 Dec 1996 08:08:54 +0000]
Prevent warnings when STDCHAR is unsigned
Ilya Zakharevich [Sun, 22 Dec 1996 07:48:58 +0000]
malloc.c patch
I sent this before, but it slipped through the cracks:
currently TWO_POT_OPTIMIZE and DEBUGGING together
lead to "assertion botched" panics for allocations between 64K and
68K (this is not motorola-related ;-).
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612220748.CAA07164@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 21 Dec 1996 02:59:22 +0000]
patch for regex bug: (x|x){n}
On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:04:08 EST, I wrote:
>
>7. Symmetry confounds quantified regex alternation
>
>A well-researched bug report sent in by Charles Bailey:
>
> Message-Id: <01IA10O8ZI
B600219C@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>,
> Subject: Regex bug: (x|x){n}
>
>Pity I didn't have time to take a closer look at that one.
Here's a patch for the problem reported in the reference above.
Simpler test cases:
% perl -we '$_ = "atatttta"; print "|$1|$2|\n" if /((t|t){3})/;'
says "|t||" instead of instead of "|ttt|t|"; and
% perl -we '$_ = "atatttta"; print "|$1|$2|\n" if /((t|t){3,})/;'
says "|t||" instead of instead of "|tttt|t|"; and
p5p-msgid: <
199612210259.VAA10170@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_13 to perl5.003_14]
Change from running these commands:
# get rid of old files
rm -f lib/Net/Cmd.pm
rm -f lib/Net/Domain.pm
rm -f lib/Net/DummyInetd.pm
rm -f lib/Net/FTP.pm
rm -f lib/Net/NNTP.pm
rm -f lib/Net/Netrc.pm
rm -f lib/Net/POP3.pm
rm -f lib/Net/SMTP.pm
rm -f lib/Net/SNPP.pm
rm -f lib/Net/Telnet.pm
rm -f lib/Net/Time.pm
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:14:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_13]
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:14:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_12 to perl5.003_13]
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: small doc tweaks for _12
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 11:05:57 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: lib/UNIVERSAL.pm pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltie.pod
Msg-ID: <1826.
851011557@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
3314ffc68a11690bd9977cbdd7ea0601ad6ced13)
PORTABILITY
Subject: Add missing backslash in Configure
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Configure
UTILITIES, LIBRARY, AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Include libnet-1.01 instead of old Net::FTP
From: Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com>
Files: MANIFEST lib/Net/Cmd.pm lib/Net/Domain.pm lib/Net/DummyInetd.pm lib/Net/FTP.pm lib/Net/NNTP.pm lib/Net/Netrc.pm lib/Net/POP3.pm lib/Net/SMTP.pm lib/Net/SNPP.pm lib/Net/Socket.pm lib/Net/Telnet.pm lib/Net/Time.pm pod/perlmod.pod
Subject: Use binmode when doing binary FTP
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/Net/FTP.pm
Subject: Re: Open3.pm tries to close unopened file handle
Date: 18 Dec 1996 22:19:54 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: MANIFEST lib/IPC/Open2.pm lib/IPC/Open3.pm lib/open2.pl lib/open3.pl pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t
Msg-ID: <pzloavmd9h.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
982b4e8fc47473059e209787b589853f4c8f8f9e)
Subject: Long-standing problem in Socket module
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:18:14 -0500
From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us>
Files: Configure Porting/Glossary config_H config_h.SH ext/Socket/Socket.pm ext/Socket/Socket.xs
Msg-ID: <
199612190418.XAA07291@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
3e6a22d2723daf415793f9a4fc1b57f4d8a576fd)
Subject: flock() constants
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 01:37:17 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs pod/perlfunc.pod
Msg-ID: <26669.
850977437@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
3dea0e15e4684f6defe2f25a16bc696b96697ac2)
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 16:05:57 +0000]
small doc tweaks for _12
p5p-msgid: <1826.
851011557@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:30:43 +0000]
Re: missing E<> POD directive in perlpod.pod
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996 07:53:26 +0100 (MET), sb@sdm.de (Steffen Beyer) said:
>
> If only E<> was mentioned in perlpod.pod! :-)
Thanks for the heads up, it's already in the next perlpod.pod.
E<escape> An HTML escape
E<lt> A literal <
E<gt> A literal >
(these are optional except in other interior
sequences and when preceded by a capital letter)
E<nnn> Character number nnn.
Porters, note this doesn't actually mention that the HTML entity names
are valid, here's a patch. It also change E<nnn> to use only one n, as
none of the translators care how many digits the number has. It also
fixes numeric escapes in pod2html.
p5p-msgid: <pzwwueimak.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:37:17 +0000]
flock() constants
Could we have the flock() constants in a standard module? Since we're
supporting flock() via emulation there are lots of systems in which
these constants can't be pulled in via h2ph.
I don't much care where the constants are stored, so long as they're
somewhere. Here's a patch which just stuffs them in Fcntl. The @EXPORT
list is the same as before, you have to ask for these constants
explicitly (via ':flock').
p5p-msgid: <26669.
850977437@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:44:34 +0000]
Re: find2perl . -xdev BROKEN still
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:06:04 -0800, David Dyck <dcd@TC.FLUKE.COM> said:
>
> It seems that the -xdev feature for find2perl has been broken for that
> last few subversions.
>
> I think it is because $topdev is no longer exported from find.
You are right. This has been broken since find.pl was replaced with a
wrapper around File::Find. Here's a fix.
PS: I know this has come up before, but why don't we offer $name, $dir
and so on (or maybe $find_name, etc, aliases) in @EXPORT_OK?
p5p-msgid: <pzvi9yig3h.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Spider Boardman [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:18:14 +0000]
Long-standing problem in Socket module
The Socket module provides an inet_aton() which isn't. It's only
inet_addr(). The latter can't convert '255.255.255.255' (or
various equivalents). This despite the fact that Socket.pm
claims that a conversion of that address is meaningful, which it
would be if we were using the real inet_aton().
Also, that address is properly the 'this-LAN' broadcast address,
also known as INADDR_BROADCAST. That constant is missing from
Socket.xs, even though it provides the bogus INADDR_NONE, which
is merely an artifact of using inet_addr(). The all-ones
broadcast address is one of the few IP addresses which the spec
guarantees will be valid. It's invalid for TCP, since it's a
broadcast address, but it's valid for ICMP and UDP.
The patch below changes Socket.xs to use a proper inet_aton()
conversion and adds the missing major INADDR constant of
INADDR_BROADCAST. It includes (as the last item patched) the new
metaconfig unit used to make the changes to Configure,
config_h.SH, and Porting/Glossary.
p5p-msgid: <
199612190418.XAA07291@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:11:07 +0000]
Allow DESTROY to make refs to dying objects
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 03:19:54 +0000]
Re: Open3.pm tries to close unopened file handle
# This patch contains two new test files.
touch t/lib/open3.t t/lib/open2.t
chmod +x t/lib/open3.t t/lib/open2.t
exit 0
Here's the open2.pl/open3.pl/Open2.pl/Open3.pl overhaul I was talking
about.
- open2.pl and open3.pl become wrappers around the IPC:: versions.
- open2() becomes a wrapper around open3()
- New test files open2.t and open3.t
- Bug fixes:
- open3(WRITE, READ, '>&STDOUT') now works
- spurious warnings from close() when dup()ping squelched
- failed fork() wasn't detected properly
- remaining system calls checked for success
- package qualified bareword filehandles didn't used to work in
open2() if they were qualified with :: and in open3()
if they were qualified with '
p5p-msgid: <pzloavmd9h.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:11:05 +0000]
Fix core dump bug with anoncode
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:11:33 +0000]
Make evals' lexicals visible to nested evals
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:11:04 +0000]
Disallow labels named q, qq, qw, qx, s, y, and tr
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:14:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_12 to perl5.003_13]
Change from running these commands:
# be sure that new tests are executable
touch t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t
chmod +x t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t
# get rid of old file
rm -f lib/Net/Socket.pm
# ready to patch
exit 0
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:44:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_12]
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 19 Dec 1996 04:44:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_11 to perl5.003_12]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Support C<delete @hash{@keys}>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c op.h opcode.pl pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp.c t/op/delete.t
Subject: Autovivify scalars
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: dump.c op.c op.h pp.c pp_hot.c
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Update pods: perldelta -> perlnews, perli18n -> perllocale
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/perl.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perli18n.pod pod/perlnews.pod
Subject: perltoot.pod
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 07:44:10 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/perltoot.pod
Msg-ID: <
199612091444.HAA09947@toy.perl.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
32e22efaa9ec59b73a208b6c532a0b435e2c6462)
Subject: Perlguts, version 25
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 96 11:40:27 PST
From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Files: pod/perlguts.pod
private-msgid: <
199612061940.AA055461228@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Subject: pod patches for English errors
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 13:33:11 -0800
From: Steve Kelem <steve.kelem@xilinx.com>
Files: pod/*.pod
Msg-ID: <24616.
850167191@castor>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
0135f10892ed8a21c4dbd1fca21fbcc365df99dd)
Subject: Misc doc updates
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 18:56:33 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Files: pod/*
Subject: Re: perldelta.pod
Here are some diffs to the _11 pods. I forgot to add perldelta to
perl.pod though.
And *PLEASE* fix the Artistic License so it no longer has the bogus
"whomever" misdeclined in the nominative case:
under the copyright of this Package, but belong to whomever generated
them, and may be sold commercially, and may be aggregated with this
It should obviously be "whoever".
p5p-msgid: <
199612150156.SAA12506@mox.perl.com>
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Allow assignment to empty array values during foreach()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h global.sym mg.c op.c perl.h pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c
Subject: Fix nested closures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
Subject: Fix core dump on auto-vivification
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_hot.c
Subject: Fix core dump on C<open $undef_var, "X">
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_sys.c
Subject: Fix -T/-B on globs and globrefs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_sys.c
Subject: Fix memory management of $`, $&, and $'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_hot.c regexec.c
Subject: Fix paren matching during backtracking
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: regexec.c
Subject: Fix memory leak and std{in,out,err} death in perl_{con,de}str
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: miniperlmain.c perl.c perl.h sv.c
Subject: Discard garbage bytes at end of prototype()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c
Subject: Fix local($pack::{foo})
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h scope.c
Subject: Disable warn, die, and parse hooks _before_ global destruction
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perl.c
Subject: Re: Bug in formline
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:58:32 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pp_ctl.c
Msg-ID: <
199612081958.OAA26025@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
b386bda18108ba86d0b76ebe2d8745eafa80f39e)
Subject: Fix C<@a = ($a,$b,$c,$d) = (1,2)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp_hot.c
Subject: Properly support and document newRV{,_inc,_noinc}
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym pod/perlguts.pod sv.c sv.h
Subject: Allow lvalue pos inside recursive function
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
PORTABILITY
Subject: Make $privlib contents compatible with 5.003
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: INSTALL ext/Opcode/Safe.pm installperl lib/FileHandle.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm
Subject: Support $bincompat3 config variable; update metaconfig units
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Configure MANIFEST compat3.sym config_h.SH embed.pl global.sym old_embed.pl old_global.sym old_perl_exp.SH perl_exp.SH
Subject: Look for gettimeofday() in Configure
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 15:49:57 +0100
From: John Hughes <john@AtlanTech.COM>
Files: Configure config_H config_h.SH pp.c
Subject: perl5.003_11, Should base use of gettimeofday on HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY, not I_SYS_TIME
I've been installing perl5.003_11 on a SCO system that has the TCP/IP runtime
installed but not the TCP/IP development system.
Unfortunately the <sys/time.h> include file is included in the TCP/IP runtime
while libsocket.a is in the development system.
This means that pp.c decides to use "gettimeofday" because <sys/time.h> is
present but I can't link the perl that gets compiled.
So, here's a patch to base the use of "gettimeofday" on "HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY"
instead of "I_SYS_TIME". I also took the liberty of removing the special
case for plan9 (I assume plan9 has <sys/time.h> but no gettimeofday. Am I
right?).
p5p-msgid: <
01BBE77A.F6F37F80@malvinas.AtlanTech.COM>
Subject: Make $startperl a relative path if people want portable scrip
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Configure
Subject: Homogenize use of "eval exec" hack
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Porting/Glossary eg/README eg/nih eg/sysvipc/ipcmsg eg/sysvipc/ipcsem eg/sysvipc/ipcshm lib/diagnostics.pm makeaperl.SH pod/checkpods.PL pod/perlrun.pod pod/pod2html.PL pod/pod2latex.PL pod/pod2man.PL pod/pod2text.PL utils/c2ph.PL utils/h2ph.PL utils/h2xs.PL utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL utils/pl2pm.PL x2p/a2py.c x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL
Subject: LynxOS support
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 09:25:00 PST
From: Greg Seibert <seibert@Lynx.COM>
Files: Configure MANIFEST hints/lynxos.sh t/op/stat.t
Msg-ID: <m0vYEsY-0000IZC@kzinti.lynx.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
6693373533b15e559fd8f0f1877e5e6ec15483cc)
Subject: Re: db-recno.t failures with _11 on Freebsd 2.1-stable
Date: 11 Dec 1996 18:58:56 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: INSTALL hints/freebsd.sh
Msg-ID: <pzohg0r5tr.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
10e40321ee752c58e3407b204c74c8049894cb51)
Subject: VMS patches to 5.003_11
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 23:16:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST regexec.c t/lib/filehand.t util.c vms/*
private-msgid: <01ICTR32LCZG001A1D@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
TESTING
Subject: recurse recurse recurse ...
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:44:27 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: MANIFEST t/op/recurse.t
private-msgid: <
199612092144.XAA29025@alpha.hut.fi>
UTILITIES, LIBRARY, AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Add CPAN and Net::FTP
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST lib/CPAN.pm lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm lib/CPAN/Nox.pm lib/Net/FTP.pm lib/Net/Netrc.pm lib/Net/Socket.pm pod/perlmod.pod
Subject: Add File::Compare
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:44:59 GMT
From: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
Files: MANIFEST lib/File/Compare.pm pod/perlmod.pod
Msg-ID: <
199612161844.SAA02152@pluto>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
ec971c5c328aca84fb827f69f2cc1dc3be81f830)
Subject: Add Tie::RefHash
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 18:58:08 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST lib/Tie/RefHash.pm pod/perlmod.pod
Msg-ID: <
199612152358.SAA28665@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
9a079709134ebbf4c935cc8752fdb564e5c82b94)
Subject: Put "splain" in utils.
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Makefile.SH installperl utils/Makefile utils/splain.PL
Subject: Some h2ph fixes
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:34:12 -0800
From: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Files: utils/h2ph.PL
Here is a message regarding changes to h2ph that should probably be folded
into the 5.004 release.
p5p-msgid: <
199612131934.AA289845652@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
Greg Seibert [Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:25:00 +0000]
LynxOS support
Hi Larry,
I've gone and ported your perl5.003 to LynxOS. I am attaching the
changes to make it work there. I am hoping you see fit to include them
in your next release. They are really quite minimal. I'm
really thankful the code is so portable. In summary the changes
affect three areas.
1) Configure support to have hints for LynxOS.
2) Our stdio under the covers has it spelled _fillbuf.
3) stat test fails because we don't have any setuid stuff in /usr/bin.
It's all in /bin. Should be OK since all UNIX types I've seen have at
the least su in /bin.
p5p-msgid: <m0vYEsY-0000IZC@kzinti.lynx.com>
Steve Kelem [Mon, 9 Dec 1996 21:33:11 +0000]
pod patches for English errors
Here are the patches for the pod files in Perl5.003, subversion 11.
The following corrections were made:
Spelling, grammar, jargon were fixed.
"It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is".
"Its" is the possessive form of "it".
only/just/simply/merely
Here's the example sentence that illustrates that "only" can be used in
almost any position in a sentence, and that each new sentence means
something different. As a writer, your goal should be to communicate your
ideas unambiguously.
She kissed him on the lips.
Sentence Meaning of "only"
a. Only she kissed him on the lips. She and no one else
b. She only kissed him on the lips. She didn't do anything else with his
lips.
c. She kissed only him on the lips. She didn't kiss anyone else on the
lips.
d. She kissed him only on the lips. not below or next to the lips
e. She kissed him on only the lips. She didn't kiss him anywhere else.
f. She kissed him on the lips only. ambiguous--the meaning could be any
of a-e, depending on vocal stress
since/because
lend/loan
which/that
i.e. & ie => i.e.,
e.g. & eg => e.g.,
in order to => to
split infinitives
outer most => outermost
doubled words (to, the, be)
to able=> to be able
I hope this helps!
p5p-msgid: <24616.
850167191@castor>
Daniel S. Lewart [Mon, 9 Dec 1996 09:10:02 +0000]
pod/perlipc.pod patch
Perlbug,
Below is the part of Kenneth Albanowski's pod/perlipc.pod patch which isn't
in the distribution. I assume both untaints should be added to The Camel.
Enjoy,
Daniel Lewart
d-lewart@uiuc.edu
p5p-msgid: <
199612090910.CAA20906@mox.perl.com>
Tom Christiansen [Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:44:10 +0000]
perltoot.pod
Subject: perltoot.pod, releasable version
p5p-msgid: <
199612051248.FAA02559@mox.perl.com>
private-msgid: <
199612091444.HAA09947@toy.perl.com>
Ilya Zakharevich [Wed, 11 Dec 1996 10:38:28 +0000]
Debugger update
Subject: Re: Perl 5.003_11 is available
This fixes the problems in debugger:
a) frame=4 may loop infinitely if some arguments are tied or have
"" overloaded
b) `f file': better documentation.
c) prints correctly arguments with embedded \0 (would put
quotes at a wrong place otherwise).
d) frame=4 would not clobber $_.
e) backtrace save wrt -w and undefs as arguments.
e) frame & 8: new feature: print tied and ""-overloaded
argumentes in the stringified form.
Enjoy,
p5p-msgid: <
199612111038.FAA24363@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>