Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 01:55:44 +0000]
Consider alternate location for system groups command
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:37:49 +0000]
Added tests for multicharacter record delimiters
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:22:51 +0000]
Update name of %Config value under VMS
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 18 Jul 1996 01:32:29 +0000]
Add tests for new Opcode extension
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:13:12 +0000]
Add tests for new IO extension
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 18 Jul 1996 01:17:40 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: t/lib/filehand.t
Can't call FileHandle methods on unblessed file handle, since
IO::Handle is now the default class
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:11:25 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: t/lib/dirhand.t
Check for readdir() directly, rather than more general POSIX test
sort results of glob expansion for better alignment with readdir results
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:45:43 +0000]
Updated as part of DB_File update
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 02:08:47 +0000]
Add tests to check treatment of numbers between 0 and -1
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 8 Jul 1996 23:11:22 +0000]
Mention when tests were skipped instead of passed
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 25 Jul 1996 02:26:20 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: sv.c
Don't try stdio tricks under QNX
Mark deleted SV with "impossible" type
Use Safemalloc to allocate memory for SVs, since we'll use Safefree
to deallocate it later
Use casts to reflect new GV type
Allow redirection of debug messages
Add shared hash key support
Tolerate dangling references in debugger during object destruction
Don't warn about unreferenced scalars spotted during sv_clean_all()
If we're not trying stdio tricks, at least give system calls some
breathing room when we use the same line terminator they do (\n)
Add information to sv_dump() output
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 02:12:07 +0000]
Correct cast in SAVEDESTRUCTOR macro
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:49:17 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: scope.c
Rename global variable to eliminate collision with system headers
Add casts to reflect new GV type
Allow redirection of debug messages
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:10:19 +0000]
Allow redirection of debug messages
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 17 Jul 1996 22:15:44 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: proto.h
Reflect name changes to routines and parameters
Add new routines for shared has keys, faster symbol lookup,
improved %SIG management, default UNIVERSAL methods,
verion checking, and safecalloc()
Correct count in i18nl10n
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 25 Jul 1996 20:32:41 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pp_sys.c
Use home-grown name for chsize() to avoid possible collision with
function which exists in system libraries but isn't used
Support home-grown analogue to binmode()
Give debugger access to function call executing "tie" and "dbmopen"
Implement strict untie
Add casts to reflect new GV type
Allow redirection of debug messages
Fix handling of file truncation
Handle missing rdev field in struct stat
Handle 64-bit time values
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:49:07 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pp_hot.c
Use new GV type explicitly
Update processing of glob expansion under OS/2
Rename global variable to eliminate collision with system headers
Give debugger more information about XSUBs
Pass @_ through properly to nested XSUB call
Improve efficiency of method lookup
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:41:09 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pp_ctl.c
Rename global variable to eliminate collision with system header files
Allow redurection of debug messages
Make sure the right stack is in use in die()
Correct juggling of stack and @_ in pp_goto()
Get more information about XSUBs to debugger
Preserve SP around eval
Propagate G_KEEPERR down into eval
Don't worry about %INC if we're not in a "require"
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 02:31:26 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pp.h
Revise SETsv() and tryAMAGICun() macros
Rename global symbol to eliminate collision with system header files
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:48:22 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pp.c
Add cast for new GV type
Check for magic SV in pp_ref()
Use more complex default seed in pp_srand(), but skip bits on Plan9
which give its cc/asm a headache
Reflect new HV management
Make SV created to hold result of unpack('u',...) a valid string
Rename global variable to eliminate collision with system header files
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:59:57 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/pod2man.PL
Handle characters with high bit set
Don't try to find local Perl via PATH on Plan9
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:50:18 +0000]
Handle characters with high bit set
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:33:52 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/pod2html.PL
Correct typo in STDERR
Remove .pm as well as .pod suffix from input filename
Drop erroneous double quotes around function parameter
Convert characters with high bit set to HTML escapes
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 07:36:13 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlxstut.pod
Typos corrected
Reflect change in blib structure at version 5.002
Reflect addition of "use vars" by h2xs
Note that h2xs doesn't scan nested includes
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 8 Jul 1996 03:37:00 +0000]
Typos and formatting corrected
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 04:25:41 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlvar.pod
Correct pod formatting
Expand documentation for $. and $|
Correct $# documentation for initial value
Add documentation for $^H
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:27:52 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perltrap.pod
Typos and pod formatting corrected
Perl4 - Perl5 traps revised extensively
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 04:03:18 +0000]
Fix pod formatting
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:36:22 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perltie.pod
Quote package name in tie -- required when using strict subs
Make return value in example meaningful
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 03:56:18 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlsub.pod
Typos corrected
Update reference to AutoLoader/AutoSplit documentation
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 22:56:19 +0000]
Extensive rewrite
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 07:35:10 +0000]
Distinguish between "identifier" and full variable name
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 06:59:27 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlref.pod
Note potential gc problems with cyclic data structures
Distinguish between "identifier" and full variable name
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:01:27 +0000]
Correct typo
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 04:48:43 +0000]
Correct pod formatting
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:21:12 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlop.pod
Correct typos and pod formatting
Correct documentation for s///: return value with no substitutions,
use of backticks as delimiters
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 02:55:24 +0000]
Add documentation for default UNIVERSAL methods
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:22:54 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlmod.pod
Typos and pod formatting corrected
Use "identifier" for both members of an aliased pair of symbols
to emphasize their equivalence
Add description of "ops" and "vars" pragmatic modules
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 05:52:31 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perllol.pod
Typos corrected
Syntax clarified for optional ->
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:11:53 +0000]
Use pod formatting instead of ASCII emphasis
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 19 Jul 1996 01:44:35 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlfunc.pod
Typos corrected
Update "each" documentation to include behavior in scalar context
Add documentation for new "prototype" operator
Explain "require" expansion of barewords
Add limit parameter to "split" example to clarify its use
Update "srand" documentation to reflect new behavior
Quote package name in "tie" example -- necesary under use strict subs
Correct "time" docs to reflect that not all epochs are Unix
Update "use" documentation to inidcate that first parameter must
be a bareword or Perl version number
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:05:09 +0000]
Typos corrected
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:33:53 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perlembed.pod
Whitespace trimmed
Include references to ExtUtils::Embed
Wrap long lines in examples
Expanded discussion of dynamic loading from embedded Perl
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 20:21:32 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perldsc.pod
Typos corrected; whitespace trimmed
Update references to debugger
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 00:55:25 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perldiag.pod
Typos corrected
New warnings for duplicate "my" declarations in a single
scope and strict untie
Replace "identifier" with "name"
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 15 Jul 1996 01:38:30 +0000]
Extensive updates to debugger documentation: commands, output, new features
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 17 Jun 1996 05:30:14 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: pod/perldata.pod
More complete discussion of variable names
Correction of typos
More complete explanation of effect => has on left-hand expression
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 07:19:18 +0000]
Replace unclear term "identifier" with "variable name"
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 26 Jul 1996 03:53:27 +0000]
New Plan9 port
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 20:03:14 +0000]
Add version check option to "use"
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 8 Jul 1996 22:07:58 +0000]
Eliminate duplicate declaration of yylval
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 06:31:35 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: perly.c.diff
Update to reflect new perly.c
Use safefree instead of Safefree to free memory allocated by safemalloc
Perl 5 Porters [Sat, 6 Jul 1996 21:04:15 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: perly.c vms/perly_c.vms
Update to reflect changes in perly.y
Use safefree instead of Safefree to free memory allocated by safemalloc
Allow redirection of debug messages
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:25:53 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: perl_exp.SH
Remove old copy before generating new one
Add symbol for home-grown calloc
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:42:41 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: perl.h
Update NeXT support
Make HIDEMYMALLOC the default
Add home-grown calloc() to MYMALLOC #defines
Drop long long support under UTS
Add new distinct GV type
Add Plan9 support
Use variable BIN_SH to find shell
Allow redirection of output usually sent to stderr, so it can be
handled separately from normal output
Don't log memory allocations until we've got an interpreter set up
Don't doubly define DEBUGGING_MSTATS
Add globals and macros for improved signal handling, duplicate "my",
strict untie, and debugger updates
Rename some globals to avoid collisions with system headers
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:25:43 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: perl.c
Clean up interpreter initialization to eliminate leaks when
multiple interpreters are started within a single application
Add shared hash key support
Initialize NeXT dynamic loading
Move information from -v to -V to keep the former concise
Rename global variables to eliminate collisions with system headers
Initialize new UNIVERSAL routines
Allow redirection of debug messages
Get debugger set up to debug BEGIN blocks
Assume G_EVAL in perl_eval_sv(), and propagate G_KEEPERR correctly
Remove help info for obsolete OS/2 command line switch
Uncouple $/ setup from $\
Update VMS -S handling
Recognize perl binaries on #! line when name contains version
Insure open script is rewound by suidperl before handing off to normal perl
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 07:12:50 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: patchlevel.h
Update SUBVERSION
Hide LOCAL_PATCH_COUNT from metaconfig
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 25 Jul 1996 03:12:38 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: os2/os2ish.h
Add OS-specific setup for cpp macros introduced by Plan9 and VMS
Eliminate old PERL_SYS_TERM definition
Add a.out support
Improved error status/message handling
Add data types for process management
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:42:24 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: os2/os2.c
Update process priority functions
Use SH_PATH macro to find shell
Use local popen only if not using fork()
Add OS/2-specific mod2fname for DynaLoader support
Add strerror() equivalent for OS/2-specific errors
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:45:34 +0000]
DB_File OS/2 changes subsumed into new version of DB_File
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:42:27 +0000]
Prototypes for OS/2-specific emulation of dlopen routines
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:42:26 +0000]
Add OS/2-specific dynamic loading routines emulating dlopen calls
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:42:20 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: os2/Makefile.SHs
Add a.out support
Update library and dynamic loading support
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:58:34 +0000]
"truncate" should expect file handle as first argument
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:59:56 +0000]
Reflect fix to "truncate" in opcode.pl
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 00:38:18 +0000]
Overload OPf_SPECIAL with G_KEEPERR status for OP_(ENTER|LEAVE)EVAL
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 20:43:23 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: op.c
Add warning for duplicate my() declaration in same scope
Allow redirection of debug/error messages
Add op_seq flag used by compiler
Add support for new GV type
Add comment indicating potential fix for memory leak when free OP_ANONCODE;
however, this fix breaks eval of anon sub in closure
Carry G_KEEPERR setting down from perl_call_sv() into nested evals
Remove problematic integer optimization of order comparisons
Add shared hash key support
Add optional version check to "use"
Rename newCONDOP() parameters to avoid collisions with systtem headers
Call imported "glob" function from "<*.*>"-style expansion
Use defgv directly for arg-less "shift" within sub
Permit spaces in prototype specifications
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 07:40:12 +0000]
Correct typo osver --> osvers
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 17 Jul 1996 22:15:28 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: miniperlmain.c
Correct count in i18nl10n
Insure that perl_destruct() and perl_free() are called before exiting
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:20:30 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: mg.c
Use safefree() instead of Safefree to free memory allocated by safemalloc()
Add support for shared hash keys
Add $^E support for OS/2
Add support for 64-bit time values
Add cast for new GV type
Don't allow errors in setting string $! to change $!
Restart system calls on all signals where possible
Add support for imporved %SIG management
Don't reset global $. unless we're reading a file
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 02:36:36 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: malloc.c
Add PACK_MALLOC option
Improve OS/2 and NeXT support, including sbrk() replacement
Allow for redirection of diagnostic messages
Add calloc() function
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:25:32 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: makedepend.SH
Allow for different shell names
Delete old version of file before copying in new version
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:25:29 +0000]
Delete old copy before generating new one
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:22:48 +0000]
Add explanation of common usage
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:35:58 +0000]
Add strict untie
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:27:38 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/splain
Use ~-expanded version of privlib
Add VMS support
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 01:41:08 +0000]
Greatly expand options for setting handlers
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:30:27 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/perl5db.pl
Update to version 0.95: use SHELL environment variable, add option
for status message on return from sub, improved reporting of AUTOLOAD,
listing of package versions, improved ReadLine support
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:41:37 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/overload.pm
Drop support for null package name or package "0"
Document fallbacks for logical negation
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 04:10:28 +0000]
Eliminate use of $& to avoid runtime penalty
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 9 May 1996 04:30:28 +0000]
Update to version 1.16
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 3 Jun 1996 00:21:06 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/lib.pm
Handle empty strings gracefully
Look for architecture-specific directory with or without version
Update reference to FindBin in documentation
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 14 May 1996 08:42:17 +0000]
Allow for directory named "0"
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 02:00:50 +0000]
Escape literal "@" in string
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:00:42 +0000]
Use newer File::Find to eliminate duplicate code
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:30:30 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/dumpvar.pl
Turn off optional warnings
Eliminate $' to avoid runtime penalty
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 04:10:21 +0000]
Eliminate $`,$' to avoid runtime penalty
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:26:26 +0000]
Use ~-expanded version of privlib
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 3 Jul 1996 23:36:46 +0000]
Fix bugs in initialization for some timezones
Perl 5 Porters [Fri, 5 Jul 1996 05:05:23 +0000]
Update to version 96.041801
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 8 Jul 1996 00:11:09 +0000]
Update to version 96.051501
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 02:03:41 +0000]
Allow for "0" as a word
Perl 5 Porters [Mon, 8 Jul 1996 23:22:00 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/Test/Harness.pm
Incorporate new "use <version>" syntax
Update to version 1.12, providing improved "skipped" message and
first-pass Unix support for Devel::CoreStack
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:30:13 +0000]
perl 5.003_01: lib/Sys/Syslog.pm
Correct documentation for calling sequence of syslog() function
Move call to hostname() into connect() function, and eliminate domain suffix
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 14 May 1996 08:53:41 +0000]
Fix VMS test to eliminate void context warning
Perl 5 Porters [Sun, 7 Jul 1996 07:02:46 +0000]
Incorporate new "use <version>" syntax
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:22:46 +0000]
Update docs
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 4 Jul 1996 01:50:29 +0000]
Extend to handle 8-bit characters in input
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 1 May 1996 04:10:19 +0000]
Eliminate $& to avoid runtime penalty
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 9 Jul 1996 21:46:03 +0000]
Update to version 2.3