23 years agoDocument the new ref() semantics.
Gisle Aas [Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:10:30 +0000]
Document the new ref() semantics.

Subject: Re: Undocumented(?) change to "ref" semantics in 5.7.0
Message-ID: <m3vgwb8j3d.fsf@eik.g.aas.no>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7026

23 years agoMake Data::Dumper (non-XS) to work with changed semantics of ref().
Gisle Aas [Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:11:40 +0000]
Make Data::Dumper (non-XS) to work with changed semantics of ref().

Subject: Re: Undocumented(?) change to "ref" semantics in 5.7.0
Message-ID: <m3snrf8j1f.fsf@eik.g.aas.no>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7025

23 years agoModernize Opcode.pm documentation
Gisle Aas [Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:18:55 +0000]
Modernize Opcode.pm documentation
Message-ID: <20000904001855.26128.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7024

23 years agoTied filehandle documentation
Gisle Aas [Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:14:40 +0000]
Tied filehandle documentation
Message-ID: <20000904001440.26084.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7023

23 years agoTie::StdHandle did not know about 3-arg open
Gisle Aas [Mon, 4 Sep 2000 00:04:22 +0000]
Tie::StdHandle did not know about 3-arg open
Message-ID: <20000904000422.26002.qmail@eik.g.aas.no>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7022

23 years agosmall apidoc fix
Marc Lehmann [Sun, 3 Sep 2000 05:12:06 +0000]
small apidoc fix
Message-ID: <20000903051206.A5909@cerebro.laendle>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7021

23 years agoTiny perldelta nits.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:14:57 +0000]
Tiny perldelta nits.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7020

23 years agoGuard against bad string->int conversion for quads.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:04:20 +0000]
Guard against bad string->int conversion for quads.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7019

23 years agoUpdate Unicode todo list.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 6 Sep 2000 17:07:03 +0000]
Update Unicode todo list.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7018

23 years agoDocument the SvIOK_.*UV().
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 5 Sep 2000 21:16:01 +0000]
Document the SvIOK_.*UV().

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7017

23 years agoHash lookup of constant strings optimization:
Nick Ing-Simmons [Sun, 3 Sep 2000 21:54:46 +0000]
Hash lookup of constant strings optimization:
Introduce SvREADONLY && SvFAKE to flag an SV which has SvPVX pointing
to string table (as per sharepvn). Add newSV_pvn_share to create such
a thing. Make hv.c compare addresses of strings and skip string compare
if equal. Make method_named and helem ops use these shared-string SVs
when arg is constant. Make keys op return shared-string SVs (less clearly
a win).

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7016

23 years agoThis is 5.7.0.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:48:59 +0000]
This is 5.7.0.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7015

23 years agoChanges and patchlevel tweaks.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:35:45 +0000]
Changes and patchlevel tweaks.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7014

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:30:50 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7013

23 years agoMore %{} and other deref special casing - do not pass to 'nomethod'.
Nick Ing-Simmons [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:25:20 +0000]
More %{} and other deref special casing - do not pass to 'nomethod'.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7012

23 years agoUpdate perlhist.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:16:25 +0000]
Update perlhist.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7011

23 years agoperldelta nits.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:01:35 +0000]
perldelta nits.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7010

23 years agoIf overloaded %{} etc. return the object do not loop.
Nick Ing-Simmons [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:48:35 +0000]
If overloaded %{} etc. return the object do not loop.
Thus  sub deref { $_[0] } functions if object is wanted type.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7009

23 years agoRetab MANIFEST.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:26:11 +0000]
Retab MANIFEST.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7008

23 years agoMake certain cc is set before trying to run it.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:23:02 +0000]
Make certain cc is set before trying to run it.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7007

23 years agoUnicode notes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:45:41 +0000]
Unicode notes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7006

23 years agoVarious Configure nits by Philip Newton,
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:42:11 +0000]
Various Configure nits by Philip Newton,
plus the ebcdic one by me.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7005

23 years agoApparently avoiding the swapping is too costly.
Ben Tilly [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:23:16 +0000]
Apparently avoiding the swapping is too costly.
Subject: Re: the door is closed.
Message-ID: <LAW2-F2963JkUwWpSWe00000904@hotmail.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7004

23 years agoUndo part of change 6489 which looks like a bulk edit which
Nick Ing-Simmons [Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:26:04 +0000]
Undo part of change 6489 which looks like a bulk edit which
changed _all_ gv_efullname3() calls to gv_efullname4() calls.
The supressing of main:: on return from select() is undesirable.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7003

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 23:08:54 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7002

23 years agominimal removal of 8 bit chrs from perlebcdic.pod
Peter Prymmer [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:50:57 +0000]
minimal removal of 8 bit chrs from perlebcdic.pod
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009011542550.147696-100000@aspara.forte.com>

plus rework the http: spots as suggested by Tom Christiansen,
plus regen perltoc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7001

23 years agoOnly the first line, thank you very much.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:36:01 +0000]
Only the first line, thank you very much.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7000

23 years agochange#6791 accidentally clobbered change#6710, put it back
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:16:40 +0000]
change#6791 accidentally clobbered change#6710, put it back

p4raw-link: @6791 on //depot/perl: da147683998a4de28027887441303c16367eda87
p4raw-link: @6710 on //depot/perl: e8d3aa3b2e7edcd352aa3e0d8a884844f9aa9d5e

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6999

23 years agoMention the HP-UX LP64 freak failure.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:14:16 +0000]
Mention the HP-UX LP64 freak failure.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6998

23 years agoDetypo.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:48:32 +0000]
Detypo.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6997

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:27:10 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6996

23 years agoMi splgn s gnin.g
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:14:24 +0000]
Mi splgn s gnin.g

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6995

23 years agohttp:// in L<>
Nicholas Clark [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:03:21 +0000]
http:// in L<>
Message-ID: <20000901220321.B72074@plum.flirble.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6994

23 years agoUpdate to Storable 1.0, from Raphael Manfredi.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:06:54 +0000]
Update to Storable 1.0, from Raphael Manfredi.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6993

23 years agoMention known sfio+linux buglet.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:43:05 +0000]
Mention known sfio+linux buglet.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6992

23 years agoRe: [PATCH perl@6962] 2 more vms.c fix-ups and status
Peter Prymmer [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 12:03:38 +0000]
Re: [PATCH perl@6962] 2 more vms.c fix-ups and status
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009011140240.147696-100000@aspara.forte.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6991

23 years agoRetract #6986.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:25:26 +0000]
Retract #6986.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6990

23 years agoMergesort is back.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:23:00 +0000]
Mergesort is back.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6989

23 years agoFix vec() / utf8 (was Re: bitvec ops still broken with utf8 -- or not?)
Mike Guy [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 17:43:33 +0000]
Fix vec() / utf8   (was Re: bitvec ops still broken with utf8 -- or not?)
Message-Id: <E13Utuf-0004Bw-00@draco.cus.cam.ac.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6988

23 years agoRegen perltoc.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:17:10 +0000]
Regen perltoc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6987

23 years agoRe: Solaris x86 has no SPARC libraries!
Lupe Christoph [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:41:20 +0000]
Re: Solaris x86 has no SPARC libraries!
Message-ID: <20000901204120.P13547@alanya.lupe-christoph.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6986

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:28:10 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6985

23 years agoFeature ordering tweak.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:26:53 +0000]
Feature ordering tweak.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6984

23 years agoRe: [PATCH lib/overload.pm] Sanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Abigail [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 13:07:32 +0000]
Re: [PATCH lib/overload.pm] Sanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Message-ID: <20000901170732.18249.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6983

23 years agoRename the PRIElfbl, PRIX64, etc, to be PRIEUfldbl, PRIXU64,
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 18:17:54 +0000]
Rename the PRIElfbl, PRIX64, etc, to be PRIEUfldbl, PRIXU64,
so that case-ignoring systems like DCL can tell them from
PRIefldbl and PRIx64.  Apply Merijn's ccversion patches.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6982

23 years agoDocument UNTIE. Also tweak implementation to suppress the 'inner references'
Nick Ing-Simmons [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 17:21:57 +0000]
Document UNTIE. Also tweak implementation to suppress the 'inner references'
warning when UNTIE exists and instead pass the count of extra references to
the UNTIE method.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6981

23 years agoadd SCNfldbl to configure.com
Peter Prymmer [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:47:18 +0000]
add SCNfldbl to configure.com
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008311811060.91659-100000@aspara.forte.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6980

23 years ago[ID 20000901.017] [PATCH] Basic test failure in an untidy world
Mike Guy [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:49:27 +0000]
[ID 20000901.017] [PATCH] Basic test failure in an untidy world
Message-Id: <E13Ut4J-0002sd-00@draco.cus.cam.ac.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6979

23 years agoUpdate to PodParser 1.18, from Brad Appleton.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:00:42 +0000]
Update to PodParser 1.18, from Brad Appleton.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6978

23 years agoNit in Configure (bleadperl@6961)
Lupe Christoph [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:34:29 +0000]
Nit in Configure (bleadperl@6961)
Message-ID: <20000901163429.K13547@alanya.lupe-christoph.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6977

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:39:52 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6976

23 years agomicroperl config update.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:37:36 +0000]
microperl config update.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6975

23 years agoDocument known deficiencies.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:36:53 +0000]
Document known deficiencies.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6974

23 years agoMention warnings fixes and updates.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:10:20 +0000]
Mention warnings fixes and updates.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6973

23 years agoDrop unused argument.
Spider Boardman [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:10:15 +0000]
Drop unused argument.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000831.034] overload::constant and number of arguments.
Message-Id: <200008312010.QAA20392@leggy.zk3.dec.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6972

23 years agoAdd the overload warnings to perldiag.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 13:59:24 +0000]
Add the overload warnings to perldiag.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6971

23 years agoRE: [PATCH lib/overload.pm] Sanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Paul Marquess [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 13:43:15 +0000]
RE: [PATCH lib/overload.pm] Sanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Message-ID: <001001c01412$32c7dde0$a20a140a@bfs.phone.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6970

23 years agoSanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Abigail [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 05:46:54 +0000]
Sanaty checking of arguments to overload::constant
Message-ID: <20000901094654.6476.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6969

23 years agoFix misleading example in perlretut.pod
Daniel Chetlin [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 02:10:55 +0000]
Fix misleading example in perlretut.pod
Message-ID: <20000901021055.C3400@ilmd.chetlin.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6968

23 years agoPart of the solution.
Mike Guy [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:16:01 +0000]
Part of the solution.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000807.004] [PATCH] conditional breakpoints leak memory
Message-Id: <E13Uqfp-0006dN-00@draco.cus.cam.ac.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6967

23 years agoCPAN.pm beta 1.57_57 for the core
Andreas König [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:16:31 +0000]
CPAN.pm beta 1.57_57 for the core
Message-ID: <m3r974z1zk.fsf@ak-71.mind.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6966

23 years ago2 more vms.c fix-ups and status
Craig A. Berry [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 01:47:22 +0000]
2 more vms.c fix-ups and status
Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000901011206.01ca2e88@exchi01>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6965

23 years agoFile::Temp patches from Andreas König,
Andreas König [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:07:20 +0000]
File::Temp patches from Andreas König,

Subject: Re: [ID 20000831.046] OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6961 on sun4-solaris 2.8  (UNINSTALLED)
Date: 01 Sep 2000 10:07:20 +0200
Message-ID: <m3lmxc1qo7.fsf@ak-71.mind.de>

Subject: Re: Almost OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6937 on PA-RISC2.0 11.00 (INSTALLED)
From: andreas.koenig@anima.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
Date: 31 Aug 2000 23:26:08 +0200
Message-ID: <m3bsy92kcv.fsf@ak-71.mind.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6964

23 years agoRetract the mergesort code, way too incompatible licensing
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 1 Sep 2000 02:22:24 +0000]
Retract the mergesort code, way too incompatible licensing
and copyrights.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6963

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:27:32 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6962

23 years agoSmall tweaks all over.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:20:04 +0000]
Small tweaks all over.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6961

23 years agoFurther rewording.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:39:36 +0000]
Further rewording.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6960

23 years agoMore address tweaking.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:26:44 +0000]
More address tweaking.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6959

23 years agoAUTHORS tweaks, from Peter Prymmer.
Peter Prymmer [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:56:32 +0000]
AUTHORS tweaks, from Peter Prymmer.

Subject: [PATCH: 6948] mvs doesn't exist (not any more)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008311248410.91659-100000@aspara.forte.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6958

23 years agoperldelta tweaks.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 20:34:43 +0000]
perldelta tweaks.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6957

23 years agoRegen perltoc.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:11:06 +0000]
Regen perltoc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6956

23 years agoClarify the mergesort situation.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:06:30 +0000]
Clarify the mergesort situation.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6955

23 years agoMove the Solaris 7 scan to use64bitall, make the
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:24:17 +0000]
Move the Solaris 7 scan to use64bitall, make the
failure to find 64-bot sparc libc to mention the
possibility of being in an intel, from Lupe and Alan.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6954

23 years agoForget about NV_MAX (#6951). Various floating point tweaks,
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:09:20 +0000]
Forget about NV_MAX (#6951).  Various floating point tweaks,
ideas from Eric Fifer, Yitzchak, Alan, and Spider.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6953

23 years agoTry to deduce NV_MAX. Really should be Configure fodder.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:02:05 +0000]
Try to deduce NV_MAX.  Really should be Configure fodder.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6951

23 years agoMore author updates.
Simon Cozens [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:13:32 +0000]
More author updates.

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mark-Jason Dominus Does Exist
Message-ID: <20000831171332.A22498@deep-dark-truthful-mirror.perlhacker.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6950

23 years agoPOSIX doesn't report long double values under -Duselongdouble
Spider Boardman [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:48:48 +0000]
POSIX doesn't report long double values under -Duselongdouble
when the long doubles are "real" (bigger than doubles).

Subject: [ID 20000831.014] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6919 on alpha-dec_osf-ld 5.1
Message-Id: <200008311548.LAA0000161952@peano.zk3.dec.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6949

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:25:10 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6948

23 years agoDocument UNTIE in a very minimalistic way.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:22:29 +0000]
Document UNTIE in a very minimalistic way.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6947

23 years agoDocument known failures.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:15:23 +0000]
Document known failures.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6946

23 years agoDon't attach -ld to the archname if pointless.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:07:00 +0000]
Don't attach -ld to the archname if pointless.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6945

23 years agoWrap the test in eval.
Tim Jenness [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 03:39:33 +0000]
Wrap the test in eval.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000831.009] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6932 on sun4-solaris2.8 (UNINSTALLED)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008310311190.7444-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6944

23 years agoMake -Dusemorebits find long doubles in Solaris.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 14:30:57 +0000]
Make -Dusemorebits find long doubles in Solaris.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6943

23 years agoClarify the third case of ftmp-security warnings.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:48:45 +0000]
Clarify the third case of ftmp-security warnings.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6942

23 years agoRe: [ID 20000830.048] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6938 on i686-linux 2.2.13
Abigail [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 01:35:05 +0000]
Re: [ID 20000830.048] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL6938 on i686-linux 2.2.13
Message-ID: <20000831053505.32120.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6941

23 years agoIssue useful diagnostic on unknown pod commands.
Abigail [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 03:41:18 +0000]
Issue useful diagnostic on unknown pod commands.

Subject: [PATCH lib/Pod/Man.pm] Re: [ID 20000830.048]
Message-ID: <20000831074118.24880.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6940

23 years agoReveal Borland's isnan.
Vadim Konovalov [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 13:09:37 +0000]
Reveal Borland's isnan.

Subject: build with BC++ tweak
From: "Konovalov, Vadim" <vkonovalov@lucent.com>
Message-ID: <402099F49BEED211999700805FC7359F6FACA6@ru0028exch01.spb.lucent.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6939

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 05:01:20 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6938

23 years agosscanf() may be the only way to read long doubles from strings.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 04:26:23 +0000]
sscanf() may be the only way to read long doubles from strings.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6937

23 years agoThe #6929 was too skimpy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 04:18:19 +0000]
The #6929 was too skimpy.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6936

23 years agoRe: typos in pods
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:25:34 +0000]
Re: typos in pods
Message-ID: <eIcr5gzkg25X092yn@efn.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6935

23 years agoMissed one Unicode file.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 31 Aug 2000 02:42:55 +0000]
Missed one Unicode file.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6934

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:42:27 +0000]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6933

23 years agoMention UNTIE in perldelta. Still needs documenting
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:40:07 +0000]
Mention UNTIE in perldelta.  Still needs documenting
in perltie et alia.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6932

23 years agoDon't use big-Oh when talking about lower bounds.
Abigail [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 19:28:07 +0000]
Don't use big-Oh when talking about lower bounds.
Message-ID: <20000830232807.305.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6931

23 years agoUpdate to Unicode 3.0.1.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:32:40 +0000]
Update to Unicode 3.0.1.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6930

23 years agoHeap decorruption.
Alan Burlison [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:39:52 +0000]
Heap decorruption.

Subject: [PATCH] Fix for miniperl coredump on Solaris with -Duselongdouble
Message-ID: <39AD7F28.A06533CF@uk.sun.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6929

23 years agoRetract the dummy test, skip the security tests (instead of failing),
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:29:34 +0000]
Retract the dummy test, skip the security tests (instead of failing),
explain what the warnings mean.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6928

23 years agoChange the internal implementation of sort() to be mergesort
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:14:13 +0000]
Change the internal implementation of sort() to be mergesort
instead of quicksort, from John Linderman <jpl@research.att.com>.
Gives us better worst case, better average case, and stability.
What's there not to like?  (Small fixes for threaded builds
were required).

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6927

23 years agoA better fix for the Socket building problem from Craig Berry.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 30 Aug 2000 20:55:20 +0000]
A better fix for the Socket building problem from Craig Berry.

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