27 years agoreturn *FH pod patch
John L. Allen [Thu, 6 Feb 1997 15:07:28 +0000]
return *FH pod patch

p5p-msgid: <9702061507.AA04474@gateway.grumman.com>

27 years agoFix pod2man's handling of quotes in =items
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:23:34 +0000]
Fix pod2man's handling of quotes in =items

private-msgid: <199702042023.WAA13143@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoperldoc -f <perlfunc>
Gisle Aas [Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:27:36 +0000]
perldoc -f <perlfunc>

p5p-msgid: <199702051127.MAA02090@bergen.sn.no>

27 years agoFix closure.t for AmigaOS (again)
Norbert Pueschel [Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:56:45 +0000]
Fix closure.t for AmigaOS (again)

private-msgid: <77724742@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

27 years agoFix warning from missing POSIX::setvbuf()
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:37:26 +0000]
Fix warning from missing POSIX::setvbuf()

27 years ago[dummy merge]
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:29:00 +0000]
[dummy merge]

This merge exists so that the p5p version of the patch and the applied
version are both in the history

27 years agoFaster File::Compare
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:29:00 +0000]
Faster File::Compare

(this is the same change as commit 4d335c471cacb999603dc9b7dc6d3712051dbb6c, but as applied)

27 years agoFaster File::Compare
Gisle Aas [Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13:42:49 +0000]
Faster File::Compare

The following optimization speeds up File::Compare with 30% on my
machine (in a test where most files in fact were different).

One could perhaps also optimize the situation where the two files are
the same thing.  Is it portable to compare (stat)[0,1] for the two
files and return 0 if these two numbers are equal?

p5p-msgid: <199702051342.OAA02753@bergen.sn.no>

27 years agoDB_File 1.11 patch
Paul Marquess [Thu, 6 Feb 1997 15:53:34 +0000]
DB_File 1.11 patch

p5p-msgid: <9702061553.AA18147@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk>

27 years agoFix usage message in configure.gnu
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:16:40 +0000]
Fix usage message in configure.gnu

27 years agoCatch C<use integer; $x % 0>
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 5 Feb 1997 20:59:11 +0000]
Catch C<use integer; $x % 0>

27 years agoRe: static buffer in not_a_number() [sv.c] might overflow
Gisle Aas [Sun, 9 Feb 1997 10:55:41 +0000]
Re: static buffer in not_a_number() [sv.c] might overflow

p5p-msgid: <hbu9uz1si.fsf@bergen.sn.no>

27 years agoRegexp optimizations
Ilya Zakharevich [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 11:02:10 +0000]
Regexp optimizations

Subject: Re: Regexp optimizations

p5p-msgid: <199702051450.JAA13439@rio.atlantic.net>
private-msgid: <199702041102.GAA24805@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoOn C<sysopen(..., O_APPEND)>, call C<fopen(..., "a")>
Chip Salzenberg [Sun, 9 Feb 1997 23:36:54 +0000]
On C<sysopen(..., O_APPEND)>, call C<fopen(..., "a")>

27 years agoHints for BSDOS
Christopher Davis [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 20:11:13 +0000]
Hints for BSDOS

private-msgid: <199702042011.PAA09206@loiosh.kei.com>

27 years agoFix value of system() and $? for DEC UNIX, VMS, others
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 3 Feb 1997 23:16:46 +0000]
Fix value of system() and $? for DEC UNIX, VMS, others

27 years agoSupport '%i' format and 'h' modifier in s?printf
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 23:54:13 +0000]
Support '%i' format and 'h' modifier in s?printf

27 years ago[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_24 to perl5.003_25]
Perl 5 Porters [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 05:47:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_24 to perl5.003_25]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Make $] read-only
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: gv.c

Subject: New variable C<$^S> is a native version of C<$?>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doio.c global.sym gv.c interp.sym lib/English.pm mg.c perl.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c proto.h util.c

Subject: Make $^T work with undump, and don't taint it
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: VMS patches for _24
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 02:34:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm perl.h pp_hot.c t/lib/filehand.t t/op/closure.t vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/filespec.t vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h

    private-msgid: <01IEUIFP5038004GQP@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Document how extension pms go in $archlib
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: perlfunc.pod tweaks
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:20:55 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <20526.854659255@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

Subject: Error lines must not have trailing periods
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Make IO::Handle::gets() an alias of getline
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:03:15 +0100
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm lib/IO/Handle.pm

    private-msgid: <199701301103.MAA11291@bergen.sn.no>

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Require '-T' in argv[], not just on #! line
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Fix C<return @_> and associated stack bugs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: cop.h pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Fix never-closing handle after C<select>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_sys.c

Subject: Fix /\G/g with patterns that match empty string
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Don't create AV, HV, IO when assigning glob
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: mg.c

 TESTS

Subject: More Amiga test patches
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 16:07:33 +0100
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: README.amiga t/lib/safe2.t t/op/closure.t

    private-msgid: <77724725@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

27 years agonew (Feb 1) perlembed.pod
Jon Orwant [Sat, 1 Feb 1997 23:34:59 +0000]
new (Feb 1) perlembed.pod

private-msgid: <9702012334.AA15747@fahrenheit-451.media.mit.edu>

27 years agoUpdate to perl.pod suggested
Larry W. Virden [Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:45:59 +0000]
Update to perl.pod suggested

private-msgid: <199701301345.IAA16514@cas.org>

27 years agoUpdate to perl INSTALL file
Larry W. Virden [Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:38:23 +0000]
Update to perl INSTALL file

private-msgid: <199701301338.IAA15878@cas.org>

27 years agoMake pod2man a little laxer for perltoc.pod
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:37:53 +0000]
Make pod2man a little laxer for perltoc.pod

27 years agoc2ph.PL fix
Larry W. Virden [Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:49:19 +0000]
c2ph.PL fix

private-msgid: <199701301349.IAA16724@cas.org>

27 years agoMake POSIX::is*() eight-bit-clean
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 29 Jan 1997 06:54:47 +0000]
Make POSIX::is*() eight-bit-clean

27 years agoIn Symbol::gensym, don't make glob fake by copying it
John Hughes [Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:16:21 +0000]
In Symbol::gensym, don't make glob fake by copying it

27 years agoDebugger update
Ilya Zakharevich [Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:06:34 +0000]
Debugger update

private-msgid: <199702030406.XAA23029@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoRefresh CPAN to 1.19
Andreas Koenig [Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:08:24 +0000]
Refresh CPAN to 1.19

27 years agoAsk about /usr/bin/perl iff STDIN and STDERR are terminals
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 31 Jan 1997 12:23:07 +0000]
Ask about /usr/bin/perl iff STDIN and STDERR are terminals

27 years agoConfigure updates for intsize and ssizetype
Andy Dougherty [Mon, 3 Feb 1997 10:37:38 +0000]
Configure updates for intsize and ssizetype

27 years agoIgnore refs to lexicals when making refs to lexicals
Chip Salzenberg [Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:01:58 +0000]
Ignore refs to lexicals when making refs to lexicals

27 years agoFix scalar leak in av_unshift
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 31 Jan 1997 08:56:47 +0000]
Fix scalar leak in av_unshift

27 years agoamigaos.sh
Norbert Pueschel [Wed, 29 Jan 1997 10:39:49 +0000]
amigaos.sh

Subject: AmigaOS patch (removal)

p5p-msgid: <77724660@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>
private-msgid: <77724724@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

27 years agohints/dec_osf.sh: polishing the comments
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:58:10 +0000]
hints/dec_osf.sh: polishing the comments

private-msgid: <199701301958.VAA08992@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years ago[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_24 to perl5.003_25]
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 4 Feb 1997 05:47:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_24 to perl5.003_25]

Change from running these commands:

 # this file has a new name (for sake of metaconfig)
 mv win32/config.h win32/config.H

 # new directory
 test -d lib/Bundle || mkdir lib/Bundle

 # ready to patch
 exit 0

27 years ago[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 29 Jan 1997 06:11:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: glob defaults to $_
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 03:09:13 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: op.c opcode.pl pod/perlfunc.pod t/op/glob.t

    private-msgid: <199701270809.DAA00934@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

Subject: Re: an overloading bug
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:07:45 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_ctl.c

    private-msgid: <199701270007.TAA26525@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 port
From: Gary Ng <71564.1743@compuserve.com>
Files: MANIFEST win32/*

Subject: Amiga files
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:42:15 +0100
From: Norbert Pueschel <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: MANIFEST README.amiga hints/amigaos.sh

    private-msgid: <77724712@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perldelta Fcntl enhancement
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:05:34 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251505.RAA22159@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: Updates to perldelta re: Fcntl, DB_File, Net::Ping
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Document restrictions on gv_fetchmethod() and perl_call_sv()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlguts.pod

Subject: perldiag.pod: No comma allowed after %s
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:41:53 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251541.RAA04120@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc.pod: localtime
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:29:37 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701251629.SAA08114@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: perlfunc diff: gmtime
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:52:08 +0000
From: Peter Haworth <pmh@edison.ioppublishing.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <32EE1298.7B90@edison.ioppublishing.com>

Subject: Updates to guts
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:34:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pod/perlguts.pod

    private-msgid: <199701270034.TAA13177@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

 TESTS

Subject: New test op/closure.t
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: MANIFEST t/op/closure.t

27 years ago5.003_23: small typo in perlsyn.pod
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:24:25 +0000]
5.003_23: small typo in perlsyn.pod

private-msgid: <199701270824.DAA01169@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

27 years agoperltoot fixes
Tom Christiansen [Sat, 25 Jan 1997 17:43:25 +0000]
perltoot fixes

private-msgid: <6807.854214205@jinete>

27 years agoxsubpp handing of void funcs breaks extensions using XST_m*()
Tim Bunce [Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:59:06 +0000]
xsubpp handing of void funcs breaks extensions using XST_m*()

private-msgid: <9701271659.AA15137@toad.ig.co.uk>

27 years agoAvoid newRV_noinc() in IO, for compiling with old Perls
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:11:15 +0000]
Avoid newRV_noinc() in IO, for compiling with old Perls

27 years agoAllow for really big keys in Tie::SubstrHash
Unknown Contributor [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:14:34 +0000]
Allow for really big keys in Tie::SubstrHash

private-msgid: <199701282014.VAA12645@selters.uio.no>

27 years agoFix $Is_VMS typo in Test::Harness
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:05 +0000]
Fix $Is_VMS typo in Test::Harness

27 years agoFcntl.xs: F_[GS]ETOWN were in wrong case branch
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 25 Jan 1997 15:10:20 +0000]
Fcntl.xs: F_[GS]ETOWN were in wrong case branch

private-msgid: <199701251510.RAA05142@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoRefresh Text::Wrap to 97.011701
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:44 +0000]
Refresh Text::Wrap to 97.011701

27 years agoUpdate $VERSION of DynaLoader and POSIX
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:49 +0000]
Update $VERSION of DynaLoader and POSIX

27 years agoVersion checking in XS bootstrap is optional
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:07 +0000]
Version checking in XS bootstrap is optional

27 years agoMake configure{,.gnu} ignore --cache-file option
Norbert Pueschel [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:11:17 +0000]
Make configure{,.gnu} ignore --cache-file option

27 years agoConfigure fixes: set $archlib, omit _NO_PROTO
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:08 +0000]
Configure fixes: set $archlib, omit _NO_PROTO

27 years agoPut all extensions' modules in $archlib
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:10:48 +0000]
Put all extensions' modules in $archlib

27 years agoglobal.sym: typo?
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 26 Jan 1997 19:37:59 +0000]
global.sym: typo?

private-msgid: <199701261937.VAA07556@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoFix overloading macro conflict with Digital 'cc -fast'
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 27 Jan 1997 22:16:49 +0000]
Fix overloading macro conflict with Digital 'cc -fast'

private-msgid: <199701272216.AAA04557@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoDon't abort when RCHECK and DEBUGGING
Tim Bunce [Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:39:48 +0000]
Don't abort when RCHECK and DEBUGGING

private-msgid: <9701272339.AA16537@toad.ig.co.uk>

27 years agoDeref old stash when re-blessing
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:11:16 +0000]
Deref old stash when re-blessing

27 years agoPrevent premature death of @_ during leavesub
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:11:15 +0000]
Prevent premature death of @_ during leavesub

27 years agoNew dec_osf hints
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:33:01 +0000]
New dec_osf hints

private-msgid: <199701271233.OAA21548@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoDon't warn on C<$\ = undef>
Chip Salzenberg [Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:11:49 +0000]
Don't warn on C<$\ = undef>

27 years ago[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 29 Jan 1997 06:11:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_23 to perl5.003_24]

Change from running these commands:

 # this file will be executable
 touch t/op/closure.t
 chmod a+x t/op/closure.t

 # ready to patch
 exit 0

27 years ago[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_22 to perl5.003_23]
Perl 5 Porters [Sat, 25 Jan 1997 03:58:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_22 to perl5.003_23]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Make configure.gnu a copy of configure; make configure writea
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST configure.gnu

Subject: Regen Configure with metaconfig: +ARCHNAME, -FILE_filbuf
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure config_H config_h.SH hints/lynxos.sh os2/diff.configure os2/os2ish.h plan9/config.plan9 sv.c utils/perlbug.PL vms/config.vms vms/fndvers.com

Subject: Compile with optimization when testing memory functions
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: Configure

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Disallow changing $_[0] in __DIE__ handlers
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod util.c

Subject: Fix overloading with inheritance and AUTOLOAD
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 17:26:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c lib/diagnostics.pm lib/overload.pm pod/perldebug.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlxs.pod
Msg-ID: <199701202226.RAA05072@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e7ea3e70155d0bea30720ba41eb6bb6742aac0d1)

Subject: Nested here-docs
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 15:13:42 -0800
From: Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
Files: toke.c
Msg-ID: <199701202313.PAA11693@wall.org>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit fd2d0953290ddd46f0820dbd6c87245486b7ab28)

Subject: Revert $^X to old behavior (plus HP-UX bug fix)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: hints/hpux.sh toke.c

Subject: Protect against '0' in 'stmt while <HANDLE>'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

Subject: Don't warn when closure uses var at file scope
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: VMS patches for _22
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:50:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp lib/Test/Harness.pm toke.c vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms vms/genconfig.pl vms/perly_c.vms vms/vmsish.h x2p/a2p.h vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/perly_c.vms

    private-msgid: <01IEGBJ2TMYS003PCL@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

Subject: Plan9 update
From: Luther Huffman <lutherh@stratcom.com>
Files: plan9/config.plan9 plan9/mkfile

Subject: hints & Configure changes to build perl on DC/OSx
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:43:52 -0800
From: Stephen Zander <stephen.zander@interlock.mckesson.com>
Files: Configure MANIFEST hints/dcosx.sh
Msg-ID: <199701170043.QAA25985@wsbip1.mckesson.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 23f8769697279d7912be5943de9fdf93f6aa3013)

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Additional docs for __DIE__ and __WARN__
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlvar.pod

Subject: Document #line directive
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 04:08:44 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perlsyn.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701240908.EAA23846@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

Subject: delta for perldelta
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 07:57:43 -0800
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.perl.com>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <804.854121463@jinete>

Subject: Updates to perldelta
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 06:48:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod pod/perltoc.pod

    private-msgid: <199701211610.LAA06227@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

Subject: perlnews.pod diff for the Fcntl
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:00:56 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: pod/perlnews.pod

    private-msgid: <199701211600.SAA30117@alpha.hut.fi>

Subject: Rename perlnews -> perldelta per Tom's request
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/roffitall

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Refresh IO to 1.15 (plus DESTROY and new_tmpfile fixes)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: 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/Socket.pm t/lib/io_pipe.t

Subject: Allow IO.xs to remain at 1.15 while $VERSION is 1.1501
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: XSUB.h ext/IO/Makefile.PL ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm

Subject: Add E* and SA_* constants
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 21:36:07 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs

    private-msgid: <23338.853986967@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Make PERL5LIB and -I work like C<use lib>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 15:23:27 +0000
From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
Files: lib/lib.pm perl.c

    private-msgid: <9701231523.AA26613@toad.ig.co.uk>

Subject: Fix /\G.a/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: regcomp.c regcomp.h regexec.c regexp.h toke.c

Subject: Extend stack in pp_undef (!)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Allow for sub to be redefined while executing
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h pp_hot.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Eliminate redundant flag CVf_FORMAT
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cv.h op.c perl.c perly.c perly.y proto.h sv.c toke.c

Subject: Generate IVs when possible in abs() and int()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Efficiency patchlet for pp_aassign()
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:05:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c
Msg-ID: <199701210305.WAA05451@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7e42bd57a6867e174bc3bc555c3268b485940a98)

Subject: Remove "suidperl security patch" message
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: perl.c

 TESTS

Subject: Fix tests of $^X and $0 to work with QNX
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: t/lib/io_pipe.t t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t t/op/magic.t

Subject: Patch tests for systems without fork()
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:51:28 +0100
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: t/io/pipe.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_pipe.t t/lib/io_sock.t t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t t/op/fork.t

    private-msgid: <77724697@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

Subject: Test patches for OS/2
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 23:48:18 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: os2/OS2/ExtAttr/t/os2_ea.t os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_cmprt.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_dllld.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_objcall.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_sql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tiesql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tievar.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t t/README t/cmd/while.t t/comp/colon.t t/comp/multiline.t t/io/argv.t t/lib/anydbm.t t/lib/gdbm.t t/lib/ndbm.t t/lib/odbm.t t/lib/sdbm.t t/op/cmp.t t/op/magic.t
Msg-ID: <199701170448.XAA28948@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit bbad36071d5a6d4be3588f0f10c88247439076d8)

 UTILITIES

Subject: Translate \200 to &#200; in pod2html
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pod/pod2html.PL

Subject: VMS patches: '.com' extension on scripts
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 18:42:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: pod/checkpods.PL 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 utils/splain.PL vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL

    private-msgid: <01IELNPDLYJM003E7J@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

27 years agoRemove bad advice from perllocale.pod
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:26:16 +0000]
Remove bad advice from perllocale.pod

27 years agoTest patches for OS/2
Ilya Zakharevich [Fri, 17 Jan 1997 04:48:18 +0000]
Test patches for OS/2

a) Teaches tests in os2/OS2/*/* new format of $Config{extensions};
 os2/OS2/ExtAttr/t/os2_ea.t os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t
 os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_cmprt.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_dllld.t
 os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_objcall.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_sql.test
 os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tiesql.test os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tievar.t
 os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t
 os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t

b) Closes all the files before unlinking - for DOSISH systems;
 t/cmd/while.t t/comp/multiline.t t/io/argv.t t/lib/anydbm.t
 t/lib/gdbm.t t/lib/ndbm.t t/lib/odbm.t t/lib/sdbm.t

c) t/README mentions running `harness' to get better granularity;
 t/README

d) New test op/lex_assign.t added - will check optimization of lexicals
when applied - 153 cases (some just ignored since hard to implement).
 MANIFEST t/op/lex_assign.t

e) When a script is started via shell, $Config{exe_ext} may be appended.
 t/op/magic.t

f) path/echo may print a warning if run without args
 t/comp/colon.t

g) Error explanations more verbose
  t/op/cmp.t t/op/magic.t

p5p-msgid: <199701170448.XAA28948@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoPerlguts version 30
Jeff Okamoto [Fri, 17 Jan 1997 21:17:43 +0000]
Perlguts version 30

Subject: Re: Perl 5.003_22 is available

p5p-msgid: <199701172118.AA116655938@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
private-msgid: <199701172117.AA116515863@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>

27 years agoEfficiency patchlet for pp_aassign()
Ilya Zakharevich [Tue, 21 Jan 1997 03:05:39 +0000]
Efficiency patchlet for pp_aassign()
Ilya Zakharevich writes:
>
> With this patch applied the Tom's program
>       use integer;
>       @a=map int(rand(30000)), 1..100000;
>       @b = sort {$a <=> $b} @a;
>
> Runs in 10.3M (sbrk-en).

Here is another tiny patch to pp_aassign: it preallocates the
array. Memory saving is not very big for the above script (5%), but the
speed advantage may be bigger.

[patch]

> Memory allocation statistics after compilation: (buckets 8..524288)
>    13080 free:    13   109    39     2    13   2   3     2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>  4933288 used:   211   251   519   184    35   6   5  3226   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
> Total sbrk():  4960256. Odd ends: sbrk():       0, malloc():    1408 bytes.
> Memory allocation statistics after execution:   (buckets 8..1048576)
>   529848 free:    13   109    38     1    13   1   1     2   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
>  9782280 used:   211   251   520   185    35   7   7  5914   4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1
> Total sbrk(): 10375168. Odd ends: sbrk():       0, malloc():    1408 bytes.

Here is the new data, note the absense of "tails" of growing arrays.

Memory allocation statistics after compilation: (buckets 8..524288)
   13080 free:    13   109    39     2    13   2   3     2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 4933288 used:   211   251   519   184    35   6   5  3226   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Total sbrk():  4960256. Odd ends: sbrk():       0, malloc():    1408 bytes.
Memory allocation statistics after execution:   (buckets 8..1048576)
   11704 free:    13   109    38     1    13   1   3     1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 9796616 used:   211   251   520   185    35   7   5  6439   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total sbrk():  9830400. Odd ends: sbrk():       0, malloc():    1408 bytes.

> It is 100 bytes per element. Since an integer array takes 24 bytes per
> element here, and there are only 3 arrays around (precalculated
> 1..100000, @a and @b), there is some other leak.
>
> Apparently <=> converts arguments to NV.

No, all this is wrong. It is 20bytes/elt, and we have stack,
mortals-stack, 1..100000, @a and @b.

Everything is OK now, including <=>.

Enjoy,

p5p-msgid: <199701210305.WAA05451@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoFirst cut at INSTALL edit
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:25:45 +0000]
First cut at INSTALL edit

27 years agohints & Configure changes to build perl on DC/OSx
Stephen Zander [Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:43:52 +0000]
hints & Configure changes to build perl on DC/OSx

p5p-msgid: <199701170043.QAA25985@wsbip1.mckesson.com>

27 years agoAllow MakeMaker 5.34 to use libraries containing '+' in name
Dennis Marsa [Fri, 17 Jan 1997 20:27:32 +0000]
Allow MakeMaker 5.34 to use libraries containing '+' in name

Subject: MakeMaker 5.34 and libraries containing '+' characters...

p5p-msgid: <9701172027.AA27861@orion.cyrix.com>

27 years agoNested here-docs
Larry Wall [Mon, 20 Jan 1997 23:13:42 +0000]
Nested here-docs

p5p-msgid: <199701202313.PAA11693@wall.org>

27 years agoTest nested here-docs
Hugo van der Sanden [Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:53:44 +0000]
Test nested here-docs

Subject: Re: Nested here-docs

p5p-msgid: <199701210053.AAA02139@crypt.compulink.co.uk>

27 years agopatch for LWP 5.05 to make it play with both 5.003 and 5.003_20 + overload patch
Ilya Zakharevich [Mon, 20 Jan 1997 22:26:32 +0000]
patch for LWP 5.05 to make it play with both 5.003 and 5.003_20 + overload patch

27 years agoRefresh CPAN to 1.15
Andreas Koenig [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:25:46 +0000]
Refresh CPAN to 1.15

27 years agoFcntl: add more constants
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:11:22 +0000]
Fcntl: add more constants

Subject: O_EXLOCK, O_SHLOCK to Fcntl.

p5p-msgid: <199701191717.TAA17694@alpha.hut.fi>
private-msgid: <199701191811.UAA16346@alpha.hut.fi>

27 years agoDynaLoader enhancement: support RTLD_GLOBAL
Nick Ing-Simmons [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:37:18 +0000]
DynaLoader enhancement: support RTLD_GLOBAL

private-msgid: <199701240937.JAA11443@pluto.tiuk.ti.com>

27 years agoDebugger update
Ilya Zakharevich [Sun, 19 Jan 1997 04:54:59 +0000]
Debugger update

Subject: Re: Perl 5.003_21: debugger patches

p5p-msgid: <199701190455.XAA02579@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoMinor patch for Debian installation
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:24:59 +0000]
Minor patch for Debian installation

27 years agoWhen sorting, promote to PVNV only for built-in comparison
Chip Salzenberg [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:25:01 +0000]
When sorting, promote to PVNV only for built-in comparison

27 years agopatch for hints/cxux.sh perl5.003_22
Tom Horsley [Sun, 19 Jan 1997 20:14:04 +0000]
patch for hints/cxux.sh perl5.003_22

p5p-msgid: <9701192014.AA05722@amber.ssd.hcsc.com>

27 years agopatch for hints/powerux.sh
Tom Horsley [Sat, 18 Jan 1997 18:33:26 +0000]
patch for hints/powerux.sh

p5p-msgid: <9701181833.AA02602@amber.ssd.hcsc.com>

27 years agoon NeXT: gdbm problem fixed
Andreas Koenig [Tue, 21 Jan 1997 02:01:32 +0000]
on NeXT: gdbm problem fixed

Subject: on NeXT: gdbm problem fixed (by Chip (?))

p5p-msgid: <199701210201.DAA17794@anna.in-berlin.de>

27 years agoNew dec_osf.sh hints file
Achim Bohnet [Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:58:24 +0000]
New dec_osf.sh hints file

private-msgid: <9701241058.AA29550@o09.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de>

27 years agoBugfixes for AmigaOS
Norbert Pueschel [Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:13:54 +0000]
Bugfixes for AmigaOS

Subject: AmigaOS patch (removal)

p5p-msgid: <77724660@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>
private-msgid: <77724691@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

27 years agoRe: Perl 5.003_21: OS/2 patches
Ilya Zakharevich [Fri, 17 Jan 1997 04:46:40 +0000]
Re: Perl 5.003_21: OS/2 patches

p5p-msgid: <199701170446.XAA28939@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years ago[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_22 to perl5.003_23]
Chip Salzenberg [Sat, 25 Jan 1997 03:58:00 +0000]
[shell changes from patch from perl5.003_22 to perl5.003_23]

Change from running these commands:

 # this file shall be writeable
 chmod u+w configure

 # this file will be executable
 touch configure.gnu
 chmod a+x configure.gnu

 # this file has a new name
 mv pod/perlnews.pod pod/perldelta.pod

 # ready to patch
 exit 0

27 years ago[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_21 to perl5.003_22]
Perl 5 Porters [Thu, 16 Jan 1997 20:39:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_21 to perl5.003_22]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Fix parsing of C< ${ xyz } >
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Don't parse method calls in strings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Fix memory corruption from formats
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c perl.c perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y proto.h sv.c toke.c

27 years agodocumentation of configpm (perl5.003_20)
Winfried Koenig [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 12:03:27 +0000]
documentation of configpm (perl5.003_20)

p5p-msgid: <m0vkU40-0004WAC@incom.rhein-main.de>

27 years agosrand() doc update
Roderick Schertler [Thu, 16 Jan 1997 01:44:25 +0000]
srand() doc update

p5p-msgid: <24195.853379065@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

27 years agoNEW roffitall + INSTALL fix
Raphael Manfredi [Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:22:01 +0000]
NEW roffitall + INSTALL fix

p5p-msgid: <6058.853410121@lyon.grenoble.hp.com>

27 years agoMake perlbug more cautionary and more verbose
Kenneth Albanowski [Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:12:03 +0000]
Make perlbug more cautionary and more verbose
Signed-off-by: Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com>

27 years agoFix thinko in db-recno.t
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:43:19 +0000]
Fix thinko in db-recno.t

27 years agoRiscOS is case-insensitive
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:26:25 +0000]
RiscOS is case-insensitive

27 years agoGut IO::Handle::DESTROY
Chip Salzenberg [Thu, 16 Jan 1997 01:23:20 +0000]
Gut IO::Handle::DESTROY

27 years agoFix '_mopop' typo
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 03:36:47 +0000]
Fix '_mopop' typo

27 years agoFix overly picky carping about leading '{' in regex
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:35:34 +0000]
Fix overly picky carping about leading '{' in regex

27 years ago[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_21]
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:24:00 +0000]
[differences between cumulative patch application and perl5.003_21]

27 years ago[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_20 to perl5.003_21]
Perl 5 Porters [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:24:00 +0000]
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_20 to perl5.003_21]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Make MachTen hints file warn about db-recno failures
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 12:07:18 +0100
From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu>
Files: hints/machten.sh
Msg-ID: <v03010d00aef92fba6aca@[194.51.248.78]>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a4c70ab8da3ec1d87c83e5c617f4550814ec1724)

Subject: 5.003_20, FreeBSD 3.0 and minor patch
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:37:47 +0100
From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@eurocontrol.fr>
Files: Configure
Msg-ID: <Mutt.19970108143747.roberto@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 50e0d465254be88fb90ac23584812a529741b4b1)

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Fix overloading via inherited autoloaded functions
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 05:22:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: gv.c lib/overload.pm pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/overload.t
Msg-ID: <199701131022.FAA22830@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a9bc755754f0db5e848e65dfd2e63a96af50ffd4)

Subject: Method call fixes: Don't cache in alias, don't skip undef
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym gv.c gv.h hv.c op.c pod/perlguts.pod pod/perltoc.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c proto.h scope.c sv.c t/op/method.t

Subject: Formats can be closures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cv.h op.c perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y pp_sys.c sv.h

Subject: Quote 'foo' in C<$x{-foo}>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Forbid C< x->{y} > and C< x->[0] > under C<strict refs>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/strict-refs

Subject: Allow <=> to return undef when operands are not ordered
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pp.c t/op/cmp.t

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Re: Perl 5.003_20: OS/2 patches
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 06:02:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: hints/os2.sh os2/Changes os2/os2.c os2/os2ish.h pp_sys.c
Msg-ID: <199701101102.GAA19051@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9a3e71f668bd84b1cf53dd3ea10f588d59ecfebb)

Subject: VMS patches for _20
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:34:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: configpm dosish.h os2/os2ish.h plan9/plan9ish.h proto.h t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t toke.c unixish.h vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/genconfig.pl vms/perly_c.vms vms/test.com vms/vmsish.h x2p/a2p.h x2p/str.c

    private-msgid: <01IE7MGK7ULQ003K5M@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

Subject: Irix 6.3 & 6.4 and perl5.003_20
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:42:50 -0500 (EST)
From: John Stoffel <jfs@fluent.com>
Files: MANIFEST hints/irix_6_3.sh hints/irix_6_4.sh
Msg-ID: <199701132242.RAA14601@jfs.Fluent.COM>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 8a1e91d771b51ae31eed1ac5944c63934213fb07)

Subject: Patch: MachTen hints, Configure
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:43:13 +0100
From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu>
Files: Configure hints/machten.sh

    private-msgid: <v03010d00af0123a93670@[194.51.248.75]>

Subject: Rename aux.sh to aux_3.sh for MS-LOSS
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: MANIFEST hints/aux_3.sh

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Full documentation generation patch
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 11:16:28 +0100
From: Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/roffitall pod/rofftoc
Msg-ID: <15309.853323388@lyon.grenoble.hp.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a3270a1d7469cab9221ab0050a0e6695bd0047d8)

Subject: Document use of pos() and /\G/
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:13:12 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlnews.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod
Msg-ID: <199701132013.PAA26606@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit b2a07c1c241ec86f010fc0ea3bfa54c8ec28be90)

Subject: Document new closure warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Misc. doc patches missing in _20
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 22:55:33 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pod/perlsub.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod
Msg-ID: <102.852695733@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit b88f04ff2985d0899964b90ae56789d88f6b353e)

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Localize info about filesystems being case-forgiving
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: lib/File/Basename.pm pod/checkpods.PL 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 utils/splain.PL x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL

Subject: Eliminate warning from C<use overload>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: lib/overload.pm

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Fix C< eval { my $x; eval '$x' } >
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Don't warn if eval '' uses outer func's lexicals
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

Subject: Avoid memory wastage in wait(); make pidstatus global
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: global.sym interp.sym perl.c perl.h pp_sys.c

Subject: Forbid ++ and -- on readonly values
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 19:47:16 -0800 (PST)
From: "John Q. Linux" <jql@accessone.com>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c
Msg-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970110193330.11249D-100000@jql.accessone.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 74c80e585086695d5428ab316ca82fd6931aeabd)

Subject: Keep array from dying during foreach(@array)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: cop.h pp_ctl.c

Subject: Fix C< $a="simple"; split /($a)/o >
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Fix for anon-lists with tied entries coredump
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 02:45:11 -0500
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: pp.c
Msg-ID: <199701100745.CAA13057@aatma.engin.umich.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit d976ac8220f8890bb7663152c4870f60e8e018c8)

Subject: Don't set SVf_PADBUSY on immortal SVs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: op.c

Subject: Patch for Object subroutines
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:56:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: cop.h
Msg-ID: <199701080156.UAA15366@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 174150afa5efdafc0e94a18211d3c9aa06b15cd9)

Subject: Use an SVt_PVLV to hold stacked OP pointers when debugging
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c

Subject: Undo change that freed large pad vars
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Files: scope.c

 TESTS

Subject: UNIVERSAL tests
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: MANIFEST t/op/universal.t

Subject: Test deletion of array during foreach
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@alpha.hut.fi>
Files: t/op/misc.t

 UTILITIES

Subject: Don't search for pod if path is already valid
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:25:19 -0800
From: Wayne Scott <wscott@ichips.intel.com>
Files: utils/perldoc.PL
Msg-ID: <199701082325.PAA04521@pdxlx008.intel.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 88f0eda82bb679b4e6445ccb17e18d0781c6a5da)

Subject: Yet another perldoc option
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 00:00:35 +0200
From: Gisle Aas <aas@aas.no>
Files: utils/perldoc.PL
Msg-ID: <199610022200.AAA15334@furubotn.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a2333f3625faa17fb193cfa25c3d598cb59f105f)

Subject: Re: perldoc, temp files, async pagers
Date: 07 Jan 1997 22:54:14 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: utils/perldoc.PL
Msg-ID: <pzwwtoom8p.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7c36043de26da560a0f7eb04f36d232762c0092c)

27 years agoForbid ++ and -- on readonly values
John Q. Linux [Sat, 11 Jan 1997 03:47:16 +0000]
Forbid ++ and -- on readonly values

Subject: You can ++ and -- readonly integer scalars? (patch included)

  I managed to find an illustration of the bug in a perl one-liner:

perl -e '*a = \100; $a++; print "$a\n"'
101

  Perhaps that's been fixed in one of the beta releases which I'm not
running; or perhaps I'm the only one who finds that slightly incorrect.
If so, ignore the rest of this message.

  You can modify readonly scalars using any of the pre/post
increment/decrement operators. Apparently, the only readonly checking is
done for cases like '100++'.

  I managed to find the relevant code and add some SvREADONLY checks. It
now dies on the inc/dec of readonly scalars with the appropriate nasty
message. I just thought I'd share my patch.

Ashley Winters

p5p-msgid: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970110193330.11249D-100000@jql.accessone.com>

27 years agoFull documentation generation patch
Raphael Manfredi [Tue, 14 Jan 1997 21:16:28 +0000]
Full documentation generation patch

I propose the following patch for perl5.004. It automates the
generation of the documentation and is derived from the pioneer work
of Tom Christiansen, which was sub-documented, unfortunately.

It allows one to run 'roffitall' to generate the full manual and
table of contents, based on existing installed files only.

Next step: automate the maintainance of the roffitall file list, or
generate it automatically... Well, the current version should be OK
for 5.004.

27 years agoPatch for Object subroutines
Ilya Zakharevich [Tue, 7 Jan 1997 12:56:02 +0000]
Patch for Object subroutines

The following script segfaults with _17 ():

#!./perl
my $x;

BEGIN {
  $x = sub {print "in sub.\n"; undef $x};
  sub X::DESTROY { print "Destroying.\n"}
  bless $x, 'X';
}

# At this moment refcount of $x and &$x are 1 (we need a closure for this
# because of a sub leak).

&$x();
print "x: `$x'.\n";

27 years agoFix example #4 in perlXStut
Ilya Zakharevich [Sun, 5 Jan 1997 07:39:45 +0000]
Fix example #4 in perlXStut

Subject: Example4 in perlXStut

The patch below makes Example 4 of perlXStut work. Thanks for Jeff for
suggestions.

Enjoy,

p5p-msgid: <199701050739.CAA11112@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years agoIrix 6.3 & 6.4 and perl5.003_20
John Stoffel [Mon, 13 Jan 1997 09:42:50 +0000]
Irix 6.3 & 6.4 and perl5.003_20

>>>>> "John" == John Stoffel <jfs@fluent.com> writes:

John> With a little bit of work I've gotten perl5.003_20 to compile
John> and pass all tests under Irix 6.4 on an Origin2000 box.  The
John> trick is to realize that 'nm' output can't be parsed on this
John> machine.  Here's the hints file to use for _21 when it's
John> released.

Chip et al,

I've also gotten it to compile and pass all tests under Irix 6.3 on an
O2, but I had to make some additions.  I've put both hints files
below, which are the same except for the comments really, but in case
they need any changes, they can be made pretty easily now.

p5p-msgid: <199701132242.RAA14601@jfs.Fluent.COM>

27 years agoRe: documentation correction (i.e. patch) for perlsyn.pod
M.J.T. Guy [Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:06:37 +0000]
Re: documentation correction (i.e. patch) for perlsyn.pod

Robin Barker <rmb@cise.npl.co.uk> wrote
> Is this the right correction for perlsyn.pod regarding  C<if BLOCK BLOCK> ?
>
> Is it too honest??

It doesn't seem sensible to fill up the pods with history like this.
In fact, perltrap has listed the feature as discontinued rather than
deprecated, since at least 5.002.  It's been gone for well over a year
and nobody's complained.   Let's just bury it.    I suggest replacing
Robin's patch by

p5p-msgid: <E0vilLh-0000M6-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk>

27 years agoPerl 5.003_20: OS/2 patches
Ilya Zakharevich [Thu, 9 Jan 1997 22:02:16 +0000]
Perl 5.003_20: OS/2 patches

Chip Salzenberg writes:
>
> It's all become so routine:
>
>     file: $CPAN/authors/id/CHIPS/perl5.003_20.pat.gz

Below are latest os/2-related patches. **** Note the first chunk ****

It shows that under OS/2 4-argument select was writing over memory
(256 bites = 32 bytes) over what is typically 1-char malloc area.

Since an exception of the general rule is needed on linux and OS/2,
can we trust this rule at all? There may be zillions of obscure
little-endian systems where select sets all the bytes it cares about
instead of just the passed number.

If one wants a Configure test for this, here is the skeleton:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/select.h>

char buffer[81]  = "01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789";
char buffer1[81] = "01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789";

int
main (int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
{
    int i = 80;
    buffer[0] = 2; /* stdout */
    select(8, NULL, (fd_set *)buffer, NULL, NULL);
    while (i > 0 && buffer1[i] == buffer[i]) i--;
    printf("%i bytes overwritten.\n", i+1);
    exit(0);
}

Enjoy,
Ilya

This patch does the following:
a) substitutes BSD (s)random instead of broken EMX's one;
b) removes rsignal from os2/os2.c since it it exported now;
c) defines `register' to none if better debugging is deemed necessary.
d) fixes broken pp_sselect.

p5p-msgid: <199701101102.GAA19051@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

27 years ago[dummy merge]
Chip Salzenberg [Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:24:00 +0000]
[dummy merge]

This merge exists so that the p5p version of the patch and the applied
version are both in the history