24 years agoAdd "Known Problems" section.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 17 Mar 2000 02:29:24 +0000]
Add "Known Problems" section.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5766

24 years agopp_send() type tuning continues.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:32:52 +0000]
pp_send() type tuning continues.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5764

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:09:37 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5763

24 years agoVMS patches from Dan Sugalski and Charles Bailey
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 16 Mar 2000 04:06:36 +0000]
VMS patches from Dan Sugalski and Charles Bailey

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5762

24 years agodue to an oversight during PERL_OBJECT migration, hosts created
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 16 Mar 2000 03:18:41 +0000]
due to an oversight during PERL_OBJECT migration, hosts created
by pseudo-fork were never being deleted, leading to a sizeable
memory leak; std FDs in pseudo-children are now closed
automatically to avoid resource leaks; basic infinite looping
fork() test works without leaking again in non-PERL_OBJECT
build

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5761

24 years agoFix pp_send() sizes (pass a Size_t, not an Off_t, and
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:50:13 +0000]
Fix pp_send() sizes (pass a Size_t, not an Off_t, and
return a SSize_t, not an Off_t); add a note about a slightly
similar situation in pp_truncate(); introduce $sizesize
for Configure; update EPOC, VOS, Win32, and VMS for the
sizesize; minor updates on the EPOC config file; reword
socklen_t message slightly; fix fpossize (though unused currently)

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5760

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:47:11 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5759

24 years agoRetract #5767; replace it with a tested patch
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:46:17 +0000]
Retract #5767; replace it with a tested patch
from Anton Berezin.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5758

24 years agoConfigure nits: do not use /tmp to avoid potential security
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 23:36:53 +0000]
Configure nits: do not use /tmp to avoid potential security
problems (Andy Dougherty: this does not fix the rampant
use of /tmp by the various utilities like C compilers, though.
Just don't run Configure as root if you care about security.),
fix man3dir bug (both from Andy Dougherty); fix hints files
not to use /tmp; retract #4993 (the description of the *symbols
variables is okay, after all); regen Configure.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5757

24 years agocater for FreeBSD 5.*
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:20:06 +0000]
cater for FreeBSD 5.*

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5756

24 years agoAdd missing Windows O_ constants.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:00:57 +0000]
Add missing Windows O_ constants.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5755

24 years agoadd PL_thr_key to export list under useithreads
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 19:56:37 +0000]
add PL_thr_key to export list under useithreads

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5754

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:19:19 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5753

24 years agoupdate local_patches entry for RC2
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:39:42 +0000]
update local_patches entry for RC2

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5748

24 years agomore warnings tidy-ups (from Paul Marquess)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:44:27 +0000]
more warnings tidy-ups (from Paul Marquess)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5747

24 years agoSys::Syslog fix for accidental arguments to autoloaded constants
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:30:43 +0000]
Sys::Syslog fix for accidental arguments to autoloaded constants

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5746

24 years agotweak to use SIZE_ONLY
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 22:20:27 +0000]
tweak to use SIZE_ONLY

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5745

24 years agoregen win32/config*
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:56:48 +0000]
regen win32/config*

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5744

24 years agochange#5729 had syntax errors
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:46:25 +0000]
change#5729 had syntax errors

p4raw-link: @5729 on //depot/cfgperl: 36d4c99b292eeccedae13ea063319aca314246bb

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5743

24 years agointegrate vmsperl changes into mainline (change#5693 denied)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:26:33 +0000]
integrate vmsperl changes into mainline (change#5693 denied)

p4raw-link: @5693 on //depot/vmsperl: 925fd5a3f200998584b0c9f5f508f038863055cb

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5742
p4raw-integrated: from //depot/vmsperl@5741 'copy in'
vms/ext/filespec.t (@5564..) t/lib/filespec.t vms/vms.c
(@5689..) configure.com (@5690..) 'edit in'
lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm (@5690..) 'ignore' t/lib/complex.t
(@5690..)

24 years agoupdate Changes; integrate cfgperl contents into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:17:34 +0000]
update Changes; integrate cfgperl contents into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5741

24 years agoperlfaq4 tweak (from Damian Conway <damian@cs.monash.edu.au>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:57:12 +0000]
perlfaq4 tweak (from Damian Conway <damian@cs.monash.edu.au>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5740

24 years agoallow alternates to negate correctly (from Johan Vromans)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:53:07 +0000]
allow alternates to negate correctly (from Johan Vromans)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5739

24 years agokludge our way around warnings on C<use POSIX; use IO::File;>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:34:19 +0000]
kludge our way around warnings on C<use POSIX; use IO::File;>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5738

24 years agoprotect special characters better against interpretation by *roff
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 20:06:23 +0000]
protect special characters better against interpretation by *roff
(from Russ Allbery)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5737

24 years agoprovide an explicit base address for perl56.dll to avoid relocations;
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:47:00 +0000]
provide an explicit base address for perl56.dll to avoid relocations;
increase the default stack size (RE engine can use a lot more stack
than the 1MB default limit); default to using the regular version of
the MSVCRT even for DEBUGGING builds (this allows extensions to be
selectively built with debugging)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5736

24 years agoregen perltoc, other pod nits
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:31:53 +0000]
regen perltoc, other pod nits

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5735

24 years agoavoid dup warning (from Simon Cozens)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 19:08:22 +0000]
avoid dup warning (from Simon Cozens)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5734

24 years agoallow usemymalloc to be overridden via -Uusemymalloc
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 18:46:50 +0000]
allow usemymalloc to be overridden via -Uusemymalloc

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5733

24 years agotest case for change#5700 (from M. J. T. Guy)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:23:47 +0000]
test case for change#5700 (from M. J. T. Guy)

p4raw-link: @5700 on //depot/perl: 386d01d60781c452398a2c213e241a4169059c2c

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5732

24 years agorevise README.win32 for currentness, point to function
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:15:44 +0000]
revise README.win32 for currentness, point to function
list in perlport.pod (from a patch suggested by Dominic Dunlop)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5731

24 years agotweak sort() notes (from Nathan Torkington)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:14:21 +0000]
tweak sort() notes (from Nathan Torkington)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5730

24 years agoMake the tests 1018 and 1019 more robust.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:13:13 +0000]
Make the tests 1018 and 1019 more robust.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5729

24 years agoFix for one of the problems in RC1 reported by M. E. O'Neill
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:07:48 +0000]
Fix for one of the problems in RC1 reported by M. E. O'Neill
in NEXTSTEP 3.3p2.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5728

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy; unapply the #5539 that snekt in
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:57:04 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy; unapply the #5539 that snekt in
with #5539.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5727

24 years agofixes for Borland compiler (from Vadim Konovalov
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 07:43:37 +0000]
fixes for Borland compiler (from Vadim Konovalov
<vkonovalov@lucent.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5726

24 years agomore efficient Text::Abbrev (from M.E. O'Neill <oneill@cs.sfu.ca>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 07:38:00 +0000]
more efficient Text::Abbrev (from M.E. O'Neill <oneill@cs.sfu.ca>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5725

24 years agointegrate cfgperl changes into mainline, ignoring the
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 05:59:02 +0000]
integrate cfgperl changes into mainline, ignoring the
__attribute__((unused)) stuff that seems to have snuck
back in

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5724

24 years agopatches for many bugs in the debugger; documentation updates for
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 05:49:08 +0000]
patches for many bugs in the debugger; documentation updates for
perldelta; split perldebug.pod into perldeb{ug,guts}.pod (from
Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5723

24 years agoadd sleep() to avoid race on NeXT (from M.E. O'Neill
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 05:37:29 +0000]
add sleep() to avoid race on NeXT (from M.E. O'Neill
<oneill@cs.sfu.ca>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5722

24 years agosupport a -U option when run as root to drop privileges (from
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:53:50 +0000]
support a -U option when run as root to drop privileges (from
Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5721

24 years agomove the big AVAILABILITY list to perlport as Supported Platforms
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:43:51 +0000]
move the big AVAILABILITY list to perlport as Supported Platforms
(Tom Christiansen); add few more platforms

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5720

24 years agomore todo
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 02:44:55 +0000]
more todo

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5719

24 years agodetypo
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 02:17:16 +0000]
detypo

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5718

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 02:00:24 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5717

24 years agoreference miscount in Devel::Peek that causes debugger to
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:01:39 +0000]
reference miscount in Devel::Peek that causes debugger to
crash unceremoniously when doing "V DB" etc., repeatedly

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5716

24 years agofixes for broken L<> links (from Wolfgang Laun
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:40:23 +0000]
fixes for broken L<> links (from Wolfgang Laun
<wolfgang.laun@alcatel.at>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5715

24 years agotypos in perlboot.pod (from Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:37:48 +0000]
typos in perlboot.pod (from Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5714

24 years agoavoid infinite loop in h2xs (from Hugo van der Sanden)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:36:24 +0000]
avoid infinite loop in h2xs (from Hugo van der Sanden)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5713

24 years agolexical warnings update for docs and tests (from Paul Marquess)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:29:15 +0000]
lexical warnings update for docs and tests (from Paul Marquess)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5712

24 years agoupdates from PodParser v1.12 on CPAN (from Brad Appleton)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 21:08:29 +0000]
updates from PodParser v1.12 on CPAN (from Brad Appleton)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5711

24 years agocleaner logic in op.c, also avoids QNX optimizer bug (from Norton
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:46:37 +0000]
cleaner logic in op.c, also avoids QNX optimizer bug (from Norton
Allen <allen@huarp.harvard.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5710

24 years agomention changes to diagnostics
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:43:30 +0000]
mention changes to diagnostics

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5709

24 years agoignore const for the purposes of typemaps (from Hugo van der Sanden)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:34:38 +0000]
ignore const for the purposes of typemaps (from Hugo van der Sanden)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5708

24 years agodon't check for errno after Atof() (atof() doesn't set errno, and
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:23:24 +0000]
don't check for errno after Atof() (atof() doesn't set errno, and
where Atof() is actually strto[l]d(), some platforms seem to want
to set errno randomly)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5707

24 years agointegrate cfgperl changes into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:14:18 +0000]
integrate cfgperl changes into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5706

24 years agoSTRLEN != int.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:44:11 +0000]
STRLEN != int.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5705

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:18:07 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5704

24 years agomention autoflush portability caveat
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:40:51 +0000]
mention autoflush portability caveat

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5703

24 years agofinal touches for lexical warnings (from Paul Marquess)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:09:05 +0000]
final touches for lexical warnings (from Paul Marquess)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5702

24 years agoavoid compiler warnings
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:00:00 +0000]
avoid compiler warnings

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5701

24 years agomake the is_utf8_*() safe for use on invalid utf8 (they now
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:57:59 +0000]
make the is_utf8_*() safe for use on invalid utf8 (they now
return false on such input instead of emitting warnings)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5700

24 years agothe premature FREETMPS calls in change#1187 weren't defensive enough
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 06:59:57 +0000]
the premature FREETMPS calls in change#1187 weren't defensive enough

p4raw-link: @1187 on //depot/perl: a29cdaf07aa5601e42ae4955cc0f168e91a7c385

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5699

24 years agohints nibbling continues
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 05:03:37 +0000]
hints nibbling continues

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5698

24 years agothere's no end to tweaking
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:45:57 +0000]
there's no end to tweaking

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5697

24 years agohints tweak
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:26:15 +0000]
hints tweak

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5696

24 years agoSolaris long double fixes from Alan Burlison.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:41:51 +0000]
Solaris long double fixes from Alan Burlison.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5687

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:17:13 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5686

24 years agoRetract #5680, it broke more than it helped.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:13:17 +0000]
Retract #5680, it broke more than it helped.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5685

24 years agoset optimize=-O only if not already set
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:48:44 +0000]
set optimize=-O only if not already set

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5684

24 years agoanother optimized-OP_SASSIGN bug: ops that were not OA_TARGLEX
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 20:11:45 +0000]
another optimized-OP_SASSIGN bug: ops that were not OA_TARGLEX
were being mistakenly subverted anyway

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5683

24 years agoupdate AVAILABILITY for LynxOS
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:11:52 +0000]
update AVAILABILITY for LynxOS

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5682

24 years ago64-bitness hints tweaks
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:03:46 +0000]
64-bitness hints tweaks

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5681

24 years ago64-bitness tweak: separate 64bitint and 64bitall.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:49:25 +0000]
64-bitness tweak: separate 64bitint and 64bitall.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5680

24 years agometaconfig-ify #5676.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:43:09 +0000]
metaconfig-ify #5676.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5679

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:37:14 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5678

24 years agointegrate cfgperl changes into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:35:10 +0000]
integrate cfgperl changes into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5677

24 years agodon't bother testing if we can flush all handles when fflush(stdin)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:27:38 +0000]
don't bother testing if we can flush all handles when fflush(stdin)
shows the pipe bug

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5676

24 years agocontinue flogging the string->int conversion ifdefs
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 05:08:29 +0000]
continue flogging the string->int conversion ifdefs

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5675

24 years agofix File::DosGlob for patterns with drive names like c:*.bat
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 05:01:30 +0000]
fix File::DosGlob for patterns with drive names like c:*.bat
(suggested by Jason Mathews <mathews@computer.org>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5674

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:48:14 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5673

24 years agosecurity fixes for perldoc (from Tom Christiansen)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:57:23 +0000]
security fixes for perldoc (from Tom Christiansen)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5672

24 years agoLarry's patch to disallow CORE::Snark, with perldiag entry
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:45:27 +0000]
Larry's patch to disallow CORE::Snark, with perldiag entry

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5671

24 years agoinsufficient buffer in change#5317
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:36:17 +0000]
insufficient buffer in change#5317

p4raw-link: @5317 on //depot/perl: 0c57e439868bda58b2cbd4708d7a8b4dcf15b989

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5670

24 years agoavoid L<foo|bar> for now, not all the pod2foo support it
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:15:29 +0000]
avoid L<foo|bar> for now, not all the pod2foo support it

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5669

24 years agorework change#5664
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 12 Mar 2000 02:35:55 +0000]
rework change#5664

p4raw-link: @5664 on //depot/perl: 388d3c036745024b7ca2276efc330e632cfbcaa9

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5668

24 years agotodo and perldelta updates
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:35:29 +0000]
todo and perldelta updates

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5667

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:00:34 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5666

24 years agoFixes for #5661.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:58:58 +0000]
Fixes for #5661.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5665

24 years agofix Strtoul() misdefinition is change#5661
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:50:06 +0000]
fix Strtoul() misdefinition is change#5661

p4raw-link: @5661 on //depot/cfgperl: 55eb892c8d1c2d0317b54696f56f6afb30a62cd1

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5664

24 years agointegrate cfgperl contents into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:21:18 +0000]
integrate cfgperl contents into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5663

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:06:20 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5662

24 years agoUse Atof() instead of bare strtod(); ditto for Atol()/Atoul()
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:03:32 +0000]
Use Atof() instead of bare strtod(); ditto for Atol()/Atoul()
(introduce the latter) instead of bare strtoll()/strtoll().

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5661

24 years agoanother long-standing eval bug: return doesn't reset $@ correctly
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:40:49 +0000]
another long-standing eval bug: return doesn't reset $@ correctly

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5660

24 years agometaconfig-ify the test for broken fflush(NULL)
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:27:54 +0000]
metaconfig-ify the test for broken fflush(NULL)
(which ails e.g. Solaris), from Ulrich Pfeifer.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5659

24 years agochange#3511 was not defensive enough about try blocks, causing
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:11:22 +0000]
change#3511 was not defensive enough about try blocks, causing
bogus attempts to free closures, and thence, segfaults

p4raw-link: @3511 on //depot/perl: 067f92a0e46641b4b3e89afcde43bf134105f7b7

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5658

24 years agoRewording.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:04:44 +0000]
Rewording.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5657

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:41:29 +0000]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5656

24 years agoreword comment
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:06:03 +0000]
reword comment

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5655

24 years agooff-by-one in os2.c (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 11 Mar 2000 17:01:47 +0000]
off-by-one in os2.c (from Ilya Zakharevich)

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