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.IX Title "PERLDELTA 1"
.TH PERLDELTA 1 "2006-01-07" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
.SH "NAME"
perldelta \- what is new for perl v5.8.8
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This document describes differences between the 5.8.7 release and
the 5.8.8 release.
.SH "Incompatible Changes"
.IX Header "Incompatible Changes"
There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.8.7. If any exist,
they are bugs and reports are welcome.
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\&\s-1HTML\s0 output will now correctly link
to \f(CW\*(C`=item\*(C'\fRs on the same page, and should be valid \s-1XHTML\s0.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Variable names are recognized as intended
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Pod::Parser\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.32
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Allow files that start with \f(CW\*(C`=head\*(C'\fR on the first line
.IP "\(bu" 4
Win32 portability fix
.IP "\(bu" 4
Exit status of \f(CW\*(C`pod2usage\*(C'\fR fixed
.IP "\(bu" 4
New \f(CW\*(C`\-noperldoc\*(C'\fR switch for \f(CW\*(C`pod2usage\*(C'\fR
.IP "\(bu" 4
Arbitrary \s-1URL\s0 schemes now allowed
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.09
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`re\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.05
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typo fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Safe\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.12
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Minor documentation enhancement
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`SDBM_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typo fixed
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Socket\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.78
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Storable\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.15
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
This includes the \f(CW\*(C`STORABLE_attach\*(C'\fR hook functionality added by
Adam Kennedy, and more frugal memory requirements when storing under \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR, by
using the \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR cloning tracking code.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Switch\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.10_01
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.13
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Now provides numeric macros and meaningful \f(CW\*(C`Exporter\*(C'\fR tags.
.IP "\(bu" 4
No longer uses \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Hostname\*(C'\fR as it may provide useless values in
unconfigured network environments, so instead uses \f(CW\*(C`INADDR_LOOPBACK\*(C'\fR directly.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`syslog()\*(C'\fR now uses local timestamp.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`setlogmask()\*(C'\fR now behaves like its C counterpart.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`setlogsock()\*(C'\fR will now \f(CW\*(C`croak()\*(C'\fR as documented.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Improved error and warnings messages.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Improved documentation.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Term::ANSIColor\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.10
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Fixes a bug in \f(CW\*(C`colored\*(C'\fR when \f(CW$EACHLINE\fR is set that caused it to not color
lines consisting solely of 0 (literal zero).
.IP "\(bu" 4
Improved tests.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Term::ReadLine\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation tweaks
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.56 (was 2.48)
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
The \f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness\*(C'\fR timer is now off by default.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Now shows elapsed time in milliseconds.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Various bug fixes
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Simple\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.62 (was 0.54)
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`is_deeply()\*(C'\fR no longer fails to work for many cases
.IP "\(bu" 4
Various minor bug fixes
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation enhancements
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Text::Tabs\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2005.0824
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Provides a faster implementation of \f(CW\*(C`expand\*(C'\fR
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Text::Wrap\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2005.082401
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Adds \f(CW$Text::Wrap::separator2\fR, which allows you to preserve existing newlines
but add line-breaks with some other string.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`threads\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.07
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`threads\*(C'\fR will now honour \f(CW\*(C`no warnings 'threads'\*(C'\fR
.IP "\(bu" 4
A thread's interpreter is now freed after \f(CW\*(C`$t\->join()\*(C'\fR rather than after
\&\f(CW\*(C`undef $t\*(C'\fR, which should fix some \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR memory leaks. (Fixed by Dave
Mitchell)
.IP "\(bu" 4
Some documentation typo fixes.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`threads::shared\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.94
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation changes only
.IP "\(bu" 4
Note: An improved implementation of \f(CW\*(C`threads::shared\*(C'\fR is available on
\&\s-1CPAN\s0 \- this will be merged into 5.8.9 if it proves stable.
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Tie::Hash\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typo fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Time::HiRes\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.86 (was 1.66)
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`clock_nanosleep()\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`clock()\*(C'\fR functions added
.IP "\(bu" 4
Support for the \s-1POSIX\s0 \f(CW\*(C`clock_gettime()\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`clock_getres()\*(C'\fR has been added
.IP "\(bu" 4
Return \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR or an empty list if the C \f(CW\*(C`gettimeofday()\*(C'\fR function fails
.IP "\(bu" 4
Improved \f(CW\*(C`nanosleep\*(C'\fR detection
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.IP "\(bu" 4
Enhanced documentation
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::Collate\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.52
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Now implements \s-1UCA\s0 Revision 14 (based on Unicode 4.1.0).
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::Collate\-\*(C'\fRnew> method no longer overwrites user's \f(CW$_\fR
.IP "\(bu" 4
Enhanced documentation
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::UCD\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.24
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`User::grent\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.01
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typo fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`vmsish\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation typos fixed
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`warnings\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Gentler messing with \f(CW\*(C`Carp::\*(C'\fR internals
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation update
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`Win32\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.2601
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Provides Windows Vista support to \f(CW\*(C`Win32::GetOSName\*(C'\fR
.IP "\(bu" 4
Documentation enhancements
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.IP "\(bu" 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`XS::Typemap\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.02
.RS 4
.IP "\(bu" 4
Internal cleanup
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.SH "Utility Changes"
.IX Header "Utility Changes"
.ie n .Sh """h2xs"" enhancements"
.el .Sh "\f(CWh2xs\fP enhancements"
.IX Subsection "h2xs enhancements"
\&\f(CW\*(C`h2xs\*(C'\fR implements new option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-use\-xsloader\*(C'\fR to force use of
\&\f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR even in backwards compatible modules.
.PP
The handling of authors' names that had apostrophes has been fixed.
.PP
Any enums with negative values are now skipped.
.ie n .Sh """perlivp"" enhancements"
.el .Sh "\f(CWperlivp\fP enhancements"
.IX Subsection "perlivp enhancements"
\&\f(CW\*(C`perlivp\*(C'\fR implements new option \f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR and will not check for \fI*.ph\fR
files by default any more.  Use the \f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR option to run \fIall\fR tests.
.SH "New Documentation"
.IX Header "New Documentation"
The perlglossary manpage is a glossary of terms used in the Perl
documentation, technical and otherwise, kindly provided by O'Reilly Media,
inc.
.SH "Performance Enhancements"
.IX Header "Performance Enhancements"
.IP "\(bu" 4
Weak reference creation is now \fIO(1)\fR rather than \fIO(n)\fR, courtesy of
Nicholas Clark. Weak reference deletion remains \fIO(n)\fR, but if deletion only
happens at program exit, it may be skipped completely.
.IP "\(bu" 4