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| 131 | .IX Title "PERLDELTA 1" |
| 132 | .TH PERLDELTA 1 "2006-01-07" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" |
| 133 | .SH "NAME" |
| 134 | perldelta \- what is new for perl v5.8.8 |
| 135 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 136 | .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" |
| 137 | This document describes differences between the 5.8.7 release and |
| 138 | the 5.8.8 release. |
| 139 | .SH "Incompatible Changes" |
| 140 | .IX Header "Incompatible Changes" |
| 141 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.8.7. If any exist, |
| 142 | they are bugs and reports are welcome. |
| 143 | .SH "Core Enhancements" |
| 144 | .IX Header "Core Enhancements" |
| 145 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 146 | \&\f(CW\*(C`chdir\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`chmod\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`chown\*(C'\fR can now work on filehandles as well as |
| 147 | filenames, if the system supports respectively \f(CW\*(C`fchdir\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`fchmod\*(C'\fR and |
| 148 | \&\f(CW\*(C`fchown\*(C'\fR, thanks to a patch provided by Gisle Aas. |
| 149 | .SH "Modules and Pragmata" |
| 150 | .IX Header "Modules and Pragmata" |
| 151 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 152 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Attribute::Handlers\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.78_02 |
| 153 | .RS 4 |
| 154 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 155 | Documentation typo fix |
| 156 | .RE |
| 157 | .RS 4 |
| 158 | .RE |
| 159 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 160 | \&\f(CW\*(C`attrs\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 161 | .RS 4 |
| 162 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 163 | Internal cleanup only |
| 164 | .RE |
| 165 | .RS 4 |
| 166 | .RE |
| 167 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 168 | \&\f(CW\*(C`autouse\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 169 | .RS 4 |
| 170 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 171 | Simplified implementation |
| 172 | .RE |
| 173 | .RS 4 |
| 174 | .RE |
| 175 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 176 | \&\f(CW\*(C`B\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.09_01 |
| 177 | .RS 4 |
| 178 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 179 | The inheritance hierarchy of the \f(CW\*(C`B::\*(C'\fR modules has been corrected; |
| 180 | \&\f(CW\*(C`B::NV\*(C'\fR now inherits from \f(CW\*(C`B::SV\*(C'\fR (instead of \f(CW\*(C`B::IV\*(C'\fR). |
| 181 | .RE |
| 182 | .RS 4 |
| 183 | .RE |
| 184 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 185 | \&\f(CW\*(C`blib\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 186 | .RS 4 |
| 187 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 188 | Documentation typo fix |
| 189 | .RE |
| 190 | .RS 4 |
| 191 | .RE |
| 192 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 193 | \&\f(CW\*(C`ByteLoader\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.06 |
| 194 | .RS 4 |
| 195 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 196 | Internal cleanup |
| 197 | .RE |
| 198 | .RS 4 |
| 199 | .RE |
| 200 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 201 | \&\f(CW\*(C`CGI\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 3.15 |
| 202 | .RS 4 |
| 203 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 204 | Extraneous \*(L"?\*(R" from \f(CW\*(C`self_url()\*(C'\fR removed |
| 205 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 206 | \&\f(CW\*(C`scrolling_list()\*(C'\fR select attribute fixed |
| 207 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 208 | \&\f(CW\*(C`virtual_port\*(C'\fR now works properly with the https protocol |
| 209 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 210 | \&\f(CW\*(C`upload_hook()\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`append()\*(C'\fR now works in function-oriented mode |
| 211 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 212 | \&\f(CW\*(C`POST_MAX\*(C'\fR doesn't cause the client to hang any more |
| 213 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 214 | Automatic tab indexes are now disabled and new \f(CW\*(C`\-tabindex\*(C'\fR pragma has |
| 215 | been added to turn automatic indexes back on |
| 216 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 217 | \&\f(CW\*(C`end_form()\*(C'\fR doesn't emit empty (and non\-validating) \f(CW\*(C`<div>\*(C'\fR |
| 218 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 219 | \&\f(CW\*(C`CGI::Carp\*(C'\fR works better in certain mod_perl configurations |
| 220 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 221 | Setting \f(CW$CGI::TMPDIRECTORY\fR is now effective |
| 222 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 223 | Enhanced documentation |
| 224 | .RE |
| 225 | .RS 4 |
| 226 | .RE |
| 227 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 228 | \&\f(CW\*(C`charnames\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 229 | .RS 4 |
| 230 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 231 | \&\f(CW\*(C`viacode()\*(C'\fR now accept hex strings and has been optimized. |
| 232 | .RE |
| 233 | .RS 4 |
| 234 | .RE |
| 235 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 236 | \&\f(CW\*(C`CPAN\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.76_02 |
| 237 | .RS 4 |
| 238 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 239 | 1 minor bug fix for Win32 |
| 240 | .RE |
| 241 | .RS 4 |
| 242 | .RE |
| 243 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 244 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Cwd\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 3.12 |
| 245 | .RS 4 |
| 246 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 247 | \&\f(CW\*(C`canonpath()\*(C'\fR on Win32 now collapses \fIfoo\e..\fR sections correctly. |
| 248 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 249 | Improved behaviour on Symbian \s-1OS\s0. |
| 250 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 251 | Enhanced documentation and typo fixes |
| 252 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 253 | Internal cleanup |
| 254 | .RE |
| 255 | .RS 4 |
| 256 | .RE |
| 257 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 258 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Data::Dumper\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.121_08 |
| 259 | .RS 4 |
| 260 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 261 | A problem where \f(CW\*(C`Data::Dumper\*(C'\fR would sometimes update the iterator state |
| 262 | of hashes has been fixed |
| 263 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 264 | Numeric labels now work |
| 265 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 266 | Internal cleanup |
| 267 | .RE |
| 268 | .RS 4 |
| 269 | .RE |
| 270 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 271 | \&\f(CW\*(C`DB\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.01 |
| 272 | .RS 4 |
| 273 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 274 | A problem where the state of the regexp engine would sometimes get clobbered when running |
| 275 | under the debugger has been fixed. |
| 276 | .RE |
| 277 | .RS 4 |
| 278 | .RE |
| 279 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 280 | \&\f(CW\*(C`DB_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.814 |
| 281 | .RS 4 |
| 282 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 283 | Adds support for Berkeley \s-1DB\s0 4.4. |
| 284 | .RE |
| 285 | .RS 4 |
| 286 | .RE |
| 287 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 288 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Devel::DProf\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 20050603.00 |
| 289 | .RS 4 |
| 290 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 291 | Internal cleanup |
| 292 | .RE |
| 293 | .RS 4 |
| 294 | .RE |
| 295 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 296 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Devel::Peek\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 297 | .RS 4 |
| 298 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 299 | Internal cleanup |
| 300 | .RE |
| 301 | .RS 4 |
| 302 | .RE |
| 303 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 304 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Devel::PPPort\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 3.06_01 |
| 305 | .RS 4 |
| 306 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 307 | \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-compat\-version\*(C'\fR argument checking has been improved |
| 308 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 309 | Files passed on the command line are filtered by default |
| 310 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 311 | \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-nofilter\*(C'\fR option to override the filtering has been added |
| 312 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 313 | Enhanced documentation |
| 314 | .RE |
| 315 | .RS 4 |
| 316 | .RE |
| 317 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 318 | \&\f(CW\*(C`diagnostics\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.15 |
| 319 | .RS 4 |
| 320 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 321 | Documentation typo fix |
| 322 | .RE |
| 323 | .RS 4 |
| 324 | .RE |
| 325 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 326 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Digest\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.14 |
| 327 | .RS 4 |
| 328 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 329 | The constructor now knows which module implements \s-1SHA\-224\s0 |
| 330 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 331 | Documentation tweaks and typo fixes |
| 332 | .RE |
| 333 | .RS 4 |
| 334 | .RE |
| 335 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 336 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Digest::MD5\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.36 |
| 337 | .RS 4 |
| 338 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 339 | \&\f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR is now used for faster loading |
| 340 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 341 | Enhanced documentation including \s-1MD5\s0 weaknesses discovered lately |
| 342 | .RE |
| 343 | .RS 4 |
| 344 | .RE |
| 345 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 346 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Dumpvalue\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.12 |
| 347 | .RS 4 |
| 348 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 349 | Documentation fix |
| 350 | .RE |
| 351 | .RS 4 |
| 352 | .RE |
| 353 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 354 | \&\f(CW\*(C`DynaLoader\*(C'\fR upgraded but unfortunately we're not able to increment its version number :\-( |
| 355 | .RS 4 |
| 356 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 357 | Implements \f(CW\*(C`dl_unload_file\*(C'\fR on Win32 |
| 358 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 359 | Internal cleanup |
| 360 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 361 | \&\f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR 0.06 incorporated; small optimisation for calling |
| 362 | \&\f(CW\*(C`bootstrap_inherit()\*(C'\fR and documentation enhancements. |
| 363 | .RE |
| 364 | .RS 4 |
| 365 | .RE |
| 366 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 367 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Encode\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.12 |
| 368 | .RS 4 |
| 369 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 370 | A coderef is now acceptable for \f(CW\*(C`CHECK\*(C'\fR! |
| 371 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 372 | 3 new characters added to the \s-1ISO\-8859\-7\s0 encoding |
| 373 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 374 | New encoding \f(CW\*(C`MIME\-Header\-ISO_2022_JP\*(C'\fR added |
| 375 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 376 | Problem with partial characters and \f(CW\*(C`encoding(utf\-8\-strict)\*(C'\fR fixed. |
| 377 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 378 | Documentation enhancements and typo fixes |
| 379 | .RE |
| 380 | .RS 4 |
| 381 | .RE |
| 382 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 383 | \&\f(CW\*(C`English\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 384 | .RS 4 |
| 385 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 386 | the \f(CW$COMPILING\fR variable has been added |
| 387 | .RE |
| 388 | .RS 4 |
| 389 | .RE |
| 390 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 391 | \&\f(CW\*(C`ExtUtils::Constant\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.17 |
| 392 | .RS 4 |
| 393 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 394 | Improved compatibility with older versions of perl |
| 395 | .RE |
| 396 | .RS 4 |
| 397 | .RE |
| 398 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 399 | \&\f(CW\*(C`ExtUtils::MakeMaker\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 6.30 (was 6.17) |
| 400 | .RS 4 |
| 401 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 402 | Too much to list here; see <http://search.cpan.org/src/MSCHWERN/ExtUtils\-MakeMaker\-6.30/Changes> |
| 403 | .RE |
| 404 | .RS 4 |
| 405 | .RE |
| 406 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 407 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Basename\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.74, with changes contributed by Michael Schwern. |
| 408 | .RS 4 |
| 409 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 410 | Documentation clarified and errors corrected. |
| 411 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 412 | \&\f(CW\*(C`basename\*(C'\fR now strips trailing path separators before processing the name. |
| 413 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 414 | \&\f(CW\*(C`basename\*(C'\fR now returns \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR for parameter \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR, to make \f(CW\*(C`basename\*(C'\fR |
| 415 | consistent with the shell utility of the same name. |
| 416 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 417 | The suffix is no longer stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters |
| 418 | in the name, again for consistency with the shell utility. |
| 419 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 420 | Some internal code cleanup. |
| 421 | .RE |
| 422 | .RS 4 |
| 423 | .RE |
| 424 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 425 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Copy\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.09 |
| 426 | .RS 4 |
| 427 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 428 | Copying a file onto itself used to fail. |
| 429 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 430 | Moving a file between file systems now preserves the access and |
| 431 | modification time stamps |
| 432 | .RE |
| 433 | .RS 4 |
| 434 | .RE |
| 435 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 436 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Find\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.10 |
| 437 | .RS 4 |
| 438 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 439 | Win32 portability fixes |
| 440 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 441 | Enhanced documentation |
| 442 | .RE |
| 443 | .RS 4 |
| 444 | .RE |
| 445 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 446 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Glob\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 447 | .RS 4 |
| 448 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 449 | Internal cleanup |
| 450 | .RE |
| 451 | .RS 4 |
| 452 | .RE |
| 453 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 454 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Path\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.08 |
| 455 | .RS 4 |
| 456 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 457 | \&\f(CW\*(C`mkpath\*(C'\fR now preserves \f(CW\*(C`errno\*(C'\fR when \f(CW\*(C`mkdir\*(C'\fR fails |
| 458 | .RE |
| 459 | .RS 4 |
| 460 | .RE |
| 461 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 462 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 3.12 |
| 463 | .RS 4 |
| 464 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 465 | \&\f(CW\*(C`File::Spec\-\*(C'\fR\fIrootdir()\fR> now returns \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR on Win32, instead of \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR |
| 466 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 467 | \&\f(CW$^O\fR could sometimes become tainted. This has been fixed. |
| 468 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 469 | \&\f(CW\*(C`canonpath\*(C'\fR on Win32 now collapses \f(CW\*(C`foo/..\*(C'\fR (or \f(CW\*(C`foo\e..\*(C'\fR) sections |
| 470 | correctly, rather than doing the \*(L"misguided\*(R" work it was previously doing. |
| 471 | Note that \f(CW\*(C`canonpath\*(C'\fR on Unix still does \fBnot\fR collapse these sections, as |
| 472 | doing so would be incorrect. |
| 473 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 474 | Some documentation improvements |
| 475 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 476 | Some internal code cleanup |
| 477 | .RE |
| 478 | .RS 4 |
| 479 | .RE |
| 480 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 481 | \&\f(CW\*(C`FileCache\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 482 | .RS 4 |
| 483 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 484 | \&\s-1POD\s0 formatting errors in the documentation fixed |
| 485 | .RE |
| 486 | .RS 4 |
| 487 | .RE |
| 488 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 489 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Filter::Simple\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.82 |
| 490 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 491 | \&\f(CW\*(C`FindBin\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.47 |
| 492 | .RS 4 |
| 493 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 494 | Now works better with directories where access rights are more |
| 495 | restrictive than usual. |
| 496 | .RE |
| 497 | .RS 4 |
| 498 | .RE |
| 499 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 500 | \&\f(CW\*(C`GDBM_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.08 |
| 501 | .RS 4 |
| 502 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 503 | Internal cleanup |
| 504 | .RE |
| 505 | .RS 4 |
| 506 | .RE |
| 507 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 508 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Getopt::Long\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.35 |
| 509 | .RS 4 |
| 510 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 511 | \&\f(CW\*(C`prefix_pattern\*(C'\fR has now been complemented by a new configuration |
| 512 | option \f(CW\*(C`long_prefix_pattern\*(C'\fR that allows the user to specify what |
| 513 | prefix patterns should have long option style semantics applied. |
| 514 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 515 | Options can now take multiple values at once (experimental) |
| 516 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 517 | Various bug fixes |
| 518 | .RE |
| 519 | .RS 4 |
| 520 | .RE |
| 521 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 522 | \&\f(CW\*(C`if\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.05 |
| 523 | .RS 4 |
| 524 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 525 | Give more meaningful error messages from \f(CW\*(C`if\*(C'\fR when invoked with a |
| 526 | condition in list context. |
| 527 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 528 | Restore backwards compatibility with earlier versions of perl |
| 529 | .RE |
| 530 | .RS 4 |
| 531 | .RE |
| 532 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 533 | \&\f(CW\*(C`IO\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.22 |
| 534 | .RS 4 |
| 535 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 536 | Enhanced documentation |
| 537 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 538 | Internal cleanup |
| 539 | .RE |
| 540 | .RS 4 |
| 541 | .RE |
| 542 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 543 | \&\f(CW\*(C`IPC::Open2\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 544 | .RS 4 |
| 545 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 546 | Enhanced documentation |
| 547 | .RE |
| 548 | .RS 4 |
| 549 | .RE |
| 550 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 551 | \&\f(CW\*(C`IPC::Open3\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 552 | .RS 4 |
| 553 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 554 | Enhanced documentation |
| 555 | .RE |
| 556 | .RS 4 |
| 557 | .RE |
| 558 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 559 | \&\f(CW\*(C`List::Util\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.18 (was 1.14) |
| 560 | .RS 4 |
| 561 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 562 | Fix pure-perl version of \f(CW\*(C`refaddr\*(C'\fR to avoid blessing an un-blessed reference |
| 563 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 564 | Use \f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR for faster loading |
| 565 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 566 | Fixed various memory leaks |
| 567 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 568 | Internal cleanup and portability fixes |
| 569 | .RE |
| 570 | .RS 4 |
| 571 | .RE |
| 572 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 573 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Math::Complex\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.35 |
| 574 | .RS 4 |
| 575 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 576 | \&\f(CW\*(C`atan2(0, i)\*(C'\fR now works, as do all the (computable) complex argument cases |
| 577 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 578 | Fixes for certain bugs in \f(CW\*(C`make\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`emake\*(C'\fR |
| 579 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 580 | Support returning the \fIk\fRth root directly |
| 581 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 582 | Support \f(CW\*(C`[2,\-3pi/8]\*(C'\fR in \f(CW\*(C`emake\*(C'\fR |
| 583 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 584 | Support \f(CW\*(C`inf\*(C'\fR for \f(CW\*(C`make\*(C'\fR/\f(CW\*(C`emake\*(C'\fR |
| 585 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 586 | Document \f(CW\*(C`make\*(C'\fR/\f(CW\*(C`emake\*(C'\fR more visibly |
| 587 | .RE |
| 588 | .RS 4 |
| 589 | .RE |
| 590 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 591 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Math::Trig\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 592 | .RS 4 |
| 593 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 594 | Add more great circle routines: \f(CW\*(C`great_circle_waypoint\*(C'\fR and |
| 595 | \&\f(CW\*(C`great_circle_destination\*(C'\fR |
| 596 | .RE |
| 597 | .RS 4 |
| 598 | .RE |
| 599 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 600 | \&\f(CW\*(C`MIME::Base64\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 3.07 |
| 601 | .RS 4 |
| 602 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 603 | Use \f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR for faster loading |
| 604 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 605 | Enhanced documentation |
| 606 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 607 | Internal cleanup |
| 608 | .RE |
| 609 | .RS 4 |
| 610 | .RE |
| 611 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 612 | \&\f(CW\*(C`NDBM_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 613 | .RS 4 |
| 614 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 615 | Enhanced documentation |
| 616 | .RE |
| 617 | .RS 4 |
| 618 | .RE |
| 619 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 620 | \&\f(CW\*(C`ODBM_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 621 | .RS 4 |
| 622 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 623 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 624 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 625 | Internal cleanup |
| 626 | .RE |
| 627 | .RS 4 |
| 628 | .RE |
| 629 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 630 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Opcode\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 631 | .RS 4 |
| 632 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 633 | Enhanced documentation |
| 634 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 635 | Internal cleanup |
| 636 | .RE |
| 637 | .RS 4 |
| 638 | .RE |
| 639 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 640 | \&\f(CW\*(C`open\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 641 | .RS 4 |
| 642 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 643 | Enhanced documentation |
| 644 | .RE |
| 645 | .RS 4 |
| 646 | .RE |
| 647 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 648 | \&\f(CW\*(C`overload\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.04 |
| 649 | .RS 4 |
| 650 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 651 | Enhanced documentation |
| 652 | .RE |
| 653 | .RS 4 |
| 654 | .RE |
| 655 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 656 | \&\f(CW\*(C`PerlIO\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.04 |
| 657 | .RS 4 |
| 658 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 659 | \&\f(CW\*(C`PerlIO::via\*(C'\fR iterate over layers properly now |
| 660 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 661 | \&\f(CW\*(C`PerlIO::scalar\*(C'\fR understands \f(CW\*(C`$/ = ""\*(C'\fR now |
| 662 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 663 | \&\f(CW\*(C`encoding(utf\-8\-strict)\*(C'\fR with partial characters now works |
| 664 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 665 | Enhanced documentation |
| 666 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 667 | Internal cleanup |
| 668 | .RE |
| 669 | .RS 4 |
| 670 | .RE |
| 671 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 672 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Pod::Functions\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 673 | .RS 4 |
| 674 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 675 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 676 | .RE |
| 677 | .RS 4 |
| 678 | .RE |
| 679 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 680 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Pod::Html\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.0504 |
| 681 | .RS 4 |
| 682 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 683 | \&\s-1HTML\s0 output will now correctly link |
| 684 | to \f(CW\*(C`=item\*(C'\fRs on the same page, and should be valid \s-1XHTML\s0. |
| 685 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 686 | Variable names are recognized as intended |
| 687 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 688 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 689 | .RE |
| 690 | .RS 4 |
| 691 | .RE |
| 692 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 693 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Pod::Parser\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.32 |
| 694 | .RS 4 |
| 695 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 696 | Allow files that start with \f(CW\*(C`=head\*(C'\fR on the first line |
| 697 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 698 | Win32 portability fix |
| 699 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 700 | Exit status of \f(CW\*(C`pod2usage\*(C'\fR fixed |
| 701 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 702 | New \f(CW\*(C`\-noperldoc\*(C'\fR switch for \f(CW\*(C`pod2usage\*(C'\fR |
| 703 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 704 | Arbitrary \s-1URL\s0 schemes now allowed |
| 705 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 706 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 707 | .RE |
| 708 | .RS 4 |
| 709 | .RE |
| 710 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 711 | \&\f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.09 |
| 712 | .RS 4 |
| 713 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 714 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 715 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 716 | Internal cleanup |
| 717 | .RE |
| 718 | .RS 4 |
| 719 | .RE |
| 720 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 721 | \&\f(CW\*(C`re\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.05 |
| 722 | .RS 4 |
| 723 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 724 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 725 | .RE |
| 726 | .RS 4 |
| 727 | .RE |
| 728 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 729 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Safe\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.12 |
| 730 | .RS 4 |
| 731 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 732 | Minor documentation enhancement |
| 733 | .RE |
| 734 | .RS 4 |
| 735 | .RE |
| 736 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 737 | \&\f(CW\*(C`SDBM_File\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 738 | .RS 4 |
| 739 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 740 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 741 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 742 | Internal cleanup |
| 743 | .RE |
| 744 | .RS 4 |
| 745 | .RE |
| 746 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 747 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Socket\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.78 |
| 748 | .RS 4 |
| 749 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 750 | Internal cleanup |
| 751 | .RE |
| 752 | .RS 4 |
| 753 | .RE |
| 754 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 755 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Storable\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.15 |
| 756 | .RS 4 |
| 757 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 758 | This includes the \f(CW\*(C`STORABLE_attach\*(C'\fR hook functionality added by |
| 759 | Adam Kennedy, and more frugal memory requirements when storing under \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR, by |
| 760 | using the \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR cloning tracking code. |
| 761 | .RE |
| 762 | .RS 4 |
| 763 | .RE |
| 764 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 765 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Switch\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.10_01 |
| 766 | .RS 4 |
| 767 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 768 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 769 | .RE |
| 770 | .RS 4 |
| 771 | .RE |
| 772 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 773 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Sys::Syslog\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.13 |
| 774 | .RS 4 |
| 775 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 776 | Now provides numeric macros and meaningful \f(CW\*(C`Exporter\*(C'\fR tags. |
| 777 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 778 | No longer uses \f(CW\*(C`Sys::Hostname\*(C'\fR as it may provide useless values in |
| 779 | unconfigured network environments, so instead uses \f(CW\*(C`INADDR_LOOPBACK\*(C'\fR directly. |
| 780 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 781 | \&\f(CW\*(C`syslog()\*(C'\fR now uses local timestamp. |
| 782 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 783 | \&\f(CW\*(C`setlogmask()\*(C'\fR now behaves like its C counterpart. |
| 784 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 785 | \&\f(CW\*(C`setlogsock()\*(C'\fR will now \f(CW\*(C`croak()\*(C'\fR as documented. |
| 786 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 787 | Improved error and warnings messages. |
| 788 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 789 | Improved documentation. |
| 790 | .RE |
| 791 | .RS 4 |
| 792 | .RE |
| 793 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 794 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Term::ANSIColor\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.10 |
| 795 | .RS 4 |
| 796 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 797 | Fixes a bug in \f(CW\*(C`colored\*(C'\fR when \f(CW$EACHLINE\fR is set that caused it to not color |
| 798 | lines consisting solely of 0 (literal zero). |
| 799 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 800 | Improved tests. |
| 801 | .RE |
| 802 | .RS 4 |
| 803 | .RE |
| 804 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 805 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Term::ReadLine\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 806 | .RS 4 |
| 807 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 808 | Documentation tweaks |
| 809 | .RE |
| 810 | .RS 4 |
| 811 | .RE |
| 812 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 813 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2.56 (was 2.48) |
| 814 | .RS 4 |
| 815 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 816 | The \f(CW\*(C`Test::Harness\*(C'\fR timer is now off by default. |
| 817 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 818 | Now shows elapsed time in milliseconds. |
| 819 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 820 | Various bug fixes |
| 821 | .RE |
| 822 | .RS 4 |
| 823 | .RE |
| 824 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 825 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Simple\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.62 (was 0.54) |
| 826 | .RS 4 |
| 827 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 828 | \&\f(CW\*(C`is_deeply()\*(C'\fR no longer fails to work for many cases |
| 829 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 830 | Various minor bug fixes |
| 831 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 832 | Documentation enhancements |
| 833 | .RE |
| 834 | .RS 4 |
| 835 | .RE |
| 836 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 837 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Text::Tabs\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2005.0824 |
| 838 | .RS 4 |
| 839 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 840 | Provides a faster implementation of \f(CW\*(C`expand\*(C'\fR |
| 841 | .RE |
| 842 | .RS 4 |
| 843 | .RE |
| 844 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 845 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Text::Wrap\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 2005.082401 |
| 846 | .RS 4 |
| 847 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 848 | Adds \f(CW$Text::Wrap::separator2\fR, which allows you to preserve existing newlines |
| 849 | but add line-breaks with some other string. |
| 850 | .RE |
| 851 | .RS 4 |
| 852 | .RE |
| 853 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 854 | \&\f(CW\*(C`threads\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.07 |
| 855 | .RS 4 |
| 856 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 857 | \&\f(CW\*(C`threads\*(C'\fR will now honour \f(CW\*(C`no warnings 'threads'\*(C'\fR |
| 858 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 859 | A thread's interpreter is now freed after \f(CW\*(C`$t\->join()\*(C'\fR rather than after |
| 860 | \&\f(CW\*(C`undef $t\*(C'\fR, which should fix some \f(CW\*(C`ithreads\*(C'\fR memory leaks. (Fixed by Dave |
| 861 | Mitchell) |
| 862 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 863 | Some documentation typo fixes. |
| 864 | .RE |
| 865 | .RS 4 |
| 866 | .RE |
| 867 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 868 | \&\f(CW\*(C`threads::shared\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.94 |
| 869 | .RS 4 |
| 870 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 871 | Documentation changes only |
| 872 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 873 | Note: An improved implementation of \f(CW\*(C`threads::shared\*(C'\fR is available on |
| 874 | \&\s-1CPAN\s0 \- this will be merged into 5.8.9 if it proves stable. |
| 875 | .RE |
| 876 | .RS 4 |
| 877 | .RE |
| 878 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 879 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Tie::Hash\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 880 | .RS 4 |
| 881 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 882 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 883 | .RE |
| 884 | .RS 4 |
| 885 | .RE |
| 886 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 887 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Time::HiRes\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.86 (was 1.66) |
| 888 | .RS 4 |
| 889 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 890 | \&\f(CW\*(C`clock_nanosleep()\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`clock()\*(C'\fR functions added |
| 891 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 892 | Support for the \s-1POSIX\s0 \f(CW\*(C`clock_gettime()\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`clock_getres()\*(C'\fR has been added |
| 893 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 894 | Return \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR or an empty list if the C \f(CW\*(C`gettimeofday()\*(C'\fR function fails |
| 895 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 896 | Improved \f(CW\*(C`nanosleep\*(C'\fR detection |
| 897 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 898 | Internal cleanup |
| 899 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 900 | Enhanced documentation |
| 901 | .RE |
| 902 | .RS 4 |
| 903 | .RE |
| 904 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 905 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::Collate\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.52 |
| 906 | .RS 4 |
| 907 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 908 | Now implements \s-1UCA\s0 Revision 14 (based on Unicode 4.1.0). |
| 909 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 910 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::Collate\-\*(C'\fRnew> method no longer overwrites user's \f(CW$_\fR |
| 911 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 912 | Enhanced documentation |
| 913 | .RE |
| 914 | .RS 4 |
| 915 | .RE |
| 916 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 917 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Unicode::UCD\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.24 |
| 918 | .RS 4 |
| 919 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 920 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 921 | .RE |
| 922 | .RS 4 |
| 923 | .RE |
| 924 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 925 | \&\f(CW\*(C`User::grent\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.01 |
| 926 | .RS 4 |
| 927 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 928 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 929 | .RE |
| 930 | .RS 4 |
| 931 | .RE |
| 932 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 933 | \&\f(CW\*(C`utf8\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 934 | .RS 4 |
| 935 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 936 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 937 | .RE |
| 938 | .RS 4 |
| 939 | .RE |
| 940 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 941 | \&\f(CW\*(C`vmsish\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 942 | .RS 4 |
| 943 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 944 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 945 | .RE |
| 946 | .RS 4 |
| 947 | .RE |
| 948 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 949 | \&\f(CW\*(C`warnings\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 950 | .RS 4 |
| 951 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 952 | Gentler messing with \f(CW\*(C`Carp::\*(C'\fR internals |
| 953 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 954 | Internal cleanup |
| 955 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 956 | Documentation update |
| 957 | .RE |
| 958 | .RS 4 |
| 959 | .RE |
| 960 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 961 | \&\f(CW\*(C`Win32\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.2601 |
| 962 | .RS 4 |
| 963 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 964 | Provides Windows Vista support to \f(CW\*(C`Win32::GetOSName\*(C'\fR |
| 965 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 966 | Documentation enhancements |
| 967 | .RE |
| 968 | .RS 4 |
| 969 | .RE |
| 970 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 971 | \&\f(CW\*(C`XS::Typemap\*(C'\fR upgraded to version 0.02 |
| 972 | .RS 4 |
| 973 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 974 | Internal cleanup |
| 975 | .RE |
| 976 | .RS 4 |
| 977 | .RE |
| 978 | .SH "Utility Changes" |
| 979 | .IX Header "Utility Changes" |
| 980 | .ie n .Sh """h2xs"" enhancements" |
| 981 | .el .Sh "\f(CWh2xs\fP enhancements" |
| 982 | .IX Subsection "h2xs enhancements" |
| 983 | \&\f(CW\*(C`h2xs\*(C'\fR implements new option \f(CW\*(C`\-\-use\-xsloader\*(C'\fR to force use of |
| 984 | \&\f(CW\*(C`XSLoader\*(C'\fR even in backwards compatible modules. |
| 985 | .PP |
| 986 | The handling of authors' names that had apostrophes has been fixed. |
| 987 | .PP |
| 988 | Any enums with negative values are now skipped. |
| 989 | .ie n .Sh """perlivp"" enhancements" |
| 990 | .el .Sh "\f(CWperlivp\fP enhancements" |
| 991 | .IX Subsection "perlivp enhancements" |
| 992 | \&\f(CW\*(C`perlivp\*(C'\fR implements new option \f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR and will not check for \fI*.ph\fR |
| 993 | files by default any more. Use the \f(CW\*(C`\-a\*(C'\fR option to run \fIall\fR tests. |
| 994 | .SH "New Documentation" |
| 995 | .IX Header "New Documentation" |
| 996 | The perlglossary manpage is a glossary of terms used in the Perl |
| 997 | documentation, technical and otherwise, kindly provided by O'Reilly Media, |
| 998 | inc. |
| 999 | .SH "Performance Enhancements" |
| 1000 | .IX Header "Performance Enhancements" |
| 1001 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 1002 | Weak reference creation is now \fIO(1)\fR rather than \fIO(n)\fR, courtesy of |
| 1003 | Nicholas Clark. Weak reference deletion remains \fIO(n)\fR, but if deletion only |
| 1004 | happens at program exit, it may be skipped completely. |
| 1005 | .IP "\(bu" 4 |
| 1006 |