| 1 | =head1 NAME |
| 2 | |
| 3 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.8 |
| 4 | |
| 5 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
| 6 | |
| 7 | This document describes differences between the 5.8.7 release and |
| 8 | the 5.8.8 release. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
| 11 | |
| 12 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.8.7. If any exist, |
| 13 | they are bugs and reports are welcome. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
| 16 | |
| 17 | =over |
| 18 | |
| 19 | =item * |
| 20 | |
| 21 | C<chdir>, C<chmod> and C<chown> can now work on filehandles as well as |
| 22 | filenames, if the system supports respectively C<fchdir>, C<fchmod> and |
| 23 | C<fchown>, thanks to a patch provided by Gisle Aas. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | =back |
| 26 | |
| 27 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
| 28 | |
| 29 | =over |
| 30 | |
| 31 | =item * |
| 32 | |
| 33 | C<Attribute::Handlers> upgraded to version 0.78_02 |
| 34 | |
| 35 | =over |
| 36 | |
| 37 | =item * |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Documentation typo fix |
| 40 | |
| 41 | =back |
| 42 | |
| 43 | =item * |
| 44 | |
| 45 | C<attrs> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 46 | |
| 47 | =over |
| 48 | |
| 49 | =item * |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Internal cleanup only |
| 52 | |
| 53 | =back |
| 54 | |
| 55 | =item * |
| 56 | |
| 57 | C<autouse> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 58 | |
| 59 | =over |
| 60 | |
| 61 | =item * |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Simplified implementation |
| 64 | |
| 65 | =back |
| 66 | |
| 67 | =item * |
| 68 | |
| 69 | C<B> upgraded to version 1.09_01 |
| 70 | |
| 71 | =over |
| 72 | |
| 73 | =item * |
| 74 | |
| 75 | The inheritance hierarchy of the C<B::> modules has been corrected; |
| 76 | C<B::NV> now inherits from C<B::SV> (instead of C<B::IV>). |
| 77 | |
| 78 | =back |
| 79 | |
| 80 | =item * |
| 81 | |
| 82 | C<blib> upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 83 | |
| 84 | =over |
| 85 | |
| 86 | =item * |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Documentation typo fix |
| 89 | |
| 90 | =back |
| 91 | |
| 92 | =item * |
| 93 | |
| 94 | C<ByteLoader> upgraded to version 0.06 |
| 95 | |
| 96 | =over |
| 97 | |
| 98 | =item * |
| 99 | |
| 100 | Internal cleanup |
| 101 | |
| 102 | =back |
| 103 | |
| 104 | =item * |
| 105 | |
| 106 | C<CGI> upgraded to version 3.15 |
| 107 | |
| 108 | =over |
| 109 | |
| 110 | =item * |
| 111 | |
| 112 | Extraneous "?" from C<self_url()> removed |
| 113 | |
| 114 | =item * |
| 115 | |
| 116 | C<scrolling_list()> select attribute fixed |
| 117 | |
| 118 | =item * |
| 119 | |
| 120 | C<virtual_port> now works properly with the https protocol |
| 121 | |
| 122 | =item * |
| 123 | |
| 124 | C<upload_hook()> and C<append()> now works in function-oriented mode |
| 125 | |
| 126 | =item * |
| 127 | |
| 128 | C<POST_MAX> doesn't cause the client to hang any more |
| 129 | |
| 130 | =item * |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Automatic tab indexes are now disabled and new C<-tabindex> pragma has |
| 133 | been added to turn automatic indexes back on |
| 134 | |
| 135 | =item * |
| 136 | |
| 137 | C<end_form()> doesn't emit empty (and non-validating) C<< <div> >> |
| 138 | |
| 139 | =item * |
| 140 | |
| 141 | C<CGI::Carp> works better in certain mod_perl configurations |
| 142 | |
| 143 | =item * |
| 144 | |
| 145 | Setting C<$CGI::TMPDIRECTORY> is now effective |
| 146 | |
| 147 | =item * |
| 148 | |
| 149 | Enhanced documentation |
| 150 | |
| 151 | =back |
| 152 | |
| 153 | =item * |
| 154 | |
| 155 | C<charnames> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 156 | |
| 157 | =over |
| 158 | |
| 159 | =item * |
| 160 | |
| 161 | C<viacode()> now accept hex strings and has been optimized. |
| 162 | |
| 163 | =back |
| 164 | |
| 165 | =item * |
| 166 | |
| 167 | C<CPAN> upgraded to version 1.76_02 |
| 168 | |
| 169 | =over |
| 170 | |
| 171 | =item * |
| 172 | |
| 173 | 1 minor bug fix for Win32 |
| 174 | |
| 175 | =back |
| 176 | |
| 177 | =item * |
| 178 | |
| 179 | C<Cwd> upgraded to version 3.12 |
| 180 | |
| 181 | =over |
| 182 | |
| 183 | =item * |
| 184 | |
| 185 | C<canonpath()> on Win32 now collapses F<foo\..> sections correctly. |
| 186 | |
| 187 | =item * |
| 188 | |
| 189 | Improved behaviour on Symbian OS. |
| 190 | |
| 191 | =item * |
| 192 | |
| 193 | Enhanced documentation and typo fixes |
| 194 | |
| 195 | =item * |
| 196 | |
| 197 | Internal cleanup |
| 198 | |
| 199 | =back |
| 200 | |
| 201 | =item * |
| 202 | |
| 203 | C<Data::Dumper> upgraded to version 2.121_08 |
| 204 | |
| 205 | =over |
| 206 | |
| 207 | =item * |
| 208 | |
| 209 | A problem where C<Data::Dumper> would sometimes update the iterator state |
| 210 | of hashes has been fixed |
| 211 | |
| 212 | =item * |
| 213 | |
| 214 | Numeric labels now work |
| 215 | |
| 216 | =item * |
| 217 | |
| 218 | Internal cleanup |
| 219 | |
| 220 | =back |
| 221 | |
| 222 | =item * |
| 223 | |
| 224 | C<DB> upgraded to version 1.01 |
| 225 | |
| 226 | =over |
| 227 | |
| 228 | =item * |
| 229 | |
| 230 | A problem where the state of the regexp engine would sometimes get clobbered when running |
| 231 | under the debugger has been fixed. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | =back |
| 234 | |
| 235 | =item * |
| 236 | |
| 237 | C<DB_File> upgraded to version 1.814 |
| 238 | |
| 239 | =over |
| 240 | |
| 241 | =item * |
| 242 | |
| 243 | Adds support for Berkeley DB 4.4. |
| 244 | |
| 245 | =back |
| 246 | |
| 247 | =item * |
| 248 | |
| 249 | C<Devel::DProf> upgraded to version 20050603.00 |
| 250 | |
| 251 | =over |
| 252 | |
| 253 | =item * |
| 254 | |
| 255 | Internal cleanup |
| 256 | |
| 257 | =back |
| 258 | |
| 259 | =item * |
| 260 | |
| 261 | C<Devel::Peek> upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 262 | |
| 263 | =over |
| 264 | |
| 265 | =item * |
| 266 | |
| 267 | Internal cleanup |
| 268 | |
| 269 | =back |
| 270 | |
| 271 | =item * |
| 272 | |
| 273 | C<Devel::PPPort> upgraded to version 3.06_01 |
| 274 | |
| 275 | =over |
| 276 | |
| 277 | =item * |
| 278 | |
| 279 | C<--compat-version> argument checking has been improved |
| 280 | |
| 281 | =item * |
| 282 | |
| 283 | Files passed on the command line are filtered by default |
| 284 | |
| 285 | =item * |
| 286 | |
| 287 | C<--nofilter> option to override the filtering has been added |
| 288 | |
| 289 | =item * |
| 290 | |
| 291 | Enhanced documentation |
| 292 | |
| 293 | =back |
| 294 | |
| 295 | =item * |
| 296 | |
| 297 | C<diagnostics> upgraded to version 1.15 |
| 298 | |
| 299 | =over |
| 300 | |
| 301 | =item * |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Documentation typo fix |
| 304 | |
| 305 | =back |
| 306 | |
| 307 | =item * |
| 308 | |
| 309 | C<Digest> upgraded to version 1.14 |
| 310 | |
| 311 | =over |
| 312 | |
| 313 | =item * |
| 314 | |
| 315 | The constructor now knows which module implements SHA-224 |
| 316 | |
| 317 | =item * |
| 318 | |
| 319 | Documentation tweaks and typo fixes |
| 320 | |
| 321 | =back |
| 322 | |
| 323 | =item * |
| 324 | |
| 325 | C<Digest::MD5> upgraded to version 2.36 |
| 326 | |
| 327 | =over |
| 328 | |
| 329 | =item * |
| 330 | |
| 331 | C<XSLoader> is now used for faster loading |
| 332 | |
| 333 | =item * |
| 334 | |
| 335 | Enhanced documentation including MD5 weaknesses discovered lately |
| 336 | |
| 337 | =back |
| 338 | |
| 339 | =item * |
| 340 | |
| 341 | C<Dumpvalue> upgraded to version 1.12 |
| 342 | |
| 343 | =over |
| 344 | |
| 345 | =item * |
| 346 | |
| 347 | Documentation fix |
| 348 | |
| 349 | =back |
| 350 | |
| 351 | =item * |
| 352 | |
| 353 | C<DynaLoader> upgraded but unfortunately we're not able to increment its version number :-( |
| 354 | |
| 355 | =over |
| 356 | |
| 357 | =item * |
| 358 | |
| 359 | Implements C<dl_unload_file> on Win32 |
| 360 | |
| 361 | =item * |
| 362 | |
| 363 | Internal cleanup |
| 364 | |
| 365 | =item * |
| 366 | |
| 367 | C<XSLoader> 0.06 incorporated; small optimisation for calling |
| 368 | C<bootstrap_inherit()> and documentation enhancements. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | =back |
| 371 | |
| 372 | =item * |
| 373 | |
| 374 | C<Encode> upgraded to version 2.12 |
| 375 | |
| 376 | =over |
| 377 | |
| 378 | =item * |
| 379 | |
| 380 | A coderef is now acceptable for C<CHECK>! |
| 381 | |
| 382 | =item * |
| 383 | |
| 384 | 3 new characters added to the ISO-8859-7 encoding |
| 385 | |
| 386 | =item * |
| 387 | |
| 388 | New encoding C<MIME-Header-ISO_2022_JP> added |
| 389 | |
| 390 | =item * |
| 391 | |
| 392 | Problem with partial characters and C<< encoding(utf-8-strict) >> fixed. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | =item * |
| 395 | |
| 396 | Documentation enhancements and typo fixes |
| 397 | |
| 398 | =back |
| 399 | |
| 400 | =item * |
| 401 | |
| 402 | C<English> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 403 | |
| 404 | =over |
| 405 | |
| 406 | =item * |
| 407 | |
| 408 | the C<< $COMPILING >> variable has been added |
| 409 | |
| 410 | =back |
| 411 | |
| 412 | =item * |
| 413 | |
| 414 | C<ExtUtils::Constant> upgraded to version 0.17 |
| 415 | |
| 416 | =over |
| 417 | |
| 418 | =item * |
| 419 | |
| 420 | Improved compatibility with older versions of perl |
| 421 | |
| 422 | =back |
| 423 | |
| 424 | =item * |
| 425 | |
| 426 | C<ExtUtils::MakeMaker> upgraded to version 6.30 (was 6.17) |
| 427 | |
| 428 | =over |
| 429 | |
| 430 | =item * |
| 431 | |
| 432 | Too much to list here; see L<http://search.cpan.org/src/MSCHWERN/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-6.30/Changes> |
| 433 | |
| 434 | =back |
| 435 | |
| 436 | =item * |
| 437 | |
| 438 | C<File::Basename> upgraded to version 2.74, with changes contributed by Michael Schwern. |
| 439 | |
| 440 | =over |
| 441 | |
| 442 | =item * |
| 443 | |
| 444 | Documentation clarified and errors corrected. |
| 445 | |
| 446 | =item * |
| 447 | |
| 448 | C<basename> now strips trailing path separators before processing the name. |
| 449 | |
| 450 | =item * |
| 451 | |
| 452 | C<basename> now returns C</> for parameter C</>, to make C<basename> |
| 453 | consistent with the shell utility of the same name. |
| 454 | |
| 455 | =item * |
| 456 | |
| 457 | The suffix is no longer stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters |
| 458 | in the name, again for consistency with the shell utility. |
| 459 | |
| 460 | =item * |
| 461 | |
| 462 | Some internal code cleanup. |
| 463 | |
| 464 | =back |
| 465 | |
| 466 | =item * |
| 467 | |
| 468 | C<File::Copy> upgraded to version 2.09 |
| 469 | |
| 470 | =over |
| 471 | |
| 472 | =item * |
| 473 | |
| 474 | Copying a file onto itself used to fail. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | =item * |
| 477 | |
| 478 | Moving a file between file systems now preserves the access and |
| 479 | modification time stamps |
| 480 | |
| 481 | =back |
| 482 | |
| 483 | =item * |
| 484 | |
| 485 | C<File::Find> upgraded to version 1.10 |
| 486 | |
| 487 | =over |
| 488 | |
| 489 | =item * |
| 490 | |
| 491 | Win32 portability fixes |
| 492 | |
| 493 | =item * |
| 494 | |
| 495 | Enhanced documentation |
| 496 | |
| 497 | =back |
| 498 | |
| 499 | =item * |
| 500 | |
| 501 | C<File::Glob> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 502 | |
| 503 | =over |
| 504 | |
| 505 | =item * |
| 506 | |
| 507 | Internal cleanup |
| 508 | |
| 509 | =back |
| 510 | |
| 511 | =item * |
| 512 | |
| 513 | C<File::Path> upgraded to version 1.08 |
| 514 | |
| 515 | =over |
| 516 | |
| 517 | =item * |
| 518 | |
| 519 | C<mkpath> now preserves C<errno> when C<mkdir> fails |
| 520 | |
| 521 | =back |
| 522 | |
| 523 | =item * |
| 524 | |
| 525 | C<File::Spec> upgraded to version 3.12 |
| 526 | |
| 527 | =over |
| 528 | |
| 529 | =item * |
| 530 | |
| 531 | C<File::Spec->rootdir()> now returns C<\> on Win32, instead of C</> |
| 532 | |
| 533 | =item * |
| 534 | |
| 535 | C<$^O> could sometimes become tainted. This has been fixed. |
| 536 | |
| 537 | =item * |
| 538 | |
| 539 | C<canonpath> on Win32 now collapses C<foo/..> (or C<foo\..>) sections |
| 540 | correctly, rather than doing the "misguided" work it was previously doing. |
| 541 | Note that C<canonpath> on Unix still does B<not> collapse these sections, as |
| 542 | doing so would be incorrect. |
| 543 | |
| 544 | =item * |
| 545 | |
| 546 | Some documentation improvements |
| 547 | |
| 548 | =item * |
| 549 | |
| 550 | Some internal code cleanup |
| 551 | |
| 552 | =back |
| 553 | |
| 554 | =item * |
| 555 | |
| 556 | C<FileCache> upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 557 | |
| 558 | =over |
| 559 | |
| 560 | =item * |
| 561 | |
| 562 | POD formatting errors in the documentation fixed |
| 563 | |
| 564 | =back |
| 565 | |
| 566 | =item * |
| 567 | |
| 568 | C<Filter::Simple> upgraded to version 0.82 |
| 569 | |
| 570 | =item * |
| 571 | |
| 572 | C<FindBin> upgraded to version 1.47 |
| 573 | |
| 574 | =over |
| 575 | |
| 576 | =item * |
| 577 | |
| 578 | Now works better with directories where access rights are more |
| 579 | restrictive than usual. |
| 580 | |
| 581 | =back |
| 582 | |
| 583 | =item * |
| 584 | |
| 585 | C<GDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.08 |
| 586 | |
| 587 | =over |
| 588 | |
| 589 | =item * |
| 590 | |
| 591 | Internal cleanup |
| 592 | |
| 593 | =back |
| 594 | |
| 595 | =item * |
| 596 | |
| 597 | C<Getopt::Long> upgraded to version 2.35 |
| 598 | |
| 599 | =over |
| 600 | |
| 601 | =item * |
| 602 | |
| 603 | C<prefix_pattern> has now been complemented by a new configuration |
| 604 | option C<long_prefix_pattern> that allows the user to specify what |
| 605 | prefix patterns should have long option style semantics applied. |
| 606 | |
| 607 | =item * |
| 608 | |
| 609 | Options can now take multiple values at once (experimental) |
| 610 | |
| 611 | =item * |
| 612 | |
| 613 | Various bug fixes |
| 614 | |
| 615 | =back |
| 616 | |
| 617 | =item * |
| 618 | |
| 619 | C<if> upgraded to version 0.05 |
| 620 | |
| 621 | =over |
| 622 | |
| 623 | =item * |
| 624 | |
| 625 | Give more meaningful error messages from C<if> when invoked with a |
| 626 | condition in list context. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | =item * |
| 629 | |
| 630 | Restore backwards compatibility with earlier versions of perl |
| 631 | |
| 632 | =back |
| 633 | |
| 634 | =item * |
| 635 | |
| 636 | C<IO> upgraded to version 1.22 |
| 637 | |
| 638 | =over |
| 639 | |
| 640 | =item * |
| 641 | |
| 642 | Enhanced documentation |
| 643 | |
| 644 | =item * |
| 645 | |
| 646 | Internal cleanup |
| 647 | |
| 648 | =back |
| 649 | |
| 650 | =item * |
| 651 | |
| 652 | C<IPC::Open2> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 653 | |
| 654 | =over |
| 655 | |
| 656 | =item * |
| 657 | |
| 658 | Enhanced documentation |
| 659 | |
| 660 | =back |
| 661 | |
| 662 | =item * |
| 663 | |
| 664 | C<IPC::Open3> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 665 | |
| 666 | =over |
| 667 | |
| 668 | =item * |
| 669 | |
| 670 | Enhanced documentation |
| 671 | |
| 672 | =back |
| 673 | |
| 674 | =item * |
| 675 | |
| 676 | C<List::Util> upgraded to version 1.18 (was 1.14) |
| 677 | |
| 678 | =over |
| 679 | |
| 680 | =item * |
| 681 | |
| 682 | Fix pure-perl version of C<refaddr> to avoid blessing an un-blessed reference |
| 683 | |
| 684 | =item * |
| 685 | |
| 686 | Use C<XSLoader> for faster loading |
| 687 | |
| 688 | =item * |
| 689 | |
| 690 | Fixed various memory leaks |
| 691 | |
| 692 | =item * |
| 693 | |
| 694 | Internal cleanup and portability fixes |
| 695 | |
| 696 | =back |
| 697 | |
| 698 | =item * |
| 699 | |
| 700 | C<Math::Complex> upgraded to version 1.35 |
| 701 | |
| 702 | =over |
| 703 | |
| 704 | =item * |
| 705 | |
| 706 | C<atan2(0, i)> now works, as do all the (computable) complex argument cases |
| 707 | |
| 708 | =item * |
| 709 | |
| 710 | Fixes for certain bugs in C<make> and C<emake> |
| 711 | |
| 712 | =item * |
| 713 | |
| 714 | Support returning the I<k>th root directly |
| 715 | |
| 716 | =item * |
| 717 | |
| 718 | Support C<[2,-3pi/8]> in C<emake> |
| 719 | |
| 720 | =item * |
| 721 | |
| 722 | Support C<inf> for C<make>/C<emake> |
| 723 | |
| 724 | =item * |
| 725 | |
| 726 | Document C<make>/C<emake> more visibly |
| 727 | |
| 728 | =back |
| 729 | |
| 730 | =item * |
| 731 | |
| 732 | C<Math::Trig> upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 733 | |
| 734 | =over |
| 735 | |
| 736 | =item * |
| 737 | |
| 738 | Add more great circle routines: C<great_circle_waypoint> and |
| 739 | C<great_circle_destination> |
| 740 | |
| 741 | =back |
| 742 | |
| 743 | =item * |
| 744 | |
| 745 | C<MIME::Base64> upgraded to version 3.07 |
| 746 | |
| 747 | =over |
| 748 | |
| 749 | =item * |
| 750 | |
| 751 | Use C<XSLoader> for faster loading |
| 752 | |
| 753 | =item * |
| 754 | |
| 755 | Enhanced documentation |
| 756 | |
| 757 | =item * |
| 758 | |
| 759 | Internal cleanup |
| 760 | |
| 761 | =back |
| 762 | |
| 763 | =item * |
| 764 | |
| 765 | C<NDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 766 | |
| 767 | =over |
| 768 | |
| 769 | =item * |
| 770 | |
| 771 | Enhanced documentation |
| 772 | |
| 773 | =back |
| 774 | |
| 775 | =item * |
| 776 | |
| 777 | C<ODBM_File> upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 778 | |
| 779 | =over |
| 780 | |
| 781 | =item * |
| 782 | |
| 783 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 784 | |
| 785 | =item * |
| 786 | |
| 787 | Internal cleanup |
| 788 | |
| 789 | =back |
| 790 | |
| 791 | =item * |
| 792 | |
| 793 | C<Opcode> upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 794 | |
| 795 | =over |
| 796 | |
| 797 | =item * |
| 798 | |
| 799 | Enhanced documentation |
| 800 | |
| 801 | =item * |
| 802 | |
| 803 | Internal cleanup |
| 804 | |
| 805 | =back |
| 806 | |
| 807 | =item * |
| 808 | |
| 809 | C<open> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 810 | |
| 811 | =over |
| 812 | |
| 813 | =item * |
| 814 | |
| 815 | Enhanced documentation |
| 816 | |
| 817 | =back |
| 818 | |
| 819 | =item * |
| 820 | |
| 821 | C<overload> upgraded to version 1.04 |
| 822 | |
| 823 | =over |
| 824 | |
| 825 | =item * |
| 826 | |
| 827 | Enhanced documentation |
| 828 | |
| 829 | =back |
| 830 | |
| 831 | =item * |
| 832 | |
| 833 | C<PerlIO> upgraded to version 1.04 |
| 834 | |
| 835 | =over |
| 836 | |
| 837 | =item * |
| 838 | |
| 839 | C<PerlIO::via> iterate over layers properly now |
| 840 | |
| 841 | =item * |
| 842 | |
| 843 | C<PerlIO::scalar> understands C<< $/ = "" >> now |
| 844 | |
| 845 | =item * |
| 846 | |
| 847 | C<encoding(utf-8-strict)> with partial characters now works |
| 848 | |
| 849 | =item * |
| 850 | |
| 851 | Enhanced documentation |
| 852 | |
| 853 | =item * |
| 854 | |
| 855 | Internal cleanup |
| 856 | |
| 857 | =back |
| 858 | |
| 859 | =item * |
| 860 | |
| 861 | C<Pod::Functions> upgraded to version 1.03 |
| 862 | |
| 863 | =over |
| 864 | |
| 865 | =item * |
| 866 | |
| 867 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 868 | |
| 869 | =back |
| 870 | |
| 871 | =item * |
| 872 | |
| 873 | C<Pod::Html> upgraded to version 1.0504 |
| 874 | |
| 875 | =over |
| 876 | |
| 877 | =item * |
| 878 | |
| 879 | HTML output will now correctly link |
| 880 | to C<=item>s on the same page, and should be valid XHTML. |
| 881 | |
| 882 | =item * |
| 883 | |
| 884 | Variable names are recognized as intended |
| 885 | |
| 886 | =item * |
| 887 | |
| 888 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 889 | |
| 890 | =back |
| 891 | |
| 892 | =item * |
| 893 | |
| 894 | C<Pod::Parser> upgraded to version 1.32 |
| 895 | |
| 896 | =over |
| 897 | |
| 898 | =item * |
| 899 | |
| 900 | Allow files that start with C<=head> on the first line |
| 901 | |
| 902 | =item * |
| 903 | |
| 904 | Win32 portability fix |
| 905 | |
| 906 | =item * |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Exit status of C<pod2usage> fixed |
| 909 | |
| 910 | =item * |
| 911 | |
| 912 | New C<-noperldoc> switch for C<pod2usage> |
| 913 | |
| 914 | =item * |
| 915 | |
| 916 | Arbitrary URL schemes now allowed |
| 917 | |
| 918 | =item * |
| 919 | |
| 920 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 921 | |
| 922 | =back |
| 923 | |
| 924 | =item * |
| 925 | |
| 926 | C<POSIX> upgraded to version 1.09 |
| 927 | |
| 928 | =over |
| 929 | |
| 930 | =item * |
| 931 | |
| 932 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 933 | |
| 934 | =item * |
| 935 | |
| 936 | Internal cleanup |
| 937 | |
| 938 | =back |
| 939 | |
| 940 | =item * |
| 941 | |
| 942 | C<re> upgraded to version 0.05 |
| 943 | |
| 944 | =over |
| 945 | |
| 946 | =item * |
| 947 | |
| 948 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 949 | |
| 950 | =back |
| 951 | |
| 952 | =item * |
| 953 | |
| 954 | C<Safe> upgraded to version 2.12 |
| 955 | |
| 956 | =over |
| 957 | |
| 958 | =item * |
| 959 | |
| 960 | Minor documentation enhancement |
| 961 | |
| 962 | =back |
| 963 | |
| 964 | =item * |
| 965 | |
| 966 | C<SDBM_File> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 967 | |
| 968 | =over |
| 969 | |
| 970 | =item * |
| 971 | |
| 972 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 973 | |
| 974 | =item * |
| 975 | |
| 976 | Internal cleanup |
| 977 | |
| 978 | =back |
| 979 | |
| 980 | =item * |
| 981 | |
| 982 | C<Socket> upgraded to version 1.78 |
| 983 | |
| 984 | =over |
| 985 | |
| 986 | =item * |
| 987 | |
| 988 | Internal cleanup |
| 989 | |
| 990 | =back |
| 991 | |
| 992 | =item * |
| 993 | |
| 994 | C<Storable> upgraded to version 2.15 |
| 995 | |
| 996 | =over |
| 997 | |
| 998 | =item * |
| 999 | |
| 1000 | This includes the C<STORABLE_attach> hook functionality added by |
| 1001 | Adam Kennedy, and more frugal memory requirements when storing under C<ithreads>, by |
| 1002 | using the C<ithreads> cloning tracking code. |
| 1003 | |
| 1004 | =back |
| 1005 | |
| 1006 | =item * |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | C<Switch> upgraded to version 2.10_01 |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | =over |
| 1011 | |
| 1012 | =item * |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 1015 | |
| 1016 | =back |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | =item * |
| 1019 | |
| 1020 | C<Sys::Syslog> upgraded to version 0.13 |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | =over |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | =item * |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | Now provides numeric macros and meaningful C<Exporter> tags. |
| 1027 | |
| 1028 | =item * |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | No longer uses C<Sys::Hostname> as it may provide useless values in |
| 1031 | unconfigured network environments, so instead uses C<INADDR_LOOPBACK> directly. |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | =item * |
| 1034 | |
| 1035 | C<syslog()> now uses local timestamp. |
| 1036 | |
| 1037 | =item * |
| 1038 | |
| 1039 | C<setlogmask()> now behaves like its C counterpart. |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | =item * |
| 1042 | |
| 1043 | C<setlogsock()> will now C<croak()> as documented. |
| 1044 | |
| 1045 | =item * |
| 1046 | |
| 1047 | Improved error and warnings messages. |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | =item * |
| 1050 | |
| 1051 | Improved documentation. |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | =back |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | =item * |
| 1056 | |
| 1057 | C<Term::ANSIColor> upgraded to version 1.10 |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | =over |
| 1060 | |
| 1061 | =item * |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | Fixes a bug in C<colored> when C<$EACHLINE> is set that caused it to not color |
| 1064 | lines consisting solely of 0 (literal zero). |
| 1065 | |
| 1066 | =item * |
| 1067 | |
| 1068 | Improved tests. |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | =back |
| 1071 | |
| 1072 | =item * |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | C<Term::ReadLine> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | =over |
| 1077 | |
| 1078 | =item * |
| 1079 | |
| 1080 | Documentation tweaks |
| 1081 | |
| 1082 | =back |
| 1083 | |
| 1084 | =item * |
| 1085 | |
| 1086 | C<Test::Harness> upgraded to version 2.56 (was 2.48) |
| 1087 | |
| 1088 | =over |
| 1089 | |
| 1090 | =item * |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | The C<Test::Harness> timer is now off by default. |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | =item * |
| 1095 | |
| 1096 | Now shows elapsed time in milliseconds. |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | =item * |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | Various bug fixes |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | =back |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | =item * |
| 1105 | |
| 1106 | C<Test::Simple> upgraded to version 0.62 (was 0.54) |
| 1107 | |
| 1108 | =over |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | =item * |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | C<is_deeply()> no longer fails to work for many cases |
| 1113 | |
| 1114 | =item * |
| 1115 | |
| 1116 | Various minor bug fixes |
| 1117 | |
| 1118 | =item * |
| 1119 | |
| 1120 | Documentation enhancements |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | =back |
| 1123 | |
| 1124 | =item * |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | C<Text::Tabs> upgraded to version 2005.0824 |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | =over |
| 1129 | |
| 1130 | =item * |
| 1131 | |
| 1132 | Provides a faster implementation of C<expand> |
| 1133 | |
| 1134 | =back |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | =item * |
| 1137 | |
| 1138 | C<Text::Wrap> upgraded to version 2005.082401 |
| 1139 | |
| 1140 | =over |
| 1141 | |
| 1142 | =item * |
| 1143 | |
| 1144 | Adds C<$Text::Wrap::separator2>, which allows you to preserve existing newlines |
| 1145 | but add line-breaks with some other string. |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | =back |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | =item * |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | C<threads> upgraded to version 1.07 |
| 1152 | |
| 1153 | =over |
| 1154 | |
| 1155 | =item * |
| 1156 | |
| 1157 | C<threads> will now honour C<no warnings 'threads'> |
| 1158 | |
| 1159 | =item * |
| 1160 | |
| 1161 | A thread's interpreter is now freed after C<< $t->join() >> rather than after |
| 1162 | C<undef $t>, which should fix some C<ithreads> memory leaks. (Fixed by Dave |
| 1163 | Mitchell) |
| 1164 | |
| 1165 | =item * |
| 1166 | |
| 1167 | Some documentation typo fixes. |
| 1168 | |
| 1169 | =back |
| 1170 | |
| 1171 | =item * |
| 1172 | |
| 1173 | C<threads::shared> upgraded to version 0.94 |
| 1174 | |
| 1175 | =over |
| 1176 | |
| 1177 | =item * |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | Documentation changes only |
| 1180 | |
| 1181 | =item * |
| 1182 | |
| 1183 | Note: An improved implementation of C<threads::shared> is available on |
| 1184 | CPAN - this will be merged into 5.8.9 if it proves stable. |
| 1185 | |
| 1186 | =back |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | =item * |
| 1189 | |
| 1190 | C<Tie::Hash> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | =over |
| 1193 | |
| 1194 | =item * |
| 1195 | |
| 1196 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 1197 | |
| 1198 | =back |
| 1199 | |
| 1200 | =item * |
| 1201 | |
| 1202 | C<Time::HiRes> upgraded to version 1.86 (was 1.66) |
| 1203 | |
| 1204 | =over |
| 1205 | |
| 1206 | =item * |
| 1207 | |
| 1208 | C<clock_nanosleep()> and C<clock()> functions added |
| 1209 | |
| 1210 | =item * |
| 1211 | |
| 1212 | Support for the POSIX C<clock_gettime()> and C<clock_getres()> has been added |
| 1213 | |
| 1214 | =item * |
| 1215 | |
| 1216 | Return C<undef> or an empty list if the C C<gettimeofday()> function fails |
| 1217 | |
| 1218 | =item * |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | Improved C<nanosleep> detection |
| 1221 | |
| 1222 | =item * |
| 1223 | |
| 1224 | Internal cleanup |
| 1225 | |
| 1226 | =item * |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | Enhanced documentation |
| 1229 | |
| 1230 | =back |
| 1231 | |
| 1232 | =item * |
| 1233 | |
| 1234 | C<Unicode::Collate> upgraded to version 0.52 |
| 1235 | |
| 1236 | =over |
| 1237 | |
| 1238 | =item * |
| 1239 | |
| 1240 | Now implements UCA Revision 14 (based on Unicode 4.1.0). |
| 1241 | |
| 1242 | =item * |
| 1243 | |
| 1244 | C<Unicode::Collate->new> method no longer overwrites user's C<$_> |
| 1245 | |
| 1246 | =item * |
| 1247 | |
| 1248 | Enhanced documentation |
| 1249 | |
| 1250 | =back |
| 1251 | |
| 1252 | =item * |
| 1253 | |
| 1254 | C<Unicode::UCD> upgraded to version 0.24 |
| 1255 | |
| 1256 | =over |
| 1257 | |
| 1258 | =item * |
| 1259 | |
| 1260 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 1261 | |
| 1262 | =back |
| 1263 | |
| 1264 | =item * |
| 1265 | |
| 1266 | C<User::grent> upgraded to version 1.01 |
| 1267 | |
| 1268 | =over |
| 1269 | |
| 1270 | =item * |
| 1271 | |
| 1272 | Documentation typo fixed |
| 1273 | |
| 1274 | =back |
| 1275 | |
| 1276 | =item * |
| 1277 | |
| 1278 | C<utf8> upgraded to version 1.06 |
| 1279 | |
| 1280 | =over |
| 1281 | |
| 1282 | =item * |
| 1283 | |
| 1284 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 1285 | |
| 1286 | =back |
| 1287 | |
| 1288 | =item * |
| 1289 | |
| 1290 | C<vmsish> upgraded to version 1.02 |
| 1291 | |
| 1292 | =over |
| 1293 | |
| 1294 | =item * |
| 1295 | |
| 1296 | Documentation typos fixed |
| 1297 | |
| 1298 | =back |
| 1299 | |
| 1300 | =item * |
| 1301 | |
| 1302 | C<warnings> upgraded to version 1.05 |
| 1303 | |
| 1304 | =over |
| 1305 | |
| 1306 | =item * |
| 1307 | |
| 1308 | Gentler messing with C<Carp::> internals |
| 1309 | |
| 1310 | =item * |
| 1311 | |
| 1312 | Internal cleanup |
| 1313 | |
| 1314 | =item * |
| 1315 | |
| 1316 | Documentation update |
| 1317 | |
| 1318 | =back |
| 1319 | |
| 1320 | =item * |
| 1321 | |
| 1322 | C<Win32> upgraded to version 0.2601 |
| 1323 | |
| 1324 | =for cynics And how many perl 5.8.x versions can I release ahead of Vista? |
| 1325 | |
| 1326 | =over |
| 1327 | |
| 1328 | =item * |
| 1329 | |
| 1330 | Provides Windows Vista support to C<Win32::GetOSName> |
| 1331 | |
| 1332 | =item * |
| 1333 | |
| 1334 | Documentation enhancements |
| 1335 | |
| 1336 | =back |
| 1337 | |
| 1338 | =item * |
| 1339 | |
| 1340 | C<XS::Typemap> upgraded to version 0.02 |
| 1341 | |
| 1342 | =over |
| 1343 | |
| 1344 | =item * |
| 1345 | |
| 1346 | Internal cleanup |
| 1347 | |
| 1348 | =back |
| 1349 | |
| 1350 | =back |
| 1351 | |
| 1352 | =head1 Utility Changes |
| 1353 | |
| 1354 | =head2 C<h2xs> enhancements |
| 1355 | |
| 1356 | C<h2xs> implements new option C<--use-xsloader> to force use of |
| 1357 | C<XSLoader> even in backwards compatible modules. |
| 1358 | |
| 1359 | The handling of authors' names that had apostrophes has been fixed. |
| 1360 | |
| 1361 | Any enums with negative values are now skipped. |
| 1362 | |
| 1363 | =head2 C<perlivp> enhancements |
| 1364 | |
| 1365 | C<perlivp> implements new option C<-a> and will not check for F<*.ph> |
| 1366 | files by default any more. Use the C<-a> option to run I<all> tests. |
| 1367 | |
| 1368 | =head1 New Documentation |
| 1369 | |
| 1370 | The L<perlglossary> manpage is a glossary of terms used in the Perl |
| 1371 | documentation, technical and otherwise, kindly provided by O'Reilly Media, |
| 1372 | inc. |
| 1373 | |
| 1374 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 | =over 4 |
| 1377 | |
| 1378 | =item * |
| 1379 | |
| 1380 | Weak reference creation is now I<O(1)> rather than I<O(n)>, courtesy of |
| 1381 | Nicholas Clark. Weak reference deletion remains I<O(n)>, but if deletion only |
| 1382 | happens at program exit, it may be skipped completely. |
| 1383 | |
| 1384 | =item * |
| 1385 | |
| 1386 |