------------- Version 5.001 -------------
Nearly all the changes for 5.001 were bug fixes of one variety or
another, so here's the bug list, along with the "resolution" for
each of them. If you wish to correspond about any of them,
please include the bug number.
There were a few that can be construed as enhancements:
NETaa13059: now warns of use of 1 where $1 is necessary.
NETaa13512: added $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} hooks
NETaa13520: added closures
NETaa13530: scalar keys now resets hash iterator
NETaa13641: added Tim's fancy new import whizbangers
NETaa13710: cryptswitch needed to be more "useable"
NETaa13716: Carp now allows multiple packages to be skipped
out of
NETaa13716: now counts imported routines as "defined" for re-
def warnings
(and, of course, much of the stuff from the perl5-porters)
NETaa12974: README incorrectly said it was a pre-release. Files
patched: README
NETaa13033: goto pushed a bogus scope on the context stack.
From: Steve Vinoski Files patched: pp_ctl.c
The goto operator pushed an extra bogus scope onto the context
stack. (This
often didn't matter, since many things pop extra unrecognized
scopes off.)
NETaa13034: tried to get valid pointer from undef. From: Castor
Fu Also: Achille Hui, the Day Dreamer Also: Eric Arnold Files
patched: pp_sys.c
Now treats undef specially, and calls SvPV_force on any non-nu-
meric scalar
value to get a real pointer to somewhere.
NETaa13035: included package info with filehandles. From: Jack
Shirazi - BIU Files patched: pp_hot.c pp_sys.c
Now passes a glob to filehandle methods to keep the package info
intact.
NETaa13048: didn't give strict vars message on every occurrence.
From: Doug Campbell Files patched: gv.c
It now complains about every occurrence. (The bug resulted from
an
ill-conceived attempt to suppress a duplicate error message in a
suboptimal fashion.)
NETaa13052: test for numeric sort sub return value fooled by
taint magic. From: Peter Jaspers-Fayer Files patched: pp_ctl.c
sv.h
The test to see if the sort sub return value was numeric looked
at the
public flags rather than the private flags of the SV, so taint
magic
hid that info from the sort.
NETaa13053: forced a2p to use byacc From: Andy Dougherty Files
patched: MANIFEST x2p/Makefile.SH x2p/a2p.c
a2p.c is now pre-byacced and shipped with the kit.
NETaa13055: misnamed constant in previous patch. From: Conrad
Augustin Files patched: op.c op.h toke.c
The tokener translates $[ to a constant, but with a special
marking in case
the constant gets assigned to or localized. Unfortunately, the
marking
was done with a combination of OPf_SPECIAL and OPf_MOD that was
easily
spoofed. There is now a private OPpCONST_ARYLEN flag for this
purpose.
NETaa13055: use of OPf_SPECIAL for $[ lvaluehood was too fragile.
Files patched: op.c op.h toke.c
(same)
NETaa13056: convert needs to throw away any number info on its
list. From: Jack Shirazi - BIU Files patched: op.c
The listiness of the argument list leaked out to the subroutine
call because
of how prepend_elem and append_elem reuse an existing list. The
convert()
routine just needs to discard any listiness it finds on its ar-
gument.
NETaa13058: AUTOLOAD shouldn't assume size of @_ is meaningful.
From: Florent Guillaume Files patched: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm ext/Socket/Sock-
et.pm h2xs.SH
I just deleted the optimization, which is silly anyway since the
eventual
subroutine definition is cached.
NETaa13059: now warns of use of 1 where $1 is necessary. From:
Gustaf Neumann Files patched: toke.c
Now says
Can't use 1 to mean $1 in expression at foo line 2
along with an explanation in perldiag.
NETaa13060: no longer warns on attempt to read <> operator's
transition state. From: Chaim Frenkel Files patched: pp_hot.c
No longer warns on <> operator's transitional state.
NETaa13140: warning said $ when @ would be more appropriate.
From: David J. MacKenzie Files patched: op.c pod/perldiag.pod
Now says
(Did you mean $ or @ instead of %?)
and added more explanation to perldiag.
NETaa13149: was reading freed memory to make incorrect error mes-
sage. Files patched: pp_ctl.c
It was reading freed memory to make an error message that would
be
incorrect in any event because it had the inner filename rather
than
the outer.
NETaa13149: confess was sometimes less informative than croak
From: Jack Shirazi Files patched: lib/Carp.pm
(same)
NETaa13150: stderr needs to be STDERR in package From: Jack Shi-
razi Files patched: lib/File/CheckTree.pm
Also fixed pl2pm to translate the filehandles to uppercase.
NETaa13150: uppercases stdin, stdout and stderr Files patched:
pl2pm
(same)
NETaa13154: array assignment didn't notice package magic. From:
Brian Reichert Files patched: pp_hot.c
The list assignment operator looked for only set magic, but set
magic is
only on the elements of a magical hash, not on the hash as a
whole. I made
the operator look for any magic at all on the target array or
hash.
NETaa13155: &DB::DB left trash on the stack. From: Thomas Koenig
Files patched: lib/perl5db.pl pp_ctl.c
The call by pp_dbstate() to &DB::DB left trash on the stack. It
now
calls DB in list context, and DB returns ().
NETaa13156: lexical variables didn't show up in debugger evals.
From: Joergen Haegg Files patched: op.c
The code that searched back up the context stack for the lexical
scope
outside the eval only partially took into consideration that
there
might be extra debugger subroutine frames that shouldn't be
used, and
ended up comparing the wrong statement sequence number to the
range of
valid sequence numbers for the scope of the lexical variable.
(There
was also a bug fixed in passing that caused the scope of lexical
to go
clear to the end of the subroutine even if it was within an in-
ner block.)
NETaa13157: any request for autoloaded DESTROY should create a
null one. From: Tom Christiansen Files patched: lib/AutoLoad-
er.pm
If DESTROY.al is not located, it now creates sub DESTROY {} au-
tomatically.
NETaa13158: now preserves $@ around destructors while leaving
eval. From: Tim Bunce Files patched: pp_ctl.c
Applied supplied patch, except the whole second hunk can be re-
placed with
sv_insert(errsv, 0, 0, message, strlen(n));
NETaa13160: clarified behavior of split without arguments From:
Harry Edmon Files patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
Clarified the behavior of split without arguments.
NETaa13162: eval {} lost list/scalar context From: Dov Grobgeld
Files patched: op.c
LEAVETRY didn't propagate number to ENTERTRY.
NETaa13163: clarified documentation of foreach using my variable
From: Tom Christiansen Files patched: pod/perlsyn.pod
Explained that foreach using a lexical is still localized.
NETaa13164: the dot detector for the end of formats was over-ram-
bunctious. From: John Stoffel Files patched: toke.c
The dot detector for the end of formats was over-rambunctious.
It would
pick up any dot that didn't have a space in front of it.
NETaa13165: do {} while 1 never linked outer block into next
chain. From: Gisle Aas Files patched: op.c
When the conditional of do {} while 1; was optimized away, it
confused the
postfix order construction so that the block that ordinarily
sits around the
whole loop was never executed. So when the loop tried to un-
stack between
iterations, it got the wrong context, and blew away the lexical
variables
of the outer scope. Fixed it by introducing a NULL opcode that
will be
optimized away later.
NETaa13167: coercion was looking at public bits rather than pri-
vate bits. From: Randal L. Schwartz Also: Thomas Riechmann Also:
Shane Castle Files patched: sv.c
There were some bad ifdefs around the various varieties of
set*id(). In
addition, tainting was interacting badly with assignment to $>
because
sv_2iv() was examining SvPOK rather than SvPOKp, and so couldn't
coerce
a string uid to an integer one.
NETaa13167: had some ifdefs wrong on set*id. Files patched: mg.c
pp_hot.c
(same)
NETaa13168: relaxed test for comparison of new and old fds From:
Casper H.S. Dik Files patched: t/lib/posix.t
I relaxed the comparison to just check that the new fd is
greater.
NETaa13169: autoincrement can corrupt scalar value state. From:
Gisle Aas Also: Tom Christiansen Files patched: sv.c
It assumed a PV didn't need to be upgraded to become an NV.
NETaa13169: previous patch could leak a string pointer. Files
patched: sv.c
(same)
NETaa13170: symbols missing from global.sym From: Tim Bunce Files
patched: global.sym
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13171: \ in <<'END' shouldn't reduce to . From: Randal L.
Schwartz Files patched: toke.c
<<'END' needed to bypass ordinary single-quote processing.
NETaa13172: 'use integer' turned off magical autoincrement.
From: Erich Rickheit KSC Files patched: pp.c pp_hot.c
The integer versions of the increment and decrement operators
were trying too
hard to be efficient.
NETaa13172: deleted duplicate increment and decrement code Files
patched: opcode.h opcode.pl pp.c
(same)
NETaa13173: install should make shared libraries executable.
From: Brian Grossman Also: Dave Nadler Also: Eero Pajarre Files
patched: installperl
Now gives permission 555 to any file ending with extension spec-
ified by $dlext.
NETaa13176: ck_rvconst didn't free the const it used up. From:
Nick Duffek Files patched: op.c
I checked in many random memory leaks under this bug number,
since it
was an eval that brought many of them out.
NETaa13176: didn't delete XRV for temp ref of destructor. Files
patched: sv.c
(same)
NETaa13176: didn't delete op_pmshort in matching operators.
Files patched: op.c
(same)
NETaa13176: eval leaked the name of the eval. Files patched:
scope.c
(same)
NETaa13176: gp_free didn't free the format. Files patched: gv.c
(same)
NETaa13176: minor leaks in loop exits and constant subscript op-
timization. Files patched: op.c
(same)
NETaa13176: plugged some duplicate struct allocation memory
leaks. Files patched: perl.c
(same)
NETaa13176: sv_clear of an FM didn't clear anything. Files
patched: sv.c
(same)
NETaa13176: tr/// didn't mortalize its return value. Files
patched: pp.c
(same)
NETaa13177: SCOPE optimization hid line number info From: David
J. MacKenzie Also: Hallvard B Furuseth Files patched: op.c
Every pass on the syntax tree has to keep track of the current
statement.
Unfortunately, the single-statement block was optimized into a
single
statement between the time the variable was parsed and the time
the
void code scan was done, so that pass didn't see the
OP_NEXTSTATE
operator, because it has been optimized to an OP_NULL.
Fortunately, null operands remember what they were, so it was
pretty easy
to make it set the correct line number anyway.
NETaa13178: some linux doesn't handle nm well From: Alan Modra
Files patched: hints/linux.sh
Applied supplied patch.
NETaa13180: localized slice now pre-extends array From: Larry
Schuler Files patched: pp.c
A localized slice now pre-extends its array to avoid realloca-
tion during
the scope of the local.
NETaa13181: m//g didn't keep track of whether previous match
matched null. From: "philippe.verdret" Files patched: mg.h
pp_hot.c
A pattern isn't allowed to match a null string in the same place
twice in
a row. m//g wasn't keeping track of whether the previous match
matched
the null string.
NETaa13182: now includes whitespace as a regexp metacharacter.
From: Larry Wall Files patched: toke.c
scan_const() now counts " 0rv" as metacharacters when scanning a
pattern.
NETaa13183: sv_setsv shouldn't try to clone an object. From: Pe-
ter Gordon Files patched: sv.c
The sv_mortalcopy() done by the return in STORE called
sv_setsv(),
which cloned the object. sv_setsv() shouldn't be in the busi-
ness of
cloning objects.
NETaa13184: bogus warning on quoted signal handler name removed.
From: Dan Carson Files patched: toke.c
Now doesn't complain unless the first non-whitespace character
after the =
is an alphabetic character.
NETaa13186: now croaks on chop($') From: Casper H.S. Dik Files
patched: doop.c
Now croaks on chop($') and such.
NETaa13187: "${foo::bar}" now counts as mere delimitation, not as
a bareword. From: Jay Rogers Files patched: toke.c
"${foo::bar}" now counts as mere delimitation, not as a bareword
inside a
reference block.
NETaa13188: for backward compatibility, looks for "perl -" before
"perl". From: Russell Mosemann Files patched: toke.c
Now allows non-whitespace characters on the #! line between the
"perl"
and the "-".
NETaa13188: now allows non-whitespace after #!...perl before
switches. Files patched: toke.c
(same)
NETaa13189: derivative files need to be removed before recreation
From: Simon Leinen Also: Dick Middleton Also: David J. MacKenzie
Files patched: embed_h.sh x2p/Makefile.SH
Fixed various little nits as suggested in several messages.
NETaa13190: certain assignments can spoof pod directive recogniz-
er From: Ilya Zakharevich Files patched: toke.c
The lexer now only recognizes pod directives where a statement
is expected.
NETaa13194: now returns undef when there is no curpm. From: lu-
sol@Dillon.CC.Lehigh.EDU Files patched: mg.c
Since there was no regexp prior to the "use", it was returning
whatever the
last successful match was within the "use", because there was no
current
regexp, so it treated it as a normal variable. It now returns
undef.
NETaa13195: semop had one S too many. From: Joachim Huober Files
patched: opcode.pl
The entry in opcode.pl had one too many S's.
NETaa13196: always assumes it's a Perl script if -c is used.
From: Dan Carson Files patched: toke.c
It now will assume it's a Perl script if the -c switch is used.
NETaa13197: changed implicit -> message to be more understand-
able. From: Bruce Barnett Files patched: op.c pod/perldiag.pod
I changed the error message to be more understandable. It now
says
Can't use subscript on sort...
NETaa13201: added OPpCONST_ENTERED flag to properly enter file-
handle symbols. From: E. Jay Berkenbilt Also: Tom Christiansen
Files patched: op.c op.h toke.c
The grammatical reduction of a print statement didn't properly
count
the filehandle as a symbol reference because it couldn't distin-
guish
between a symbol entered earlier in the program and a symbol en-
tered
for the first time down in the lexer.
NETaa13203: README shouldn't mention uperl.o any more. From: An-
no Siegel Files patched: README
NETaa13204: .= shouldn't warn on uninitialized target. From: Pe-
te Peterson Files patched: pp_hot.c
No longer warns on uninitialized target of .= operator.
NETaa13206: handy macros in XSUB.h From: Tim Bunce Files patched:
XSUB.h
Added suggested macros.
NETaa13228: commonality checker didn't treat lexicals as vari-
ables. From: mcook@cognex.com Files patched: op.c opcode.pl
The list assignment operator tries to avoid unnecessary copies
by doing the
assignment directly if there are no common variables on either
side of the
equals. Unfortunately, the code that decided that only recog-
nized references
to dynamic variables, not lexical variables.
NETaa13229: fixed sign stuff for complement, integer coercion.
From: Larry Wall Files patched: perl.h pp.c sv.c
Fixed ~0 and integer coercions.
NETaa13230: no longer tries to reuse scratchpad temps if tainting
in effect. From: Luca Fini Files patched: op.c
I haven't reproduced it, but I believe the problem is the reuse
of scratchpad
temporaries between statements. I've made it not try to reuse
them if
tainting is in effect.
NETaa13231: *foo = *bar now prevents typo warnings on "foo" From:
Robin Barker Files patched: sv.c
Aliasing of the form *foo = *bar is now protected from the typo
warnings.
Previously only the *foo = ar form was.
NETaa13235: require BAREWORD now introduces package name immedi-
ately. From: Larry Wall Files patched: toke.c
require BAREWORD now introduces package name immediately. This
lets the
method intuit code work right even though the require hasn't ac-
tually run
yet.
NETaa13289: didn't calculate correctly using arybase. From:
Jared Rhine Files patched: pp.c pp_hot.c
The runtime code didn't use curcop->cop_arybase correctly.
NETaa13301: store now throws exception on error From: Barry
Friedman Files patched: ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs
ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.xs ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs
ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs
Changed warn to croak in ext/*DBM_File/*.xs.
NETaa13302: ctime now takes Time_t rather than Time_t*. From:
Rodger Anderson Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Now declares a Time_t and takes the address of that in CODE.
NETaa13302: shorter way to do this patch Files patched:
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
(same)
NETaa13304: could feed too large $@ back into croak, whereupon it
croaked. From: Larry Wall Files patched: perl.c
callist() could feed $@ back into croak with more than a bare
%s. (croak()
handles long strings with a bare %s okay.)
NETaa13305: compiler misoptimized RHS to outside of s/a/print/e
From: Brian S. Cashman <bsc@umich.edu> Files patched: op.c
The syntax tree was being misconstructed because the compiler
felt that
the RHS was invariant, so it did it outside the s///.
NETaa13314: assigning mortal to lexical leaks From: Larry Wall
Files patched: sv.c
In stealing strings, sv_setsv was checking SvPOK to see if it
should free
the destination string. It should have been checking SvPVX.
NETaa13316: wait4pid now recalled when errno == EINTR From:
Robert J. Pankratz Files patched: pp_sys.c util.c
system() and the close() of a piped open now recall wait4pid if
it returned
prematurely with errno == EINTR.
NETaa13329: needed to localize taint magic From: Brian Katzung
Files patched: sv.c doio.c mg.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c scope.c taint.c
Taint magic is now localized better, though I had to resort to a
kludge
to allow a value to be both tainted and untainted simultaneously
during
the assignment of
local $foo = $_[0];
when $_[0] is a reference to the variable $foo already.
NETaa13341: clarified interaction of AnyDBM_File::ISA and "use"
From: Ian Phillipps Files patched: pod/modpods/AnyDBMFile.pod
The doc was misleading.
NETaa13342: grep and map with block would enter block but never
leave it. From: Ian Phillipps Files patched: op.c
The compiler use some sort-checking code to handle the arguments
of
grep and map. Unfortunately, this wiped out the block exit op-
code while
leaving the block entry opcode. This doesn't matter to sort,
but did
matter to grep and map. It now leave the block entry intact.
The reason it worked without the my is because the block entry
and exit
were optimized away to an OP_SCOPE, which it doesn't matter if
it's there
or not.
NETaa13343: goto needed to longjmp when in a signal handler.
From: Robert Partington Files patched: pp_ctl.c
goto needed to longjmp() when in a signal handler to get back
into the
right run() context.
NETaa13344: strict vars shouldn't apply to globs or filehandles.
From: Andrew Wilcox Files patched: gv.c
Filehandles and globs will be excepted from "strict vars", so
that you can
do the standard Perl 4 trick of
use strict;
sub foo {
local(*IN);
open(IN,"file");
}
NETaa13345: assert.pl didn't use package DB From: Hans Mulder
Files patched: lib/assert.pl
Now it does.
NETaa13348: av_undef didn't free scalar representing $#foo.
From: David Filo Files patched: av.c
av_undef didn't free scalar representing $#foo.
NETaa13349: sort sub accumulated save stack entries From: David
Filo Files patched: pp_ctl.c
COMMON only gets set if assigning to @_, which is reasonable.
Most of the
problem was a memory leak.
NETaa13351: didn't treat indirect filehandles as references.
From: Andy Dougherty Files patched: op.c
Now produces
Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference at ./foo line
3.
NETaa13352: OP_SCOPE allocated as UNOP rather than LISTOP. From:
Andy Dougherty Files patched: op.c
NETaa13353: scope() didn't release filegv on OP_SCOPE optimiza-
tion. From: Larry Wall Files patched: op.c
When scope() nulled out a NEXTSTATE, it didn't release its fi-
legv reference.
NETaa13355: hv_delete now avoids useless mortalcopy From: Larry
Wall Files patched: hv.c op.c pp.c pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c
util.c
hv_delete now avoids useless mortalcopy.
NETaa13359: comma operator section missing its heading From: Lar-
ry Wall Files patched: pod/perlop.pod
NETaa13359: random typo Files patched: pod/perldiag.pod
NETaa13360: code to handle partial vec values was bogus. From:
Conrad Augustin Files patched: pp.c
The code that Mark J. added a long time ago to handle values
that were partially
off the end of the string was incorrect.
NETaa13361: made it not interpolate inside regexp comments From:
Martin Jost Files patched: toke.c
To avoid surprising people, it no longer interpolates inside
regexp
comments.
NETaa13362: ${q[1]} should be interpreted like it used to From:
Hans Mulder Files patched: toke.c
Now resolves ${keyword[1]} to $keyword[1] and warns if -w.
Likewise for {}.
NETaa13363: meaning of repeated search chars undocumented in
tr/// From: Stephen P. Potter Files patched: pod/perlop.pod
Documented that repeated characters use the first translation
given.
NETaa13365: if closedir fails, don't try it again. From: Frank
Crawford Files patched: pp_sys.c
Now does not attempt to closedir a second time.
NETaa13366: can't do block scope optimization on $1 et al when
tainting. From: Andrew Vignaux Files patched: toke.c
The tainting mechanism assumes that every statement starts out
untainted. Unfortunately, the scope removal optimization for
very
short blocks removed the statementhood of statements that were
attempting to read $1 as an untainted value, with the effect
that $1
appeared to be tainted anyway. The optimization is now disabled
when
tainting and the block contains $1 (or equivalent).
NETaa13366: fixed this a better way in toke.c. Files patched:
op.c
(same)
NETaa13366: need to disable scope optimization when tainting.
Files patched: op.c
(same)
NETaa13367: Did a SvCUR_set without nulling out final char.
From: "Rob Henderson" <robh@cs.indiana.edu> Files patched: doop.c
pp.c pp_sys.c
When do_vop set the length on its result string it neglected to
null-terminate
it.
NETaa13368: bigrat::norm sometimes chucked sign From: Greg Kuper-
berg Files patched: lib/bigrat.pl
The normalization routine was assuming that the gcd of two num-
bers was
never negative, and based on that assumption managed to move the
sign
to the denominator, where it was deleted on the assumption that
the
denominator is always positive.
NETaa13368: botched previous patch Files patched: lib/bigrat.pl
(same)
NETaa13369: # is now a comment character, and From: Simon Parsons
Files patched: toke.c
It was not skipping the comment when it skipped the white space,
and constructed
an opcode that tried to match a null string. Unfortunately, the
previous
star tried to use the first character of the null string to op-
timize where
to recurse, so it never matched.
NETaa13369: comment after regexp quantifier induced non-match.
Files patched: regcomp.c
(same)
NETaa13370: some code assumed SvCUR was of type int. From: Spi-
der Boardman Files patched: pp_sys.c
Did something similar to the proposed patch. I also fixed the
problem that
it assumed the type of SvCUR was int. And fixed
get{peer,sock}name the
same way.
NETaa13375: sometimes dontbother wasn't added back into strend.
From: Jamshid Afshar Files patched: regexec.c
When the /g modifier was used, the regular expression code would
calculate
the end of $' too short by the minimum number of characters the
pattern could
match.
NETaa13375: sv_setpvn now disallows negative length. Files
patched: sv.c
(same)
NETaa13376: suspected indirect objecthood prevented recognition
of lexical. From: Gisle.Aas@nr.no Files patched: toke.c
When $data[0] is used in a spot that might be an indirect ob-
ject, the lexer
was getting confused over the rule that says the $data in $$da-
ta[0] isn't
an array element. (The lexer uses XREF state for both indirect
objects
and for variables used as names.)
NETaa13377: -I processesing ate remainder of #! line. From: Dar-
rell Schiebel Files patched: perl.c
I made the -I processing in moreswitches look for the end of the
string,
delimited by whitespace.
NETaa13379: ${foo} now treated the same outside quotes as inside
From: Hans Mulder Files patched: toke.c
${bareword} is now treated the same outside quotes as inside.
NETaa13379: previous fix for this bug was botched Files patched:
toke.c
(same)
NETaa13381: TEST should check for perl link From: Andy Dougherty
Files patched: t/TEST
die "You need to run
NETaa13384: fixed version 0.000 botch. From: Larry Wall Files
patched: installperl
NETaa13385: return 0 from required file loses message From: Mal-
colm Beattie Files patched: pp_ctl.c
Works right now.
NETaa13387: added pod2latex From: Taro KAWAGISHI Files patched:
MANIFEST pod/pod2latex
Added most recent copy to pod directory.
NETaa13388: constant folding now prefers integer results over
double From: Ilya Zakharevich Files patched: op.c
Constant folding now prefers integer results over double.
NETaa13389: now treats . and exec as shell metathingies From:
Hans Mulder Files patched: doio.c
Now treats . and exec as shell metathingies.
NETaa13395: eval didn't check taintedness. From: Larry Wall
Files patched: pp_ctl.c
NETaa13396: $^ coredumps at end of string From: Paul Rogers Files
patched: toke.c
The scan_ident() didn't check for a null following $^.
NETaa13397: improved error messages when operator expected From:
Larry Wall Files patched: toke.c
Added message (Do you need to predeclare BAR?). Also fixed the
missing
semicolon message.
NETaa13399: cleanup by Andy From: Larry Wall Files patched:
Changes Configure Makefile.SH README cflags.SH config.H con-
fig_h.SH deb.c doop.c dump.c ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm ext/Fcntl/Fc-
ntl.pm ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h ext/Socket/Socket.pm ext/util/make_ext
h2xs.SH hints/aix.sh hints/bsd386.sh hints/dec_osf.sh hints/es-
ix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/irix_5.sh hints/next_3_2.sh
hints/sunos_4_1.sh hints/svr4.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh installperl
lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtU-
tils/xsubpp lib/Term/Cap.pm mg.c miniperlmain.c perl.c perl.h
perl_exp.SH pod/Makefile pod/perldiag.pod pod/pod2html pp.c
pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c proto.h sv.h t/re_tests util.c
x2p/Makefile.SH x2p/a2p.h x2p/a2py.c x2p/handy.h x2p/hash.c
x2p/hash.h x2p/str.c x2p/str.h x2p/util.c x2p/util.h x2p/walk.c
NETaa13399: cleanup from Andy Files patched: MANIFEST
NETaa13399: configuration cleanup Files patched: Configure Con-
figure MANIFEST MANIFEST Makefile.SH Makefile.SH README config.H
config.H config_h.SH config_h.SH configpm ext/DynaLoader/Dy-
naLoader.pm ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/util/make_ext handy.h hints/aix.sh
hints/hpux_9.sh hints/hpux_9.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/linux.sh
hints/mpeix.sh hints/next_3_2.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/svr4.sh
installperl installperl lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMak-
er.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
lib/Getopt/Long.pm lib/Text/Tabs.pm makedepend.SH makedepend.SH
mg.c op.c perl.h perl_exp.SH pod/perl.pod pod/perldiag.pod
pod/perlsyn.pod pod/pod2man pp_sys.c proto.h proto.h unixish.h
util.c util.c vms/config.vms writemain.SH x2p/a2p.h x2p/a2p.h
x2p/a2py.c x2p/a2py.c x2p/handy.h x2p/util.c x2p/walk.c
x2p/walk.c
NETaa13399: new files from Andy Files patched: ext/DB_File/Make-
file.PL ext/DynaLoader/Makefile.PL ext/Fcntl/Makefile.PL
ext/GDBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/POSIX/Makefile.PL
ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL
ext/Socket/Makefile.PL globals.c hints/convexos.sh hints/ir-
ix_6.sh
NETaa13399: patch0l from Andy Files patched: Configure MANIFEST
Makefile.SH config.H config_h.SH ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL
ext/GDBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL
ext/util/make_ext h2xs.SH hints/next_3_2.sh hints/solaris_2.sh
hints/unicos.sh installperl lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
makeaperl.SH vms/config.vms x2p/util.c x2p/util.h
NETaa13399: stuff from Andy Files patched: Configure MANIFEST
Makefile.SH configpm hints/dec_osf.sh hints/linux.sh hints/macht-
en.sh lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm util.c
NETaa13399: Patch 0k from Andy Files patched: Configure MANIFEST
Makefile.SH config.H config_h.SH hints/dec_osf.sh hints/mpeix.sh
hints/next_3_0.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh installperl lib/ExtU-
tils/MakeMaker.pm lib/File/Path.pm makeaperl.SH minimod.PL perl.c
proto.h vms/config.vms vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm x2p/a2p.h
NETaa13399: Patch 0m from Andy Files patched: Configure MANIFEST
Makefile.SH README config.H config_h.SH ext/DynaLoader/README
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h ext/util/extliblist
hints/cxux.sh hints/linux.sh hints/powerunix.sh lib/ExtU-
tils/MakeMaker.pm malloc.c perl.h pp_sys.c util.c
NETaa13400: pod2html update from Bill Middleton From: Larry Wall
Files patched: pod/pod2html
NETaa13401: Boyer-Moore code attempts to compile string longer
than 255. From: Kyriakos Georgiou Files patched: util.c
The Boyer-Moore table uses unsigned char offsets, but the BM
compiler wasn't
rejecting strings longer than 255 chars, and was miscompiling
them.
NETaa13403: missing a $ on variable name From: Wayne Scott Files
patched: installperl
Yup, it was missing.
NETaa13406: didn't wipe out dead match when proceeding to next
BRANCH From: Michael P. Clemens Files patched: regexec.c
The code to check alternatives didn't invalidate backreferences
matched by the
failed branch.
NETaa13407: overload upgrade From: owner-perl5-porters@nicoh.com
Also: Ilya Zakharevich Files patched: MANIFEST gv.c lib/Math/Big-
Int.pm perl.h pod/perlovl.pod pp.c pp.h pp_hot.c sv.c t/lib/big-
intpm.t t/op/overload.t
Applied supplied patch, and fixed bug induced by use of sv_setsv
to do
a deep copy, since sv_setsv no longer copies objecthood.
NETaa13409: sv_gets tries to grow string at EOF From: Harold O
Morris Files patched: sv.c
Applied suggested patch, only two statements earlier, since the
end code
also does SvCUR_set.
NETaa13410: delaymagic did =~ instead of &= ~ From: Andreas
Schwab Files patched: pp_hot.c
Applied supplied patch.
NETaa13411: POSIX didn't compile under -DLEAKTEST From: Frederic
Chauveau Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Used NEWSV instead of newSV.
NETaa13412: new version from Tony Sanders From: Tony Sanders
Files patched: lib/Term/Cap.pm
Installed as Term::Cap.pm
NETaa13413: regmust extractor needed to restart loop on BRANCH
for (?:) to work From: DESARMENIEN Files patched: regcomp.c
The BRANCH skipper should have restarted the loop from the top.
NETaa13414: the check for accidental list context was done after
pm_short check From: Michael H. Coen Files patched: pp_hot.c
Moved check for accidental list context to before the pm_short
optimization.
NETaa13418: perlre.pod babbled nonsense about | in character
classes From: Philip Hazel Files patched: pod/perlre.pod
Removed bogus brackets. Now reads:
Note however that "|" is interpreted as a literal with
square brackets,
so if you write C<[fee|fie|foe]> you're really only matching
C<[feio|]>.
NETaa13419: need to document introduction of lexical variables
From: "Heading, Anthony" Files patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
Now mentions that lexicals aren't introduced till after the cur-
rent statement.
NETaa13420: formats that overflowed a page caused endless top of
forms From: Hildo@CONSUL.NL Files patched: pp_sys.c
If a record is too large to fit on a page, it now prints whatev-
er will
fit and then calls top of form again on the remainder.
NETaa13423: the code to do negative list subscript in scalar con-
text was missing From: Steve McDougall Files patched: pp.c
The negative subscript code worked right in list context but not
in scalar
context. In fact, there wasn't code to do it in the scalar con-
text.
NETaa13424: existing but undefined CV blocked inheritance From:
Spider Boardman Files patched: gv.c
Applied supplied patch.
NETaa13425: removed extra argument to croak From: "R. Bernstein"
Files patched: regcomp.c
Removed extra argument.
NETaa13427: added return types From: "R. Bernstein" Files
patched: x2p/a2py.c
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13427: added static declarations Files patched: x2p/walk.c
(same)
NETaa13428: split was assuming that all backreferences were de-
fined From: Dave Schweisguth Files patched: pp.c
split was assuming that all backreferences were defined.
NETaa13430: hoistmust wasn't hoisting anchored shortcircuit's
length From: Tom Christiansen Also: Rob Hooft Files patched:
toke.c
NETaa13432: couldn't call code ref under debugger From: Mike
Fletcher Files patched: op.c pp_hot.c sv.h
The debugging code assumed it could remember a name to represent
a subroutine,
but anonymous subroutines don't have a name. It now remembers a
CV reference
in that case.
NETaa13435: 1' dumped core From: Larry Wall Files patched: toke.c
Didn't check a pointer for nullness.
NETaa13436: print foo(o) didn't treat foo as subroutine From:
mcook@cognex.com Files patched: toke.c
Now treats it as a subroutine rather than a filehandle.
NETaa13437: &$::foo didn't think $::foo was a variable name From:
mcook@cognex.com Files patched: toke.c
Now treats $::foo as a global variable.
NETaa13439: referred to old package name From: Tom Christiansen
Files patched: lib/Sys/Syslog.pm
Wasn't a strict refs problem after all. It was simply referring
to package
syslog, which had been renamed to Sys::Syslog.
NETaa13440: stat operations didn't know what to do with glob or
ref to glob From: mcook@cognex.com Files patched: doio.c pp_sys.c
Now knows about the kinds of filehandles returned by FileHandle
constructors
and such.
NETaa13442: couldn't find name of copy of deleted symbol table
entry From: Spider Boardman Files patched: gv.c gv.h
I did a much simpler fix. When gp_free notices that it's free-
ing the
master GV, it nulls out gp_egv. The GvENAME and GvESTASH macros
know
to revert to gv if egv is null.
This has the advantage of not creating a reference loop.
NETaa13443: couldn't override an XSUB From: William Setzer Files
patched: op.c
When the newSUB and newXS routines checked for whether the old
sub was
defined, they only looked at CvROOT(T), not CvXSUB(B).
NETaa13443: needed to do same thing in newXS Files patched: op.c
(same)
NETaa13444: -foo now doesn't warn unless sub foo is defined From:
Larry Wall Files patched: toke.c
Made it not warn on -foo, unless there is a sub foo defined.
NETaa13451: in scalar context, pp_entersub now guarantees one
item from XSUB From: Nick Gianniotis Files patched: pp_hot.c
The pp_entersub routine now guarantees that an XSUB in scalar
context
returns one and only one value. If there are fewer, it pushes
undef,
and if there are more, it returns the last one.
NETaa13457: now explicitly disallows printf format with 'n' or
'*'. From: lees@cps.msu.edu Files patched: doop.c
Now says
Use of n in printf format not supported at ./foo line 3.
NETaa13458: needed to call SvPOK_only() in pp_substr From: Wayne
Scott Files patched: pp.c
Needed to call SvPOK_only() in pp_substr.
NETaa13459: umask and chmod now warn about missing initial 0 even
with paren From: Andreas Koenig Files patched: toke.c
Now skips parens as well as whitespace looking for argument.
NETaa13460: backtracking didn't work on .*? because reginput got
clobbered From: Andreas Koenig Files patched: regexec.c
When .*? did a probe of the rest of the string, it clobbered
reginput,
so the next call to match a . tried to match the newline and
failed.
NETaa13475: ry) now treats array as list of scalars From: Tim
Bunce Files patched: op.c
The mod() routine now refrains from marking @ary as an lvalue if
it's in parens
and is the subject of an OP_REFGEN.
NETaa13481: accept buffer wasn't aligned good enough From: Holger
Bechtold Also: Christian Murphy Files patched: pp_sys.c
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13486: while (<>) now means while (defined($_ = <>)) From:
Jim Balter Files patched: op.c pod/perlop.pod
while (<HANDLE>) now means while (defined($_ = <HANDLE>)).
NETaa13500: needed DESTROY in FileHandle From: Tim Bunce Files
patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
Added DESTROY method. Also fixed ungensym to use POSIX:: in-
stead of _POSIX.
Removed ungensym from close method, since DESTROY should do that
now.
NETaa13502: now complains if you use local on a lexical variable
From: Larry Wall Files patched: op.c
Now says something like
Can't localize lexical variable $var at ./try line 6.
NETaa13512: added $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} hooks From:
Larry Wall Files patched: embed.h gv.c interp.sym mg.c perl.h
pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c util.c Todo pod/perldiag.pod
NETaa13514: statements before intro of lex var could see lex var
From: William Setzer Files patched: op.c
When a lexical variable is declared, introduction is delayed un-
til
the start of the next statement, so that any initialization code
runs
outside the scope of the new variable. Thus,
my $y = 3;
my $y = $y;
print $y;
should print 3. Unfortunately, the declaration was marked with
the
beginning location at the time that "my $y" was processed in-
stead of
when the variable was introduced, so any embedded statements
within
an anonymous subroutine picked up the wrong "my". The declara-
tion
is now labelled correctly when the variable is actually intro-
duced.
NETaa13520: added closures From: Larry Wall Files patched: Todo
cv.h embed.h global.sym gv.c interp.sym op.c perl.c perl.h
pod/perlform.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c sv.c sv.h toke.c
NETaa13520: test to see if lexical works in a format now Files
patched: t/op/write.t
NETaa13522: substitution couldn't be used on a substr() From:
Hans Mulder Files patched: pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
Changed pp_subst not to use sv_replace() anymore, which didn't
handle lvalues
and was overkill anyway. Should be slightly faster this way
too.
NETaa13525: G_EVAL mode in perl_call_sv didn't return values
right. Files patched: perl.c
NETaa13525: consolidated error message From: Larry Wall Files
patched: perl.h toke.c
NETaa13525: derived it Files patched: perly.h
NETaa13525: missing some values from embed.h Files patched: em-
bed.h
NETaa13525: random cleanup Files patched: MANIFEST Todo cop.h
lib/TieHash.pm lib/perl5db.pl opcode.h patchlevel.h pod/perlda-
ta.pod pod/perlsub.pod t/op/ref.t toke.c
NETaa13525: random cleanup Files patched: pp_ctl.c util.c
NETaa13527: File::Find needed to export $name and $dir From:
Chaim Frenkel Files patched: lib/File/Find.pm
They are now exported.
NETaa13528: cv_undef left unaccounted-for GV pointer in CV From:
Tye McQueen Also: Spider Boardman Files patched: op.c
NETaa13530: scalar keys now resets hash iterator From: Tim Bunce
Files patched: doop.c
scalar keys() now resets the hash iterator.
NETaa13531: h2ph doesn't check defined right From: Casper H.S.
Dik Files patched: h2ph.SH
NETaa13540: VMS update From: Larry Wall Files patched: MANIFEST
README.vms doio.c embed.h ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs interp.sym
lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp lib/File/Basename.pm
lib/File/Find.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c miniperlmain.c perl.c
perl.h perly.c perly.c.diff pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
pp_sys.c proto.h util.c vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/de-
scrip.mms vms/ext/Filespec.pm vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm
vms/ext/VMS/stdio/Makefile.PL vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.pm
vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs vms/genconfig.pl vms/perlvms.pod
vms/sockadapt.c vms/sockadapt.h vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
vms/writemain.pl
NETaa13540: got some duplicate code Files patched:
lib/File/Path.pm
NETaa13540: stuff from Charles Files patched: MANIFEST README.vms
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtU-
tils/xsubpp lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm perl.c perl.h
pod/perldiag.pod pod/perldiag.pod vms/Makefile vms/Makefile
vms/config.vms vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/descrip.mms
vms/ext/Filespec.pm vms/ext/Filespec.pm vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm
vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.pm
vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs vms/gen_shrfls.pl vms/gen_shrfls.pl
vms/genconfig.pl vms/genconfig.pl vms/mms2make.pl vms/perlvms.pod
vms/sockadapt.h vms/test.com vms/vms.c vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
vms/vmsish.h vms/writemain.pl
NETaa13540: tweak from Charles Files patched: lib/File/Path.pm
NETaa13552: scalar unpack("P4",...) ignored the 4 From: Eric
Arnold Files patched: pp.c
The optimization that tried to do only one item in a scalar con-
text didn't
realize that the argument to P was not a repeat count.
NETaa13553: now warns about 8 or 9 in octal escapes From: Mike
Rogers Files patched: util.c
Now warns if it finds 8 or 9 before the end of the octal escape
sequence.
So 39 produces a warning, but 339 does not.
NETaa13554: now allows foreach ${"name"} From: Johan Holtman
Files patched: op.c
Instead of trying to remove OP_RV2SV, the compiler now just
transmutes it into an
OP_RV2GV, which is a no-op for ordinary variables and does the
right
thing for ${"name"}.
NETaa13559: substitution now always checks for readonly From:
Rodger Anderson Files patched: pp_hot.c
Substitution now always checks for readonly.
NETaa13561: added explanations of closures and curly-quotes From:
Larry Wall Files patched: pod/perlref.pod
NETaa13562: null components in path cause indigestion From: Am-
brose Kofi Laing Files patched: lib/Cwd.pm lib/pwd.pl
NETaa13575: documented semantics of negative substr length From:
Jeff Bouis Files patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
Documented the fact that negative length now leaves characters
off the end,
and while I was at it, made it work right even if offset wasn't
0.
NETaa13575: negative length to substr didn't work when offset
non-zero Files patched: pp.c
(same)
NETaa13575: random cleanup Files patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
(same)
NETaa13580: couldn't localize $ACCUMULATOR From: Larry Wall Files
patched: gv.c lib/English.pm mg.c perl.c sv.c
Needed to make $^A a real magical variable. Also lib/English.pm
wasn't
exporting good.
NETaa13583: doc mods from Tom From: Larry Wall Files patched:
pod/modpods/AnyDBMFile.pod pod/modpods/Basename.pod pod/mod-
pods/Benchmark.pod pod/modpods/Cwd.pod pod/modpods/Dynaloader.pod
pod/modpods/Exporter.pod pod/modpods/Find.pod pod/modpods/Find-
depth.pod pod/modpods/Getopt.pod pod/modpods/MakeMaker.pod
pod/modpods/Open2.pod pod/modpods/POSIX.pod pod/modpods/Ping.pod
pod/modpods/less.pod pod/modpods/strict.pod pod/perlapi.pod
pod/perlbook.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perlform.pod pod/perl-
func.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlobj.pod
pod/perlref.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlsub.pod
pod/perltrap.pod pod/perlvar.pod
NETaa13589: return was enforcing list context on its arguments
From: Tim Freeman Files patched: opcode.pl
A return was being treated like a normal list operator, in that
it was
setting list context on its arguments. This was bogus.
NETaa13591: POSIX::creat used wrong argument From: Paul Marquess
Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13605: use strict refs error message now displays bad ref
From: Peter Gordon Files patched: perl.h pod/perldiag.pod pp.c
pp_hot.c
Now says
Can't use string ("2") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in
use at ./foo line 12.
NETaa13630: eof docs were unclear From: Hallvard B Furuseth Files
patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13636: $< and $> weren't refetched on undump restart From:
Steve Pearlmutter Files patched: perl.c
The code in main() bypassed perl_construct on an undump restart,
which bypassed
the code that set $< and $>.
NETaa13641: added Tim's fancy new import whizbangers From: Tim
Bunce Files patched: lib/Exporter.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13649: couldn't AUTOLOAD a symbol reference From: Larry Wall
Files patched: pp_hot.c
pp_entersub needed to guarantee a CV so it would get to the AU-
TOLOAD code.
NETaa13651: renamed file had wrong package name From: Andreas
Koenig Files patched: lib/File/Path.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13660: now that we're testing distribution we can diagnose
RANDBITS errors From: Karl Glazebrook Files patched: t/op/rand.t
Changed to suggested algorithm. Also duplicated it to test
rand(d) too.
NETaa13660: rand.t didn't test for proper distribution within
range Files patched: t/op/rand.t
(same)
NETaa13671: array slice misbehaved in a scalar context From: Tye
McQueen Files patched: pp.c
A spurious else prevented the scalar-context-handling code from
running.
NETaa13672: filehandle constructors in POSIX don't return failure
successfully From: Ian Phillipps Files patched:
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13678: forced $1 to always be untainted From: Ka-Ping Yee
Files patched: mg.c
I believe the bug that triggered this was fixed elsewhere, but
just in case,
I put in explicit code to force $1 et al not to be tainted re-
gardless.
NETaa13682: formline doc need to discuss ~ and ~~ policy From:
Peter Gordon Files patched: pod/perlfunc.pod
NETaa13686: POSIX::open and POSIX::mkfifo didn't check tainting
From: Larry Wall Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
open() and mkfifo() now check tainting.
NETaa13687: new Exporter.pm From: Tim Bunce Files patched:
lib/Exporter.pm
Added suggested changes, except for @EXPORTABLE, because it
looks too much
like @EXPORTTABLE. Decided to stick with @EXPORT_OK because it
looks more
like an adjunct. Also added an export_tags routine. The keys
in the
%EXPORT_TAGS hash no longer use colons, to make the initializers
prettier.
NETaa13687: new Exporter.pm Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
(same)
NETaa13694: add sockaddr_in to Socket.pm From: Tim Bunce Files
patched: ext/Socket/Socket.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13695: library routines should use qw() as good example
From: Dean Roehrich Files patched: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/Dy-
naLoader/DynaLoader.pm ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm ext/Socket/Sock-
et.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13696: myconfig should be a routine in Config.pm From: Ken-
neth Albanowski Files patched: configpm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13704: fdopen closed fd on failure From: Hallvard B Furuseth
Files patched: doio.c
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13706: Term::Cap doesn't work From: Dean Roehrich Files
patched: lib/Term/Cap.pm
Applied suggested patch.
NETaa13710: cryptswitch needed to be more "useable" From: Tim
Bunce Files patched: embed.h global.sym perl.h toke.c
The cryptswitch_fp function now can operate in two modes. It
can
modify the global rsfp to redirect input as before, or it can
modify
linestr and return true, indicating that it is not necessary for
yylex
to read another line since cryptswitch_fp has just done it.
NETaa13712: new_tmpfile() can't be called as constructor From:
Hans Mulder Files patched: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Now allows new_tmpfile() to be called as a constructor.
NETaa13714: variable method call not documented From: "Randal L.
Schwartz" Files patched: pod/perlobj.pod
Now indicates that OBJECT->$method() works.
NETaa13715: PACK->$method produces spurious warning From: Larry
Wall Files patched: toke.c
The -> operator was telling the lexer to expect an operator when
the
next thing was a variable.
NETaa13716: Carp now allows multiple packages to be skipped out
of From: Larry Wall Files patched: lib/Carp.pm
The subroutine redefinition warnings now warn on import colli-
sions.
NETaa13716: Exporter catches warnings and gives a better line
number Files patched: lib/Exporter.pm
(same)
NETaa13716: now counts imported routines as "defined" for redef
warnings Files patched: op.c sv.c
(same)