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@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@
debugger.
All debugger output now correctly goes to the socket if
-RemotePort is set.
+!
RemotePort is set.
PERL5OPT
@@ -351,12 +351,12 @@
3.0.1 with additions made available to the public as of
August 30, 2000.
-The Unicode character classes p{Blank} and p{SpacePerl} have
+The Unicode character classes p{Blank} and p{!
SpacePerl} have
been added. ``Blank'' is like C ''isblank()'', that is,
it contains only ``horizontal whitespace'' (the space
-character is, the newline isn't), and the ``SpacePerl'' is
+character is, the newline isn't), and the ``!
SpacePerl'' is
the Unicode equivalent of s (p{Space} isn't, since
that includes the vertical tabulator character, whereas
s doesn't.)
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@
IPC::Open3 allows use of numeric file
descriptors.
-Math::BigFloat
+Math::!
BigFloat
The ''fmod()'' function supports modulus operations.
Various bug fixes have also been included.
@@ -696,16 +696,16 @@
Various bug fixes have been included.
-Tie::RefHash
+Tie::!
RefHash
-Now supports Tie::RefHash::Nestable to automagically tie
+Now supports Tie::!
RefHash::Nestable to automagically tie
hashref values.
-Tie::SubstrHash
+Tie::!
SubstrHash
Various bug fixes have been included.
@@ -718,9 +718,9 @@
NCR MP-RAS
-NonStop-UX
+!
NonStop-UX
Perl now builds under Amdahl UTS
.
@@ -816,13 +816,13 @@
Duping socket handles with open(F, ``
The makefiles now provide a single switch to bulk-enable all
-the features enabled in ActiveState ActivePerl (a popular
+the features enabled in !
ActiveState !
ActivePerl (a popular
binary distribution).
-''Win32::GetCwd()'' correctly returns C:\ instead of C:
+''Win32::!
GetCwd()'' correctly returns C:\ instead of C:
when at the drive root. Other bugs in ''chdir()'' and
''Cwd::cwd()'' have also been fixed.
@@ -830,9 +830,9 @@
EAGAIN when it runs out of pseudo-process
handles.
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker now uses $ENV{
+!
ExtUtils::!
MakeMaker now uses $ENV{
LIB } to search for libraries.
UNC path handling is better when perl is
@@ -1082,9 +1082,9 @@
}
(Note how only the first : is mandatory, and whitespace surrounding the : is optional.)
-''AutoSplit.pm'' and ''SelfLoader.pm'' have been
+''!
AutoSplit.pm'' and ''!
SelfLoader.pm'' have been
updated to keep the attributes with the stubs they provide.
See attributes.
@@ -1434,9 +1434,9 @@
deleted, the object is destroyed and all the weak references
to the object are automatically undef-ed.
-To use this feature, you need the WeakRef package from
+To use this feature, you need the !
WeakRef package from
CPAN , which contains additional
documentation.
@@ -1991,13 +1991,13 @@
For other details, see Benchmark.
-ByteLoader
+!
ByteLoader
-The ByteLoader is a dedicated extension to generate and run
-Perl bytecode. See ByteLoader.
+The !
ByteLoader is a dedicated extension to generate and run
+Perl bytecode. See !
ByteLoader.
constant
@@ -2080,12 +2080,12 @@
The Dumpvalue module provides screen dumps of Perl
data.
-DynaLoader
+!
DynaLoader
-DynaLoader now supports a ''dl_unload_file()'' function
+!
DynaLoader now supports a ''dl_unload_file()'' function
on platforms that support unloading shared objects using
''dlclose()''.
@@ -2216,12 +2216,12 @@
use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;
my $man = 0;
my $help = 0;
-GetOptions('help?' =
+!
GetOptions('help?' =
__END__
=head1 NAME
- sample - Using GetOpt::Long and Pod::Usage
+ sample - Using !
GetOpt::Long and Pod::Usage
=head1 SYNOPSIS
sample [[options] [[file ...]
Options:
-help brief help message
@@ -2290,9 +2290,9 @@
entries. no lib removes all named
entries.
-Math::BigInt
+Math::!
BigInt
The bitwise operations , ,
, , and ~ are now supported on
@@ -2338,9 +2338,9 @@
spherical), radial coordinate conversions, and the great
circle distance were added.
-Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects
+Pod::Parser, Pod::!
InputObjects
Pod::Parser is a base class for parsing and selecting
sections of pod documentation from an input stream. This
@@ -2349,9 +2349,9 @@
commands to user-defined methods which are free to interpret
or translate them as they see fit.
-Pod::InputObjects defines some input objects needed by
+Pod::!
InputObjects defines some input objects needed by
Pod::Parser, and for advanced users of Pod::Parser that need
more about a command besides its name and text.
@@ -2365,9 +2365,9 @@
pod-people@perl.org mailing list.
For further information, please see Pod::Parser and
-Pod::InputObjects.
+Pod::!
InputObjects.
Pod::Checker, podchecker
@@ -2378,16 +2378,16 @@
gracefully. The checklist is not complete yet. See
Pod::Checker.
-Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find
+Pod::!
ParseUtils, Pod::Find
These modules provide a set of gizmos that are useful mainly
for pod translators. Pod::Find traverses directory
structures and returns found pod files, along with their
canonical names (like File::Spec::Unix).
-Pod::ParseUtils contains __Pod::List__ (useful for
+Pod::!
ParseUtils contains __Pod::List__ (useful for
storing pod list information), __Pod::Hyperlink__ (for
parsing the contents of L sequences) and
__Pod::Cache__ (for caching information about pod files,
e.g., link nodes).
@@ -2509,19 +2509,19 @@
return the empty list in these situations. This applies to
the following functions:
- Win32::FsType
+ Win32::!
FsType
Win32::GetOSVersion
The remaining functions are unchanged and continue to return undef on error even in list context.
-The Win32::SetLastError( ERROR ) function has
+The Win32::!
SetLastError( ERROR ) function has
been added as a complement to the
-''Win32::GetLastError()'' function.
+''Win32::!
GetLastError()'' function.
-The new Win32::GetFullPathName( FILENAME )
+The new Win32::!
GetFullPathName( FILENAME )
returns the full absolute pathname for
FILENAME in scalar context. In list context
it returns a two-element list containing the fully qualified
directory name and the filename. See Win32.
@@ -2530,9 +2530,9 @@
XSLoader
The XSLoader extension is a simpler alternative to
-DynaLoader. See XSLoader.
+!
DynaLoader. See XSLoader.
DBM Filters
@@ -3011,9 +3011,9 @@
This port continues to use its own builtin globbing (not
File::Glob).
-__OS390 (OpenEdition MVS
+__OS390 (!
OpenEdition MVS
)__
Support for this EBCDIC platform has not been
@@ -3050,12 +3050,12 @@
2.
Expansion of File::Spec::VMS routines, and integration into
-ExtUtils::MM_VMS.
+!
ExtUtils::MM_VMS.
-Extension of ExtUtils::MM_VMS to handle complex extensions
+Extension of !
ExtUtils::MM_VMS to handle complex extensions
more flexibly.
Barewords at start of Unix-syntax paths may be treated as
@@ -3097,11 +3097,11 @@
$^X now contains the full path name of the running
executable.
-A ''Win32::GetLongPathName()'' function is provided to
-complement ''Win32::GetFullPathName()'' and
-''Win32::GetShortPathName()''. See Win32.
+A ''Win32::!
GetLongPathName()'' function is provided to
+complement ''Win32::!
GetFullPathName()'' and
+''Win32::!
GetShortPathName()''. See Win32.
''POSIX::uname()'' is supported.
@@ -3124,9 +3124,9 @@
Windows 95 has been added.
Scripts are read in binary mode by default to allow
-ByteLoader (and the filter mechanism in general) to work
+!
ByteLoader (and the filter mechanism in general) to work
properly. For compatibility, the DATA
filehandle will be set to text mode if a carriage return is
detected at the end of the line containing the __END__ or
__DATA__ token; if not, the DATA filehandle
@@ -3141,9 +3141,9 @@
''glob()'' operator, but there may be compatibility
issues for programs that relied on the older globbing
syntax. If you want to preserve compatibility with the older
syntax, you might want to run perl with
--MFile::DosGlob. For details and compatibility
+-MFile::!
DosGlob. For details and compatibility
information, see File::Glob.
!!Significant bug fixes
@@ -4659,9 +4659,9 @@
definitions are not available by default. You need to
explicitly compile perl with -DPERL_POLLUTE to get
these definitions. For extensions still using the old
symbols, this option can be specified via
-MakeMaker:
+!
MakeMaker:
perl Makefile.PL POLLUTE=1
@@ -5057,11 +5057,11 @@
!!HISTORY
Written by Gurusamy Sarathy
-gsar@ActiveState.com''
+gsar@!
ActiveState.com''
''
Send omissions or corrections to
perlbug@perl.org''''
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