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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes +.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. +.if n .ad l +.nh +.SH NAME +perl5161delta \- what is new for perl v5.16.1 +.SH DESCRIPTION +.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" +This document describes differences between the 5.16.0 release and +the 5.16.1 release. +.PP +If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.14.0, first read +perl5160delta, which describes differences between 5.14.0 and +5.16.0. +.SH Security +.IX Header "Security" +.SS "an off-by-two error in Scalar-List-Util has been fixed" +.IX Subsection "an off-by-two error in Scalar-List-Util has been fixed" +The bugfix was in Scalar-List-Util 1.23_04, and perl 5.16.1 includes +Scalar-List-Util 1.25. +.SH "Incompatible Changes" +.IX Header "Incompatible Changes" +There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.16.0 If any +exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See +"Reporting Bugs" below. +.SH "Modules and Pragmata" +.IX Header "Modules and Pragmata" +.SS "Updated Modules and Pragmata" +.IX Subsection "Updated Modules and Pragmata" +.IP \(bu 4 +Scalar::Util and List::Util have been upgraded from version 1.23 to +version 1.25. +.IP \(bu 4 +B::Deparse has been updated from version 1.14 to 1.14_01. An +"uninitialized" warning emitted by B::Deparse has been squashed +[perl #113464]. +.SH "Configuration and Compilation" +.IX Header "Configuration and Compilation" +.IP \(bu 4 +Building perl with some Windows compilers used to fail due to a problem +with miniperl's \f(CW\*(C`glob\*(C'\fR operator (which uses the \f(CW\*(C`perlglob\*(C'\fR program) +deleting the PATH environment variable [perl #113798]. +.SH "Platform Support" +.IX Header "Platform Support" +.SS "Platform-Specific Notes" +.IX Subsection "Platform-Specific Notes" +.IP VMS 4 +.IX Item "VMS" +All C header files from the top-level directory of the distribution are now +installed on VMS, providing consistency with a long-standing practice on other +platforms. Previously only a subset were installed, which broke non-core extension +builds for extensions that depended on the missing include files. +.SH "Selected Bug Fixes" +.IX Header "Selected Bug Fixes" +.IP \(bu 4 +A regression introduced in Perl v5.16.0 involving +\&\f(CW\*(C`tr/\fR\f(CISEARCHLIST\fR\f(CW/\fR\f(CIREPLACEMENTLIST\fR\f(CW/\*(C'\fR has been fixed. Only the first +instance is supposed to be meaningful if a character appears more than +once in \f(CW\*(C`\fR\f(CISEARCHLIST\fR\f(CW\*(C'\fR. Under some circumstances, the final instance +was overriding all earlier ones. [perl #113584] +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`B::COP::stashlen\*(C'\fR has been added. This provides access to an internal +field added in perl 5.16 under threaded builds. It was broken at the last +minute before 5.16 was released [perl #113034]. +.IP \(bu 4 +The re pragma will no longer clobber \f(CW$_\fR. [perl #113750] +.IP \(bu 4 +Unicode 6.1 published an incorrect alias for one of the +Canonical_Combining_Class property's values (which range between 0 and +254). The alias \f(CW\*(C`CCC133\*(C'\fR should have been \f(CW\*(C`CCC132\*(C'\fR. Perl now +overrides the data file furnished by Unicode to give the correct value. +.IP \(bu 4 +Duplicating scalar filehandles works again. [perl #113764] +.IP \(bu 4 +Under threaded perls, a runtime code block in a regular expression could +corrupt the package name stored in the op tree, resulting in bad reads +in \f(CW\*(C`caller\*(C'\fR, and possibly crashes [perl #113060]. +.IP \(bu 4 +For efficiency's sake, many operators and built-in functions return the +same scalar each time. Lvalue subroutines and subroutines in the CORE:: +namespace were allowing this implementation detail to leak through. +\&\f(CW\*(C`print &CORE::uc("a"), &CORE::uc("b")\*(C'\fR used to print "BB". The same thing +would happen with an lvalue subroutine returning the return value of \f(CW\*(C`uc\*(C'\fR. +Now the value is copied in such cases [perl #113044]. +.IP \(bu 4 +\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_SUB_\|_\*(C'\fR now works in special blocks (\f(CW\*(C`BEGIN\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`END\*(C'\fR, etc.). +.IP \(bu 4 +Formats that reference lexical variables from outside no longer result +in crashes. +.SH "Known Problems" +.IX Header "Known Problems" +There are no new known problems, but consult "Known +Problems" in perl5160delta to see those identified in the 5.16.0 release. +.SH Acknowledgements +.IX Header "Acknowledgements" +Perl 5.16.1 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl +5.16.0 and contains approximately 14,000 lines of changes across 96 +files from 8 authors. +.PP +Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant +community of users and developers. The following people are known to +have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.16.1: +.PP +Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Father Chrysostomos, Karl +Williamson, Paul Johnson, Reini Urban, Ricardo Signes, Tony Cook. +.PP +The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically +generated from version control history. In particular, it does not +include the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who +reported issues to the Perl bug tracker. +.PP +Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN +modules included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN +community for helping Perl to flourish. +.PP +For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, +please see the \fIAUTHORS\fR file in the Perl source distribution. +.SH "Reporting Bugs" +.IX Header "Reporting Bugs" +If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles +recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl +bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be +information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. +.PP +If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the perlbug +program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down +to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the +output of \f(CW\*(C`perl \-V\*(C'\fR, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be +analysed by the Perl porting team. +.PP +If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it +inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please +send it to perl5\-security\-report@perl.org. This points to a closed +subscription unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core +committers, who will be able to help assess the impact of issues, figure +out a resolution, and help co-ordinate the release of patches to +mitigate or fix the problem across all platforms on which Perl is +supported. Please only use this address for security issues in the Perl +core, not for modules independently distributed on CPAN. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IX Header "SEE ALSO" +The \fIChanges\fR file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details +on what changed. +.PP +The \fIINSTALL\fR file for how to build Perl. +.PP +The \fIREADME\fR file for general stuff. +.PP +The \fIArtistic\fR and \fICopying\fR files for copyright information. |