PERL5162DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL5162DELTA(1)
NAME
perl5162delta - what is new for perl v5.16.2
DESCRIPTION
This document describes differences between the 5.16.1 release and the 5.16.2 release.
If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read perl5161delta, which describes
differences between 5.16.0 and 5.16.1.
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.
Modules and Pragmata
Updated Modules and Pragmata
· Module::CoreList has been upgraded from version 2.70 to version 2.76.
Configuration and Compilation
· configuration should no longer be confused by ls colorization
Platform Support
Platform-Specific Notes
AIX Configure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when using xlC. This will make it
easier to compile a number of XS-based modules that assume C99 [perl #113778].
Selected Bug Fixes
· fix /\h/ equivalence with /[\h]/
see [perl #114220]
Known Problems
There are no new known problems.
Acknowledgements
Perl 5.16.2 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl 5.16.1 and contains approximately 740
lines of changes across 20 files from 9 authors.
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 5.16.2:
Andy Dougherty, Craig A. Berry, Darin McBride, Dominic Hargreaves, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Peter
Martini, Ricardo Signes, Tony Cook.
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.
For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see the AUTHORS file in the Perl
source distribution.
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.
If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the perlbug program included with your release. Be sure
The INSTALL file for how to build Perl.
The README file for general stuff.
The Artistic and Copying files for copyright information.
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