perl5361delta(1)

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NAME

6       perl5361delta - what is new for perl v5.36.1
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DESCRIPTION

9       This document describes differences between the 5.36.0 release and the
10       5.36.1 release.
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12       If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.35.0, first read
13       perl5360delta, which describes differences between 5.35.0 and 5.36.0.
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Incompatible Changes

16       There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.36.0.  If any
17       exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report.  See
18       "Reporting Bugs" below.
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Modules and Pragmata

21   Updated Modules and Pragmata
22       •   Module::CoreList has been upgraded from version 5.20220520 to
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Configuration and Compilation

26       •   "Configure" probed for the return type of malloc() and free() by
27           testing whether declarations for those functions produced a
28           function type mismatch with the implementation.  On Solaris, with a
29           C++ compiler, this check always failed, since Solaris instead
30           imports malloc() and free() from "std::" with "using" for C++
31           builds.  Since the return types of malloc() and free() are well
32           defined by the C standard, skip probing for them.  "Configure"
33           command-line arguments and hints can still override these type in
34           the unlikely case that is needed.  [GH #20806
35           <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20806>]
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Testing

38       Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
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Selected Bug Fixes

42       •   An eval() as the last statement in a regex code block could trigger
43           an interpreter panic; e.g.
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47           [GH #19680 <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/19680>]
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49       •   An "eval EXPR" referring to a lexical sub defined in grandparent
50           scope no longer produces an assertion failures.  [GH #19857
51           <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/19857>]
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53       •   Writing to a magic variables associated with the selected output
54           handle, $^, $~, $=, "$-" and $%, no longer crashes perl if the IO
55           object has been cleared from the selected output handle.  [GH
56           #20733 <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/20733>]
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Acknowledgements

59       Perl 5.36.1 represents approximately 11 months of development since
60       Perl 5.36.0 and contains approximately 5,500 lines of changes across 62
61       files from 24 authors.
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63       Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there
64       were approximately 1,600 lines of changes to 23 .pm, .t, .c and .h
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67       Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
68       community of users and developers.  The following people are known to
69       have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.36.1:
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71       Andreas Koenig, Bram, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn
72       Ilmari Mannsaaker, David Mitchell, Elvin Aslanov, Florian Weimer,
73       Graham Knop, Hugo van der Sanden, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson,
74       Leon Timmermans, Matthew Horsfall, Max Maischein, Neil Bowers, Nicolas
75       R, Renee Baecker, Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Steve Hay, Todd
76       Rinaldo, Tony Cook, Yves Orton.
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78       The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
79       generated from version control history.  In particular, it does not
80       include the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who
81       reported issues to the Perl bug tracker.
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83       Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN
84       modules included in Perl's core.  We're grateful to the entire CPAN
85       community for helping Perl to flourish.
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87       For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors,
88       please see the AUTHORS file in the Perl source distribution.
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Reporting Bugs

91       If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the perl bug
92       database at <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.  There may also be
93       information at <http://www.perl.org/>, the Perl Home Page.
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95       If you believe you have an unreported bug, please open an issue at
96       <https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.  Be sure to trim your bug down
97       to a tiny but sufficient test case.
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99       If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
100       inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see "SECURITY
101       VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION" in perlsec for details of how to
102       report the issue.
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Give Thanks

105       If you wish to thank the Perl 5 Porters for the work we had done in
106       Perl 5, you can do so by running the "perlthanks" program:
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110       This will send an email to the Perl 5 Porters list with your show of
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