1*898184e3Ssthen=encoding utf8 2*898184e3Ssthen 3*898184e3Ssthen=head1 NAME 4*898184e3Ssthen 5*898184e3Ssthenperl5162delta - what is new for perl v5.16.2 6*898184e3Ssthen 7*898184e3Ssthen=head1 DESCRIPTION 8*898184e3Ssthen 9*898184e3SsthenThis document describes differences between the 5.16.1 release and 10*898184e3Ssthenthe 5.16.2 release. 11*898184e3Ssthen 12*898184e3SsthenIf you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read 13*898184e3SsthenL<perl5161delta>, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and 14*898184e3Ssthen5.16.1. 15*898184e3Ssthen 16*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Incompatible Changes 17*898184e3Ssthen 18*898184e3SsthenThere are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.16.0 19*898184e3SsthenIf any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a 20*898184e3Ssthenreport. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. 21*898184e3Ssthen 22*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Modules and Pragmata 23*898184e3Ssthen 24*898184e3Ssthen=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata 25*898184e3Ssthen 26*898184e3Ssthen=over 4 27*898184e3Ssthen 28*898184e3Ssthen=item * 29*898184e3Ssthen 30*898184e3SsthenL<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 2.70 to version 2.76. 31*898184e3Ssthen 32*898184e3Ssthen=back 33*898184e3Ssthen 34*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Configuration and Compilation 35*898184e3Ssthen 36*898184e3Ssthen=over 4 37*898184e3Ssthen 38*898184e3Ssthen=item * configuration should no longer be confused by ls colorization 39*898184e3Ssthen 40*898184e3Ssthen=back 41*898184e3Ssthen 42*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Platform Support 43*898184e3Ssthen 44*898184e3Ssthen=head2 Platform-Specific Notes 45*898184e3Ssthen 46*898184e3Ssthen=over 4 47*898184e3Ssthen 48*898184e3Ssthen=item AIX 49*898184e3Ssthen 50*898184e3SsthenConfigure now always adds -qlanglvl=extc99 to the CC flags on AIX when 51*898184e3Ssthenusing xlC. This will make it easier to compile a number of XS-based modules 52*898184e3Ssthenthat assume C99 [perl #113778]. 53*898184e3Ssthen 54*898184e3Ssthen=back 55*898184e3Ssthen 56*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Selected Bug Fixes 57*898184e3Ssthen 58*898184e3Ssthen=over 4 59*898184e3Ssthen 60*898184e3Ssthen=item * fix /\h/ equivalence with /[\h]/ 61*898184e3Ssthen 62*898184e3Ssthensee [perl #114220] 63*898184e3Ssthen 64*898184e3Ssthen=back 65*898184e3Ssthen 66*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Known Problems 67*898184e3Ssthen 68*898184e3SsthenThere are no new known problems. 69*898184e3Ssthen 70*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Acknowledgements 71*898184e3Ssthen 72*898184e3SsthenPerl 5.16.2 represents approximately 2 months of development since Perl 73*898184e3Ssthen5.16.1 and contains approximately 740 lines of changes across 20 files 74*898184e3Ssthenfrom 9 authors. 75*898184e3Ssthen 76*898184e3SsthenPerl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant 77*898184e3Ssthencommunity of users and developers. The following people are known to 78*898184e3Ssthenhave contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.16.2: 79*898184e3Ssthen 80*898184e3SsthenAndy Dougherty, Craig A. Berry, Darin McBride, Dominic Hargreaves, Karen 81*898184e3SsthenEtheridge, Karl Williamson, Peter Martini, Ricardo Signes, Tony Cook. 82*898184e3Ssthen 83*898184e3SsthenThe list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically 84*898184e3Ssthengenerated from version control history. In particular, it does not 85*898184e3Sstheninclude the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who 86*898184e3Ssthenreported issues to the Perl bug tracker. 87*898184e3Ssthen 88*898184e3SsthenFor a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, 89*898184e3Ssthenplease see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution. 90*898184e3Ssthen 91*898184e3Ssthen=head1 Reporting Bugs 92*898184e3Ssthen 93*898184e3SsthenIf you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles 94*898184e3Ssthenrecently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl 95*898184e3Ssthenbug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be 96*898184e3Sstheninformation at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. 97*898184e3Ssthen 98*898184e3SsthenIf you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> 99*898184e3Ssthenprogram included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down 100*898184e3Ssthento a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the 101*898184e3Ssthenoutput of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be 102*898184e3Ssthenanalysed by the Perl porting team. 103*898184e3Ssthen 104*898184e3SsthenIf the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it 105*898184e3Sstheninappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please 106*898184e3Ssthensend it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed 107*898184e3Ssthensubscription unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core 108*898184e3Ssthencommitters, who will be able to help assess the impact of issues, figure 109*898184e3Ssthenout a resolution, and help co-ordinate the release of patches to 110*898184e3Ssthenmitigate or fix the problem across all platforms on which Perl is 111*898184e3Ssthensupported. Please only use this address for security issues in the Perl 112*898184e3Ssthencore, not for modules independently distributed on CPAN. 113*898184e3Ssthen 114*898184e3Ssthen=head1 SEE ALSO 115*898184e3Ssthen 116*898184e3SsthenThe F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details 117*898184e3Ssthenon what changed. 118*898184e3Ssthen 119*898184e3SsthenThe F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. 120*898184e3Ssthen 121*898184e3SsthenThe F<README> file for general stuff. 122*898184e3Ssthen 123*898184e3SsthenThe F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. 124*898184e3Ssthen 125*898184e3Ssthen=cut 126