perl.inc.pl

   1 use utf8;
   2
   3 +{
   4         v5.6 => {
   5                 new => [
   6                         ['use utf8'],
   7                         ['\N{named character}'],
   8                         ['our'],
   9                         ['v1.2.3'],
  10                         ['sub :locked :method'],
  11                         ['open $fh, $mode, $expr'],
  12                 ],
  13                 release => '2000-03-23',
  14                 distro => {
  15                         debian => 'woody',
  16                         redhat => '2.1',
  17                 },
  18                 unicode => '3.0.1',
  19         },
  20
  21         v5.8 => {
  22                 new => [
  23                         ['unicode overhaul'],
  24                         ['PerlIO'],
  25                 ],
  26                 release => '2002-07-18',
  27                 distro => {
  28                         debian => 'sarge',
  29                         redhat => '3.9',
  30                 },
  31                 unicode => '3.2.0',
  32         },
  33
  34         v5.10 => {
  35                 new => [
  36                         ['//', 'defined-or operator'],
  37                         ['~~', 'smart-match operator to compare different data types'],
  38                         ['given', 'switch statement to smart-match with when/default'],
  39                         ['/(?<name>)/ and $+{name}', 'named caputer buffers'],
  40                         ['s/keep\K//', 'floating positive lookbehind, efficient alternative for s/(keep)/$1/'],
  41                         ['/\v/, /\h/', 'vertical and horizontal whitespace escapes'],
  42                         ['my $_', 'lexically scoped version of the default variable'],
  43                 ],
  44                 release => '2007-12-18',
  45                 distro => {
  46                         debian => 'lenny',
  47                         redhat => '6.5',
  48                 },
  49                 unicode => '5.0.0',
  50         },
  51
  52         v5.12 => {
  53                 new => [
  54                         ['package version', 'package NAME VERSION shorthand for our $VERSION"'],
  55                         ['...', 'yada-yada operator: code placeholder'],
  56                         ['use strict', 'Implicit strictures if use VERSION >= 5.12'],
  57                         ['... when', '"when" is now allowed to be used as a statement modifier'],
  58                 ],
  59                 release => '2010-04-12',
  60                 unicode => '5.2',
  61         },
  62
  63         v5.14 => {
  64                 new => [
  65                         ['s///r', 'non-destructive substitution'],
  66                         ['/(?^)/', 'construct to reset to default modifiers'],
  67                         ['/(?{ m// })/', 'regular expressions can be nested in /(?{})/ and /(??{})/'],
  68                         ["use re '/flags'", 'customize default modifiers'],
  69                         ['each $ref e.a.', 'array and hash container functions accept references'],
  70                 ],
  71                 release => '2011-05-14',
  72                 distro => {
  73                         debian => 'wheezy',
  74                 },
  75                 unicode => '6.0+#8',
  76         },
  77
  78         v5.16 => {
  79                 new => [
  80                         ['__SUB__', 'current subroutine reference'],
  81                         ['fc, "\F"', 'unicode foldcase to compare case-insensitively'],
  82                         ['"\N{}"', 'automatic use charnames qw( :full :short )'],
  83                 ],
  84                 release => '2012-05-20',
  85                 distro => {
  86                         redhat => '7.0',
  87                 },
  88                 unicode => '6.1',
  89         },
  90
  91         v5.18 => {
  92                 new => [
  93                         ['${^LAST_FH}', 'last read filehandle (used by $.)'],
  94                         ['/(?[ … & … + … - … ])/', 'regex set operations'],
  95                         ['my sub foo', 'lexical subroutines (also state, our)'],
  96                         ['next $expression', 'loop controls allow runtime expressions'],
  97                 ],
  98                 release => '2013-05-18',
  99                 distro => {
 100                         debian => 'jessie',
 101                 },
 102                 unicode => '6.2',
 103         },
 104 }