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diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index faf530e..ee7aaad 100644
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
use utf8;
+use strict;
+my $wbr = "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}";
+{
v5.004 => {
release => '1997-05-15',
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ use utf8;
v5.005 => {
new => [
- ['threads' => '', {experimental => 0, stable => 0}],
+ ['lock
', 'obsolete Thread
implementation, including a keyword to place advisory locks on shared variables', {experimental => 0, stable => 0, dropped => v5.10}],
['B::â¦
', 'backend hooks'],
['qr//
' => 'overhauled regular expression engine: precompile operator, lookahead/behind, code, conditions, localised flags'],
['⦠foreach
' => 'for(each)
as statement modifier, with large ranges optimised as counting loops'],
@@ -23,6 +25,13 @@ use utf8;
['splice â¦,â¦,-$length
', 'negative length indicates elements to keep at the end of an array'],
['$/
', 'integer or scalar separator makes <>
read records instead of lines'],
],
+ modules => [
+ ['Data::Dumper' => 'stringify data structures'],
+ ['Errno' => 'system errno.h
constants'],
+ ['File::Spec'],
+ ['Fatal'],
+ ['Test'],
+ ],
release => '1998-07-22',
unstable => 0,
},
@@ -59,12 +68,25 @@ use utf8;
v5.8 => {
new => [
[q"no utf8
", 'full unicode support, utf8
pragma only for script encoding', {name => 'utf8_data'}],
- [q"binmode $fh, ':perlio'
", 'file handle behaviour altered by PerlIO layers', {name => 'perlio'}],
+ [q"use open
", 'file handle behaviour altered by PerlIO layers', {name => 'perlio', eg => 'binmode $fh, ":bytes"'}],
[q"open $fh, '-|', @cmd
", 'open list to fork a command without spawning a shell'],
[q"open $fh, '>', \$var
", 'perl scalars as virtual files'],
[q"printf '%1$s', @args
", 'syntax to use parameters out of order'],
[q"1_2_3 == 123
", 'underscores between digits allowed in numeric constants'],
-# [q"use if
", 'conditional module inclusion'], # also installable in earlier versions
+ ],
+ modules => [
+ [bignum => 'transparent big number support', 'length 1e100 == 101'],
+ [if => 'conditional module inclusion', 'no if $] >= 5.022, "warnings", "redundant"'],
+ [sort => 'override sort() algorithm', {dropped => v5.28, eg => 'sort::current eq "stable"'}],
+ [Digest => 'calculate various message digests (data hashes)', '$hash = sha256_hex($data)'],
+ [Encode => 'character set conversion', 'encode("utf8", decode("iso-8859-1", $octets))'],
+ ['File::Temp' => 'create a temporary file or directory safely', '$fh = tempfile();'],
+ ['List::Util' => 'general-utility list subroutines', '@cards = shuffle 0..51'],
+ ['Locale::Maketext' => 'various localization and internationalization in Locale::*
and L18N::*
'],
+ ['Memoize' => 'remember function results, trading space for time', 'memoize "stat"'],
+ ['MIME::Base64' => 'base64 encoded strings as in email attachments'],
+ ['Test::More' => 'modern framework for unit testing', 'is $got, $expected'],
+ ['Time::HiRes' => 'high resolution timers', '$μs = [gettimeofday]; sleep .1;'.$wbr.' $elapsed = tv_interval $μs'],
],
release => '2002-07-18',
distro => {
@@ -99,6 +121,13 @@ use utf8;
['my $_
', 'lexically scoped version of the default variable', {experimental => 'lexical_topic', dropped => v5.23.4}],
['state
', 'persistent my
variables (scalars only until 5.28)', {feature => 'state'}],
],
+ modules => [
+ [autodie => 'replace builtin functions to throw exceptions instead of returning failure', 'eval {open ...} or $@->matches("open") || die'],
+ # overloading
+ ['IO::Compress::Zip' => 'various file compression standards', 'zip IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new("test.gz")'.$wbr.' => "recompressed.zip"'],
+ ['Time::Piece' => 'timestamps as objects', 'localtime->year > 1900'],
+ ['File::Fetch' => 'generic data retrieval/download', 'File::Fetch->new(uri => "http://localhost/")'.$wbr.'->fetch(to => \$slurp)'],
+ ],
release => '2007-12-18',
distro => {
debian => '5.0', # lenny 2009-02 eol 2012-02
@@ -145,6 +174,11 @@ use utf8;
['FH->method
', 'filehandle method calls load IO::File on demand (eg. STDOUT->flush
)'],
['\o{}
', 'escape sequence for octal values beyond \777'],
],
+ modules => [
+ [JSON => 'interface with data in JavaScript Object Notation', 'decode_json <>'],
+ ['HTTP::Tiny' => 'minimal HTTP/1.1 client without LWP::UserAgent
overhead', {dropped => 0}],
+ # Unicode::Collate::Locale
+ ],
release => '2011-05-14',
distro => {
debian => '7', # wheezy 2013-05 eol 2018-05 elts 2020-06
@@ -184,6 +218,7 @@ use utf8;
distro => {
ubuntu => '14.04 LTS', # trusty
opensuse => '13.1', # 2013-11 eol 2016-01
+ macos => '10.15', # pre-installed catalina 2019-10
},
unicode => '6.2',
},
@@ -217,6 +252,8 @@ use utf8;
[q"use re 'strict'
", 'apply stricter syntax rules to regular expression patterns', {experimental => 're_strict'}],
['0x.beep+0
', q"hexadecimal floating point notation with binary power; printf '%a'
to display"],
['??
', 'single match shorthand (deprecated since v5.14) requires the operator m?PATTERN?
'],
+ ['use CGI
' => 'deprecated interface for serving http requests removed from core'
+ .', see CGI::Alternatives', {name => 'cgi'}],
],
unicode => '7.0',
release => '2015-06-01',
@@ -247,6 +284,9 @@ use utf8;
['@{^CAPTURE}
', q"array of last match's captures, so ${^CAPTURE}[0]
is $1
"],
['//xx
', 'extended modifier to also ignore whitespace in bracketed character classes'],
],
+ modules => [
+ ['Test2::V0' => 'generic testing framework to replace Test::*
and TAP::*
'],
+ ],
unicode => '9.0', # also Script_Extensions/scx in "\p{script}"
release => '2017-05-30',
distro => {
@@ -273,6 +313,7 @@ use utf8;
debian => '10', # buster 2019-07
ubuntu => '19.04', # disco 2019-04 eol 2020-01
freebsd => '11', # eol 2021-09
+ macos => '11', # big sur 2020-11
},
distrosum => "stable systems such as Debian 10, Ubuntu 19.04, FreeBSD 11",
},
@@ -283,11 +324,13 @@ use utf8;
['m(\p{nv=/.*/})
', 'match unicode properties by regular expressions', {experimental => 'uniprop_wildcards'}],
['my $state if 0
', 'workaround for state
(deprecated since v5.10!) is now prohibited'],
[q"qr'\N'
", 'Delimiters must be graphemes; unescaped {
illegal; \N
in single quotes'],
+ ['use Locale::Codes
', 'removed from core, get actual lists from CPAN', {dropped => v5.30}],
],
unicode => '12.1',
release => '2019-05-22',
distro => {
ubuntu => '20.04', # focal LTS 2020-04 eol 2025-04
+ macos => '11.3', # big sur 2021-04 and monterrey 2021-10, alongside compatibility v5.18
},
},
@@ -315,7 +358,7 @@ use utf8;
v5.34 => {
new => [
- ['try {} catch
', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}],
+ ['try {} catch
', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => v5.40}],
['/{,n}/
', 'empty lower bound quantifier is accepted as shorthand for 0'],
['\x{ ⦠}
', 'insignificant space within curly braces, also for \b{}
, \g{}
, \k{}
, \N{}
, \o{}
as well as /{m,n}/
quantifiers'],
['0o0
', 'octal prefix 0o
alternative to 0â¦
and oct
'],
@@ -332,11 +375,11 @@ use utf8;
v5.36 => {
new => [
['use v5.36
', "use warnings
; use feature qw'signatures isa
'; no feature qw'indirect multidimensional switch
'"],
- ['use builtin
', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as weaken
and blessed
from Scalar::Util
, ceil
/floor
from POSIX
, and trim
like String::Util
', {experimental => 'builtin'}],
+ ['use builtin
', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as weaken
and blessed
from Scalar::Util
, ceil
/floor
from POSIX
, and trim
like String::Util
', {experimental => 'builtin', stable => v5.40}],
['is_bool(!0)
', 'distinguish scalar variable types (by builtin
functions) for data interoperability', {name => 'is_bool'}],
- ['for my ($k, $v) (%hash)
', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including builtin::indexed
for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list'}],
+ ['for my ($k, $v) (%hash)
', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including builtin::indexed
for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list', stable => v5.40}],
['defer {}
', 'queue code to be executed when going out of scope', {feature => 'defer', experimental => 'defer'}],
- ['try {} finally {}
', 'run code at the end of a try
construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}],
+ ['try {} finally {}
', 'run code at the end of a try
construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => 0}], # not stable in v5.40
['q«â¦Â»
', 'unicode delimiters for quoting operators', {experimental => 'extra_paired_delimiters'}],
['sub ($var) {!pop}
', 'signatured subs are stable, but mixing with the arguments array @_
remains experimental', {feature => 'signatures', experimental => 'args_array_with_signatures'}],
['$SIG{FPE}
', 'floating-point exceptions no longer deferred but delivered immediately like other signals', {name => 'sig_fpe'}],
@@ -345,8 +388,40 @@ use utf8;
unicode => '14.0',
release => '2022-05-28',
distro => {
- debian => '12', # bookworm 2023 upcoming
+ debian => '12', # bookworm 2023-06
ubuntu => '23.04', # lunar upcoming
},
},
+
+ v5.38 => {
+ new => [
+ ['use feature "module_true"
', 'default in use 5.37 and up, also no feature "bareword_filehandles"
'],
+ ['sub ($var ||=
default)
', 'assign values when false (or undefined on //=
) instead of omitted'],
+ ['/(*{ ⦠})/
', 'optimistic eval: (?{ ⦠})
with regex optimisations enabled'],
+ ['class
', "define object classes: packages with field
variables and method
subroutines", {feature => 'class', experimental => 'class'}],
+ ['${^LAST_SUCCESSFUL_PATTERN}
', 'explicit variable to access the previous match as in s//â¦/
'],
+ ['%{^HOOK}
', "perform tasks require__before
and require__after
when calling require
"], # also @INC hook enhancements
+ ['PERL_RAND_SEED
', 'environment variable to set srand
random number seed', {dropped => 0}],
+ ['is_tainted
', 'builtin
function to check variable tainting like Scalar::Util::tainted
', {dropped => 0, experimental => 'builtin', eg => 'builtin::is_tainted($ENV{PWD}) and say "running perl -T"'}],
+ ['export_lexically
', 'builtin
function to export named functions into the calling scope', {dropped => 0, experimental => 'builtin', eg => 'method import {builtin::export_lexically {map {$_ => $self->can($_)} @_}}'}],
+ ],
+ unicode => '15.0',
+ release => '2023-07-02',
+ },
+
+ v5.40 => {
+ new => [
+ ['use v5.40
', 'import builtin functions and enable the try feature'],
+ ['__CLASS__
', 'keyword to reference to the current class name, similar to __PACKAGE__
', {feature => 'class'}],
+ [':reader
', 'attribute for field variables to create corresponding accessor methods', {feature => 'class'}],
+ ['^^
', 'higher precedence logical xor
operator, as ||
is to or
'],
+ ['perl -M â¦
', 'whitespace allowed after -M
options', {dropped => 0}],
+ ['builtin::inf
, builtin::nan
', 'constants equivalent to special floating point values infinity and Not a Number'],
+ ],
+ modules => [
+ ['Test2::Suite' => 'comprehensive set of test tools for writing unit tests, providing a drop in replacement to Test::More
'],
+ ['Term::Table' => 'format rows of data as ASCII tables, as in Test2 diffs', {dropped => 0}],
+ ],
+ release => '2024-06-09',
+ },
}