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diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index d251468..9d416eb 100644
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -1,18 +1,36 @@
use utf8;
+{
+ v5.005 => {
+ new => [
+ ['threads' => '', {experimental => 0, stable => 0}],
+ ['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'],
+ ['â¦::' => 'implicitly quoted package name'],
+ ['ref $@' => 'die passes reference values to exception handlers'],
+ ['INIT {}', 'subs run just before the perl runtime begins execution'],
+ ['tie @â¦' => 'base class for TIEARRAY implementations, and generally improved supported of tied handlers'],
+ ['substr â¦,â¦,â¦,$replace', 'replacement string in 4th argument'],
+ ['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'],
+ ],
+ release => '1998-07-22',
+ unstable => 0,
+ },
+
v5.6 => {
new => [
['use warnings', 'pragma to enable warnings in lexical scope'],
- ['use utf8', 'experimental unicode semantics (completed in v5.8)', v5.8],
+ ['use utf8', 'experimental unicode semantics (completed in v5.8)', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.8}],
['use charnames', 'string escape \N{} to insert named character'],
['our', 'declare global variables'],
['v1.2.3', q"represent strings as vector of ordinals, useful in version numbers (printf '%vd' to display)"],
['0b0', q"binary numbers in literals, printf '%b', and oct"],
- ['sub :lvalue', 'subroutine attribute to return a modifiable value', v5.20],
+ ['sub :lvalue', 'subroutine attribute to return a modifiable value', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.20}],
# ['sub :locked :method', 'syntax to declare subroutine attributes'], # can be inferred from :lvalue support
['open my $fh, $mode, $expr', 'file handles in scoped scalars, third argument for unambiguous file name'],
- [q"pack 'q'", '64-bit integer support (also large files >2GiB)', v5.8.1],
+ [q"pack 'q'", '64-bit integer support (also large files >2GiB)', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.8.1}],
['sort $coderef ()', 'comparison function can be a subroutine reference; prototype ($$) to pass elements as normal @_'],
['CHECK {}', 'special block called at end of compilation'],
['/[[:â¦:]]/', 'POSIX character class syntax such as /[[:alpha:]]/'],
@@ -24,6 +42,7 @@ use utf8;
rhel => '2', # v5.6.0; also in red hat 7.0
solaris => '9', # v5.6.1; 2002-05 eol 2014-10
aix => '5.1', # 2001-05 eol 2006-04
+ opensuse => '7.1',
},
unicode => '3.0.1',
},
@@ -46,19 +65,28 @@ use utf8;
centos => '3-5', # v5.8.0 in v3 (2004-03); v5.8.8 in v5 (eol 2017-03)
ubuntu => '4.10',
aix => '5.2', # v5.8.0; v5.8.2 in 5.3 and 6.1 (eol 2017-04-30)
+ freebsd => '4-6',
+ opensuse => '8.1',
},
+ distrosum => "dinosaur platforms such as Solaris 10, AIX 5.2, RHEL 3, SLES 8",
unicode => '3.2.0',
},
v5.10 => {
new => [
['//', 'defined-or operator'],
- ['~~', 'smart-match operator to compare different data types (updated in v5.10.1)', 'experimental::smartmatch'],
- ['given', 'switch statement to smart-match with when/default', 'experimental::smartmatch'],
+ ['~~', 'smart-match operator to compare different data types (updated in v5.10.1)', {experimental => 'smartmatch'}],
+ ['say', 'print with newline, equivalent to print @_, "\n"', {feature => 'say'}],
+ ['given', 'switch statement to smart-match with when/default', {feature => 'switch', experimental => 'smartmatch'}],
['/(?<name>)/', 'named capture buffers into %+'],
+ ['/(?1)/', 'recursive regular expression patterns'],
+ ['/(?|)/', 'resets capture numbering for each contained branch'],
+ ['/.++/', 'possessive quantifiers ?+, *+, ++ to match greedily'],
['s/keep\K//', 'floating positive lookbehind, efficient alternative for s/(keep)/$1/'],
- ['/\v/, /\h/', 'vertical and horizontal whitespace escapes'],
- ['my $_', 'lexically scoped version of the default variable', v0.5.23.4, 'experimental::lexical_topic'],
+ ['/p', 'optionally preserve ${^MATCH} variables (avoiding $& penalty until COW in v5.20)'],
+ ['/\v/, /\h/', 'vertical and horizontal whitespace escapes (\V \H to invert); also /\R/ for newlines'],
+ ['my $_', 'lexically scoped version of the default variable', {experimental => 'lexical_topic', dropped => v5.23.4}],
+ ['state', 'persistent my variables', {feature => 'state'}],
],
release => '2007-12-18',
distro => {
@@ -67,6 +95,7 @@ use utf8;
centos => '6', # v5.10.1 (2011-07 eol 2020-11)
ubuntu => '8.10', # v5.10.1 in 10.04 LTS
aix => '7.1', # v5.10.1 (2010-09 eol 2020?)
+ opensuse => '11.0',
},
unicode => '5.0.0',
},
@@ -78,43 +107,51 @@ use utf8;
['use 5.012', 'implicit strict if use VERSION >= v5.12'],
['⦠when', 'when is now allowed to be used as a statement modifier'],
[q"use overload 'qr'", 'customisable conversion to regular expressions'],
- ['/\N/', 'inverse \n to match any character except newline regardless of /s', v5.18],
+ ['/\N/', 'inverse \n to match any character except newline regardless of /s', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.18}],
],
release => '2010-04-12',
unicode => '5.2',
distro => {
solaris => '11', # also v5.8.4; 2010-11 eol 2024-11
ubuntu => '11.10',
+ freebsd => '7',
+ opensuse => '11.3',
},
},
v5.14 => {
new => [
['s///r', 'non-destructive substitution'],
- ['/(?^)/', 'construct to reset to default modifiers'],
- ['/(?{ m() })/', 'regular expressions can be nested in /(?{})/ and /(??{})/', v5.20],
+ ['/(?{ m() })/', 'regular expressions can be nested in /(?{})/ and /(??{})/', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.20}],
+ ['/dalu', 'regexp modifiers to restrict character classes: either default, ascii, locale, or unicode semantics.'],
[q"use re '/flags'", 'customise default modifiers'],
- ['each $ref e.a.', 'array and hash container functions accept references', v0.5.23.1],
+ ['/(?^)/', 'construct to reset to default modifiers'],
+ ['each $ref e.a.', 'array and hash container functions accept references', {experimental => 'postderef', dropped => v5.23.1}],
['FH->method', 'filehandle method calls load IO::File on demand (eg. STDOUT->flush)'],
+ ['\o{}', 'escape sequence for octal values beyond \777'],
],
release => '2011-05-14',
distro => {
- debian => 'wheezy',
+ debian => '7', # wheezy 2013-05 eol 2018-05
ubuntu => '12.04',
+ opensuse => '12.1',
},
+ distrosum => "stable servers such as Debian 7, Ubuntu 12.04, CentOS 7",
unicode => '6.0+#8',
},
v5.16 => {
new => [
- ['__SUB__', 'current subroutine reference'],
- ['fc, "\F"', 'unicode foldcase to compare case-insensitively'],
+ ['__SUB__', 'current subroutine reference', {feature => 'current_sub'}],
+ ['fc, "\F"', 'unicode foldcase to compare case-insensitively', {feature => 'fc'}],
['"\N{}"', 'automatic use charnames qw( :full :short )'],
],
release => '2012-05-20',
distro => {
rhel => '7', # v5.16.3
centos => '7', # v5.16.3 (2014-07 eol 2024-06)
+ freebsd => '9',
+ opensuse => '12.2',
},
unicode => '6.1',
},
@@ -122,48 +159,52 @@ use utf8;
v5.18 => {
new => [
['${^LAST_FH}', 'last read filehandle (used by $.)'],
- ['/(?[ a + b ])/', 'regex set operations (character substraction -, unions &)', 'experimental::regex_sets'],
- ['my sub', 'lexical subroutines (also state, our); buggy before v5.22', 'experimental::lexical_subs'],
+ ['/(?[ a + b ])/', 'regex set operations (character substraction -, unions &)', {experimental => 'regex_sets'}],
+ ['my sub', 'lexical subroutines (also state, our); buggy before v5.22', {experimental => 'lexical_subs', stable => v5.26}],
['next $expression', 'loop controls allow runtime expressions'],
- [q"no warnings 'experimental::â¦'", 'mechanism for experimental features, as of now required for smartmatch'],
+ [q"no warnings 'experimental::â¦'", 'mechanism for experimental features, as of now required for smartmatch'],
],
release => '2013-05-18',
distro => {
- ubuntu => '14.04',
+ ubuntu => '14.04 LTS', # trusty
+ opensuse => '13.1',
},
unicode => '6.2',
},
v5.20 => {
new => [
- ['sub ($var)', 'subroutine signatures', 'experimental::signatures'],
+ ['sub ($var)', 'subroutine signatures', {feature => 'signatures', experimental => 'signatures'}],
['%hash{â¦}', 'hash slices return key+value pairs'],
- ['[]->@*', 'postfix dereferencing (also e.g. $scalar->$* for $$scalar)', v5.23.1, 'experimental::postderef'],
+ ['[]->@*', 'postfix dereferencing (also e.g. $scalar->$* for $$scalar)', {feature => 'postderef, postderef_qq', experimental => 'postderef', stable => v5.23.1}],
[q"use warnings 'once'; $a", 'variables $a and $b are exempt from used once warnings'],
],
unicode => '6.3',
release => '2014-05-27',
distro => {
- debian => 'jessie',
- ubuntu => '14.10',
+ debian => '8', # jessie 2015-04 eol 2020-05
+ ubuntu => '14.10', # utopic
aix => '7.2',
+ opensuse => '13.2', # 2014-11 eol 2017-01
},
+ distrosum => "stable servers such as Debian 8 (oldstable), Ubuntu 14.10, FreeBSD 10, openSUSE 13.2",
},
v5.22 => {
new => [
- ['\$alias =', 'aliasing via reference (scoped as of v5.25.3)', 'experimental::refaliasing'],
+ ['\$alias =', 'aliasing via reference (scoped as of v5.25.3)', {experimental => 'refaliasing'}],
['<<>>', 'safe readline ignoring open flags in arguments'],
['/()/n', 'flag to disable numbered capturing, turning () into (?:)'],
['/\b{}/', 'boundary types: gcb (grapheme cluster), sb (sentence), wb (word)'],
- ['&.', '& | ^ ~ consistently numeric, dotted operators for strings', 'experimental::bitwise'],
- [q"use re 'strict'", 'apply stricter syntax rules to regular expression patterns', 'experimental::re_strict'],
+ ['&.', '& | ^ ~ consistently numeric, dotted operators for strings', {feature => 'bitwise', experimental => 'bitwise', stable => v5.28}],
+ [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"],
+ ['??m?PATTERN?'],
],
unicode => '7.0',
release => '2015-06-01',
distro => {
- ubuntu => '16.04',
+ ubuntu => '16.04 LTS', # xenial
},
},
@@ -175,14 +216,74 @@ use utf8;
],
unicode => '8.0',
release => '2016-05-09',
+ distro => {
+ debian => '9', # stretch 2017-06
+ ubuntu => '17.04', # zesty
+ freebsd => '10',
+ },
},
- v5.25.8 => {
+ v5.26 => {
new => [
['<<~EOT', 'indented here-docs, strips same whitespace before delimiter in each line'],
- ['@{^CAPTURE}', q"array of last match's captures, so @{^CAPTURE}[0] is $1"],
+ ['@{^CAPTURE}', q"array of last match's captures, so ${^CAPTURE}[0] is $1"],
+ ['//xx', 'extended modifier to also ignore whitespace in bracketed character classes'],
],
unicode => '9.0', # also Script_Extensions/scx in "\p{script}"
- release => '2016-12-20',
+ release => '2017-05-30',
+ distro => {
+ ubuntu => '17.10', # artful
+ },
+ },
+
+ v5.28 => {
+ new => [
+ ['delete %hash{â¦}', 'hash slices can be deleted with key+value pairs'],
+ ['/(*â¦)/', 'alphabetic synonyms for assertions, e.g. (*atomic:â¦) for (?>â¦) and (*nlb:â¦) for (?<!â¦)', {experimental => 'alpha_assertions', stable => v5.31.6}],
+ ['/(*script_run:)/', 'enforces all characters to be from the same script', {experimental => 'script_run', stable => v5.31.6}],
+ ['state @a', 'persistent lexical array or hash variables'],
+ ['perl -i -pe die', 'safe in-place editing: files are replaced only after successful completion'],
+ ['${^SAFE_LOCALES}', 'locales are thread-safe on supported systems, indicated by this variable'],
+ ],
+ unicode => '10.0',
+ release => '2018-06-22',
+ distro => {
+ },
+ },
+
+ v5.30 => {
+ new => [
+ ['/(?<=var+)', 'variable length lookbehind assertions', {experimental => 'vlb'}],
+ ['m(\p{nv=/.*/})', 'match unicode properties by regular expressions', {experimental => 'uniprop_wildcards'}],
+ ['my $state if 0state (deprecated since v5.10!) is now prohibited'],
+ [q"qr'\N'", 'Delimiters must be graphemes; unescaped { illegal; \N in single quotes'],
+ ],
+ unicode => '12.1',
+ release => '2019-05-22',
+ },
+
+ v5.32 => {
+ new => [
+ ['isa', 'infix operator to check class instance'],
+ ['$min < $_ <= $max', 'chained comparison repeats inner part as $min < $_ and $_ <= $max'],
+ ['/\p{Name=$var}/', 'match Unicode Name property like \N{} but with interpolation and subpatterns'],
+ [q"open F, '+>>', undef", 'respect append mode on temporary files with mixed access'],
+ ["no feature 'indirect'", 'disable indirect object notation such as new Class instead of Class->new'],
+ ['streamzip', 'program distributed with core IO::Compress::Base to compress stdin into a zip container'],
+ ],
+ unicode => '13.0',
+ release => '2020-06-20',
+ details => 'https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2020/01/perl-v5-32-new-features/',
+ },
+
+ v5.34 => {
+ new => [
+ ['try {} catch', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {experimental => 'try'}],
+ ['/{,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 0⦠and oct'],
+ ['re::optimization(qr//)', 'debug regular expression optimization information discovered at compile time'],
+ ],
+ release => '2021-05-20',
},
}