perl: summarise v5.28 release features

diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index ae02b3a135783867ee9f22207a451bf5440f2aea..61dbea564d867a74e180490253dff4c43f3487bd 100644 (file)
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ use utf8;
                        ['<code>&lt;&lt;>></code>', 'safe <code>readline</code> ignoring open flags in arguments'],
                        ['<code>/()/n</code>', 'flag to disable numbered capturing, turning <code>()</code> into <code>(?:)</code>'],
                        ['<code>/\b{}/</code>', 'boundary types: <em>gcb</em> (grapheme cluster), <em>sb</em> (sentence), <em>wb</em> (word)'],
-                       ['<code>&.</code>', '<code>& | ^ ~</code> consistently numeric, dotted operators for strings', {experimental => 'bitwise'}],
+                       ['<code>&.</code>', '<code>& | ^ ~</code> consistently numeric, dotted operators for strings', {feature => 'bitwise', experimental => 'bitwise', stable => v5.28}],
                        [q"<code>use re 'strict'</code>", 'apply stricter syntax rules to regular expression patterns', {experimental => 're_strict'}],
                        ['<code>0x.beep+0</code>', q"hexadecimal floating point notation with binary power; <code>printf '%a'</code> to display"],
                ],
@@ -230,4 +230,19 @@ use utf8;
                        ubuntu => '17.10', # artful
                },
        },
+
+       v5.28 => {
+               new => [
+                       ['<code>delete %hash{…}</code>', 'hash slices can be deleted with key+value pairs'],
+                       ['<code>/(*…)/</code>', 'alphabetic synonyms for assertions, e.g. <code>(*atomic:…)</code> for <code>(?&gt;…)</code> and <code>(*nlb:…)</code> for <code>(?&lt;!…)</code>', {experimental => 'alpha_assertions'}],
+                       ['<code>/(*script_run:)/</code>', 'enforces all characters to be from the same script', {experimental => 'script_run'}],
+                       ['<code>state @a</code>', 'persistent lexical array or hash variables'],
+                       ['<code>perl -i -pe die</code>', 'safe in-place editing: files are replaced only after successful completion'],
+                       ['<code>${^SAFE_LOCALES}</code>', 'locales are thread-safe on supported systems, indicated by this variable'],
+               ],
+               unicode => '10.0',
+               release => '2018-06-22',
+               distro => {
+               },
+       },
 }