From: Mischa POSLAWSKY <perl@shiar.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:39:47 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: perl: gather and describe v5.8 features
X-Git-Tag: v1.6~70
X-Git-Url: http://git.shiar.nl/sheet.git/commitdiff_plain/492819ec4c57ef96d6738f896fe5c97d8fdeb37b?ds=sidebyside

perl: gather and describe v5.8 features
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diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index f15a1dd..2c76e59 100644
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ use utf8;
 
 	v5.8 => {
 		new => [
-			['unicode overhaul'],
-			['PerlIO'],
+			[q`<code>no utf8; $unicode</code>`, 'unicode overhaul: additional /\p{}/ properties'],
+			[q`<code>binmode $fh, ':perlio'</code>`, 'file handle behaviour altered by PerlIO layers'],
+			[q`<code>open $fh, '-|', @cmd</code>`, 'open list to fork a command without spawning a shell'],
+			[q`<code>open $fh, '>', \$var</code>`, 'perl scalars as virtual files'],
+			[q`<code>printf '%1$s', @args</code>`, 'syntax to use parameters out of order'],
+			[q`<code>$num = 1_000</code>`, 'underscores between digits allowed in numeric constants'],
+#			[q`<code>use if</code>`, 'conditional module inclusion'], # also installable in earlier versions
 		],
 		release => '2002-07-18',
 		distro => {