[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"],
['<code><s>??</s></code>', 'single match shorthand (deprecated since v5.14) requires the operator <code><em>m</em>?PATTERN?</code>'],
+ ['<code><s>use CGI</s></code>' => 'deprecated interface for serving http requests removed from core'
+ .', see <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/CGI::Alternatives" target=_blank>CGI::Alternatives</a>', {name => 'cgi'}],
],
unicode => '7.0',
release => '2015-06-01',
['<code>m(\p{nv=/.*/})</code>', 'match unicode properties by regular expressions', {experimental => 'uniprop_wildcards'}],
['<code><s>my $state if 0</s></code>', 'workaround for <code><a href="#state">state</a></code> (deprecated since v5.10!) is now prohibited'],
[q"<code>qr'\N'</code>", 'Delimiters must be graphemes; unescaped <code>{</code> illegal; <code>\N</code> in single quotes'],
+ ['<code><s>use Locale::Codes</s></code>', 'removed from core, get actual lists from CPAN', {dropped => v5.30}],
],
unicode => '12.1',
release => '2019-05-22',
v5.34 => {
new => [
- ['<code>try {} catch</code>', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}],
+ ['<code>try {} catch</code>', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => v5.40}],
['<code>/{,<i>n</i>}/</code>', 'empty lower bound quantifier is accepted as shorthand for 0'],
['<code>\x{ … }</code>', 'insignificant space within curly braces, also for <code>\b{}</code>, <code>\g{}</code>, <code>\k{}</code>, <code>\N{}</code>, <code>\o{}</code> as well as <code>/{m,n}/</code> quantifiers'],
['<code>0o0</code>', 'octal prefix <code>0o</code> alternative to <code>0…</code> and <code>oct</code>'],
v5.36 => {
new => [
['<code>use v5.36</code>', "use <code>warnings</code>; use feature qw'<code>signatures isa</code>'; no feature qw'<code>indirect multidimensional switch</code>'"],
- ['<code>use builtin</code>', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as <code>weaken</code> and <code>blessed</code> from <code>Scalar::Util</code>, <code>ceil</code>/<code>floor</code> from <code>POSIX</code>, and <code>trim</code> like <code>String::Util</code>', {experimental => 'builtin'}],
+ ['<code>use builtin</code>', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as <code>weaken</code> and <code>blessed</code> from <code>Scalar::Util</code>, <code>ceil</code>/<code>floor</code> from <code>POSIX</code>, and <code>trim</code> like <code>String::Util</code>', {experimental => 'builtin', stable => v5.40}],
['<code>is_bool(!0)</code>', 'distinguish scalar variable types (by <code>builtin</code> functions) for data interoperability', {name => 'is_bool'}],
- ['<code>for my ($k, $v) (%hash)</code>', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including <code>builtin::indexed</code> for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list'}],
+ ['<code>for my ($k, $v) (%hash)</code>', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including <code>builtin::indexed</code> for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list', stable => v5.40}],
['<code>defer {}</code>', 'queue code to be executed when going out of scope', {feature => 'defer', experimental => 'defer'}],
- ['<code>try {} finally {}</code>', 'run code at the end of a <code><a href="#try">try</a></code> construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}],
+ ['<code>try {} finally {}</code>', 'run code at the end of a <code><a href="#try">try</a></code> construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => 0}], # not stable in v5.40
['<code>q«…»</code>', 'unicode delimiters for quoting operators', {experimental => 'extra_paired_delimiters'}],
['<code>sub ($var) {!<s>pop</s>}</code>', '<a href="#signatures">signature</a>d subs are stable, but mixing with the arguments array <code>@_</code> remains experimental', {feature => 'signatures', experimental => 'args_array_with_signatures'}],
['<code>$SIG{FPE}</code>', 'floating-point exceptions no longer deferred but delivered immediately like other signals', {name => 'sig_fpe'}],
unicode => '15.0',
release => '2023-07-02',
},
+
+ v5.40 => {
+ new => [
+ ['<code>use v5.40</code>', 'import <a href="#builtin">builtin</a> functions and enable the <a href="#try">try</a> feature'],
+ ['<code>__CLASS__</code>', 'keyword to reference to the current class name, similar to <code>__PACKAGE__</code>', {feature => 'class'}],
+ ['<code>:reader</code>', 'attribute for <a href="#class">field</a> variables to create corresponding accessor methods', {feature => 'class'}],
+ ['<code>^^</code>', 'higher precedence logical <code>xor</code> operator, as <code>||</code> is to <code>or</code>'],
+ ['perl<code> -M …</code>', 'whitespace allowed after <code>-M</code> options', {dropped => 0}],
+ ['<code>builtin::inf</code>, <code>builtin::nan</code>', 'constants equivalent to special floating point values <em>infinity</em> and <em>Not a Number</em>'],
+ ],
+ modules => [
+ ['Test2::Suite' => 'comprehensive set of test tools for writing unit tests, providing a drop in replacement to <code>Test::More</code>'],
+ ['Term::Table' => 'format rows of data as ASCII tables, as in <a href="#test2_suite">Test2</a> diffs', {dropped => 0}],
+ ],
+ release => '2024-06-09',
+ },
}
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