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diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index cb2b24d..c8ffc08 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)'],
+ ['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'],
+ ['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', {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)'],
+ [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:]]/
'],
@@ -23,19 +41,20 @@ use utf8;
debian => 'woody',
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
},
unicode => '3.0.1',
},
v5.8 => {
new => [
- [q`no utf8
`, 'full unicode support, utf8
pragma only for script encoding'],
- [q`binmode $fh, ':perlio'
`, 'file handle behaviour altered by PerlIO layers'],
- [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
+ [q"no utf8
", 'full unicode support, utf8
pragma only for script encoding'],
+ [q"binmode $fh, ':perlio'
", 'file handle behaviour altered by PerlIO layers'],
+ [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
],
release => '2002-07-18',
distro => {
@@ -43,6 +62,8 @@ use utf8;
rhel => '3', # v5.8.0; v5.8.8 in RHEL6 (2007-2014)
solaris => '10', # v5.8.4; 2005-01 eol 2021-01
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)
},
unicode => '3.2.0',
},
@@ -50,35 +71,42 @@ use utf8;
v5.10 => {
new => [
['//
', 'defined-or operator'],
- ['~~
', 'smart-match operator to compare different data types (updated in v5.10.1)'],
- ['given
', 'switch statement to smart-match with when
/default
'],
+ ['~~
', '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'],
+ ['/.++/
', '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'],
+ ['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 => {
debian => 'lenny',
rhel => '6', # v5.10.1
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?)
},
unicode => '5.0.0',
},
v5.12 => {
new => [
- ['package version
', 'package
NAME VERSION shorthand for our $VERSION
'],
+ ['package
version', 'package
NAME VERSION shorthand for our $VERSION
'],
['...
', 'yada-yada operator: code placeholder'],
- ['use 5.012
', 'Implicit strict
if use VERSION >= v5.12'],
+ ['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
'],
+ [q"use overload 'qr'
", 'customisable conversion to regular expressions'],
+ ['/\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',
},
},
@@ -86,22 +114,23 @@ use utf8;
new => [
['s///r
', 'non-destructive substitution'],
['/(?^)/
', 'construct to reset to default modifiers'],
- ['/(?{ m() })/
', 'regular expressions can be nested in /(?{})/
and /(??{})/
'],
- ["use re '/flags'
", 'customise default modifiers'],
- ['each $ref
e.a.', 'array and hash container functions accept references'],
+ ['/(?{ m() })/
', 'regular expressions can be nested in /(?{})/
and /(??{})/
', {experimental => 0, stable => v5.20}],
+ [q"use re '/flags'
", 'customise 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
)'],
],
release => '2011-05-14',
distro => {
debian => 'wheezy',
+ ubuntu => '12.04',
},
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',
@@ -115,37 +144,68 @@ use utf8;
v5.18 => {
new => [
['${^LAST_FH}
', 'last read filehandle (used by $.
)'],
- ['/(?[ a + b ])/
', 'regex set operations (character substraction -
, unions &
)'],
- ['my sub foo
', 'lexical subroutines (also state
, our
)'],
+ ['/(?[ a + b ])/
', 'regex set operations (character substraction -
, unions &
)', {experimental => 'regex_sets'}],
+ ['my sub
', 'lexical subroutines (also state
, our
); buggy before v5.22', {feature => 'lexical_subs', experimental => 'lexical_subs'}],
['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',
+ },
unicode => '6.2',
},
v5.20 => {
new => [
- ['sub ($var)
', 'subroutine 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
)'],
- [q(use warnings 'once'; $a
), 'variables $a and $b are exempt from used once warnings'],
+ ['[]->@*
', '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 $b are exempt from used once warnings'],
],
unicode => '6.3',
release => '2014-05-27',
distro => {
debian => 'jessie',
+ ubuntu => '14.10',
+ aix => '7.2',
},
},
- v5.21.8 => {
+ v5.22 => {
new => [
- ['\$alias =
', 'aliasing via reference'],
- ['<<>>
', 'safe readline ignoring open flags in arguments'],
- ['/(nocapture)/n
', 'flag to disable numbered capturing, turning ()
into (?:)
'],
+ ['\$alias =
', 'aliasing via reference (scoped as of v5.25.3)', {experimental => 'refaliasing'}],
+ ['<<>>
', 'safe readline
ignoring open flags in arguments'],
+ ['/()/n
', 'flag to disable numbered capturing, turning ()
into (?:)
'],
+ ['/\b{}/
', 'boundary types: gcb (grapheme cluster), sb (sentence), wb (word)'],
+ ['&.
', '& | ^ ~
consistently numeric, dotted operators for strings', {experimental => 'bitwise'}],
+ [q"use re 'strict'
", 'apply stricter syntax rules to regular expression patterns', {experimental => 're_strict'}],
+ ['0x.beep+0
', q"hexadecimal floating point notation with binary power; printf '%a'
to display"],
],
unicode => '7.0',
- release => '2015-01-20',
- unstable => 1,
+ release => '2015-06-01',
+ distro => {
+ ubuntu => '16.04',
+ },
+ },
+
+ v5.24 => {
+ new => [
+ [q"printf '%.*2$x'
", 'reordered precision arguments'],
+ ['/\b{lb}/
', 'line break boundary type (position suitable for hyphenation)'],
+ ['/faster/
', 'various significant speedups, notably matching fixed substrings, /i
on caseless languages, 64-bit arithmetic, scope overhead'],
+ ],
+ unicode => '8.0',
+ release => '2016-05-09',
+ },
+
+ v5.25.10 => {
+ 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
"],
+ ['//xx
', 'extended modifier to also ignore whitespace in bracketed character classes'],
+ ],
+ unicode => '9.0', # also Script_Extensions/scx in "\p{script}"
+ release => '2017-02-20',
},
}