X-Git-Url: http://git.shiar.net/sheet.git/blobdiff_plain/9cdf17f81bc6b6b16d82f48e1f8ae04c9f0886a7..10ebd7e89e3735dc1659c7ef01c2155694f8ba81:/perl.inc.pl?ds=inline diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl index 0b6ab2c..ee7aaad 100644 --- a/perl.inc.pl +++ b/perl.inc.pl @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ use utf8; +use strict; +my $wbr = "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}"; +{ v5.004 => { release => '1997-05-15', @@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ use utf8; v5.005 => { new => [ - ['lock', 'obsolete Thread implementation, including a keyword to place advisory locks on shared variables', {experimental => 0, stable => 0, removed => v5.10}], + ['lock', 'obsolete Thread implementation, including a keyword to place advisory locks on shared variables', {experimental => 0, stable => 0, dropped => v5.10}], ['B::…', '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'], @@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ use utf8; ['Memoize' => 'remember function results, trading space for time', 'memoize "stat"'], ['MIME::Base64' => 'base64 encoded strings as in email attachments'], ['Test::More' => 'modern framework for unit testing', 'is $got, $expected'], - ['Time::HiRes' => 'high resolution timers', '$μs = [gettimeofday]; sleep .1; $elapsed = tv_interval $μs'], + ['Time::HiRes' => 'high resolution timers', '$μs = [gettimeofday]; sleep .1;'.$wbr.' $elapsed = tv_interval $μs'], ], release => '2002-07-18', distro => { @@ -122,9 +124,9 @@ use utf8; modules => [ [autodie => 'replace builtin functions to throw exceptions instead of returning failure', 'eval {open ...} or $@->matches("open") || die'], # overloading - ['IO::Compress::Zip' => 'various file compression standards', 'zip IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new("test.gz") => "recompressed.zip"'], + ['IO::Compress::Zip' => 'various file compression standards', 'zip IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new("test.gz")'.$wbr.' => "recompressed.zip"'], ['Time::Piece' => 'timestamps as objects', 'localtime->year > 1900'], - ['File::Fetch' => 'generic data retrieval/download', 'File::Fetch->new(uri => "http://localhost/")->fetch(to => \$slurp)'], + ['File::Fetch' => 'generic data retrieval/download', 'File::Fetch->new(uri => "http://localhost/")'.$wbr.'->fetch(to => \$slurp)'], ], release => '2007-12-18', distro => { @@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ use utf8; ], modules => [ [JSON => 'interface with data in JavaScript Object Notation', 'decode_json <>'], - ['HTTP::Tiny' => 'minimal HTTP/1.1 client without LWP::UserAgent overhead'], + ['HTTP::Tiny' => 'minimal HTTP/1.1 client without LWP::UserAgent overhead', {dropped => 0}], # Unicode::Collate::Locale ], release => '2011-05-14', @@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ use utf8; distro => { ubuntu => '14.04 LTS', # trusty opensuse => '13.1', # 2013-11 eol 2016-01 + macos => '10.15', # pre-installed catalina 2019-10 }, unicode => '6.2', }, @@ -249,6 +252,8 @@ use utf8; [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"], ['??', 'single match shorthand (deprecated since v5.14) requires the operator m?PATTERN?'], + ['use CGI' => 'deprecated interface for serving http requests removed from core' + .', see CGI::Alternatives', {name => 'cgi'}], ], unicode => '7.0', release => '2015-06-01', @@ -308,6 +313,7 @@ use utf8; debian => '10', # buster 2019-07 ubuntu => '19.04', # disco 2019-04 eol 2020-01 freebsd => '11', # eol 2021-09 + macos => '11', # big sur 2020-11 }, distrosum => "stable systems such as Debian 10, Ubuntu 19.04, FreeBSD 11", }, @@ -318,11 +324,13 @@ use utf8; ['m(\p{nv=/.*/})', 'match unicode properties by regular expressions', {experimental => 'uniprop_wildcards'}], ['my $state if 0', 'workaround for state (deprecated since v5.10!) is now prohibited'], [q"qr'\N'", 'Delimiters must be graphemes; unescaped { illegal; \N in single quotes'], + ['use Locale::Codes', 'removed from core, get actual lists from CPAN', {dropped => v5.30}], ], unicode => '12.1', release => '2019-05-22', distro => { ubuntu => '20.04', # focal LTS 2020-04 eol 2025-04 + macos => '11.3', # big sur 2021-04 and monterrey 2021-10, alongside compatibility v5.18 }, }, @@ -350,7 +358,7 @@ use utf8; v5.34 => { new => [ - ['try {} catch', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}], + ['try {} catch', 'exception handling similar to eval blocks', {feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => v5.40}], ['/{,n}/', 'empty lower bound quantifier is accepted as shorthand for 0'], ['\x{ … }', 'insignificant space within curly braces, also for \b{}, \g{}, \k{}, \N{}, \o{} as well as /{m,n}/ quantifiers'], ['0o0', 'octal prefix 0o alternative to 0… and oct'], @@ -367,11 +375,11 @@ use utf8; v5.36 => { new => [ ['use v5.36', "use warnings; use feature qw'signatures isa'; no feature qw'indirect multidimensional switch'"], - ['use builtin', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as weaken and blessed from Scalar::Util, ceil/floor from POSIX, and trim like String::Util', {experimental => 'builtin'}], + ['use builtin', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as weaken and blessed from Scalar::Util, ceil/floor from POSIX, and trim like String::Util', {experimental => 'builtin', stable => v5.40}], ['is_bool(!0)', 'distinguish scalar variable types (by builtin functions) for data interoperability', {name => 'is_bool'}], - ['for my ($k, $v) (%hash)', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including builtin::indexed for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list'}], + ['for my ($k, $v) (%hash)', 'iterate over multiple values at a time (including builtin::indexed for arrays)', {experimental => 'for_list', feature => 'for_list', stable => v5.40}], ['defer {}', 'queue code to be executed when going out of scope', {feature => 'defer', experimental => 'defer'}], - ['try {} finally {}', 'run code at the end of a try construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try'}], + ['try {} finally {}', 'run code at the end of a try construct regardless of failure', {name => 'finally', feature => 'try', experimental => 'try', stable => 0}], # not stable in v5.40 ['q«…»', 'unicode delimiters for quoting operators', {experimental => 'extra_paired_delimiters'}], ['sub ($var) {!pop}', 'signatured subs are stable, but mixing with the arguments array @_ remains experimental', {feature => 'signatures', experimental => 'args_array_with_signatures'}], ['$SIG{FPE}', 'floating-point exceptions no longer deferred but delivered immediately like other signals', {name => 'sig_fpe'}], @@ -380,8 +388,40 @@ use utf8; unicode => '14.0', release => '2022-05-28', distro => { - debian => '12', # bookworm 2023 upcoming + debian => '12', # bookworm 2023-06 ubuntu => '23.04', # lunar upcoming }, }, + + v5.38 => { + new => [ + ['use feature "module_true"', 'default in use 5.37 and up, also no feature "bareword_filehandles"'], + ['sub ($var ||= default)', 'assign values when false (or undefined on //=) instead of omitted'], + ['/(*{ … })/', 'optimistic eval: (?{ … }) with regex optimisations enabled'], + ['class', "define object classes: packages with field variables and method subroutines", {feature => 'class', experimental => 'class'}], + ['${^LAST_SUCCESSFUL_PATTERN}', 'explicit variable to access the previous match as in s//…/'], + ['%{^HOOK}', "perform tasks require__before and require__after when calling require"], # also @INC hook enhancements + ['PERL_RAND_SEED', 'environment variable to set srand random number seed', {dropped => 0}], + ['is_tainted', 'builtin function to check variable tainting like Scalar::Util::tainted', {dropped => 0, experimental => 'builtin', eg => 'builtin::is_tainted($ENV{PWD}) and say "running perl -T"'}], + ['export_lexically', 'builtin function to export named functions into the calling scope', {dropped => 0, experimental => 'builtin', eg => 'method import {builtin::export_lexically {map {$_ => $self->can($_)} @_}}'}], + ], + unicode => '15.0', + release => '2023-07-02', + }, + + v5.40 => { + new => [ + ['use v5.40', 'import builtin functions and enable the try feature'], + ['__CLASS__', 'keyword to reference to the current class name, similar to __PACKAGE__', {feature => 'class'}], + [':reader', 'attribute for field variables to create corresponding accessor methods', {feature => 'class'}], + ['^^', 'higher precedence logical xor operator, as || is to or'], + ['perl -M â€¦', 'whitespace allowed after -M options', {dropped => 0}], + ['builtin::inf, builtin::nan', 'constants equivalent to special floating point values infinity and Not a Number'], + ], + modules => [ + ['Test2::Suite' => 'comprehensive set of test tools for writing unit tests, providing a drop in replacement to Test::More'], + ['Term::Table' => 'format rows of data as ASCII tables, as in Test2 diffs', {dropped => 0}], + ], + release => '2024-06-09', + }, }