From: Mischa POSLAWSKY <perl@shiar.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 02:05:16 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: perl: v5.40 release
X-Git-Tag: v1.20~35
X-Git-Url: http://git.shiar.net/sheet.git/commitdiff_plain/dd4696a1325ef7f864385c347a22c20fd9591012?hp=ffe0197700e02f9aaf7c36a377e82a2cc325db93

perl: v5.40 release
---

diff --git a/perl.inc.pl b/perl.inc.pl
index 449335b..ee7aaad 100644
--- a/perl.inc.pl
+++ b/perl.inc.pl
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ my $wbr = "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}";
 
 	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>'],
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ my $wbr = "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}";
 	v5.36 => {
 		new => [
 			['<code>use v5.36</code>', "use <code>warnings</code>; use feature qw'<code>signatures isa</code>'; no feature qw'<code>indirect multidimensional switch</code>'"],
-			['<code>use builtin</code>', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as <code>weaken</code> and <code>blessed</code> from <code>Scalar::Util</code>, <code>ceil</code>/<code>floor</code> from <code>POSIX</code>, and <code>trim</code> like <code>String::Util</code>', {experimental => 'builtin'}],
+			['<code>use builtin</code>', 'namespace for interpreter functions, such as <code>weaken</code> and <code>blessed</code> from <code>Scalar::Util</code>, <code>ceil</code>/<code>floor</code> from <code>POSIX</code>, and <code>trim</code> like <code>String::Util</code>', {experimental => 'builtin', stable => v5.40}],
 			['<code>is_bool(!0)</code>', 'distinguish scalar variable types (by <code>builtin</code> functions) for data interoperability', {name => 'is_bool'}],
-			['<code>for my ($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'}],
@@ -408,4 +408,20 @@ my $wbr = "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}";
 		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&nbsp;…</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',
+	},
 }