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However, this allows variable attributes to be useful for tie interfaces, (Subroutine and our variables still get attributes appliedĪt compile-time.) See the attributes manpage for additional details. The my EXPR : ATTRS syntax now applies variable attributes at To use the old style commands,Įnter o CommandSet=pre580 at the debugger prompt.Īttributes for my variables now handled at run-time The command line Perl debugger ( ) has been modified to presentĪ more consistent command interface. Out from potentially blocking operations should still work, though. Than before, conceivably when it is no longer useful. This means that the signal handler may be called at a different point Perl will now first finish whatever it wasĭoing, like finishing an internal operation (such as sort()) or anĮxternal operation (like an I/O operation), and only then look at anyĪrrived signals (but before starting the next operation). This change may have surprising side effects because signals no longer Signals until it's safe (in between the execution of low level opcodes). The new safe signals implementation postpones handling of Incompatible, but reliable, signals implementation See the perluniintro manpage for the explanation of the current model,Īnd the utf8 manpage for the current use of the utf8 pragma.

That are using various national eight-bit character sets, which would Not been made the default since there are many Perl scripts out there Itself has been written in the UTF-8 encoding of Unicode. The only remaining use of ``use utf8'' is when the Perl script To the data itself, and for most of the time ``use utf8'' is not neededĪt all. Unicode model has completely changed: now the ``Unicodeness'' is bound This was found to be an inconvenient interface, and in Perl 5.8 the Then the operations (like string concatenation) were Unicode-aware Previously in Perl 5.6 to use Unicode one would say ``use utf8'' and In general, the interfaces and implementation of Unicode support hasĬhanged significantly from the 5.6 release. New Unicode semantics (no more use utf8, almost) Pure Perl modules should continue to work, subject to the other Perl 5.8 is not binary compatible with earlier releases of Perl. Incompatible Changes in the perl582delta manpage, and Incompatible Changes in the perl584delta manpage, for additional minor incompatible changes made in Perl 5.8.1, Perl Please check Incompatible Changes in the perl581delta manpage, Be sure to consider these very carefully before upgrading.

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