Revision history for perlfaq
5.20240218 2024-02-18 17:37:25Z
* add entry for "UTF-8 string" in perlglossary (PR#99, Felipe Gasper)
* update the bug tracker advice to de-emphasize rt.cpan.org (PR#107, brian d foy)
* plug CLDR::Number instead of Number::Format in perlfaq5 (PR#108, brian d foy)
* misc code sample fixes in perlfaq4 (PR#109, brian d foy)
* minor wording fixes in perlfaq5 (Karen Etheridge)
* fix assertion about Python and closures (PR#114, E. Choroba)
* improve the section on uniq perlfaq4 (PR#116, E. Choroba)
* remove mention of Perl 4 in perlfaq1 (PR#113, Joelle Maslak)
* document that smartmatch, given and when will be removed in Perl 5.42 (PR#115,
Philippe Bruhat (BooK))
5.20230812 2023-08-12 21:30:12Z
* some typo fixes to perlfaq4 (PR #103 and PR#104, brian d foy)
* some wording improvements to perlfaq4 for "Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?"
(PR#104, resolves issue #101, brian d foy)
* some updates to perlfaq2 for perl magazines (PR#105, brian d foy)
5.20230701 2023-07-01 00:23:37Z
* Fix Unicode code point range in glossary (Felipe Gasper, #98)
* faq4: recommend fc() for string sorting, rather than lc() (brian d foy,
#102)
5.20210520 2021-05-20 04:16:03Z
* faq5: remove suggestion to use read() for slurping (PR#96, Dan Book)
5.20210411 2021-04-11 00:45:30Z
* Add entry to faq4 for equivalent to ruby #{}, python fstring
(PR#93, John Karr)
5.20201107 2020-11-07 21:02:39Z
* typo fix (PR#90, Samanta Navarro)
* fix learn.perl.org link, which now directs to perldoc.perl.org (PR#91, Dan
Book)
* modern updates to "How do I efficiently match many regular expressions"
(PR#92, Dan Book)
5.20200523 2020-05-22 03:28:54Z
* switch perlbug references to GitHub issue tracker (PR#87, Dan Book)
5.20200522 2020-05-22 02:24:31Z
* updated perlfaq1 entry on Raku (PR#86, Dan Book)
5.20200125 2020-01-25 19:11:04Z
* remove references to smartmatch in perlfaq4; replace use of
List::Util::first with any (PR#85, Dan Book)
* add links to plackperl.org (#66)
5.20191102 2019-11-02 05:34:43Z
* fix bad pod markup in perlfaq8 (PR #78; thanks, Joaquín Ferrero!)
* remove stale section about lib.pm (PR #82, Dan Book)
* update perlfaq9 to reference Email::Stuffer (PR #79, Dan Book)
* update perlfaq9 to reference URL::Search (PR #80, Dan Book)
* update perlfaq9 to use HTTP::Tiny (PR #81, Dan Book)
* fix some broken links (issue #71, dctabuyz)
5.20190126 2019-01-26 04:39:37Z
* Many typos and pod markup fixed (PR#75, #76; thanks, Joaquin Ferrero!)
* Added reference in perlfaq to new ~ syntax in indented here-docs (PR#77,
thanks Celejar!)
5.20180915 2018-09-15 22:28:25Z
* use '.' in paths in example 'require' clauses, as . is no longer
guaranteed to be in @INC
5.20180913 2018-09-13 04:33:27Z
* updated references to web frameworks in perlfaq9 (thanks, Dan Book!)
5.20180605 2018-06-05 05:02:49Z
* changed distribution $VERSION format, to 5.YYYYmmdd
* updated guidance on SMTP over TLS (thanks, Michiel Beijen!)
* removed defunct documentation links (thanks, J.Maslak!)
* more details added to perlfaq1/Which version of Perl should I use?
(thanks, J.Maslak!)
* fixed the rounding sample code in perlfaq4 to properly demonstrate
half-way-point alternation, rather than floating point errors (thanks,
Denilson Sá Maia!)
* we no longer recommend given/when in perlfaq7 (thanks, Tom Molesworth!)
* change search.cpan.org links to metacpan.org (thanks, Leo Lapworth!)
5.021011 2016-03-04 20:04:08Z
* update info on Perl 6
* fix LICENSE address and update prereq for its content
* excluded README.pod from the shipped tarball distribution
5.021010 2015-07-28 18:30:48Z
* Fix typo (Douglas L. Jenkins)
* Fix Time::Seconds example (Niko Tyni)
* Basic README.pod (Shlomi Fish)
5.021009 2015-01-25 22:36:24Z
* many updates to vendor and tool details in perlfaq3 (Michiel Beijen)
* distribution version bumped to match the first blead version it will be
included in (5.021009)
5.0150046 2014-10-19 02:04:58Z
* refer to Marpa::R2 instead of Marpa::XS (Jeffrey Kegler)
* misc spelling and grammar fixes (darfich)
* avoid bareword filehandles (Shlomi Fish, perl RT#122923)
* reference Path::Tiny instead of File::Slurp (RT#83126)
* some dist building cleanup (Karen Etheridge)
5.0150045 2014-08-03 17:16:06Z
* Improve example, use File::Spec (Brian Fraser)
* Typo in perlfaq7 (Rares Aioanei, via shlomif)
* Typo in perlfaq1 (Xaerxess)
5.0150044 2013-09-12 19:51:52Z
* avoid gensym in examples (Karen Etheridge)
* Cleanup of perltoot/boot etc (Smylers)
* Perl release schedule (Alex Beamish)
* Module search path (Alex Beamish)
* XS recompiling modules (Alex Beamish)
* clarify &foo() ignores prototype (mauke)
5.0150043 2013-05-12 18:40:17Z
* Various typos and URL fixes (dsteinbrunner)
* Typo (argrath)
5.0150042 2013-03-06 13:37:08Z
* Fix dodgy link as reports in #114260 of cpan RT (ranguard)
* Hex typo (Martin Becker)
* Typo (joaquinferrero)
5.0150041 2012-08-15 21:00:37Z
* Kephra added as an editor (lichtkind)
* Fixes array operation typos in perlfaq4 (oalders)
* fixed misleading use of an array to store (Martin Becker)
5.0150040 2012-06-09 11:02:27Z
* perlglossary provided by Tom C. from Camel 4
* remove prototypes and & for subroutine (mauke)
* Grammar from patch [RT #113492]
* utf8 in Email::MIME (wchristian)
5.0150039 2012-02-18 14:33:17Z
* Rewrite "How do I create a module?" (ranguard)
* Remove more old questions (ranguard)
* Improve Email::MIME example (madsen)
* Fix to regex (RT #74215)
5.0150038 2012-01-19 20:10:06Z
* Marpa::XS updated (Jeffrey Kegler)
* Frameworks (wchristian, ranguard, bigpresh, kraih)
* Cleanup (wchristian)
* Users email (apeiron, ranguard)
5.0150037 2012-01-08 20:24:39Z
* Better XML parsing recommendations (apeiron)
* Remove various old questions & update a few (ranguard)
* Change auto generate of questions a bit (ranguard)
* Autogenerate question index in perlfaq.pod (doherty)
* Cleanups / typos, updating nested expressions (dami, reviewed by schwern)
5.0150036 2011-10-22 15:20:34Z
* Web site moved from faq.perl.org -> learn.perl.org (ranguard)
* Delete some questions/cleanup copy (ranguard)
* Make perlfaq.pod shorter/cleaner (kablamo)
* Many cleanups and corrections (shlomif)
5.0150035 2011-09-26 19:44:20Z
* Import perlglossary from blead
5.0150034 2011-09-12 17:41:25Z
* Copy edit Perl 6 a bit more (ranguard)
* Add blog section (ranguard)
* Update much of the copy about emails in perlfaq9 (apeiron)
* Many small changes (bigpresh)
* Add descriptions to doc list (bigpresh)
* Start moving away from global file handles (shlomif)
* Typos, clarity and other cleanups (shlomif)
* Cleanup copy (ranguard)
* Start to add "my" to variables (shlomif)
* Remove verbose/history copy (ranguard)
* Switch to L<> around URLs (ranguard)
5.0150033 2011-08-30 20:46:25Z
* Perl 6 changes (apeiron)
* Replace tabs with spaces (ranguard)
* Link to www.cpan.org/ports/ for binary (ranguard)
* Switch C<> over to L<> for any module on CPAN (ranguard)
* Change brace stype (apeiron)
* Extra dzil tests (rafl)
* Changes so more semantic, and better rendered HTML (ranguard)
* Point to repo for how to update perlfaq (ranguard)
5.0150032 2011-08-30 18:51:59Z
* Version number fix only
5.01500302 2011-08-29 09:53:08Z
* Update "How to contribute to the perlfaq"
5.01500301 2011-08-29 09:08:17Z
* Cause the 'perlfaq' package to be indexed by PAUSE so we can make use
of its permission system.
5.015003 2011-08-26 12:37:47Z
* Replace old bookmarks.cpan link with www.perl.org and learn.perl.org
(Leo Lapworth).
* Fix or remove many broken links (Leo Lapworth).
* Correct some POD markup (Father Chrysostomos).
* Add a note on searching perlfaq (Matthew Horsfall).
5.015000 2011-07-08 09:37:58Z
* First stand-alone release to CPAN. This release is identical to
the version of perlfaq included with the perl code as of 5.15.0.
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