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- branch: MAIN
  date: Mon May 24 17:46:25 UTC 2021
  files:
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    old: '1.42'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/Makefile.common
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/Makefile.common@1.43
    type: modified
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    old: '1.69'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/buildlink3.mk
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/buildlink3.mk@1.70
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    old: '1.169'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/distinfo
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/distinfo@1.170
    type: modified
  - new: '1.16'
    old: '1.15'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/options.mk
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/options.mk@1.16
    type: modified
  - new: '1.11'
    old: '1.10'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-Configure
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-Configure@1.11
    type: modified
  - new: '0'
    old: '1.1'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-Safe.pm
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-Safe.pm@0
    type: deleted
  - new: '0'
    old: '1.3'
    path: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-ext_Errno_Errno__pm.PL
    pathrev: pkgsrc/lang/perl5/patches/patch-ext_Errno_Errno__pm.PL@0
    type: deleted
  id: 20210524T174625Z.7c058651058ed04687ec35eaded3ef498ad27fb6
  log: |
    perl: update to 5.34.0.

    = Core Enhancements

    = Experimental Try/Catch Syntax

    An initial experimental attempt at providing C<try>/C<catch> notation has
    been added.

        use feature 'try';

        try {
            a_function();
        }
        catch ($e) {
            warn "An error occurred: $e";
        }

    For more information, see L<perlsyn/"Try Catch Exception Handling">.

    = C<qr/{,n}/> is now accepted

    An empty lower bound is now accepted for regular expression quantifiers,
    like C<{,3}>.

    = Blanks freely allowed within but adjacent to curly braces

    (in double-quotish contexts and regular expression patterns)

    This means you can write things like S<C<\x{ FFFC }>> if you like.  This
    applies to all such constructs, namely C<\b{}>, C<\g{}>, C<\k{}>,
    C<\N{}>, C<\o{}>, and C<\x{}>; as well as the regular expression
    quantifier C<{I<m>,I<n>}>.  C<\p{}> and C<\P{}> retain their
    already-existing, even looser, rules mandated by the Unicode standard
    (see L<perluniprops/Properties accessible through \p{} and \P{}>).

    This ability is in effect regardless of the presence of the C</x>
    regular expression pattern modifier.

    Additionally, the comma in a regular expression braced quantifier may
    have blanks (tabs or spaces) before and/or after the comma, like
    S<C<qr/a{ 5, 7 }/>>.

    = New octal syntax C<0oI<ddddd>>

    It is now possible to specify octal literals with C<0o> prefixes,
    as in C<0o123_456>, parallel to the existing construct to specify
    hexadecimal literal C<0xI<ddddd>> and binary literal C<0bI<ddddd>>.
    Also, the builtin C<oct()> function now accepts this new syntax.

    See L<perldata/Scalar value constructors> and L<perlfunc/oct EXPR>.

    = Performance Enhancements

    =item *

    Fix a memory leak in RegEx
    [L<GH #18604|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/18604>]

    = Modules and Pragmata

    = New Modules and Pragmata

    =item *

    L<ExtUtils::PL2Bat> 0.004 has been added to the Perl core.

    This module is a generalization of the C<pl2bat> script. It being a script has
    led to at least two forks of this code; this module will unify them under one
    implementation with tests.

    (and lots more changes)
  module: pkgsrc
  subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/perl5'
  unixtime: '1621878385'
  user: wiz