HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2006 Release Notes

Libraries and Programming
Perl
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Summary of Change
For June 2006, JAVAOOB has been updated to version 2.03.05 to incorporate packaging
changes.
Impact
There is no impact.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For the latest documentation, refer to the Java Technology for HP-UX 11i Web site at
http://hp.com/go/java and select “information library” in the left navigation bar.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Perl
Perl is a high-level programming language created and enhanced by the Open Source
community. Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh,
and BASIC, among others, and at least a dozen other tools and languages. The version
that is submitted is 5.8.3 build 809.
Summary of Change
Perl has been updated to version 5.8.3 build 809. This build corresponds to the Perl 809
source code release. The following changes are included:
• The hash code has been refactored to reduce source duplication. The external
interface is unchanged, and aside from the bug fixes, there should be no change in
behavior.
• hv_clear_placeholders is now part of the Perl API
• Some C macros have been tidied. In particular, macros which create temporary local
variables now name these variables more defensively, which should avoid bugs
where names clash.
• <signal.h> is now always included.
Significant changes that have occurred in the 809 release are documented in the
perldelta manpage.