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Changes for version 0.20 - 2012-09-17

  • Add : The new yield(@values, $context) function can be used to return values to any upper scope, including do or map blocks. The new leave(@values) function is an alias for yield(@values, HERE).
  • Add : The new context_info($context) function return information about context $context, similarly to what caller() provides but for any upper scope.
  • Chg : Contexts are now normalized. In previous versions, it was possible for different contexts to refer to the same scope : for example, "for (my $i = 0; $i < 10; ++$i) { ... }" was reachable through two contexts, while "for (@array) { ... }" only by one. Starting from this version, contexts are normalized so that they always represent an actual scope.
  • Doc : C++ compilers are officially NOT supported.
  • Fix : Building with a more recent version of perl 5.17.4.
  • Fix : Debugger compatibility with perl 5.17.1 and above.

Modules

Act on upper scopes.