In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/e027048fafd714c976009859973e4a87ce8235a0?hp=5f3a9e9ee8590e793ba3f789e4469c90fc8bc69b>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit e027048fafd714c976009859973e4a87ce8235a0 Author: Leon Timmermans <faw...@gmail.com> Date: Thu May 3 14:19:31 2012 +0200 perldelta: Explain stdio/sfio future deprecation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Porting/perl5160delta.pod | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Porting/perl5160delta.pod b/Porting/perl5160delta.pod index 5f3be51..ef152b1 100644 --- a/Porting/perl5160delta.pod +++ b/Porting/perl5160delta.pod @@ -648,6 +648,13 @@ ticket|https://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=96212>. sfio, stdio +Perl supports being built without PerlIO proper, using a sdio or sfio +wrapper instead. A perl build like this will not support IO layers and +thus Unicode IO, making it rather handicapped. + +PerlIO supports a C<stdio> layer if stdio use is desired, and similarly a +sfio layer could be produced. + =item * Unescaped literal C<< "{" >> in regular expressions. -- Perl5 Master Repository