perl v5.40.0 released
Date:
Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:08:28 +0000
Description:
Version 5.40.0 of the Perl language has been released. " Perl 5.40.0 represents approximately 11 months of development since Perl 5.38.0 and contains approximately 160,000 lines of changes across 1,500 files from 75 authors ". Significant changes include a new __CLASS__ keyword, a :reader: attribute for field variables, a new
" ^^ " logical-OR operator (because two of those were not enough),
moving " try/catch " out of the experimental category, and more; see this
page for lots of details.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/977765/
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