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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 346d917faf..2ef4f09a15 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ well. =item * -XXX +It is now forbidden to malloc more than C<PTRDIFF_T_MAX> bytes. Much +code (including C optimizers) assumes that all data structures will not +be larger than this, so this catches such attempts before overflow +happens. =back |