Compile-time Features

• v1.11.0: Compile-time Features
  • Added BEGIN, CHECK, UNITCHECK, INIT, END blocks.
  • Added subroutine hoisting: Invoking subroutines before their actual declaration in the code.
  • Improved Exporter.pm, glob assignment.
  • Added modules: constant, if, lib, Internals (SvREADONLY), Carp.
  • Added goto &name; not a tail-call.
  • Added state variables.
  • Added $SIG{ALRM}, ${^GLOBAL_PHASE}.
  • Added operators: fileno, getc, prototype.
  • Added \N{U+hex} operator in double quoted strings and regex.

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.11.0