Re: PEVANS Grant Report March 2026

On Wed, Apr 8, 2026, at 6:57 AM, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans wrote:
> A couple of bugfixes in March, combined with starting to line up a few
> development ideas to open 5.45 with.
> 
>   2 = Bugfix for `field` refalias memory leak
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24254
> 
>   2 = Improved `field` performance
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24265
> 
>   3 = Continue progress on implementing PPC0030
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24304 (draft)
> 
>   2 = Bugfix for deferred class seal
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24326
> 
> Total: 9 hours
> 
> 
> Besides working up to the 5.44 release, my main focus now will be
> getting things like PPC0030, magic-v2, attributes-v2, and various
> `class` feature improvements lined up ready for the 5.45 development
> cycle.

Thanks Paul. +1 from me.

https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/pevans_core_dev_march_2026

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)