Re: PEVANS Grant Report June 2026

[email protected] ("Core Grant Manager") Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:00:26 -0400
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2026, at 4:00 PM, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans wrote:
> With no immediate 5.44 out the door, I instead managed to find a bunch
> of time to get a number of smaller things sorted:
> 
>   7 = av_splice_simple
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24451
> 
>   2 = Perl 5.43.11 release
>       https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/perl-5.43.11
> 
>   0.5 = Investigate map EXPR vs BLOCK performance
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/24468
> 
>   5 = API type checking
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/24469
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24470
> 
>   1 = PPC thoughts about role method signatures
>       ppc discussion #91
> 
>   1 = Class segfault bugfix
>       https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24518
> 
>   1 = Github code reviews
> 
> Total: 17.5 hours
> 
> Much as I said in June, July's focus is getting 5.44 out the door, and
> lining up the various features in design or development to start the
> next cycle.

https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/pevans_core_dev_june_2026

+1 from me. Thanks Paul.

-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)

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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>On Tue, Jul =
7, 2026, at 4:00 PM, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D=
"cite" id=3D"qt" style=3D""><div>With no immediate 5.44 out the door, I =
instead managed to find a bunch</div><div>of time to get a number of sma=
ller things sorted:</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 7 =3D av_splice_simp=
le</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://gith=
ub.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24451">https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24451</=
a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 2 =3D Perl 5.43.11 release</div><div>=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://metacpan.org/rele=
ase/PEVANS/perl-5.43.11">https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/perl-5.43.1=
1</a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 0.5 =3D Investigate map EXPR vs BL=
OCK performance</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D=
"https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/24468">https://github.com/Perl/per=
l5/issues/24468</a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 5 =3D API type check=
ing</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://git=
hub.com/Perl/perl5/issues/24469">https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/24=
469</a></div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https:/=
/github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24470">https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24=
470</a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 1 =3D PPC thoughts about role me=
thod signatures</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ppc discussion =
#91</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; 1 =3D Class segfault bugfix</div><di=
v>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://github.com/Perl=
/perl5/pull/24518">https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24518</a></div><di=
v><br></div><div>&nbsp; 1 =3D Github code reviews</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Total: 17.5 hours</div><div><br></div><div>Much as I said in June, Ju=
ly's focus is getting 5.44 out the door, and</div><div>lining up the var=
ious features in design or development to start the</div><div>next cycle=
.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://news.perlfoun=
dation.org/post/pevans_core_dev_june_2026">https://news.perlfoundation.o=
rg/post/pevans_core_dev_june_2026</a></div><div><br></div><div>+1 from m=
e. Thanks Paul.</div><div><br></div><div>-- Matthew Horsfall (alh)<br></=
div><div><br></div></body></html>
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