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* fixed problem in 0.54's `for()` patch in `for (@ary)`
* fixed precedence in conditional of `?:`
* tweaked list paren elimination in `my($x) = @_`
* made continue-block detection trickier wrt. null ops
* fixed various prototype problems in pp_entersub
* added support for sub prototypes that never get GVs
* added unquoting for special filehandle first arg in truncate
* print doubled `rv2gv` (a bug) as '*{*GV}' instead of illegal `**GV`
* added semicolons at the ends of blocks
* added -l '#line' declaration option -- fixes cmd/subval.t 27,28

# Changes between 0.56 and 0.561:

* fixed multiply-declared my var in `pp_truncate` (thanks to Sarathy)
* used new `B.pm` symbolic constants (done by Nick Ing-Simmons)

# Changes between 0.561 and 0.57:

* stylistic changes to symbolic constant stuff
* handled scope in `s///e` replacement code
* added unquote option for expanding `""` into concats, etc.
* split method and proto parts of `pp_entersub` into separate functions
* various minor cleanups

# Changes after 0.57:

* added parens in `\&foo` (patch by Albert Dvornik)

# Changes between 0.57 and 0.58:

* fixed '0' statements that weren't being printed
* added methods for use from other programs (based on patches from James Duncan and Hugo van der Sanden)

* added `-si` and `-sT` to control indenting (also based on a patch from Hugo)
* added `-sv` to print something else instead of `???`
* preliminary version of utf8 `tr///` handling

# Changes after 0.58:

* uses of `$op->ppaddr` changed to new `$op->name` (done by Sarathy)
* added support for Hugo's new `OP_SETSTATE` (like nextstate)

# Changes between 0.58 and 0.59

* added support for Chip's `OP_METHOD_NAMED`
* added support for Ilya's `OPpTARGET_MY` optimization
* elided arrows before `()` subscripts when possible

# Changes between 0.59 and 0.60

* support for method attributes was added
* some warnings fixed
* separate recognition of constant subs
* rewrote continue block handling, now recognizing for loops
* added more control of expanding control structures

# Changes between 0.60 and 0.61 (mostly by Robin Houston)

* many bug-fixes
* support for pragmas and 'use'
* support for the little-used $[ variable
* support for `__DATA__` sections
* UTF-8 support
* `BEGIN`, `CHECK`, `INIT` and `END` blocks
* scoping of subroutine declarations fixed
* compile-time output from the input program can be suppressed, so that the  output is just the deparsed code. (a change to O.pm in fact)
* `our()` declarations
* *all* the known bugs are now listed in the BUGS section
* comprehensive test mechanism (TEST -deparse)

# Changes between 0.62 and 0.63 (mostly by Rafael Garcia-Suarez)

* bug-fixes
* new switch `-P`
* support for command-line switches (`-l`, `-0`, etc.)

# Changes between 0.63 and 0.64

* support for `//`, `CHECK` blocks, and assertions
* improved handling of `foreach` loops and lexicals
* option to use `Data::Dumper` for constants
* more bug fixes
* discovered lots more bugs not yet fixed

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# Changes between 0.72 and 0.73
* support new `switch` constructs