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PAX-0.018

Changes for version 0.018 - 2026-04-29

  • Added Perl-style `-I`, `-M`, and `-e` support to the public `pax build` and `pax run` workflow so operators can compile or execute inline Perl entrypoints without first writing a source file or manifest.
  • Treated inline CLI entrypoints as isolated builds, carried their synthesized entrypoint through the standalone pipeline, and documented the new public surface in the README and main POD.
  • Hardened code-unit live-capture timeouts so builds fall back to direct capture when `ALRM` signal setup is unavailable instead of crashing on platforms such as Alpine.
  • Normalized default standalone output paths to absolute locations before launcher compilation so `pax run -e ...` works with the fallback `.pax/standalone/<name>/<name>` path instead of failing on relative launcher source emission.
  • Added CLI and compiler regression coverage for the inline public command surface and the no-usable-`ALRM` timeout fallback path.

Documentation

README.md

Modules

PAX
Perl Adaptive eXecution compiler and standalone binary packager
PAX::Benchmark
internal benchmark helpers for PAX validation
PAX::CLI
public PAX command facade
PAX::CLI::Progress
DD-style terminal task board for long-running PAX CLI work
PAX::Differential
compare stock Perl execution with PAX capture behavior
PAX::Gatekeeper
release and SOW validation checks for PAX
PAX::StandaloneImage
build standalone PAX executable images

Provides

PAX::AppImage
in lib/PAX/AppImage.pm
PAX::AppServer
in lib/PAX/AppServer.pm
PAX::ArtifactCache
in lib/PAX/ArtifactCache.pm
PAX::Backend::Tier1CraneliftEquivalent
in lib/PAX/Backend/Tier1CraneliftEquivalent.pm
PAX::Backend::Tier2LLVM
in lib/PAX/Backend/Tier2LLVM.pm
PAX::BenchmarkMatrix
in lib/PAX/BenchmarkMatrix.pm
PAX::CPANMatrix
in lib/PAX/CPANMatrix.pm
PAX::Capture
in lib/PAX/Capture.pm
PAX::CodeUnitCompiler
in lib/PAX/CodeUnitCompiler.pm
PAX::Compatibility
in lib/PAX/Compatibility.pm
PAX::CoreSuite
in lib/PAX/CoreSuite.pm
PAX::Corpus
in lib/PAX/Corpus.pm
PAX::DeoptEngine
in lib/PAX/DeoptEngine.pm
PAX::GuardManager
in lib/PAX/GuardManager.pm
PAX::GuardedSSA
in lib/PAX/GuardedSSA.pm
PAX::HIR
in lib/PAX/HIR.pm
PAX::HotRegionJIT
in lib/PAX/HotRegionJIT.pm
PAX::InlineCache
in lib/PAX/InlineCache.pm
PAX::Manifest
in lib/PAX/Manifest.pm
PAX::Mode
in lib/PAX/Mode.pm
PAX::NativeRunner
in lib/PAX/NativeRunner.pm
PAX::OSR
in lib/PAX/OSR.pm
PAX::Paxfile
in lib/PAX/Paxfile.pm
PAX::ProfileGuidedAOT
in lib/PAX/ProfileGuidedAOT.pm
PAX::ProfileStore
in lib/PAX/ProfileStore.pm
PAX::RegionSelector
in lib/PAX/RegionSelector.pm
PAX::Runtime::Value
in lib/PAX/Runtime/Value.pm
PAX::RuntimeDispatcher
in lib/PAX/RuntimeDispatcher.pm
PAX::StandaloneAnalysis
in lib/PAX/StandaloneAnalysis.pm
PAX::StandaloneDispatch
in lib/PAX/StandaloneDispatch.pm
PAX::StandaloneRuntime
in lib/PAX/StandaloneRuntime.pm
PAX::Tier1
in lib/PAX/Tier1.pm

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