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author | Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna@efn.org> | 2004-01-25 10:26:51 -0800 |
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committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2004-01-27 21:08:13 +0000 |
commit | a3748119a0056e5704588cdf9da3bd98766ce886 (patch) | |
tree | f407bc24e96d3d2a4878b230c8dd28ee5fdc7235 | |
parent | dcd3d9f503bf19f488f6d829108bdc28a5b42624 (diff) | |
download | perl-GitLive-maint-5.6.tar.gz |
Document that the behaviour of my...if... is undefined in perl 5.6.GitLive-maint-5.6
Subject: Whither 5.6.3?
Message-ID: <20040126022651.GB1008@efn.org>
p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.6/perl-5.6.2@22233
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diff --git a/pod/perlsyn.pod b/pod/perlsyn.pod index aad4efd2f7..9012984f72 100644 --- a/pod/perlsyn.pod +++ b/pod/perlsyn.pod @@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ For C<last>, you have to be more elaborate: } while $x++ <= $z; } +B<NOTE:> The behaviour of a C<my> statement modified with a statement +modifier conditional or loop construct (e.g. C<my $x if ...>) is +B<undefined>. The value of the C<my> variable may be C<undef>, any +previously assigned value, or possibly anything else. Don't rely on +it. Future versions of perl might do something different from the +version of perl you try it out on. Here be dragons. + =head2 Compound statements In Perl, a sequence of statements that defines a scope is called a block. |