perlop: remove triple-dot

This has been superseded by c2f1e229, which adds it
to perlsyn.

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 66 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utf8.t b/lib/utf8.t
index e56eebf626..76ab7df261 100644
--- a/lib/utf8.t
+++ b/lib/utf8.t
@@ -450,6 +450,17 @@ SKIP: {
 }
 
 {
+    # utf8::decode should stringify refs [perl #91850].
+
+    package eieifg { use overload '""'      => sub { "\x{c3}\x{b3}" },
+                                   fallback => 1 }
+
+    my $name = bless[], eieifg::;
+    utf8::decode($name);
+    is $name, "\xf3", 'utf8::decode flattens references';
+}
+
+{
     my $a = "456\xb6";
     utf8::upgrade($a);
 
diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 21040b3d00..80add657e2 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -1125,72 +1125,6 @@ lvalues assigned to, and a list assignment in scalar context returns
 the number of elements produced by the expression on the right hand
 side of the assignment.
 
-=head2 The Triple-Dot Operator
-X<...> X<... operator> X<yada-yada operator> X<whatever operator>
-X<triple-dot operator>
-
-The triple-dot operator, C<...>, sometimes called the "whatever operator", the
-"yada-yada operator", or the "I<et cetera>" operator, is a placeholder for
-code.  Perl parses it without error, but when you try to execute a whatever,
-it throws an exception with the text C<Unimplemented>:
-
-    sub unimplemented { ... }
-
-    eval { unimplemented() };
-    if ($@ eq "Unimplemented" ) {
-	say "Oh look, an exception--whatever.";
-    }
-
-You can only use the triple-dot operator to stand in for a complete statement.
-These examples of the triple-dot work:
-
-    { ... }
-
-    sub foo { ... }
-
-    ...;
-
-    eval { ... };
-
-    sub foo {
-	my ($self) = shift;
-	...;
-    }
-
-    do {
-	my $variable;
-	...;
-	say "Hurrah!";
-    } while $cheering;
-
-The yada-yada--or whatever--cannot stand in for an expression that is
-part of a larger statement since the C<...> is also the three-dot version
-of the binary range operator (see L<Range Operators>).  These examples of
-the whatever operator are still syntax errors:
-
-    print ...;
-
-    open(PASSWD, ">", "/dev/passwd") or ...;
-
-    if ($condition && ...) { say "Hello" }
-
-There are some cases where Perl can't immediately tell the difference
-between an expression and a statement. For instance, the syntax for a
-block and an anonymous hash reference constructor look the same unless
-there's something in the braces that give Perl a hint. The whatever
-is a syntax error if Perl doesn't guess that the C<{ ... }> is a
-block. In that case, it doesn't think the C<...> is the whatever
-because it's expecting an expression instead of a statement:
-
-    my @transformed = map { ... } @input;  # syntax error
-
-You can use a C<;> inside your block to denote that the C<{ ... }> is
-a block and not a hash reference constructor. Now the whatever works:
-
-    my @transformed = map {; ... } @input; # ; disambiguates
-
-    my @transformed = map { ...; } @input; # ; disambiguates
-
 =head2 Comma Operator
 X<comma> X<operator, comma> X<,>
 
diff --git a/universal.c b/universal.c
index dd8ae74372..f6da76d859 100644
--- a/universal.c
+++ b/universal.c
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ XS(XS_utf8_decode)
 	SV * const sv = ST(0);
 	bool RETVAL;
 	if (SvREADONLY(sv)) sv_force_normal(sv);
+	SvPV_force_nolen(sv);
 	RETVAL = sv_utf8_decode(sv);
 	ST(0) = boolSV(RETVAL);
     }