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authorJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-03-29 10:04:15 -0400
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-03-29 10:04:15 -0400
commit62ccb3663dda15008496bdae6114043fd0504f3e (patch)
tree8081032f3e87c54392be8bfee8f3ac913d8b46d1
parent66d8ce14f1c15a760d12951a45f0791a7734cea5 (diff)
downloadperl-62ccb3663dda15008496bdae6114043fd0504f3e.tar.gz
Update perldelta to warn people that deprecated things weren't just deprecated in this release.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl5120delta.pod b/pod/perl5120delta.pod
index 5d5fc08764..b290bff13a 100644
--- a/pod/perl5120delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5120delta.pod
@@ -241,8 +241,12 @@ the C<pos> and C<len> arguments.
=head2 Deprecations warn by default
-Perl now defaults to issuing a warning if a deprecated language feature
-is used.
+Over the years, Perl's developers have deprecated a number of language
+features for a variety of reasons. Perl now defaults to issuing a
+warning if a deprecated language feature is used. Many of the deprecations
+Perl now warns you about have been deprecated for many years. You can
+find a list of what was deprecated in a given release of Perl in the
+C<perl5xxdelta.pod> file for that release.
To disable this feature in a given lexical scope, you should use C<no
warnings 'deprecated';> For information about which language features