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| author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-08-22 06:27:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-08-22 06:27:24 -0700 |
| commit | 886786c2eb986252c684b4d9ee8516a39a1d55d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f1e73eb260ed29797d02f599b5024f3364023ab | |
| parent | ed4cfd1f0762ae579d50dd64168f5fa49d367c9d (diff) | |
| download | perl-886786c2eb986252c684b4d9ee8516a39a1d55d1.tar.gz | |
Mention (lack of) split to @_ in 5.12.0 in perldelta
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diff --git a/pod/perl5125delta.pod b/pod/perl5125delta.pod index 9204afafa4..6711293456 100644 --- a/pod/perl5125delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5125delta.pod @@ -250,6 +250,15 @@ XXX Any changes specific to a particular platform. VMS and Win32 are the usual stars here. It's probably best to group changes under the same section layout as the main perldelta +=head1 Errata + +=head2 split() and C<@_> + +split() no longer modifies C<@_> when called in scalar or void context. +In void context it now produces a "Useless use of split" warning. +This is actually a change introduced in perl 5.12.0, but it was missed from +that release's L<perl5120delta>. + =head1 Obituary XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |