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authorSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2013-08-20 01:50:12 +0100
committerSteve Hay <steve.m.hay@googlemail.com>2013-08-20 01:50:12 +0100
commit195e3ea0eaa7dc8084e7c619b9bcc68d48026a4a (patch)
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parentaed68192dd281f264ca1b61138be853d571f4340 (diff)
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perldelta - Mention documentation changes not so far covered
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
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@@ -321,6 +321,29 @@ Various installation, testing and documentation changes have been made.
=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
+=head3 L<perlfunc>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+The documentation of C<ref> has been updated to recommend the use of
+C<blessed>, C<isa> and C<reftype> when dealing with references to blessed
+objects.
+
+=back
+
+=head3 L<perlguts>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+The explanation of the use of the C<SVs_PADMY> and C<SVs_PADTMP> flags in
+determining whether an SV lives on a scratchpad has been clarified.
+
+=back
+
=head3 L<perlopentut>
=over 4
@@ -359,6 +382,17 @@ prototype to be honoured in the recursive call is now documented. [perl #2726]
=back
+=head3 L<perlvar>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+A new section explaining the performance issues of $`, $& and $', including
+workarounds and changes in different versions of Perl, has been added.
+
+=back
+
=head3 L<perlxs>
=over 4