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| author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2005-11-14 15:40:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2005-11-14 15:40:08 +0000 |
| commit | 54bd407c97e6a92e0d8fe74bdc8d886f888a65cc (patch) | |
| tree | 61b477e5c0678a7f741040466f1aa3ecaf1cc38a /lib/File/Find.pm | |
| parent | 7eb550cf010090aecb73da60fde61194798b89d1 (diff) | |
| download | perl-54bd407c97e6a92e0d8fe74bdc8d886f888a65cc.tar.gz | |
A better fix for [perl #35847] File::Find not performing as documented,
suggested by Darren Dunham. Includes a fix to the code example that
uses File::Find in perlfaq3.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26128
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/File/Find.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/File/Find.pm | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/File/Find.pm b/lib/File/Find.pm index e41c2418cf..497051e063 100644 --- a/lib/File/Find.pm +++ b/lib/File/Find.pm @@ -120,11 +120,10 @@ If either I<follow> or I<follow_fast> is in effect: =item * -Previous versions of File::Find were guaranteed to call an I<lstat> -before the user's C<wanted()> function was called, but this is no -longer the case. Since this depends on C<$File::Find::dont_use_nlink>, $^O, -and other factors, fast file checks involving C<_> are not recommended -unless C<wanted()> calls I<lstat> first. +It is guaranteed that an I<lstat> has been called before the user's +C<wanted()> function is called. This enables fast file checks involving S<_>. +Note that this guarantee no longer holds if I<follow> or I<follow_fast> +are not set. =item * |