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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-07-26 05:12:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-07-26 05:12:24 +0000 |
| commit | a6d7165678aed89f828954d0fcb2e714844ad7d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 80ae7cc1149278634c955c1f15c9bae2d6e8306d /lib/abbrev.pl | |
| parent | 4802d5d799ab971f97d7df94b7f1637c213350a8 (diff) | |
| download | perl-a6d7165678aed89f828954d0fcb2e714844ad7d6.tar.gz | |
add disclaimer about perl 4 libraries (modified version of
patch suggested by Clinton Pierce <cpierce1@ford.com>)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@3759
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/abbrev.pl')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/abbrev.pl | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/abbrev.pl b/lib/abbrev.pl index 62975e66f3..c505a6f28b 100644 --- a/lib/abbrev.pl +++ b/lib/abbrev.pl @@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ ;# ... ;# $long = $foo{$short}; +# +# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward +# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it. +# +# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl +# programming techniques. +# +# Suggested alternative: Text::Abbrev +# + package abbrev; sub main'abbrev { |