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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-04-09 00:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-04-09 00:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | 7a2e2cd6e4407ff4fe23355f0373307425305867 (patch) | |
| tree | b8bac221ca9fae30bb25f4d8ac3ae8f8d5a1b483 /lib/vars.pm | |
| parent | fa85963645b525b23ccb5a91ab9199c740773c41 (diff) | |
| download | perl-7a2e2cd6e4407ff4fe23355f0373307425305867.tar.gz | |
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97c to perl-5.003_97d]perl-5.003_97d
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: more (err, less) doubled words
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:31:25 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm lib/CGI.pm lib/Exporter.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/IPC/Open2.pm lib/IPC/Open3.pm lib/vars.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfaq1.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlfaq5.pod pod/perlfaq7.pod pod/perlfaq8.pod pod/perlipc.pod
private-msgid: 199704111931.WAA24460@alpha.hut.fi
LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: win32: perl5db patch
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:42:13 -0400
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: lib/perl5db.pl
Msg-ID: 199704102142.RAA27396@aatma.engin.umich.edu
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 56cbacacb6c634a626b06407cbd555bc1519a2d5)
Subject: Enhancements to debugger, Term::ReadLine, Term::Cap
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:48:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/Term/Cap.pm lib/Term/ReadLine.pm lib/perl5db.pl
Msg-ID: 199704101948.PAA01841@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 6fb2d361298c4eb5d42f1f63b0f74a60d407e546)
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: New error msg for low-key failure of C<require>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c t/pragma/strict-subs t/pragma/strict-vars
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/vars.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/vars.pm | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vars.pm b/lib/vars.pm index 0b7dacc751..e007baa7b9 100644 --- a/lib/vars.pm +++ b/lib/vars.pm @@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus effective for the entire file in which they appear. You may not rescind such declarations with C<no vars> or C<no subs>. -Packages such as the B<AutoLoader> and B<SelfLoader> that delay loading -of subroutines within packages can create problems with package lexicals -defined using C<my()>. While the B<vars> pragma cannot duplicate the -effect of package lexicals (total transparency outside of the package), -it can act as an acceptable substitute by pre-declaring global symbols, -ensuring their availability to to the later-loaded routines. +Packages such as the B<AutoLoader> and B<SelfLoader> that delay +loading of subroutines within packages can create problems with +package lexicals defined using C<my()>. While the B<vars> pragma +cannot duplicate the effect of package lexicals (total transparency +outside of the package), it can act as an acceptable substitute by +pre-declaring global symbols, ensuring their availability to the +later-loaded routines. See L<perlmod/Pragmatic Modules>. |