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authorJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-03-25 10:28:27 -0400
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-03-25 10:28:27 -0400
commite014eb68559fa27ccb09cba7633eae6ea5936113 (patch)
tree0fa133aff1d479ec530ecbb62f98972de226b2e9 /pod/perl5120delta.pod
parentd419ab135ccff6f414e77c85544f6e3d8e9ddcf6 (diff)
downloadperl-e014eb68559fa27ccb09cba7633eae6ea5936113.tar.gz
Perldelta proofreading fixes from Zefram in
Message-Id: <20100322120613.GC19877@lake.fysh.org>
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perl5120delta.pod b/pod/perl5120delta.pod
index 49f8062d72..9b1776bb0b 100644
--- a/pod/perl5120delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5120delta.pod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ As it requires VERSION to be a numeric literal or v-string
literal, it can be statically parsed by toolchain modules
without C<eval> the way MM-E<gt>parse_version does for C<$VERSION = ...>
-=item *
+=back
It does not break old code with only C<package NAME>, but code that uses
C<package NAME VERSION> will need to be restricted to perl 5.12.0 or newer
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ This is analogous to the change to C<open> from two-args to three-args.
Users requiring the latest Perl will benefit, and perhaps after several
years, it will become a standard practice.
-=back
However, C<package NAME VERSION> requires a new, 'strict' version
number format. See L<"Version number formats"> for details.
@@ -2276,7 +2275,7 @@ search path.
=item *
F<h2xs> no longer incorrectly treats enum values like macros (Daniel Burr).
-It also now handles C++ style constants (C<//>) properly in enums. (A patch from
+It also now handles C++ style comments (C<//>) properly in enums. (A patch from
Rainer Weikusat was used; Daniel Burr also proposed a similar fix).
=item *
@@ -2306,7 +2305,8 @@ out F<perlthanks>. It will make the developers smile.
=item *
Perl's developers have fixed bugs in F<a2p> having to do with the
-C<match()> operator in list context.
+C<match()> operator in list context. Additionally, F<a2p> no longer
+generates code that uses the C<$[> variable.
=back