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| author | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2010-03-29 10:04:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com> | 2010-03-29 10:04:15 -0400 |
| commit | 62ccb3663dda15008496bdae6114043fd0504f3e (patch) | |
| tree | 8081032f3e87c54392be8bfee8f3ac913d8b46d1 /pod/perl5120delta.pod | |
| parent | 66d8ce14f1c15a760d12951a45f0791a7734cea5 (diff) | |
| download | perl-62ccb3663dda15008496bdae6114043fd0504f3e.tar.gz | |
Update perldelta to warn people that deprecated things weren't just deprecated in this release.
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diff --git a/pod/perl5120delta.pod b/pod/perl5120delta.pod index 5d5fc08764..b290bff13a 100644 --- a/pod/perl5120delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5120delta.pod @@ -241,8 +241,12 @@ the C<pos> and C<len> arguments. =head2 Deprecations warn by default -Perl now defaults to issuing a warning if a deprecated language feature -is used. +Over the years, Perl's developers have deprecated a number of language +features for a variety of reasons. Perl now defaults to issuing a +warning if a deprecated language feature is used. Many of the deprecations +Perl now warns you about have been deprecated for many years. You can +find a list of what was deprecated in a given release of Perl in the +C<perl5xxdelta.pod> file for that release. To disable this feature in a given lexical scope, you should use C<no warnings 'deprecated';> For information about which language features |