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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-16 14:50:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-16 14:50:55 +0000 |
| commit | cbb3fa723f207c2682ac39fe6db5bab0af992649 (patch) | |
| tree | 4698389bd90ba0f0b1516f6254f0b77c15bfa918 /pod/perl572delta.pod | |
| parent | dcd01700b26c2bd97302172d3d3e7a464b0ad139 (diff) | |
| download | perl-cbb3fa723f207c2682ac39fe6db5bab0af992649.tar.gz | |
Deprecate pseudo-hashes.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10132
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diff --git a/pod/perl572delta.pod b/pod/perl572delta.pod index bce73285c8..fe1eed0d4f 100644 --- a/pod/perl572delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl572delta.pod @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ for more information. =head1 Incompatible Changes +=head1 Future Deprecations + +The current user-visible implementation of pseudo-hashes (the weird +use of the first array element) is deprecated starting from Perl 5.8.0 +and will be removed in Perl 5.10.0, and the feature will be implemented +differently. Not only is the current interface rather ugly, but the +current implementation slows down normal array and hash use quite +noticeably. The 'fields' pragma interface will remain available. + =head1 Core Enhancements =head1 Modules and Pragmata |