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authorDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2009-07-22 17:20:56 -0400
committerDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2009-07-22 17:20:56 -0400
commit95266a888819065bd20ca221321a246ac2a8bb30 (patch)
tree11714c700fecaec5700895db58d81c456ea69e7c /pod/perldata.pod
parent76856ab86113673b1659606f0ae6c0525f6374b1 (diff)
downloadperl-95266a888819065bd20ca221321a246ac2a8bb30.tar.gz
v-strings are not deprecated
With version objects, we need them for use MODULE VERSION syntax. This patch removes the deprecation note.
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@@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ equivalent to C<$version{2}++>, not to C<$version{'2.0'}++>.
=head3 Version Strings
X<version string> X<vstring> X<v-string>
-B<Note:> Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated. They will
-be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1. The marginal
-benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for
-Surprise and Confusion.
-
A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> is parsed as a string composed
of characters with the specified ordinals. This form, known as
v-strings, provides an alternative, more readable way to construct