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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-10-16 13:13:21 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-10-16 13:13:21 +0000
commitcdc62f58df610de73b286bf93d186bf9d695d9b9 (patch)
tree3fc7c0e6c31e67810554b324a3b3e907499c4170 /pod/perldelta.pod
parent232f0f6cbb214d21335163309e6cd9d78233f065 (diff)
downloadperl-cdc62f58df610de73b286bf93d186bf9d695d9b9.tar.gz
Add a perldelta note about the change #6024, pointed out by Sarathy.
p4raw-link: @6024 on //depot/perl: 7e84c16c57fe111372685c242980ee41cdbe1d3e p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7345
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
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@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ since it, in a way, falsely promised that the features could be used.
=item *
+The (bogus) escape sequences \8, \9, and \_ now give an optional
+warning ("Unrecognized escape passed through"). There is no need
+to \-escape any C<\w> character.
+
+=item *
+
lstat(FILEHANDLE) now gives a warning because the operation makes no sense.
In future releases this may become a fatal error.