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| author | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2005-03-03 15:43:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2005-03-03 15:43:43 +0000 |
| commit | ea63ef19ca3f585d76378df52ef140c169642026 (patch) | |
| tree | bf7224f6af331dd7a72686042561459038351924 /pod/perlfunc.pod | |
| parent | b929a54bc3b1e6622917dee605ce635e4c48caf4 (diff) | |
| download | perl-ea63ef19ca3f585d76378df52ef140c169642026.tar.gz | |
do "filename" is not really used with perl subroutine librairies
anymore.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@24000
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 9458d1cccf..dc23b210fa 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -1206,8 +1206,7 @@ A deprecated form of subroutine call. See L<perlsub>. =item do EXPR Uses the value of EXPR as a filename and executes the contents of the -file as a Perl script. Its primary use is to include subroutines -from a Perl subroutine library. +file as a Perl script. do 'stat.pl'; @@ -1216,7 +1215,7 @@ is just like eval `cat stat.pl`; except that it's more efficient and concise, keeps track of the current -filename for error messages, searches the @INC libraries, and updates +filename for error messages, searches the @INC directories, and updates C<%INC> if the file is found. See L<perlvar/Predefined Names> for these variables. It also differs in that code evaluated with C<do FILENAME> cannot see lexicals in the enclosing scope; C<eval STRING> does. It's the |