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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-02-11 07:29:00 +1200 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-02-11 07:29:00 +1200 |
| commit | 4fdae80067c447c675a6ac92c7959d2206e207ba (patch) | |
| tree | 740e9f3cd04f3c2347cb569c759c89cd6ee2974b /pod/perlmod.pod | |
| parent | 2752eb9f87187a7a0fa57ed387bf0cc9633772a9 (diff) | |
| download | perl-4fdae80067c447c675a6ac92c7959d2206e207ba.tar.gz | |
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_25 to perl5.003_26]perl-5.003_26
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Make \r in script an error (per Larry)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: VMS patches post _25
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 01:56:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: Porting/Glossary lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp perl.c vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/genconfig.pl vms/perlvms.pod vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h x2p/a2p.c
private-msgid: <01IF48W3P39W0050BD@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
Subject: Make diagnostics module strip formatting directives
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/diagnostics.pm pod/perldiag.pod
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: Fix (yet another) Tk closure problem
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c
Subject: Fix value of C<foreach>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: cop.h pp_ctl.c
Subject: Refine 'runaway string' heuristic
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c
Subject: Fix core dump on C<print "a", last> in eval
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_ctl.c
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlmod.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlmod.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod index c2b1f6c961..da5c62a971 100644 --- a/pod/perlmod.pod +++ b/pod/perlmod.pod @@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard modules, and the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up as extension modules made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may already be available through the POSIX module.) The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your -conversion, but it's just a mechanical process, so is far from bulletproof. +conversion, but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from +bulletproof. =head2 Pragmatic Modules @@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ which lasts until the end of that BLOCK. Unlike the pragmas that effect the C<$^H> hints variable, the C<use vars> and C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They allow you to pre-declare a variables or subroutines within a particular -<I>file</I> rather than just a block. Such declarations are effective +I<file> rather than just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with C<no vars> or C<no subs>. |