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| author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-05-13 08:37:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2011-05-18 15:38:15 -0700 |
| commit | 993e39b19db572496722bc478e2144e68c32febf (patch) | |
| tree | 3db2d869b4fa3e1448f424056d3198e0b1c86285 /pod/perlmod.pod | |
| parent | f6f8630dd43b32f9bab4022c85e58074ec370c1a (diff) | |
| download | perl-993e39b19db572496722bc478e2144e68c32febf.tar.gz | |
[perl #78074] Make it explicit that symtab manipulation is not supported
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diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod index 5266f199df..02c049350b 100644 --- a/pod/perlmod.pod +++ b/pod/perlmod.pod @@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ You can use this to print out all the variables in a package, for instance. The standard but antiquated F<dumpvar.pl> library and the CPAN module Devel::Symdump make use of this. +The results of creating new symbol table entries directly or modifying any +entries that are not already typeglobs are undefined and subject ot change +between releases of perl. + Assignment to a typeglob performs an aliasing operation, i.e., *dick = *richard; |