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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-05-05 18:16:00 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-05-05 18:16:00 +0000
commit83df6a1d65c0fba9c27c7fb715fa674b03462cf0 (patch)
tree0a054e0b4530814c38513f458ed5af5083134f14 /pod/perlop.pod
parent8fc2f983bc0c066c9be215d0b6cf72814390f573 (diff)
downloadperl-83df6a1d65c0fba9c27c7fb715fa674b03462cf0.tar.gz
Updates on the pods related to the modules included since 5.6.
TODO: perltodo really could use major updating. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9998
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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
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@@ -667,8 +667,9 @@ Note, however, that this does not always work for quoting Perl code:
$s = q{ if($a eq "}") ... }; # WRONG
-is a syntax error. The C<Text::Balanced> module on CPAN is able to do this
-properly.
+is a syntax error. The C<Text::Balanced> module (from CPAN, and
+starting from Perl 5.8 part of the standard distribution) is able
+to do this properly.
There can be whitespace between the operator and the quoting
characters, except when C<#> is being used as the quoting character.