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| author | Martien Verbruggen <mgjv@comdyn.com.au> | 2003-03-15 23:31:47 +1100 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2003-03-21 20:43:55 +0000 |
| commit | 457b36cb0e1f520a66f69467509302997f8a52c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f165e56749c6471986243ed4a7ae2a6ec31613f /pod/perlsyn.pod | |
| parent | a9852f7cb9f92ad2f16959090e68f5c92d1fe0f1 (diff) | |
| download | perl-457b36cb0e1f520a66f69467509302997f8a52c5.tar.gz | |
perlsub.pod and perlsyn.pod: better organise scoping info for modifiers
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diff --git a/pod/perlsyn.pod b/pod/perlsyn.pod index 0d81b241c1..16bca2d6b5 100644 --- a/pod/perlsyn.pod +++ b/pod/perlsyn.pod @@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ For C<last>, you have to be more elaborate: } while $x++ <= $z; } +B<NOTE:> The behaviour of a C<my> statement modified with a statement +modifier conditional or loop construct (e.g. C<my $x if ...>) is +B<undefined>. The value of the C<my> variable may be C<undef>, any +previously assigned value, or possibly anything else. Don't rely on +it. Future versions of perl might do something different from the +version of perl you try it out on. Here be dragons. + =head2 Compound statements In Perl, a sequence of statements that defines a scope is called a block. |