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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-02-22 04:41:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-02-22 04:41:00 +1200
commitaa6893958c2bfb6fa4ab923c8466c188c65748fd (patch)
tree012b1f5dd2622b8c322606df0fa2de1a7ec582b1 /pod/perltrap.pod
parentd53f8f1cc3de155a009198bbc7c01e2741aa70ac (diff)
downloadperl-aa6893958c2bfb6fa4ab923c8466c188c65748fd.tar.gz
[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_27 to perl5.003_28]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Don't let C<sub foo;> undefine &foo From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Make code, doc agree on $ENV{PATH} and `cmd` From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perlsec.pod pp_sys.c Subject: Optimize keys() and values() in void context From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: doop.c op.c CORE PORTABILITY Subject: VMS patches post _27 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:58:46 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU> Files: MANIFEST dosish.h hv.c lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp perl.c perlsdio.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlvar.pod t/op/closure.t unixish.h vms/Makefile vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/filespec.t vms/genconfig.pl vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h private-msgid: <01IFMEMPN1IU0057E2@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> Subject: Re: OS/2 patch for _27 Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 19:24:16 -0500 (EST) From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: INSTALL README.os2 lib/Test/Harness.pm os2/Changes os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t os2/os2.c os2/os2ish.h os2/perl2cmd.pl perl.c pod/perldelta.pod t/TEST t/harness t/op/magic.t Msg-ID: <199702210024.TAA03174@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 833d3f255ed68b969f062cec63d33f853ed9237c) DOCUMENTATION Subject: INSTALL updates since _26 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:00:08 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu> Files: INSTALL Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970218155815.2014F-100000@fractal.lafayette.e (applied based on p5p patch as commit a8247d96fd6167a3b920e63aedee5592cd6e29a7) Subject: Document "$$0" change From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Don't recommend impossible //o for C<$x =~ $y> From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perlop.pod Subject: Correct doc that claimed that <FH> was never false From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlop.pod Subject: Document C<$?> vs. $SIG{CHLD} From: Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> Files: pod/perlvar.pod Subject: Add pumpkin.pod From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: MANIFEST Porting/pumpkin.pod Subject: Don't say "associat*ve arr*y" From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: MANIFEST gv.h hv.c lib/Env.pm lib/overload.pm opcode.pl pod/perl.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perltie.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod x2p/a2p.pod OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: Fix a typo From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_sys.c Subject: Fix perl_call_sv(..., G_NOARGS) From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: perl.c Subject: Fix SIGSEGV when cloning sub with complex expression From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perltrap.pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perltrap.pod5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index 4b56dd23d8..05cb02b47b 100644
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ You have to decide whether your array has numeric or string indices.
=item *
-Associative array values do not spring into existence upon mere
-reference.
+Hash values do not spring into existence upon mere reference.
=item *
@@ -795,7 +794,7 @@ The behavior is slightly different for:
=item * (Variable Suicide)
Variable suicide behavior is more consistent under Perl 5.
-Perl5 exhibits the same behavior for associative arrays and scalars,
+Perl5 exhibits the same behavior for hashes and scalars,
that perl4 exhibits for only scalars.
$aGlobal{ "aKey" } = "global value";