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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-30 01:42:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-05-30 01:42:36 +0000 |
| commit | a1db74c9755dc2a9521646a76c602982eb3bed82 (patch) | |
| tree | e960828d2398ac9046fe487da1c55723f5465c1b /pod/perlvar.pod | |
| parent | 9b0e6e7ac78a7fce8230b6418f1fbc16253fbb9b (diff) | |
| download | perl-a1db74c9755dc2a9521646a76c602982eb3bed82.tar.gz | |
perlvar.pod addition
From: Peter Gessner <peter.gessner@post.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 20:23:12 +0200
Message-ID: <3B0EA310.B265C048@post.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: perlvar.pod addition
From: "Abigail" <abigail@foad.org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 22:00:39 +0200
Message-ID: <20010525200039.28029.qmail@foad.org>
Mention $a and $b in perlvar.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10305
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index cd610685f6..da060557ff 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ test. Outside a C<while> test, this will not happen. =over 8 +=item $a + +=item $b + +Special package variables when using sort(), see L<perlfunc/sort>. +Because of this specialness $a and $b don't need to be declared +(using local(), use vars, or our()) even when using the strict +vars pragma. + +=back + +=over 8 + =item $<I<digits>> Contains the subpattern from the corresponding set of capturing |