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| author | David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org> | 2012-07-05 20:14:15 -0400 |
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| committer | David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org> | 2012-07-05 20:14:15 -0400 |
| commit | 848bab4facdb0e4d55df87ebb5078741d248bb2b (patch) | |
| tree | 0f4e47ff68ef8c4de5fc64751151b8e19d3a7e3d /pod | |
| parent | 4dd9551803b40a514a28062780b164fdfbb4ef59 (diff) | |
| download | perl-848bab4facdb0e4d55df87ebb5078741d248bb2b.tar.gz | |
perlfunc: clarify 'our' again for vars.pm behavior
rjbs discovered that vars.pm docs lie and it works within
a package, even across file scopes
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 2d730996bb..8e8bccaa25 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -4279,8 +4279,8 @@ allocate storage for that name within the current scope. This means that when C<use strict 'vars'> is in effect, C<our> lets you use a package variable without qualifying it with the package name, but only within the lexical scope of the C<our> declaration. In this way, C<our> differs from -C<use vars>, which allows a the use of an unqualified name I<only> within the -affected package. +C<use vars>, which allows use of an unqualified name I<only> within the +affected package, but across scopes. If more than one value is listed, the list must be placed in parentheses. |