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authorNick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>1998-11-29 20:13:58 +0000
committerNick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>1998-11-29 20:13:58 +0000
commit305aace01f7a7308f879b438b7113590a99fe757 (patch)
treed3203283f286a47e52aaf14b74a594177b1b485f /pod
parent1da6492a14ea9ac9ef7bba383eb87fa8ea512acc (diff)
downloadperl-305aace01f7a7308f879b438b7113590a99fe757.tar.gz
Update docs and English.pm for $^C
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2397
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
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+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -674,6 +674,15 @@ of perl in the right bracket?) Example:
See also the documentation of C<use VERSION> and C<require VERSION>
for a convenient way to fail if the Perl interpreter is too old.
+=item $COMPILING
+
+=item $^C
+
+The current value of the flag associated with the B<-c> switch. Mainly
+of use with B<-MO=...> to allow code to alter its behaviour when being compiled.
+(For example to automatically AUTOLOADing at compile time rather than normal
+deferred loading.) Setting C<$^C = 1> is similar to calling C<B::minus_c>.
+
=item $DEBUGGING
=item $^D