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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-01-17 09:37:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-01-17 09:37:58 +0000 |
| commit | db696efea25f0c81b9eb96d951ffd25ea6298ff8 (patch) | |
| tree | ad5693845da4660072ffab4a5d527711360404cc /pod | |
| parent | 63abd72361fb73532e62d9d6ca4c48236f714f59 (diff) | |
| download | perl-db696efea25f0c81b9eb96d951ffd25ea6298ff8.tar.gz | |
documentation in change#2596 is not quite right; fix it
p4raw-link: @2596 on //depot/cfgperl: b0fffe302ebecea108e16fbf94d910405cdc8714
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@2625
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlguts.pod | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod index 9b16a8a026..08da5975aa 100644 --- a/pod/perlguts.pod +++ b/pod/perlguts.pod @@ -2174,11 +2174,10 @@ Do magic after a value is assigned to the SV. See C<sv_magic>. =item modglobal C<modglobal> is a general purpose, interpreter global HV for use by -extensions. While it could hold extension specific information, it is -meant primarily for information that needs to be shared between -extensions. Moreover, while it could be used for any kind of -information, it is meant for information that should be not accessible -in the usual way from the perl symbol table. +extensions that need to keep information on a per-interpreter basis. +In a pinch, it can also be used as a symbol table for extensions +to share data among each other. It is a good idea to use keys +prefixed by the package name of the extension that owns the data. =item Move |