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| author | Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk> | 2004-12-10 19:08:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2004-12-10 22:02:52 +0000 |
| commit | 20f13e4aa04ece013e593e83cc50c8d459eaa7a7 (patch) | |
| tree | 6f39ff9feb7cc79c4622637affb70efc01c6e1cc /pod | |
| parent | d1888197290ee9e2faa25012d62b59909e6c3e32 (diff) | |
| download | perl-20f13e4aa04ece013e593e83cc50c8d459eaa7a7.tar.gz | |
Re: [perl #2562] wantarray fails in END, INIT, and CHECK blocks
Message-ID: <E1Ccq7V-00057s-9s@virgo.cus.cam.ac.uk>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23639
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 76fd640e33..dec40d7e6a 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -6731,7 +6731,7 @@ and for other examples. =item wantarray Returns true if the context of the currently executing subroutine or -eval() block is looking for a list value. Returns false if the context is +C<eval> is looking for a list value. Returns false if the context is looking for a scalar. Returns the undefined value if the context is looking for no value (void context). @@ -6739,6 +6739,10 @@ looking for no value (void context). my @a = complex_calculation(); return wantarray ? @a : "@a"; +C<wantarray()>'s result is unspecified in the top level of a file, +in a C<BEGIN>, C<CHECK>, C<INIT> or C<END> block, or in a C<DESTROY> +method. + This function should have been named wantlist() instead. =item warn LIST |