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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-10-12 17:11:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1999-10-12 17:11:18 +0000 |
| commit | becf2bd3c78313a795e11dee0fdc7b17b9bf36cb (patch) | |
| tree | 49fc6f158c5509ab9b677fac7b16608231a71325 /pod | |
| parent | 72b166521443a1b89b0fed156fa8334cfab6e61b (diff) | |
| download | perl-becf2bd3c78313a795e11dee0fdc7b17b9bf36cb.tar.gz | |
update perldelta for change#4356
p4raw-link: @4356 on //depot/perl: 72b166521443a1b89b0fed156fa8334cfab6e61b
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4357
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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 75423ce778..1f39e4f20b 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -324,6 +324,15 @@ change#3385, also need perlguts documentation [TODO - Tuomas Lukka <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>] +=head2 File globbing implemented internally + +WARNING: This is currently an experimental feature. Interfaces and +implementation are likely to change. + +Perl can be compiled with -DPERL_INTERNAL_GLOB to use the File::Glob +implementation of the glob() operator. This avoids using an external +csh process and the problems associated with it. + =head2 Binary numbers supported Binary numbers are now supported as literals, in s?printf formats, and @@ -1082,6 +1091,12 @@ autoloaded or is a symbolic reference. A bug that caused File::Find to lose track of the working directory when pruning top-level directories has been fixed. +=item File::Glob + +This extension implements BSD-style file globbing. It will also be +used for the internal implementation of the glob() operator if +Perl was compiled with -DPERL_INTERNAL_GLOB. See L<File::Glob>. + =item File::Spec New methods have been added to the File::Spec module: devnull() returns |