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authorScott Baker <scott@perturb.org>2023-02-09 08:52:52 -0800
committerYves Orton <demerphq@gmail.com>2023-03-30 01:56:51 +0800
commit723f1a4efab2e3c8c61fbc1dc4d56c7c539b592e (patch)
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Add a section about additional blocks
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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
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@@ -7685,6 +7685,9 @@ is C<undef>.
my @arr = (undef, 'two', 'three');
my $item = shift(@arr); # undef
+C<shift> will operate on the C<@ARGV> array in C<eval STRING>,
+C<BEGIN {}>, C<INIT {}>, C<CHECK {}> blocks.
+
Starting with Perl 5.14, an experimental feature allowed
L<C<shift>|/shift ARRAY> to take a
scalar expression. This experiment has been deemed unsuccessful, and was