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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index bc5365c995..1d8ad2f6fe 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -54,6 +54,23 @@ XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] +=head2 Changes to the C<*> prototype + +The C<*> character in a subroutine's prototype used to allow barewords +to take precedence over most, but not all subroutines. It was never +consistent and exhibited buggy behaviour. + +Now it has been changed, so subroutines always take precedence over +barewords, which brings it into conformity with similarly prototyped +built-in functions: + + sub splat($) { ... } + sub foo { ... } + splat(foo); # now always splat(foo()) + splat(bar); # still splat('bar') as before + close(foo); # close(foo()) + close(bar); # close('bar') + =head1 Deprecations XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. |