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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perl572delta.pod | 9 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perltodo.pod | 2 |
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diff --git a/pod/perl572delta.pod b/pod/perl572delta.pod index bce73285c8..fe1eed0d4f 100644 --- a/pod/perl572delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl572delta.pod @@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ for more information. =head1 Incompatible Changes +=head1 Future Deprecations + +The current user-visible implementation of pseudo-hashes (the weird +use of the first array element) is deprecated starting from Perl 5.8.0 +and will be removed in Perl 5.10.0, and the feature will be implemented +differently. Not only is the current interface rather ugly, but the +current implementation slows down normal array and hash use quite +noticeably. The 'fields' pragma interface will remain available. + =head1 Core Enhancements =head1 Modules and Pragmata diff --git a/pod/perlref.pod b/pod/perlref.pod index 2727e95ae9..a62276b782 100644 --- a/pod/perlref.pod +++ b/pod/perlref.pod @@ -538,6 +538,13 @@ string is effectively quoted. B<WARNING>: This section describes an experimental feature. Details may change without notice in future versions. +B<NOTE>: The current user-visible implementation of pseudo-hashes +(the weird use of the first array element) is deprecated starting from +Perl 5.8.0 and will be removed in Perl 5.10.0, and the feature will be +implemented differently. Not only is the current interface rather ugly, +but the current implementation slows down normal array and hash use quite +noticeably. The 'fields' pragma interface will remain available. + Beginning with release 5.005 of Perl, you may use an array reference in some contexts that would normally require a hash reference. This allows you to access array elements using symbolic names, as if they diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod index 39aa37f35c..8c94a29c9a 100644 --- a/pod/perltodo.pod +++ b/pod/perltodo.pod @@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ Suggesting this on P5P B<will> cause a boring and interminable flamewar. =head2 "class"-based lexicals -Use flyweight objects, secure hashes or, dare I say it, pseudohashes instead. +Use flyweight objects, secure hashes or, dare I say it, pseudo-hashes instead. =head2 byteperl |