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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 9d41fb4b22..d3ac629812 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -458,6 +458,14 @@ a regular expression C<(??{...})> code block, an incorrect implicit dereference could take place if the inner reference had been returned by a code block previously. +=item * + +A tied variable returned from C<(??{...})> sees the inner values of match +variables (i.e., the $1 etc. from any matches inside the block) in its +FETCH method. This was not the case if a reference to an overloaded object +was the last thing assigned to the tied variable. Instead, the match +variables referred to the outer pattern during the FETCH call. + =back =head1 Known Problems |