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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/feature.pm | 20 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | regen/feature.pl | 20 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/feature.pm b/lib/feature.pm index ede102259d..1994a3f8fb 100644 --- a/lib/feature.pm +++ b/lib/feature.pm @@ -248,17 +248,21 @@ This feature is available from Perl 5.16 onwards. =head2 The 'lexical_subs' feature -B<WARNING>: This feature is still experimental and the implementation may -change in future versions of Perl. For this reason, Perl will -warn when you use the feature, unless you have explicitly disabled the -warning: +In Perl versions prior to 5.26, this feature enabled +declaration of subroutines via C<my sub foo>, C<state sub foo> +and C<our sub foo> syntax. See L<perlsub/Lexical Subroutines> for details. - no warnings "experimental::lexical_subs"; +This feature is available from Perl 5.18 onwards. From Perl 5.18 to 5.24, +it was classed as experimental, and Perl emitted a warning for its +usage, except when explicitly disabled: -This enables declaration of subroutines via C<my sub foo>, C<state sub foo> -and C<our sub foo> syntax. See L<perlsub/Lexical Subroutines> for details. + no warnings "experimental::lexical_subs"; -This feature is available from Perl 5.18 onwards. +As of Perl 5.26, use of this feature no longer triggers a warning, though +the C<experimental::lexical_subs> warning category still exists (for +compatibility with code that disables it). In addition, this syntax is +not only no longer experimental, but it is enabled for all Perl code, +regardless of what feature declarations are in scope. =head2 The 'postderef' and 'postderef_qq' features diff --git a/regen/feature.pl b/regen/feature.pl index 8892ceba32..74fbe57af7 100755 --- a/regen/feature.pl +++ b/regen/feature.pl @@ -563,17 +563,21 @@ This feature is available from Perl 5.16 onwards. =head2 The 'lexical_subs' feature -B<WARNING>: This feature is still experimental and the implementation may -change in future versions of Perl. For this reason, Perl will -warn when you use the feature, unless you have explicitly disabled the -warning: +In Perl versions prior to 5.26, this feature enabled +declaration of subroutines via C<my sub foo>, C<state sub foo> +and C<our sub foo> syntax. See L<perlsub/Lexical Subroutines> for details. - no warnings "experimental::lexical_subs"; +This feature is available from Perl 5.18 onwards. From Perl 5.18 to 5.24, +it was classed as experimental, and Perl emitted a warning for its +usage, except when explicitly disabled: -This enables declaration of subroutines via C<my sub foo>, C<state sub foo> -and C<our sub foo> syntax. See L<perlsub/Lexical Subroutines> for details. + no warnings "experimental::lexical_subs"; -This feature is available from Perl 5.18 onwards. +As of Perl 5.26, use of this feature no longer triggers a warning, though +the C<experimental::lexical_subs> warning category still exists (for +compatibility with code that disables it). In addition, this syntax is +not only no longer experimental, but it is enabled for all Perl code, +regardless of what feature declarations are in scope. =head2 The 'postderef' and 'postderef_qq' features |