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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod index 4920f538c3..f278fa0929 100644 --- a/pod/perltrap.pod +++ b/pod/perltrap.pod @@ -585,24 +585,6 @@ number of elements in the resulting list. # perl4 prints: second new # perl5 prints: 3 -=item * Discontinuance - -In Perl 4 (and versions of Perl 5 before 5.004), C<'\r'> characters in -Perl code were silently allowed, although they could cause (mysterious!) -failures in certain constructs, particularly here documents. Now, -C<'\r'> characters cause an immediate fatal error. (Note: In this -example, the notation B<\015> represents the incorrect line -ending. Depending upon your text viewer, it will look different.) - - print "foo";\015 - print "bar"; - - # perl4 prints: foobar - # perl5.003 prints: foobar - # perl5.004 dies: Illegal character \015 (carriage return) - -See L<perldiag> for full details. - =item * Deprecation Some error messages will be different. |