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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlvar.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index e522b3d036..7c0f5968fc 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -1467,8 +1467,9 @@ used safely in programs. C<$^_> itself, however, I<is> reserved. Perl identifiers that begin with digits, control characters, or punctuation characters are exempt from the effects of the C<package> -declaration and are always forced to be in package C<main>. A few -other names are also exempt: +declaration and are always forced to be in package C<main>; they are +also exempt from C<strict 'vars'> errors. A few other names are also +exempt in these ways: ENV STDIN INC STDOUT @@ -1478,7 +1479,7 @@ other names are also exempt: In particular, the new special C<${^_XYZ}> variables are always taken to be in package C<main>, regardless of any C<package> declarations -presently in scope. +presently in scope. =head1 BUGS |