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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/overload.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/overload.pm | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/overload.pm b/lib/overload.pm index c02fddbfab..e5b2f97b6a 100644 --- a/lib/overload.pm +++ b/lib/overload.pm @@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ appear as lvalue when the above code is executed. If the copy constructor is required during the execution of some mutator, but a method for C<'='> was not specified, it can be autogenerated as a -string copy if the object is a plain scalar. +string copy if the object is a plain scalar or a simple assignment if it +is not. =over 5 @@ -675,7 +676,8 @@ C<E<lt>=E<gt>> or C<cmp>: =item I<Copy operator> can be expressed in terms of an assignment to the dereferenced value, if this -value is a scalar and not a reference. +value is a scalar and not a reference, or simply a reference assignment +otherwise. =back |