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diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index 0aeffc39e3..81bb0b6de6 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ Note that using the v-strings for IPv4 addresses is not portable unless you also use the inet_aton()/inet_ntoa() routines of the Socket package. Note that since Perl 5.8.1 the single-number v-strings (like C<v65>) -are not v-strings before the C<< => >> operator (which is used to -separate a hash key from a hash value), instead they are interpreted +are not v-strings before the C<< => >> operator (which is usually used +to separate a hash key from a hash value), instead they are interpreted as literal strings ('v65'). They were v-strings from Perl 5.6.0 to Perl 5.8.0, but that caused more confusion and breakage than good. Multi-number v-strings like C<v65.66> and C<65.66.67> continue to |