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diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index 968588d27c..e4932a5f76 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ that returns a reference to the appropriate type. For a description of this, see L<perlref>. Names that start with a digit may contain only more digits. Names -that do not start with a letter, underscore, or digit are limited to -one character, e.g., C<$%> or C<$$>. (Most of these one character names -have a predefined significance to Perl. For instance, C<$$> is the -current process id.) +that do not start with a letter, underscore, digit or a caret (i.e. +a control character) are limited to one character, e.g., C<$%> or +C<$$>. (Most of these one character names have a predefined +significance to Perl. For instance, C<$$> is the current process +id.) =head2 Context |