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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index ac444fa17c..a2bb840b01 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ price is $Z<>100." print "The price is $Price.\n"; # interpreted As in some shells, you can enclose the variable name in braces to -disambiguate it from following alphanumerics. You must also do +disambiguate it from following alphanumerics (and underscores). +You must also do this when interpolating a variable into a string to separate the variable name from a following double-colon or an apostrophe, since these would be otherwise treated as a package separator: |