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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 4cb6afba6c..18e2e17856 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -363,7 +363,20 @@ files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. =item * -XXX +If an in-place edit is still in progress during global destruction and +the process exit code (as stored in C<$?>) is zero, perl will now +treat the in-place edit as successful, replacing the input file with +any output produced. + +This allows code like: + + perl -i -ne 'print "Foo"; last' + +to replace the input file, while code like: + + perl -i -ne 'print "Foo"; die' + +will not. Partly resolves [perl #133659]. =back |