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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index ea33f50f9f..1b0f92e31f 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ method, nor does any of its base classes. See L<perlobj>. (W) The @ISA array contained the name of another package that doesn't seem to exist. +=item Can't make list assignment to \%ENV on this system + +(F) List assignment to %ENV is not supported on some systems, notably VMS. + =item Can't mktemp() (F) The mktemp() routine failed for some reason while trying to process @@ -893,7 +897,7 @@ a valid magic number. =item Deep recursion on subroutine "%s" (W) This subroutine has called itself (directly or indirectly) 100 -times than it has returned. This probably indicates an infinite +times more than it has returned. This probably indicates an infinite recursion, unless you're writing strange benchmark programs, in which case it indicates something else. @@ -2120,7 +2124,7 @@ think so. =item setruid() not implemented -(F) You tried to assign to C<$<lt>>, and your operating system doesn't support +(F) You tried to assign to C<$E<lt>>, and your operating system doesn't support the setruid() system call (or equivalent), or at least Configure didn't think so. @@ -2211,9 +2215,11 @@ construct. Remember that bracketing delimiters count nesting level. =item substr outside of string -(W) You tried to reference a substr() that pointed outside of a string. -That is, the absolute value of the offset was larger than the length of -the string. See L<perlfunc/substr>. +(S),(W) You tried to reference a substr() that pointed outside of a +string. That is, the absolute value of the offset was larger than the +length of the string. See L<perlfunc/substr>. This warning is +mandatory if substr is used in an lvalue context (as the left hand side +of an assignment or as a subroutine argument for example). =item suidperl is no longer needed since %s |