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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index 1b0f92e31f..a5527ddd82 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -597,12 +597,12 @@ call for another. It can't manufacture one out of whole cloth. In general you should be calling it out of only an AUTOLOAD routine anyway. See L<perlfunc/goto>. -=item Can't localize a reference +=item Can't localize through a reference -(F) You said something like C<local $$ref>, which is not allowed because -the compiler can't determine whether $ref will end up pointing to anything -with a symbol table entry, and a symbol table entry is necessary to -do a local. +(F) You said something like C<local $$ref>, which Perl can't currently +handle, because when it goes to restore the old value of whatever $ref +pointed to after the scope of the local() is finished, it can't be +sure that $ref will still be a reference. =item Can't localize lexical variable %s |