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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod index 02abc3b03b..9d861e3ae5 100644 --- a/pod/perltrap.pod +++ b/pod/perltrap.pod @@ -757,15 +757,11 @@ variable is localized subsequent to the assignment # perl4 prints: This is Perl 4 # perl5 prints: - # Another example - - *fred = *barney; # fred is aliased to barney - @barney = (1, 2, 4); - # @fred; - print "@fred"; # should print "1, 2, 4" +=item * (Globs) - # perl4 prints: 1 2 4 - # perl5 prints: In string, @fred now must be written as \@fred +Assigning C<undef> to a glob has no effect in Perl 5. In Perl 4 +it undefines the associated scalar (but may have other side effects +including SEGVs). =item * (Scalar String) |