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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 8f99c406fc..06d1ef9a93 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -2264,7 +2264,11 @@ X<${^SAFE_LOCALES}> Reflects if safe locale operations are available to this perl (when the value is 1) or not (the value is 0). This variable is always 1 if the -perl has been compiled without threads, and currently 0 otherwise. +perl has been compiled without threads. It is also 1 if this perl is +using thread-safe locale operations. Note that an individual thread may +choose to use the global locale (generally unsafe) by calling +C<switch_to_global_locale>. This variable currently is still +set to 1 in such threads. This variable is read-only. |