From 993e39b19db572496722bc478e2144e68c32febf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Father Chrysostomos Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 08:37:48 -0700 Subject: [perl #78074] Make it explicit that symtab manipulation is not supported --- pod/perlmod.pod | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'pod/perlmod.pod') diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod index 5266f199df..02c049350b 100644 --- a/pod/perlmod.pod +++ b/pod/perlmod.pod @@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ You can use this to print out all the variables in a package, for instance. The standard but antiquated F library and the CPAN module Devel::Symdump make use of this. +The results of creating new symbol table entries directly or modifying any +entries that are not already typeglobs are undefined and subject ot change +between releases of perl. + Assignment to a typeglob performs an aliasing operation, i.e., *dick = *richard; -- cgit v1.2.1