From 95266a888819065bd20ca221321a246ac2a8bb30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Golden Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:20:56 -0400 Subject: v-strings are not deprecated With version objects, we need them for use MODULE VERSION syntax. This patch removes the deprecation note. --- pod/perldata.pod | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'pod') diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index 8f0feb7fed..3c1a95e2c4 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -371,11 +371,6 @@ equivalent to C<$version{2}++>, not to C<$version{'2.0'}++>. =head3 Version Strings X X X -B Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated. They will -be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1. The marginal -benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for -Surprise and Confusion. - A literal of the form C is parsed as a string composed of characters with the specified ordinals. This form, known as v-strings, provides an alternative, more readable way to construct -- cgit v1.2.1