In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated
<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/396d9be3a10e83ab21f5e5cf4b8a07c359ef141e?hp=85091ccc46b54ca843402c676923435ca5b88474>
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commit 396d9be3a10e83ab21f5e5cf4b8a07c359ef141e
Author: Father Chrysostomos <spr...@cpan.org>
Date: Sun Sep 18 17:08:28 2011 -0700
Correct perldelta entry for -l \*foo change
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Summary of changes:
pod/perldelta.pod | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index f463fae..c95b8dd 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -863,8 +863,10 @@ recent C<stat>/C<lstat> call was an C<lstat>.
In Perl 5.6, C<-l> followed by anything other than a bareword would treat
its argument as a file name. That was changed in 5.8 for glob references
-(C<\*foo>), but not for globs themselves (C<*foo>). Glob references
-started being treated as file handles, but only if warnings were turned on.
+(C<\*foo>), but not for globs themselves (C<*foo>). C<-l> started
+returning C<undef> for glob references without setting the last
+stat buffer that the "_" handle uses, but only if warnings
+were turned on. With warnings off, it was the same as 5.6.
In other words, it was simply buggy and inconsistent. Now the 5.6
behaviour has been restored.
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