Change 20088 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/07/09 08:04:04
Document the vXX => change in perldata, too.
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... //depot/perl/pod/perldata.pod#46 edit
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==== //depot/perl/pod/perldata.pod#46 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldata.pod
--- perl/pod/perldata.pod#45~19698~ Fri Jun 6 15:23:56 2003
+++ perl/pod/perldata.pod Wed Jul 9 01:04:04 2003
@@ -360,6 +360,11 @@
Note that using the v-strings for IPv4 addresses is not portable unless
you also use the inet_aton()/inet_ntoa() routines of the Socket package.
+Note that since Perl 5.8.1 the single-number v-strings (like C<v65>)
+are not v-strings before the C<< => >> operator. (They were v-strings
+from Perl 5.6.0 to Perl 5.8.0, but that caused more confusion and
+breakage than good.)
+
=head3 Special Literals
The special literals __FILE__, __LINE__, and __PACKAGE__
End of Patch.
