Change 20104 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2003/07/10 04:40:02
Deprecate v-strings.
Affected files ...
... //depot/perl/pod/perldata.pod#49 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perldata.pod#49 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perldata.pod
--- perl/pod/perldata.pod#48~20098~ Wed Jul 9 10:29:53 2003
+++ perl/pod/perldata.pod Wed Jul 9 21:40:02 2003
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@
=head3 Version Strings
+B<Note:> Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated. They will
+not be available after Perl 5.8. The marginal benefits of v-strings
+were greatly outweighed by the potential for Surprise and Confusion.
+
A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> 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
End of Patch.
