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commit 05b4f1ece255de95efcc5a4c74e28b5d04f54401
Author: Frank Wiegand <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Jun 25 10:21:46 2009 +0200

    document the maximum length of barewords
    
    (amended by rgs to be in line with perldiag)
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Summary of changes:
 pod/perldata.pod |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index b263609..8f0feb7 100644
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -442,8 +442,11 @@ be treated as if it were a quoted string.  These are known 
as
 "barewords".  As with filehandles and labels, a bareword that consists
 entirely of lowercase letters risks conflict with future reserved
 words, and if you use the C<use warnings> pragma or the B<-w> switch, 
-Perl will warn you about any
-such words.  Some people may wish to outlaw barewords entirely.  If you
+Perl will warn you about any such words.  Perl limits barewords (like
+identifiers) to about 250 characters.  Future versions of Perl are likely
+to eliminate these arbitrary limitations.
+
+Some people may wish to outlaw barewords entirely.  If you
 say
 
     use strict 'subs';

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