In perl.git, the branch maint-5.10 has been updated

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commit 8e68ea1a6a9fa92b41c2a9776370ac378153d1b1
Author: Paul Fenwick <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jun 26 02:39:47 2009 +1000

    feature and lib are pragmas and have moved to the pragma section of the 
perldelta

M       pod/perl5101delta.pod

commit 3ec5c0a45fc991166c368688e462c478673eb3fd
Author: Frank Wiegand <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Jun 26 13:18:56 2009 +0200

    pod/perlfilter.pod: two POD typos
    
    Hi,
    
    while reading perlfilter.pod I found two typos, patch is attached.
    
    Thanks, Frank
    
    From ab8b547c7f60f1793dfd111d0d758853a07fbc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
    From: Frank Wiegand <[email protected]>
    Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:15:24 +0200
    Subject: [PATCH] perlfilter.pod: fix two typos
    
    Signed-off-by: H.Merijn Brand <[email protected]>
    
    (cherry picked from commit d00c6acb5649055ca8b949a4bc7e614ee7cf8323)

M       pod/perlfilter.pod

commit 1ef5df36ac161d4600025b9ada4529ebd5e6aa73
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)
    
    (cherry picked from commit 05b4f1ece255de95efcc5a4c74e28b5d04f54401)

M       pod/perldata.pod
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Summary of changes:
 pod/perl5101delta.pod |   29 +++++++++++++----------------
 pod/perldata.pod      |    7 +++++--
 pod/perlfilter.pod    |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pod/perl5101delta.pod b/pod/perl5101delta.pod
index b5e5dd0..8626f4c 100644
--- a/pod/perl5101delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5101delta.pod
@@ -245,6 +245,19 @@ have been recognised; for example, C<"\N{LATIN CAPITAL 
LETTER GHA}">.
 
 upgraded from version 1.13 to 1.17
 
+=item C<feature>
+
+The meaning of the C<:5.10> and C<:5.10.X> feature bundles has
+changed slightly. The last component, if any (ie C<X>) is simply ignored.
+This is predicated on the assumption that new features will not, in
+general, be added to maintenance releases. So  C<:5.10> and C<:5.10.X>
+have identical effect. This is a change to the behaviour documented for
+5.10.0.
+
+=item C<lib>
+
+upgraded from version 0.5565 to 0.62
+
 =item C<overloading>
 
 See L</"The C<overloading> pragma"> above.
@@ -253,7 +266,6 @@ See L</"The C<overloading> pragma"> above.
 
 upgraded from version 0.74 to 0.76
 
-
 =back
 
 =head2 Updated Modules
@@ -262,21 +274,6 @@ upgraded from version 0.74 to 0.76
 
 =item *
 
-C<feature>
-
-The meaning of the C<:5.10> and C<:5.10.X> feature bundles has
-changed slightly. The last component, if any (ie C<X>) is simply ignored.
-This is predicated on the assumption that new features will not, in
-general, be added to maintenance releases. So  C<:5.10> and C<:5.10.X>
-have identical effect. This is a change to the behaviour documented for
-5.10.0.
-
-=item *
-
-C<lib> upgraded from version 0.5565 to 0.62
-
-=item *
-
 C<Archive::Extract> upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.32
 
 =item *
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';
diff --git a/pod/perlfilter.pod b/pod/perlfilter.pod
index d43028c..79f7a5d 100644
--- a/pod/perlfilter.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfilter.pod
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ source filter (see Decryption Filters, below).
 
 All decryption filters work on the principle of "security through
 obscurity." Regardless of how well you write a decryption filter and
-how strong your encryption algorithm, anyone determined enough can
+how strong your encryption algorithm is, anyone determined enough can
 retrieve the original source code. The reason is quite simple - once
 the decryption filter has decrypted the source back to its original
 form, fragments of it will be stored in the computer's memory as Perl
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ module.
 An alternative to writing the filter in C is to create a separate
 executable in the language of your choice. The separate executable
 reads from standard input, does whatever processing is necessary, and
-writes the filtered data to standard output. C<Filter:cpp> is an
+writes the filtered data to standard output. C<Filter::cpp> is an
 example of a source filter implemented as a separate executable - the
 executable is the C preprocessor bundled with your C compiler.
 

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