In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated
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commit c319391ae00610ef5c07296498178b0777a48912
Author: Aaron Crane <a...@cpan.org>
Date: Tue Feb 19 14:17:59 2013 +0000
perlfunc: clarify that "do $file" isn't really like "eval `cat $file`"
Closes RT#116713.
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Summary of changes:
pod/perlfunc.pod | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 0541bfd..8f71880 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -1558,11 +1558,12 @@ file as a Perl script.
do 'stat.pl';
-is just like
+is largely like
eval `cat stat.pl`;
-except that it's more efficient and concise, keeps track of the current
+except that it's more concise, runs no external processes, keeps track of
+the current
filename for error messages, searches the C<@INC> directories, and updates
C<%INC> if the file is found. See L<perlvar/@INC> and L<perlvar/%INC> for
these variables. It also differs in that code evaluated with C<do FILENAME>
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