In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/abdf340104c29dbd310ff3e2102fb061a7a1f925?hp=9526b0e280c5154886217337139023950a279515>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit abdf340104c29dbd310ff3e2102fb061a7a1f925 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Tue May 5 19:57:45 2015 -0600 perlvar: Mention literal cntrls are deprecated in var names ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlvar.pod | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index a9bb2e8..285531e 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ C<W>) is the scalar variable whose name is the single character control-C<W>. This is better than typing a literal control-C<W> into your program. -Since Perl v5.6.0, Perl variable names may be alphanumeric -strings that begin with control characters (or better yet, a caret). +Since Perl v5.6.0, Perl variable names may be alphanumeric strings that +begin with a caret (or a control character, but this form is +deprecated). These variables must be written in the form C<${^Foo}>; the braces are not optional. C<${^Foo}> denotes the scalar variable whose name is a control-C<F> followed by two C<o>'s. These variables are -- Perl5 Master Repository
