In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/c3d72fbe6ba0379df9f7ea44fc8195677cce0ade?hp=4a5ab54a18679ab24ca03190884d326c2ca85288>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit c3d72fbe6ba0379df9f7ea44fc8195677cce0ade Author: Dan Book <[email protected]> Date: Sat Jul 20 11:40:45 2019 -0400 update 'say' docs to better represent reality ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlfunc.pod | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 0e50132907..066cd268db 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -6789,8 +6789,8 @@ X<say> =for Pod::Functions +say output a list to a filehandle, appending a newline Just like L<C<print>|/print FILEHANDLE LIST>, but implicitly appends a -newline. C<say LIST> is simply an abbreviation for -C<{ local $\ = "\n"; print LIST }>. To use FILEHANDLE without a LIST to +newline at the end of the LIST instead of any value L<C<$\>|perlvar/$\> +might have. To use FILEHANDLE without a LIST to print the contents of L<C<$_>|perlvar/$_> to it, you must use a bareword filehandle like C<FH>, not an indirect one like C<$fh>. -- Perl5 Master Repository
