Change 17789 by ams@lustre on 2002/08/27 04:04:48
Subject: Patch perlvar.pod
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Date: 27 Aug 2002 03:03:01 -0000
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Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#106 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlvar.pod#106 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlvar.pod
--- perl/pod/perlvar.pod#105~17629~ Thu Jul 18 11:37:43 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlvar.pod Mon Aug 26 21:04:48 2002
@@ -1467,8 +1467,9 @@
Perl identifiers that begin with digits, control characters, or
punctuation characters are exempt from the effects of the C<package>
-declaration and are always forced to be in package C<main>. A few
-other names are also exempt:
+declaration and are always forced to be in package C<main>; they are
+also exempt from C<strict 'vars'> errors. A few other names are also
+exempt in these ways:
ENV STDIN
INC STDOUT
@@ -1478,7 +1479,7 @@
In particular, the new special C<${^_XYZ}> variables are always taken
to be in package C<main>, regardless of any C<package> declarations
-presently in scope.
+presently in scope.
=head1 BUGS
End of Patch.
