In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated
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commit 848bab4facdb0e4d55df87ebb5078741d248bb2b
Author: David Golden <dagol...@cpan.org>
Date: Thu Jul 5 20:14:15 2012 -0400
perlfunc: clarify 'our' again for vars.pm behavior
rjbs discovered that vars.pm docs lie and it works within
a package, even across file scopes
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Summary of changes:
pod/perlfunc.pod | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 2d73099..8e8bcca 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -4279,8 +4279,8 @@ allocate storage for that name within the current scope.
This means that when C<use strict 'vars'> is in effect, C<our> lets you use
a package variable without qualifying it with the package name, but only within
the lexical scope of the C<our> declaration. In this way, C<our> differs from
-C<use vars>, which allows a the use of an unqualified name I<only> within the
-affected package.
+C<use vars>, which allows use of an unqualified name I<only> within the
+affected package, but across scopes.
If more than one value is listed, the list must be placed
in parentheses.
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