In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/9ff1a054e52a031d80d4625192ca222e15bb9c69?hp=e1e57578ee6d0a7cfb9b7c2bd64ef30749ffb127>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 9ff1a054e52a031d80d4625192ca222e15bb9c69 Author: Ricardo Signes <[email protected]> Date: Fri Oct 2 11:42:18 2015 -0400 add removal of lexical topic to perldelta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index db9e601..90a7e19 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. -[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] +=head2 Lexical $_ has been removed + +C<my $_> was introduced in Perl v5.10, and subsequently caused much confusion +with no obvious solution. In Perl v5.18.0, it was made experimental on the +theory that it would either be removed or redesigned in a less confusing (but +backward-incompatible) way. Over the following years, no alternatives were +proposed. The feature has now been removed and will fail to compile. =head1 Deprecations -- Perl5 Master Repository
