Author: audreyt
Date: Sun Sep 3 10:04:00 2006
New Revision: 11725
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
Log:
* S03: Clarify that this:
my Dog ($x, $y)
really means the same as:
my (Dog $x, Dog $y)
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod
==============================================================================
--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S03.pod Sun Sep 3 10:04:00 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 8 Mar 2004
- Last Modified: 16 Aug 2006
+ Last Modified: 4 Sep 2006
Number: 3
- Version: 56
+ Version: 57
=head1 Changes to Perl 5 operators
@@ -1117,6 +1117,12 @@
my ($b, $c); # okay
my $b, $c; # wrong: "Use of undeclared variable: $c"
+Types occuring between the declarator and the signature are distributed into
+each variable:
+
+ my Dog ($b, $c);
+ my (Dog $b, Dog $c); # same thing
+
[XXX the following probably belongs in S06.]
The syntax for constructing a C<Signature> object when the parser isn't already
expecting one is:
