[#17040] Storable now handles self-tied scalars with NULL mg_obj.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / ext / B / O.pm

diff --git a/ext/B/O.pm b/ext/B/O.pm
index af9885b..7012c36 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/B/O.pm
+++ b/ext/B/O.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package O;
 our $VERSION = '1.00';
 
 use B qw(minus_c save_BEGINs);
-use Carp;    
+use Carp;
 
 sub import {
     my ($class, @options) = @_;
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ sub import {
                open (STDOUT, ">&SAVEOUT");
                close SAVEOUT;
            }
+
+           # Note: if you change the code after this 'use', please
+           # change the fudge factors in B::Concise (grep for
+           # "fragile kludge") so that its output still looks
+           # nice. Thanks. --smcc
            use B::].$backend.q[ ();
            if ($@) {
                croak "use of backend $backend failed: $@";
@@ -126,6 +131,12 @@ After the user's program is loaded and parsed, that returned sub ref
 is invoked which can then go ahead and do the compilation, usually by
 making use of the C<B> module's functionality.
 
+=head1 BUGS
+
+The C<-q> and C<-qq> options don't work correctly if perl isn't
+compiled with PerlIO support : STDOUT will be closed instead of being
+redirected to C<$O::BEGIN_output>.
+
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
 Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>