threads::shared 1.24 (phase 2)

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / overload.pm

diff --git a/lib/overload.pm b/lib/overload.pm
index c02fddb..e5b2f97 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/overload.pm
+++ b/lib/overload.pm
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ appear as lvalue when the above code is executed.
 
 If the copy constructor is required during the execution of some mutator,
 but a method for C<'='> was not specified, it can be autogenerated as a
-string copy if the object is a plain scalar.
+string copy if the object is a plain scalar or a simple assignment if it
+is not.
 
 =over 5
 
@@ -675,7 +676,8 @@ C<E<lt>=E<gt>> or C<cmp>:
 =item I<Copy operator>
 
 can be expressed in terms of an assignment to the dereferenced value, if this
-value is a scalar and not a reference.
+value is a scalar and not a reference, or simply a reference assignment
+otherwise.
 
 =back