DProf fixes

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perldiag.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index e2728d1..30ea1ff 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -1640,6 +1640,12 @@ supposed to follow something: a template character or a ()-group.
 to have existed already, but for some reason it didn't, and had to be
 created on an emergency basis to prevent a core dump.
 
+=item $* is no longer supported
+
+(D deprecated) The special variable C<$*>, deprecated in older perls, has
+been removed as of 5.9.0 and is no longer supported. You should use the
+C<//m> and C<//s> regexp modifiers instead.
+
 =item Hash %%s missing the % in argument %d of %s()
 
 (D deprecated) Really old Perl let you omit the % on hash names in some
@@ -2222,6 +2228,15 @@ C<??> appear to be nested quantifiers, but aren't.  See L<perlre>.
 (S internal) The symbol in question was declared but somehow went out of
 scope before it could possibly have been used.
 
+=item Newline in left-justified string for %s
+
+(W printf) There is a newline in a string to be left justified by 
+C<printf> or C<sprintf>.
+
+The padding spaces will appear after the newline, which is probably not
+what you wanted.  Usually you should remove the newline from the string 
+and put formatting characters in the C<sprintf> format.
+
 =item No %s allowed while running setuid
 
 (F) Certain operations are deemed to be too insecure for a setuid or
@@ -2641,6 +2656,13 @@ there are in the savestack.
 (P) Failed an internal consistency check while trying to reset a weak
 reference.
 
+=item panic: Devel::DProf inconsistent subroutine return
+
+(P) Devel::DProf called a subroutine that exited using goto(LABEL),
+last(LABEL) or next(LABEL). Leaving that way a subroutine called from
+an XSUB will lead very probably to a crash of the interpreter. This is
+a bug that will hopefully one day get fixed.
+
 =item panic: die %s
 
 (P) We popped the context stack to an eval context, and then discovered
@@ -4216,13 +4238,6 @@ C<use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';>.
 (F) You attempted to use a feature of printf that is accessible from
 only C.  This usually means there's a better way to do it in Perl.
 
-=item Use of $* is deprecated
-
-(D deprecated) This variable magically turned on multi-line pattern
-matching, both for you and for any luckless subroutine that you happen
-to call.  You should use the new C<//m> and C<//s> modifiers now to do
-that without the dangerous action-at-a-distance effects of C<$*>.
-
 =item Use of $# is deprecated
 
 (D deprecated) This was an ill-advised attempt to emulate a poorly