Call $encoding->decode($sv) without a $chk argument.

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

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 944772b..6785d24 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -841,7 +841,11 @@ that you won't change the variables in the pattern.  If you change them,
 Perl won't even notice.  See also L<"qr/STRING/imosx">.
 
 If the PATTERN evaluates to the empty string, the last
-I<successfully> matched regular expression is used instead.
+I<successfully> matched regular expression is used instead. In this
+case, only the C<g> and C<c> flags on the empty pattern is honoured -
+the other flags are taken from the original pattern. If no match has
+previously succeeded, this will (silently) act instead as a genuine
+empty pattern (which will always match).
 
 If the C</g> option is not used, C<m//> in list context returns a
 list consisting of the subexpressions matched by the parentheses in the
@@ -895,7 +899,8 @@ C<m//g>, if any, left off.  Without the C</g> modifier, the C<\G> assertion
 still anchors at pos(), but the match is of course only attempted once.
 Using C<\G> without C</g> on a target string that has not previously had a
 C</g> match applied to it is the same as using the C<\A> assertion to match
-the beginning of the string.
+the beginning of the string.  Note also that, currently, C<\G> is only
+properly supported when anchored at the very beginning of the pattern.
 
 Examples: