X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperldata.pod;h=254304cad985fcdc52ac1bfe58eb4e968d1be700;hb=2810d90162dc487ea10933114344f32d14b3d619;hp=a2c54a8f621ddc2a4a2e04edc89640e6a4db4992;hpb=4aad327484f5f36a4e39bd7979447d47a5417a57;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index a2c54a8..254304c 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ an expression. =head3 Version Strings B Version Strings (v-strings) have been deprecated. They will -not be available after Perl 5.8. The marginal benefits of v-strings -were greatly outweighed by the potential for Surprise and Confusion. +be removed in some future release after Perl 5.8.1. The marginal +benefits of v-strings were greatly outweighed by the potential for +Surprise and Confusion. A literal of the form C is parsed as a string composed of characters with the specified ordinals. This form, known as @@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ of how to arrange for an output ordering. =head2 Subscripts -An array is subscripted by specifying a dollary sign (C<$>), then the +An array is subscripted by specifying a dollar sign (C<$>), then the name of the array (without the leading C<@>), then the subscript inside square brackets. For example: