PATCH: Re: Re: Attributes that tie

Message-ID: <20010527123729.A22663@ns0.astray.com>

Document that variable attributes are not currently usable
for tieing.  (An ugly limitation that should be fixed.)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10236

diff --git a/lib/attributes.pm b/lib/attributes.pm
index f111645..3c8923f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/attributes.pm
+++ b/lib/attributes.pm
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ B<WARNING>: attribute declarations for variables are an I<experimental>
 feature.  The semantics of such declarations could change or be removed
 in future versions.  They are present for purposes of experimentation
 with what the semantics ought to be.  Do not rely on the current
-implementation of this feature.
+implementation of this feature. Variable attributes are currently
+not usable for tieing.
 
 There are only a few attributes currently handled by Perl itself (or
 directly by this module, depending on how you look at it.)  However,