Deprecate v-strings.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@20104

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index 81bb0b6..a2c54a8 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ an expression.
 
 =head3 Version Strings
 
+B<Note:> 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.
+
 A literal of the form C<v1.20.300.4000> is parsed as a string composed
 of characters with the specified ordinals.  This form, known as
 v-strings, provides an alternative, more readable way to construct