Document the new ref() semantics.

Subject: Re: Undocumented(?) change to "ref" semantics in 5.7.0
Message-ID: <m3vgwb8j3d.fsf@eik.g.aas.no>

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diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index a7ae6fc..13e557e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ it to make some sense, it is forbidden.
 
 =item *
 
+A reference to a reference now stringify as "REF(0x81485ec)" instead
+of "SCALAR(0x81485ec)" in order to be more consistent with the return
+value of ref().
+
+=item *
+
 The very dusty examples in the eg/ directory have been removed.
 Suggestions for new shiny examples welcome but the main issue is that
 the examples need to be documented, tested and (most importantly)