From: Jesse Luehrs Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:26:58 +0000 (-0600) Subject: update the CAVEATS section X-Git-Tag: 0.15~7 X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1794a42baec679756241cec04be9d5018618ef50;hp=c53d2df2c524d9db9af996ac6543831c480b2092;p=gitmo%2FPackage-Stash-XS.git update the CAVEATS section --- diff --git a/lib/Package/Stash/XS.pm b/lib/Package/Stash/XS.pm index 0b20026..757a7e9 100644 --- a/lib/Package/Stash/XS.pm +++ b/lib/Package/Stash/XS.pm @@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ installed, and should be preferred in all environments with a compiler. =over 4 -=item * On perl versions prior to 5.10, undefined package scalars will not show up as existing, due to shortcomings within perl. +=item * Prior to perl 5.10, scalar slots are only considered to exist if they are defined -=item * GLOB and FORMAT variables are not (yet) accessible through this module. +This is due to a shortcoming within perl itself. See +L point 7 for more information. =back