From: Casey West <casey@geeknest.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 11:17:53 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: [perl #8703] unescaped @ is fine
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[perl #8703] unescaped @ is fine
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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19461
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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index 06ddb19..d06f84f 100644
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -1344,13 +1344,12 @@ within certain expressions, statements, contexts, or whatever.
 
 =item * Interpolation
 
-Double-quoted strings may no longer end with an unescaped $ or @.
+Double-quoted strings may no longer end with an unescaped $.
 
     $foo = "foo$";
-    $bar = "bar@";
-    print "foo is $foo, bar is $bar\n";
+    print "foo is $foo\n";
 
-    # perl4 prints: foo is foo$, bar is bar@
+    # perl4 prints: foo is foo$
     # perl5 errors: Final $ should be \$ or $name
 
 Note: perl5 DOES NOT error on the terminating @ in $bar