From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:27:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: remove obsolete perltrap about m//g's pos() reset behavior
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remove obsolete perltrap about m//g's pos() reset behavior

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1541
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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index 8a3e3bc..1b954a3 100644
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -1161,26 +1161,6 @@ repeatedly, like C</x/> or C<m!x!>.
     # perl5 prints: perl5
 
 
-=item * Regular Expression
-
-Under perl4 and upto version 5.003, a failed C<m//g> match used to
-reset the internal iterator, so that subsequent C<m//g> match attempts
-began from the beginning of the string.  In perl version 5.004 and later,
-failed C<m//g> matches do not reset the iterator position (which can be
-found using the C<pos()> function--see L<perlfunc/pos>).
-
-    $test = "foop";
-    for (1..3) {
-        print $1 while ($test =~ /(o)/g);
-        # pos $test = 0;     # to get old behavior
-    }
-
-    # perl4     prints: oooooo
-    # perl5.004 prints: oo
-
-You may always reset the iterator yourself as shown in the commented line
-to get the old behavior.
-
 =back
 
 =head2 Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps