From: Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgs@consttype.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:54:31 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Document qr overloading in perldelta
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Document qr overloading in perldelta
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diff --git a/pod/perl5112delta.pod b/pod/perl5112delta.pod
index aea02f3..4d52467 100644
--- a/pod/perl5112delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5112delta.pod
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ XXX New core language features go here. Summarise user-visible core language
 enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
 here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
 
+=head2 qr overloading
+
+It is now possible to overload the C<qr//> operator, that is, conversion
+to regexp, like it was already possible to overload conversion to
+boolean, string or number of objects. It is invoked when an object
+appears on the right hand side of the C<=~> operator, or when it is
+interpolated into a regexp. See L<overload>.
+
 =head1 New Platforms
 
 XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous