From: Steve Peters <steve@fisharerojo.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:34:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention of possible use of a scalar variable on the rhs of an arrow "->"
X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d9693f5a0132788a53f1cc1dd4edd090cd2ff151;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git

Mention of possible use of a scalar variable on the rhs of an arrow "->"
operator added to close two tickets.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26218
---

diff --git a/pod/perlobj.pod b/pod/perlobj.pod
index ad99627..bcf56a7 100644
--- a/pod/perlobj.pod
+++ b/pod/perlobj.pod
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ and so is the following:
 
     my $fred = (reverse "rettirC")->find(reverse "derF");
 
+The right side of the arrow typically is the method name, but a simple 
+scalar variable containing either the method name or a subroutine 
+reference can also be used.
+
 =head2 Indirect Object Syntax
 X<indirect object syntax> X<invocation, indirect> X<indirect>