From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 23:50:34 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [win32] tweak doc for C<do FILENAME>
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[win32] tweak doc for C<do FILENAME>

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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f509f61..17ede1a 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -863,7 +863,9 @@ is just like
 except that it's more efficient, more concise, keeps track of the
 current filename for error messages, and searches all the B<-I>
 libraries if the file isn't in the current directory (see also the @INC
-array in L<perlvar/Predefined Names>).  It's the same, however, in that it does
+array in L<perlvar/Predefined Names>).  It is also different in how
+code evaluated with C<do FILENAME> doesn't see lexicals in the enclosing
+scope like C<eval STRING> does.  It's the same, however, in that it does
 reparse the file every time you call it, so you probably don't want to
 do this inside a loop.