From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:16:44 +0000 (+1200)
Subject: Describe __PACKAGE__ in perldelta
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Describe __PACKAGE__ in perldelta
---

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 178812d..930773c 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -190,6 +190,19 @@ It is now possible to build Perl with AT&T's sfio IO package
 instead of stdio.  See L<perlapio> for more details, and
 the F<INSTALL> file for how to use it.
 
+=head2 New and changed builtin constants
+
+=over
+
+=item __PACKAGE__
+
+The current package name at compile time, or the undefined value if
+there is no current package (due to a C<package;> directive).  Like
+C<__FILE__> and C<__LINE__>, C<__PACKAGE__> does I<not> interpolate
+into strings.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 New and changed builtin variables
 
 =over