Changeset 12921 for docs/Perl6/Perl5

Timestamp:

09/01/06 09:36:35 (2 years ago)

Author:

trey

Message:

[docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod]
Made the section on twigils actually contain a twigil or two ;-)

Files:

• docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod (modified) (1 diff)

docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod

@@ -51 +51 @@
 
 Yes, a twigil. It's the second character in the variable name. For globals,
-it's a C<*>
+it's a C<*>; for contextual variables, it's C<+>.
 
     Was:    $ENV{FOO}
-    Now:    %ENV<FOO>
+    Now:    %*ENV<FOO>
+     Or:    $+FOO # might be overridden, but falls back to %*ENV
 
 For details, see L<S02/"Names and Variables">.