undo change#5506; add patch to make blank line warnings optional

[perl5.git] / lib / vars.pm

diff --git a/lib/vars.pm b/lib/vars.pm
index ca2a08d..6ae5373 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/vars.pm
+++ b/lib/vars.pm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
+vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+NOTE: The functionality provided by this pragma has been superseded
+by C<our> declarations, available in Perl v5.6.0 or later.  See
+L<perlfunc/our>.
+
 This will predeclare all the variables whose names are 
 in the list, allowing you to use them under "use strict", and
 disabling any typo warnings.