package English;
-our $VERSION = '1.04';
+our $VERSION = '1.08';
require Exporter;
-@ISA = (Exporter);
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
=head1 NAME
=head1 SYNOPSIS
- use English qw( -no_match_vars ) ; # Avoids regex performance penalty
use English;
+ use English qw( -no_match_vars ) ; # Avoids regex performance
+ # penalty in perl 5.16 and
+ # earlier
...
if ($ERRNO =~ /denied/) { ... }
=head1 PERFORMANCE
+NOTE: This was fixed in perl 5.20. Mentioning these three variables no
+longer makes a speed difference. This section still applies if your code
+is to run on perl 5.18 or earlier.
+
This module can provoke sizeable inefficiencies for regular expressions,
due to unfortunate implementation details. If performance matters in
your application and you don't need $PREMATCH, $MATCH, or $POSTMATCH,
@COMPLETE_EXPORT = ( @MINIMAL_EXPORT, @MATCH_EXPORT ) ;
-# The ground of all being. @ARG is deprecated (5.005 makes @_ lexical)
+# The ground of all being.
*ARG = *_ ;