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diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index e528254..c59ecc4 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ Variables begin with "$", "@" or "%" in Perl.
 
 =item *
 
-C<printf()> does not implement the "*" format for interpolating
-field widths, but it's trivial to use interpolation of double-quoted
-strings to achieve the same effect.
-
-=item *
-
 Comments begin with "#", not "/*".
 
 =item *
@@ -392,8 +386,9 @@ Everything else.
 =back
 
 If you find an example of a conversion trap that is not listed here,
-please submit it to Bill Middleton <F<wjm@best.com>> for inclusion.
-Also note that at least some of these can be caught with B<-w>.
+please submit it to <F<perlbug@perl.org>> for inclusion.
+Also note that at least some of these can be caught with the
+C<use warnings> pragma or the B<-w> switch.
 
 =head2 Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
 
@@ -591,6 +586,12 @@ Some error messages will be different.
 
 =item * Discontinuance
 
+In Perl 4, if in list context the delimiters to the first argument of
+C<split()> were C<??>, the result would be placed in C<@_> as well as
+being returned.   Perl 5 has more respect for your subroutine arguments.
+
+=item * Discontinuance
+
 Some bugs may have been inadvertently removed.  :-)
 
 =back
@@ -1301,7 +1302,8 @@ within certain expressions, statements, contexts, or whatever.
     print "To: someone@somewhere.com\n";
 
     # perl4 prints: To:someone@somewhere.com
-    # perl5 errors : In string, @somewhere now must be written as \@somewhere
+    # perl < 5.6.1, error : In string, @somewhere now must be written as \@somewhere
+    # perl >= 5.6.1, warning : Possible unintended interpolation of @somewhere in string
 
 =item * Interpolation