Retract #19667, #19660, #19659, #19658, #19657, #19656,

[perl5.git] / pod / perlfunc.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 8db00f8..3ad23c5 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -2860,12 +2860,7 @@ argument being C<undef>:
 
     open(TMP, "+>", undef) or die ...
 
-opens a filehandle to an anonymous temporary file.  Also using "+<"
-works for symmetry, but you really should consider writing something
-to the temporary file first.  You will need to seek() to do the
-reading.  Starting from Perl 5.8.1 the temporary files are created
-using the File::Temp module for greater portability, in Perl 5.8.0 the
-mkstemp() system call (which has known bugs in some platforms) was used.
+opens a filehandle to an anonymous temporary file.
 
 File handles can be opened to "in memory" files held in Perl scalars via: