Document "Ambiguous use of %c{%s} resolved to %c%s"

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 55e53f1..15af00a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ meant the infix operator, but please try to make it more clear -- in
 the example given, you might write C<*foo * foo()> if you really meant
 to multiply a glob by the result of calling a function.
 
+=item Ambiguous use of %c{%s} resolved to %c%s
+
+(W ambiguous) You wrote something like C<@{foo}>, which might be
+asking for the variable C<@foo>, or it might be calling a function
+named foo, and dereferencing it as an array reference.  If you wanted
+the varable, you can just write C<@foo>.  If you wanted to call the
+function, write C<@{foo()}> ... or you could just not have a variable
+and a function with the same name, and save yourself a lot of trouble.
+
 =item '|' and '<' may not both be specified on command line
 
 (F) An error peculiar to VMS.  Perl does its own command line

diff --git a/t/porting/diag.t b/t/porting/diag.t
index 46b4a86..084afb7 100644 (file)
--- a/t/porting/diag.t
+++ b/t/porting/diag.t
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ sub check_file {
 # PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO THIS LIST.  Instead, write an entry in
 # pod/perldiag.pod for your new (warning|error).
 __DATA__
-Ambiguous use of %c{%s} resolved to %c%s
 Ambiguous use of %c{%s%s} resolved to %c%s%s
 Ambiguous use of -%s resolved as -&%s()
 Argument "%s" isn't numeric