(perl #133751) qr// is already blessed

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 7c37a0e..973a261 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -6379,7 +6379,9 @@ C<HASH>, C<CODE>, C<FORMAT>, or C<IO>, indicating only which kind of
 object it is.  If the unblessed referent is a scalar, then the return
 value will be one of the strings C<SCALAR>, C<VSTRING>, C<REF>, C<GLOB>,
 C<LVALUE>, or C<REGEXP>, depending on the kind of value the scalar
-currently has.  Beware that these built-in type names can also be used as
+currently has.   But note that C<qr//> scalars are created already
+blessed, so C<ref qr/.../> will likely return C<Regexp>.  Beware that
+these built-in type names can also be used as
 class names, so C<ref> returning one of these names doesn't unambiguously
 indicate that the referent is of the kind to which the name refers.