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perldelta for 4499db7385 (vstr =~ s/a/a/)
authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:52:57 +0000 (22:52 -0700)
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:54:05 +0000 (22:54 -0700)
pod/perldelta.pod

index b0637d1..4bb2603 100644 (file)
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ if the filehandle has been deleted.  This was broken in Perl 5.16.0.
 Subroutine redefinitions after sub-to-glob and glob-to-glob assignments no
 longer cause double frees or panic messages.
 
+=item *
+
+C<s///> now turns vstrings into plain strings when performing a
+substitution, even if the resulting string is the same (C<s/a/a/>).
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Known Problems