From 1d268002215610157f95bd75662fb0d8fb6ebea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James E Keenan Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 01:20:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Delete superfluous lines; clarify identifier parsing. Grammar correction suggested by Father Chrysostomos. For RT #118723. --- pod/perldata.pod | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod index 235177b..8f05430 100644 --- a/pod/perldata.pod +++ b/pod/perldata.pod @@ -141,14 +141,9 @@ quote (C<'>). Normal identifiers can start or end with a double colon, and can contain several parts delimited by double colons. Single quotes have similar rules, but with the exception that they are not legal at the end of an identifier: That is, C<$'foo> and C<$foo'bar> are -legal, but C<$foo'bar'> are not. +legal, but C<$foo'bar'> is not. - -Finally, if the identifier is preceded by a sigil -- -More so, normal identifiers can start or end with any number -of double colons (::), and can contain several parts delimited -by double colons. -And additionally, if the identifier is preceded by a sigil -- +Additionally, if the identifier is preceded by a sigil -- that is, if the identifier is part of a variable name -- it may optionally be enclosed in braces. -- 1.8.3.1