From 570dedd44da3a23aa548d78e168df662fd35fce8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Father Chrysostomos Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:07:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] perldiag: Suggest use re '/m' for $* --- pod/perldiag.pod | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index 3e4e978..2a464ec 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -2346,8 +2346,9 @@ previous versions of perl the use of C<$*> enabled or disabled multi-line matching within a string. Instead of using C<$*> you should use the C (and maybe C) regexp -modifiers. (In older versions: when C<$*> was set to a true value then -all regular expressions behaved as if they were written using C.) +modifiers. You can enable C for a lexical scope (even a whole file) +with C. (In older versions: when C<$*> was set to a true value +then all regular expressions behaved as if they were written using C.) =item $# is no longer supported -- 1.8.3.1