Re: perl@16925

Message-ID: <nfD+8gzkgGHH092yn@efn.org>

Self-tie clarifications.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@16948

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 0753508..9aeeb4c 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -3059,9 +3059,12 @@ hard-to-fix ways.  As a stop-gap measure to avoid people from getting
 frustrated at the mysterious results (core dumps, most often) it is
 for now forbidden (you will get a fatal error even from an attempt).
 
-Self-tying of globs is broken, but not disabled.
+A change to self-tying of globs has caused them to be recursively
+referenced (see: L<perlobj/"Two-Phased Garbage Collection">).  You
+will now need an explicit untie to destroy a self-tied glob.  This
+behaviour may be fixed at a later date.
 
-Self-tying of scalars and IO works.
+Self-tying of scalars and IO thingies works.
 
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