perldelta for 232af1f839
authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 02:27:57 +0000 (19:27 -0700)
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 02:35:55 +0000 (19:35 -0700)
pod/perldelta.pod

index 3606515..631a501 100644 (file)
@@ -832,6 +832,12 @@ The string position set by C<pos> could shift if the string changed
 representation internally to or from utf8.  This could happen, e.g., with
 references to objects with string overloading.
 
+=item *
+
+Elements of C<@-> and C<@+> now update correctly when they refer to
+nonexistent captures.  Previously, a referenced element (C<$ref = \$-[1]>) 
+could refer to the wrong match after subsequent matches.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Known Problems