On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:45:28AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote: > diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod > index 7088a9e..a249af2 100644 > --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod > +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod > @@ -3865,12 +3865,6 @@ FILEHANDLE is an expression, its value is the real filehandle. (This is > +Then you can use FH as the filenandle, in C<< close FH >> and C<< <FH> >> and so on. > +Note that it's a global variable, so this form is not recommeded in new code. "recommended" > +As a shortcut a one-argument call takes the filename from the global scalar variable > +of the same name as the filehandle: How about wrapping that paragraph so the lines are under 80 characters, as in the rest of the patch? RonaldThread Previous | Thread Next