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On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 01:22:39 GMT, davidnicol@gmail.com wrote:
> thanks for this explanation! I too thought package replaced rather
> than nested, and I was surprised to see this output:
>
> $ perl -le 'package a; { print __PACKAGE__; package b; print
> __PACKAGE__; } print __PACKAGE__;'
> a
> b
> a
>
>
> I was expecting a, b, b. Was it initially broken, like in perl 5.0.0?
>
> Anyway, some kind of improvement to the documentation of this makes
> sense as it currently can be misinterpreted.
>
> dln
>
In order to move this ticket toward resolution, I am proposing the attached patch to pod/perlmod.pod. Please review. I'll apply to blead within 7 days if there are no objections.
Thank you very much.
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James E Keenan (jkeenan@cpan.org)
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