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Author: larry Date: Thu Aug 10 20:19:02 2006 New Revision: 10807 Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Log: Removed last vestige of $?SELF from the spec. Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod ============================================================================== --- doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod (original) +++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S02.pod Thu Aug 10 20:19:02 2006 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Date: 10 Aug 2004 Last Modified: 10 Aug 2006 Number: 2 - Version: 62 + Version: 63 This document summarizes Apocalypse 2, which covers small-scale lexical items and typological issues. (These Synopses also contain @@ -1149,9 +1149,7 @@ in fact be dynamically scoped within the compiler itself, and only appear to be lexically scoped because dynamic scopes of the compiler resolve to lexical scopes of the program. All C<$?> variables are considered -constants, and may not be modified after being compiled in, except insofar -as the compiler arranges in advance for such variables to be rebound (as -is the case with C<$?SELF>). +constants, and may not be modified after being compiled in. C<$?FILE> and C<$?LINE> are your current file and line number, for instance. C<?> is not a shortcut for a package name like C<*> is.