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perldelta for 91e15e585c79, reinstate apostrophe package separator #22730

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30 changes: 30 additions & 0 deletions pod/perl5416delta.pod
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,36 @@ in-place directly, in the same way that C<foreach (@array)> would do.

=back

=head1 Incompatible Changes

=head2 Apostrophe is again recognized as a global name separator

This was deprecated in Perl 5.38 and removed as scheduled in perl
5.41.3, but after some discussion has been reinstated by default.

This can be controlled with the C<apostrophe_as_package_separator>
feature which is enabled by default, but is disabled from the 5.41
feature bundle onwards.

If you want to disable use within your own code you can explicitly
disable the feature:

no feature "apostrophe_as_package_separator";

Note that disabling this feature only prevents use of apostrophe as a
package separator within code; symbolic references still treat C<'> as
C<::> with the feature disabled:

my $symref = "My'Module'Var";
# default features
my $x = $My'Module'Var; # fine
no feature "apostrophe_as_package_separator";
no strict "refs";
my $y = $$symref; # like $My::Module::Var
my $z = $My'Module'Var; # syntax error

[L<GH #22644|https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/22644>]

=head1 Modules and Pragmata

=head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions pod/perldelta.pod
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Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:

=head3 L<XXX>
=head3 L<perl5416delta>

=over 4

=item *

XXX Description of the change here
Added the change note for apostrophes in names being reinstated, which
was delayed by the review cycle.

=back

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