From: Vincent Pit <vince@profvince.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:06:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Be a little clearer on how localize() handle sigils
X-Git-Tag: v0.02~11
X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ded0c62307dd417bbd7390457692310aca67ea93;p=perl%2Fmodules%2FScope-Upper.git

Be a little clearer on how localize() handle sigils
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diff --git a/lib/Scope/Upper.pm b/lib/Scope/Upper.pm
index 0835364..6128a8f 100644
--- a/lib/Scope/Upper.pm
+++ b/lib/Scope/Upper.pm
@@ -87,15 +87,16 @@ For example, if C<$value> is a scalar reference, then the C<SCALAR> slot of the
 
 =item *
 
-A string beginning with a sigil, representing the symbol to localize and assign to.
-If the sigil is C<'$'>, then C<$value> isn't dereferenced, that is
+A string beginning with a sigil, representing the symbol to localize and to assign to.
+If the sigil is C<'$'>, L</localize> follows the same syntax as C<local $x = $value>, i.e. C<$value> isn't dereferenced.
+For example,
 
     localize '$x', \'foo' => 0;
 
 will set C<$x> to a reference to the string C<'foo'>.
-Other sigils behave as if a glob was passed.
+Other sigils (C<'@'>, C<'%'>, C<'&'> and C<'*'>) require C<$value> to be a reference of the corresponding type.
 
-The symbol is resolved when the actual localization takes place and not when C<localize> is called.
+When the symbol is given by a string, it is resolved when the actual localization takes place and not when C<localize> is called.
 This means that
 
     sub tag { localize '$x', $_[0] => 1; }