Make getdata() return an empty list when no magic is present

[perl/modules/Variable-Magic.git] / lib / Variable / Magic.pm

diff --git a/lib/Variable/Magic.pm b/lib/Variable/Magic.pm
index 44edfe64fccbd69512a15535becb22f6c92cdeed..2ca401216f653532cfaea63c7f7ffd7ebff0f5b7 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Variable/Magic.pm
+++ b/lib/Variable/Magic.pm
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ Of course, this example does nothing with the values that are added after the C<
     getdata [$@%&*]var, [$wiz|$sig]
 
 This accessor fetches the private data associated with the magic C<$wiz> (or the signature C<$sig>) in the variable.
-It croaks when C<$wiz> or C<$sig> do not represent a current valid magic object attached to the variable, and returns C<undef> when the wizard has no data constructor or when the data is actually C<undef>.
+It croaks when C<$wiz> or C<$sig> do not represent a valid magic object, and returns an empty list if no such magic is attached to the variable or when the wizard has no data constructor.
 
     # Get the attached data, or undef if the wizard does not attach any.
     my $data = getdata $x, $wiz;