From: Vincent Pit <vince@profvince.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:18:58 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add a caveat about dereferencing slices
X-Git-Tag: v0.04~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2Fautovivification.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=95c40a32d06dcfdd1815cd7c5f4b362f4f9cec85

Add a caveat about dereferencing slices
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diff --git a/lib/autovivification.pm b/lib/autovivification.pm
index 1bab02f..ab0fc22 100644
--- a/lib/autovivification.pm
+++ b/lib/autovivification.pm
@@ -151,6 +151,12 @@ sub import {
  ();
 }
 
+=head1 CAVEATS
+
+The pragma doesn't apply when one dereferences the returned value of an array or hash slice, as in C<< @array[$id]->{member} >> or C<< @hash{$key}->{member} >>.
+This syntax is valid Perl, yet it's discouraged as the slice is here useless since the dereferencing enforces scalar context.
+If warnings are turned on, Perl will complain about one-element slices.
+
 =head1 DEPENDENCIES
 
 L<perl> 5.8.