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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME
     indirect - Lexically warn about using the indirect method call syntax.
 
 VERSION
-    Version 0.33
+    Version 0.34
 
 SYNOPSIS
     In a script :
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
     The indirect syntax is now considered harmful, since its parsing has
     many quirks and its use is error prone : when the subroutine "foo" has
     not been declared in the current package, "foo $x" actually compiles to
-    "$x->foo", and "foo { key => 1 }" to "'key'->foo(1)". In
-    <http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/indirect-but-still-fatal>,
-    Matt S. Trout gives an example of an undesirable indirect method call on
-    a block that can cause a particularly bewildering error.
+    "$x->foo", and "foo { key => 1 }" to "'key'->foo(1)". Please refer to
+    the "REFERENCES" section for a more complete list of reasons for
+    avoiding this construct.
 
     This pragma currently does not warn for core functions ("print", "say",
     "exec" or "system"). This may change in the future, or may be added as
@@ -177,6 +176,24 @@ CAVEATS
     The search for indirect method calls happens before constant folding.
     Hence "my $x = new Class if 0" will be caught.
 
+REFERENCES
+    Numerous articles have been written about the quirks of the indirect
+    object construct :
+
+    *   <http://markmail.org/message/o7d5sxnydya7bwvv> : Far More Than
+        Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know about the Indirect Object
+        syntax, Tom Christiansen, 1998-01-28.
+
+        This historical post to the "perl5-porters" mailing list raised
+        awareness about the perils of this syntax.
+
+    *   <http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/indirect-but-still-fat
+        al> : Indirect but still fatal, Matt S. Trout, 2009-07-29.
+
+        In this blog post, the author gives an example of an undesirable
+        indirect method call on a block that causes a particularly
+        bewildering error.
+
 DEPENDENCIES
     perl 5.8.1.
 
@@ -212,8 +229,8 @@ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
     reporting issues.
 
 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
-    Copyright 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 Vincent Pit, all rights
-    reserved.
+    Copyright 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 Vincent Pit, all
+    rights reserved.
 
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
     under the same terms as Perl itself.