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diff --git a/devel/p5-Feature-Compat-Defer/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-Feature-Compat-Defer/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8b04774f9e38 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-Feature-Compat-Defer/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This module provides a new syntax keyword, defer, in a forward-compatible way. + +The latest perl development source provides a defer block syntax, under the +defer named feature. If all goes well, this will become available at +development version 5.35.4, and included in the 5.36 release. On such perls, +this module simply enables that feature. + + defer { + STATEMENTS... + } + +The defer keyword introduces a block which runs its code body at the time that +its immediately surrounding code block finishes. |