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S03-operators.pod

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Synopsis 3: Perl 6 Operators
 
     Created: 8 Mar 2004
 
-    Last Modified: 11 Oct 2011
-    Version: 231
+    Last Modified: 16 Nov 2011
+    Version: 232
 
 =head1 Overview
 
@@ -2839,8 +2839,9 @@ C<x> splits into two operators: C<x> (which concatenates repetitions
 of a string to produce a single string), and C<xx> (which creates a list of
 repetitions of a list or item).  C<"foo" xx *> represents an arbitrary
 number of copies, useful for initializing lists.  The left side of
-an C<xx> is evaluated only once.  (To call a block repeatedly, use a C<map>
-instead.)
+an C<xx> is re-evaluated for each copy; use a temporary to force a single
+evaluation.  (But note that this is not necessary when the optimizer will
+do constant folding.)
 
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