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Add notes $?USAGE was renamed to $*USAGE
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zoffixznet committed Sep 23, 2017
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion S06-routines.pod
Expand Up @@ -3413,7 +3413,8 @@ usage message is printed to standard output instead.

This usage message is automatically generated from the signature (or
signatures) of C<MAIN>. This message is generated at compile time,
and hence is available at any later time as C<$?USAGE>.
and hence is available at any later time as C<$?USAGE> (EDIT: variable
renamed to C<$*USAGE> and message is generated on-demand, at runtime).

Common Unix command-line conventions are mapped onto the capture
as follows:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion S28-special-names.pod
Expand Up @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ be fleshed out in S26.
$?SCOPE S02 # Current "my" scope (XXX unnecessary?)
$*TMPDIR S16 IO::Path # system temporary directory
$*TZ S32 # Local time zone
$?USAGE S06 Str # Default usage message generated at compile time
$?USAGE S06 Str # Default usage message generated at compile time (EDIT: was renamed to $*USAGE)
$*USER +Int,~Str # user id (numeric) or name (string)
$?VM S02 Systemic # Which virtual machine am I compiling under
$?XVM S02 Systemic # Which virtual machine am I cross-compiling for
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