What is L?

RichardJActon has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I've been reading the File::Temp documentation and there are a number of places in the text where something called 'L' is alluded to, it appears several times in the see also: (https://perldoc.perl.org/5.8.8/File/Temp.html#SEE-ALSO) does anyone know what this mysterious 'L' is, and assuming this is not some kind of bug, where I can find out more about it? as my google-foo is coming up blank with nothing but Perl and the letter L to work with.

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Re: What is L? by haukex (Archbishop) on Feb 21, 2019 at 13:34 UTC
Looks like a POD rendering bug with the `L<>` format code. Here's what it's supposed to look like on MetaCPAN and on perldoc.pl (and here's the source).	[reply] [d/l]
Re: What is L? by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 21, 2019 at 14:01 UTC
http://perldoc.perl.org has some issues, see https://perldoc.pl/5.8.8/File::Temp#SEE-ALSO.	[reply]
Re: What is L? by trippledubs (Deacon) on Feb 21, 2019 at 13:40 UTC
If you inspect the HTML looks like some broken templating. I think should be something like tmpnam tmpfile File::Spec File::Path.	[reply]
Re: What is L? by 1nickt (Canon) on Feb 22, 2019 at 10:44 UTC
I love L for one-liners! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^2: What is L? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 22, 2019 at 10:51 UTC
I started using it after you recommended it to me. As someone who despises both the mouse and extra or repetitive typing, with 300+ entries in `~/.aliases`, I should say thank you!	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: What is L? by 1nickt (Canon) on Feb 22, 2019 at 12:51 UTC
Thank you to Songmu and other people with extra brain lobes who can safely tinker with `AUTOLOAD` and other deep magick! The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: What is L? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 22, 2019 at 01:26 UTC
L = Light, a brilliant young man who deduces the person behind unexplained deaths, in the anime (& manga) called Death Note.	[reply]