I recently installed 5.8 and started using it. Previously, I'd been on 5.6, and in deference to new features and behaviors I might be using, put in

So I didn't run into unexplained problems on the occasionally disparate versions I run locally.

Now, in 5.8.0, with warnings on (yes, I only have warnings on when I'm developing, but even so), I get the following when I start my script:

Confused by the new warning, I went and did my RTMing, and found the obscure and noninformative line in perldelta:

I am curious as to the problem which this warning addresses. Can someone enlighten me?


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In reply to v-string warning in 5.8.0 by Ferret

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