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authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2010-11-08 20:12:52 -0800
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2010-11-08 20:12:52 -0800
commit58f8dab2ccfff035bc1945bdd6ce8e939563c906 (patch)
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parent80ebaca223149b3ac705ec4546d4483110daf2d8 (diff)
downloadperl-58f8dab2ccfff035bc1945bdd6ce8e939563c906.tar.gz
Delete paragraphs from mro.pm’s pod
which are no longer relevant
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diff --git a/ext/mro/mro.pm b/ext/mro/mro.pm
index 249f848f2e..f8c8a5b5cd 100644
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+++ b/ext/mro/mro.pm
@@ -148,18 +148,6 @@ the given class name, even if the isa relationship is
indirect. This is used internally by the MRO code to
keep track of method/MRO cache invalidations.
-Currently, this list only grows, it never shrinks. This
-was a performance consideration (properly tracking and
-deleting isarev entries when someone removes an entry
-from an C<@ISA> is costly, and it doesn't happen often
-anyways). The fact that a class which no longer truly
-"isa" this class at runtime remains on the list should be
-considered a quirky implementation detail which is subject
-to future change. It shouldn't be an issue as long as
-you're looking at this list for the same reasons the
-core code does: as a performance optimization
-over having to search every class in existence.
-
As with C<mro::get_linear_isa> above, C<UNIVERSAL> is special.
C<UNIVERSAL> (and parents') isarev lists do not include
every class in existence, even though all classes are
@@ -175,10 +163,6 @@ Any class for which this function returns true is
"universal" in the sense that all classes potentially
inherit methods from it.
-For similar reasons to C<isarev> above, this flag is
-permanent. Once it is set, it does not go away, even
-if the class in question really isn't universal anymore.
-
=head2 mro::invalidate_all_method_caches()
Increments C<PL_sub_generation>, which invalidates method