[Perl/perl5] 2293fc: autodoc.pl: Generate missing pod for back-compat s...

[email protected] (Karl Williamson via perl5-changes)
Newsgroups perl.perl5.changes
Message-ID <Perl/perl5/push/refs/heads/blead/[email protected]>
  Branch: refs/heads/blead
  Home:   https://github.com/Perl/perl5
  Commit: 2293fca4af8be4e7d4d32c9a68608011b80bcd34
      https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/2293fca4af8be4e7d4d32c9a68608011b80bcd34
  Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]>
  Date:   2026-08-06 (Thu, 06 Aug 2026)

  Changed paths:
    M autodoc.pl
    M perl.h
    M regen/embed.pl

  Log Message:
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  autodoc.pl: Generate missing pod for back-compat symbols

It's a pain to write documentation.  That helps explain why We have >3K
undocumented symbols visible to the outside world.

With symbols that are retained just for backwards compatibility, that
may well be all that a module maintainer needs to know: Don't use it for
new code.  And that pod can be automatically generated.

This commit adds that ability and uses it for 4 symbols.  There are
dozens more that could benefit from this, but I'm starting with just
these to get people's reactions.



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