--- perlfaq.orig        Tue Dec 19 14:36:08 2000
+++ perlfaq.pod Tue Dec 19 14:37:23 2000
@@ -496,8 +496,6 @@
 
 =item * What's a closure?
 
-=item * What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-
 =item * How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method, Regex}?
 
 =item * How do I create a static variable?
@@ -761,6 +759,10 @@
 =head1 Changes
 
 =over 4
+
+=item 19/December/2000
+
+Removed variable suicide question.
 
 =item 1/November/2000
 
--- perlfaq7.orig       Tue Dec 19 14:36:17 2000
+++ perlfaq7.pod        Tue Dec 19 14:37:42 2000
@@ -322,27 +322,6 @@
 hypothetical timeout() function to access the lexical variable
 $line back in its caller's scope.
 
-=head2 What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-
-Variable suicide is when you (temporarily or permanently) lose the
-value of a variable.  It is caused by scoping through my() and local()
-interacting with either closures or aliased foreach() iterator
-variables and subroutine arguments.  It used to be easy to
-inadvertently lose a variable's value this way, but now it's much
-harder.  Take this code:
-
-    my $f = "foo";
-    sub T {
-      while ($i++ < 3) { my $f = $f; $f .= "bar"; print $f, "\n" }
-    }
-    T;
-    print "Finally $f\n";
-
-The $f that has "bar" added to it three times should be a new C<$f>
-(C<my $f> should create a new local variable each time through the loop).
-It isn't, however.  This was a bug, now fixed in the latest releases
-(tested against 5.004_05, 5.005_03, and 5.005_56).
-
 =head2 How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method, Regex}?
 
 With the exception of regexes, you need to pass references to these