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authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2013-11-13 05:54:01 -0800
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2013-11-14 05:54:35 -0800
commitdbc956a116ee1a2036b8e3966082b3da4d82fc54 (patch)
tree910ada7ddcc7a9ca2a17f52b8252eaa176d8dd92 /dist/constant
parenta70ff5bc28d194960399c0fcd2b44c7889e83fd4 (diff)
downloadperl-dbc956a116ee1a2036b8e3966082b3da4d82fc54.tar.gz
constant.pm: Consistent spaces after dots in pod
It was inconsistent throughout.
Diffstat (limited to 'dist/constant')
-rw-r--r--dist/constant/lib/constant.pm16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/dist/constant/lib/constant.pm b/dist/constant/lib/constant.pm
index 26fc407eb6..d5fd54856c 100644
--- a/dist/constant/lib/constant.pm
+++ b/dist/constant/lib/constant.pm
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ This pragma allows you to declare constants at compile-time.
When you declare a constant such as C<PI> using the method shown
above, each machine your script runs upon can have as many digits
-of accuracy as it can use. Also, your program will be easier to
+of accuracy as it can use. Also, your program will be easier to
read, more likely to be maintained (and maintained correctly), and
far less likely to send a space probe to the wrong planet because
nobody noticed the one equation in which you wrote C<3.14195>.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ away if the constant is false.
=head1 NOTES
As with all C<use> directives, defining a constant happens at
-compile time. Thus, it's probably not correct to put a constant
+compile time. Thus, it's probably not correct to put a constant
declaration inside of a conditional statement (like C<if ($foo)
{ use constant ... }>).
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ their own constants to override those in their base class.
The use of all caps for constant names is merely a convention,
although it is recommended in order to make constants stand out
and to help avoid collisions with other barewords, keywords, and
-subroutine names. Constant names must begin with a letter or
-underscore. Names beginning with a double underscore are reserved. Some
+subroutine names. Constant names must begin with a letter or
+underscore. Names beginning with a double underscore are reserved. Some
poor choices for names will generate warnings, if warnings are enabled at
compile time.
@@ -344,15 +344,15 @@ constants without any problems.
=head1 TECHNICAL NOTES
In the current implementation, scalar constants are actually
-inlinable subroutines. As of version 5.004 of Perl, the appropriate
+inlinable subroutines. As of version 5.004 of Perl, the appropriate
scalar constant is inserted directly in place of some subroutine
-calls, thereby saving the overhead of a subroutine call. See
+calls, thereby saving the overhead of a subroutine call. See
L<perlsub/"Constant Functions"> for details about how and when this
happens.
In the rare case in which you need to discover at run time whether a
particular constant has been declared via this module, you may use
-this function to examine the hash C<%constant::declared>. If the given
+this function to examine the hash C<%constant::declared>. If the given
constant name does not include a package name, the current package is
used.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ In v5.20 or higher, they are still not read-only, but that may change in
future versions.
It is not possible to have a subroutine or a keyword with the same
-name as a constant in the same package. This is probably a Good Thing.
+name as a constant in the same package. This is probably a Good Thing.
A constant with a name in the list C<STDIN STDOUT STDERR ARGV ARGVOUT
ENV INC SIG> is not allowed anywhere but in package C<main::>, for