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| author | James E Keenan <jkeenan@cpan.org> | 2017-09-26 08:52:15 -0400 |
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| committer | James E Keenan <jkeenan@cpan.org> | 2017-09-26 08:52:15 -0400 |
| commit | dc416353138cab69d334678ddd9a81b590030ef2 (patch) | |
| tree | 33e7035d8fda34e8ab550310f838e34a36c96dec /ext/POSIX | |
| parent | 60dfa515ef51ddf3e702d92aee4fffb166ad4d38 (diff) | |
| download | perl-dc416353138cab69d334678ddd9a81b590030ef2.tar.gz | |
Document that POSIX::localtime needs explicit argument.
For: RT #132145
Diffstat (limited to 'ext/POSIX')
| -rw-r--r-- | ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod b/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod index d3f9e8934f..9d2c0320d6 100644 --- a/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod +++ b/ext/POSIX/lib/POSIX.pod @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ interfaces. This document gives a condensed list of the features available in the POSIX module. Consult your operating system's manpages for general information on most features. Consult L<perlfunc> for functions which are noted as being -identical to Perl's builtin functions. +identical or almost identical to Perl's builtin functions. The first section describes POSIX functions from the 1003.1 specification. The second section describes some classes for signal objects, TTY objects, @@ -958,7 +958,15 @@ POSIX.1-2008 and are only available on systems that support them. =item C<localtime> This is identical to Perl's builtin C<localtime()> function for -converting seconds since the epoch to a date see L<perlfunc/localtime>. +converting seconds since the epoch to a date see L<perlfunc/localtime> except +that C<POSIX::localtime()> must be provided an explicit value (rather than +relying an implicit C<$_>: + + @localtime = POSIX::localtime(time); # Good + + @localtime = localtime(); # Good + + @localtime = POSIX::localtime(); # Throws exception =item C<log> |