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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-02-08 20:58:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-02-08 20:58:02 +0000 |
| commit | 1761cee512762c09b2a848d3c6cbd5a3b4232ffa (patch) | |
| tree | 6e211068ee1368390669709334240812fd0a67de /lib/UNIVERSAL.pm | |
| parent | 3dc6ede7f49a7b2b348c8780a45fe232aa5beb97 (diff) | |
| download | perl-1761cee512762c09b2a848d3c6cbd5a3b4232ffa.tar.gz | |
Integrate with Sarathy.
p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@5043
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/UNIVERSAL.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/UNIVERSAL.pm | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm b/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm index 13cce5853b..f2f1fe9e7a 100644 --- a/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm +++ b/lib/UNIVERSAL.pm @@ -62,19 +62,23 @@ The C<isa> and C<can> methods can also be called as subroutines =item UNIVERSAL::isa ( VAL, TYPE ) -C<isa> returns I<true> if the first argument is a reference and either -of the following statements is true. +C<isa> returns I<true> if one of the following statements is true. =over 8 =item * -C<VAL> is a blessed reference and is blessed into package C<TYPE> -or inherits from package C<TYPE> +C<VAL> is a reference blessed into either package C<TYPE> or a package +which inherits from package C<TYPE>. =item * -C<VAL> is a reference to a C<TYPE> of perl variable (er 'HASH') +C<VAL> is a reference to a C<TYPE> of Perl variable (e.g. 'HASH'). + +=item * + +C<VAL> is the name of a package that inherits from (or is itself) +package C<TYPE>. =back |