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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-08-08 18:28:13 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-08-08 18:28:13 +0000
commit91e74348ab129f737e0d9da75481cd4eb7414ba4 (patch)
treeb700d3ed7ddb36fb2d15c007f31f5bd0346d8418 /lib/perl5db.pl
parent1426bbf4b7d39af0f80ec0afcb4869d2bc3f0a90 (diff)
downloadperl-91e74348ab129f737e0d9da75481cd4eb7414ba4.tar.gz
Do away with array context, from Daniel Chetlin <daniel@chetlin.com>
(either perlbug or p5p ate the original), plus regen perlapi and perltoc. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6553
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diff --git a/lib/perl5db.pl b/lib/perl5db.pl
index 7257aa90d4..e68c13e79c 100644
--- a/lib/perl5db.pl
+++ b/lib/perl5db.pl
@@ -2160,8 +2160,8 @@ B<W> Delete all watch-expressions.
B<V> [I<pkg> [I<vars>]] List some (default all) variables in package (default current).
Use B<~>I<pattern> and B<!>I<pattern> for positive and negative regexps.
B<X> [I<vars>] Same as \"B<V> I<currentpackage> [I<vars>]\".
-B<x> I<expr> Evals expression in array context, dumps the result.
-B<m> I<expr> Evals expression in array context, prints methods callable
+B<x> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, dumps the result.
+B<m> I<expr> Evals expression in list context, prints methods callable
on the first element of the result.
B<m> I<class> Prints methods callable via the given class.
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ I<Debugger controls:> B<L> List break/watch/act
B<|>[B<|>]I<db_cmd> Send output to pager B<$psh>\[B<$psh>\] I<syscmd> Run cmd in a subprocess
B<q> or B<^D> Quit B<R> Attempt a restart
I<Data Examination:> B<expr> Execute perl code, also see: B<s>,B<n>,B<t> I<expr>
- B<x>|B<m> I<expr> Evals expr in array context, dumps the result or lists methods.
+ B<x>|B<m> I<expr> Evals expr in list context, dumps the result or lists methods.
B<p> I<expr> Print expression (uses script's current package).
B<S> [[B<!>]I<pat>] List subroutine names [not] matching pattern
B<V> [I<Pk> [I<Vars>]] List Variables in Package. Vars can be ~pattern or !pattern.