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authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2011-02-11 12:48:23 -0800
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2011-02-11 14:07:23 -0800
commit3921068cd7e1dda8edfb21394694f0f4f426234e (patch)
tree22682420417664723a1ac7e367e73c1cedfc0500 /pod/perldata.pod
parent39ac3336da840fc340d83005a1b728db40a469ef (diff)
downloadperl-3921068cd7e1dda8edfb21394694f0f4f426234e.tar.gz
perldata tweaks
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index 98663c467f..fce27f281d 100644
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ X<scalar>
$#days # the last index of array @days
Entire arrays (and slices of arrays and hashes) are denoted by '@',
-which works much like the word "these" or "those" does in English,
+which works much as the word "these" or "those" does in English,
in that it indicates multiple values are expected.
X<array>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ to determine the context for the right argument. Assignment to a
scalar evaluates the right-hand side in scalar context, while
assignment to an array or hash evaluates the righthand side in list
context. Assignment to a list (or slice, which is just a list
-anyway) also evaluates the righthand side in list context.
+anyway) also evaluates the right-hand side in list context.
When you use the C<use warnings> pragma or Perl's B<-w> command-line
option, you may see warnings
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ inet_aton()/inet_ntoa() routines of the Socket package.
Note that since Perl 5.8.1 the single-number v-strings (like C<v65>)
are not v-strings before the C<< => >> operator (which is usually used
-to separate a hash key from a hash value), instead they are interpreted
+to separate a hash key from a hash value); instead they are interpreted
as literal strings ('v65'). They were v-strings from Perl 5.6.0 to
Perl 5.8.0, but that caused more confusion and breakage than good.
Multi-number v-strings like C<v65.66> and C<65.66.67> continue to