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| author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2014-12-28 16:09:12 -0800 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2014-12-28 16:35:53 -0800 |
| commit | 4964f676ab84eee840a22ed626f8a1a15b9370dd (patch) | |
| tree | 51e8a2187e3b0698dc3591595f8bfd3cad04c0f1 /pod/perlfunc.pod | |
| parent | eb4ec35b34d91de654d6eb753c89dca0b28c7a07 (diff) | |
| download | perl-4964f676ab84eee840a22ed626f8a1a15b9370dd.tar.gz | |
perlfunc: prototype implies $_
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index e7ccfa42c3..ce945eb050 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -5352,11 +5352,14 @@ error prone. =item prototype FUNCTION X<prototype> +=item prototype + =for Pod::Functions +5.002 get the prototype (if any) of a subroutine Returns the prototype of a function as a string (or C<undef> if the function has no prototype). FUNCTION is a reference to, or the name of, -the function whose prototype you want to retrieve. +the function whose prototype you want to retrieve. If FUNCTION is omitted, +$_ is used. If FUNCTION is a string starting with C<CORE::>, the rest is taken as a name for a Perl builtin. If the builtin's arguments |