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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-04-24 06:11:56 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-04-24 06:11:56 +0000
commit4375e838ae24b385ae79fa7b6918e613bedaaee6 (patch)
tree9418d63a58345f7e8f9e1ff644fa85c022b18650 /pod/perlmod.pod
parent94a371ee7128c99a38226de46cbec028ae3a990e (diff)
downloadperl-4375e838ae24b385ae79fa7b6918e613bedaaee6.tar.gz
various pod nits (from Larry Virden and others)
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5917
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diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod
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+++ b/pod/perlmod.pod
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ table lookups at compile time:
local $main::{foo} = $main::{bar};
You can use this to print out all the variables in a package, for
-instance. The standard but antequated F<dumpvar.pl> library and
+instance. The standard but antiquated F<dumpvar.pl> library and
the CPAN module Devel::Symdump make use of this.
Assignment to a typeglob performs an aliasing operation, i.e.,
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ LIFO order. C<CHECK> blocks are again useful in the Perl compiler
suite to save the compiled state of the program.
When you use the B<-n> and B<-p> switches to Perl, C<BEGIN> and
-C<END> work just as they do in B<awk>, as a degenerate case. As currently
-implemented (and subject to change, since its inconvenient at best),
-both C<BEGIN> and<END> blocks are run when you use the B<-c> switch
-for a compile-only syntax check, although your main code is not.
+C<END> work just as they do in B<awk>, as a degenerate case.
+Both C<BEGIN> and C<CHECK> blocks are run when you use the B<-c>
+switch for a compile-only syntax check, although your main code
+is not.
=head2 Perl Classes
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ providing a mechanism for exporting some of its symbols into the
symbol table of any package using it. Or it may function as a class
definition and make its semantics available implicitly through
method calls on the class and its objects, without explicitly
-exportating anything. Or it can do a little of both.
+exporting anything. Or it can do a little of both.
For example, to start a traditional, non-OO module called Some::Module,
create a file called F<Some/Module.pm> and start with this template: