Win32 and VC++ 98 doesn't support CASTI

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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index f70311b8e1..106b9a9a87 100644
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -365,12 +365,14 @@ Use "or" for assignment is unlikely to do what you want; see below.
 
 Binary ".." is the range operator, which is really two different
 operators depending on the context.  In list context, it returns an
-array of values counting (by ones) from the left value to the right
-value.  This is useful for writing C<foreach (1..10)> loops and for
-doing slice operations on arrays.  In the current implementation, no
-temporary array is created when the range operator is used as the
-expression in C<foreach> loops, but older versions of Perl might burn
-a lot of memory when you write something like this:
+array of values counting (up by ones) from the left value to the right
+value.  If the left value is greater than the right value then it
+returns the empty array.  The range operator is useful for writing
+C<foreach (1..10)> loops and for doing slice operations on arrays.  In
+the current implementation, no temporary array is created when the
+range operator is used as the expression in C<foreach> loops, but older
+versions of Perl might burn a lot of memory when you write something
+like this:
 
     for (1 .. 1_000_000) {
 	# code