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| author | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-04-17 14:34:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-04-19 12:26:33 -0400 |
| commit | a3d78747dc6076a86b29e59f911247652002f29b (patch) | |
| tree | 800177d5aaf6579c854c5aee426551514a307dfe /pod/perlpodspec.pod | |
| parent | e05a0d7494b04196ac0b6dbeb026a51df2a2a73d (diff) | |
| download | perl-a3d78747dc6076a86b29e59f911247652002f29b.tar.gz | |
clarification of multi-bracket format
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diff --git a/pod/perlpodspec.pod b/pod/perlpodspec.pod index b7c3122f02..0bf84e0910 100644 --- a/pod/perlpodspec.pod +++ b/pod/perlpodspec.pod @@ -429,6 +429,18 @@ themselves. That is, these are all synonymous: and so on. +Finally, the multiple-angle-bracket form does I<not> alter the interpretation +of nested formatting codes, meaning that the following four example lines are +identical in meaning: + + B<example: C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>> + + B<example: C<< $a <=> $b >>> + + B<example: C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >>> + + B<<< example: C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >> >>> + =back In parsing Pod, a notably tricky part is the correct parsing of |