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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-06-18 18:42:49 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-06-18 18:42:49 +0000
commita6b1f6d89df0d127006aee73130c3677d8155cc4 (patch)
treea8de8c41245565edf659d82637ff41f8e1710b13 /pod/perlsyn.pod
parent7bd1983cd402d3e9e5a5cab9e3e1ad2a4342c647 (diff)
downloadperl-a6b1f6d89df0d127006aee73130c3677d8155cc4.tar.gz
perlsyn.pod tweak suggested by Larry.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17284
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diff --git a/pod/perlsyn.pod b/pod/perlsyn.pod
index efb8d8a41a..c27933015c 100644
--- a/pod/perlsyn.pod
+++ b/pod/perlsyn.pod
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ as C<0>; when used as a string, it is treated the empty string,
C<"">; and when used as a reference that isn't being assigned
to, it is treated as an error. If you enable warnings, you'll
be notified of an uninitialized value whenever you treat C<undef>
-as a string or a number. Well, usually. Boolean ("don't-care")
-contexts, such as:
+as a string or a number. Well, usually. Boolean contexts, such as:
my $a;
if ($a) {}
-are exempt from warnings. Operators such as C<++>, C<-->, C<+=>,
+are exempt from warnings (because they care about truth rather than
+definedness). Operators such as C<++>, C<-->, C<+=>,
C<-=>, and C<.=>, that operate on undefined left values such as:
my $a;