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authorIain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>2002-07-02 00:58:14 +1000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2002-07-01 09:26:02 +0000
commit56ca1794c27eeea2bc5a83241e3bcd51c9c921f7 (patch)
tree1c52ad81f882525faa01a8a5d185d08e6576c347 /pod/perlthrtut.pod
parentad716b8eadd120352e8587d8a627edd69ad62709 (diff)
downloadperl-56ca1794c27eeea2bc5a83241e3bcd51c9c921f7.tar.gz
Threads doc patch
Message-ID: <20020701045814.GB1805@eh.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17387
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlthrtut.pod')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlthrtut.pod b/pod/perlthrtut.pod
index 2d07fb5f93..583faceaf2 100644
--- a/pod/perlthrtut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlthrtut.pod
@@ -465,8 +465,8 @@ assignment will cause the thread to die. For example:
... create some threads ...
$hash{a} = 1; # all threads see exists($hash{a}) and $hash{a} == 1
- $hash{a} = $var # okay - copy-by-value: same affect as previous
- $hash{a} = $svar # okay - copy-by-value: same affect as previous
+ $hash{a} = $var # okay - copy-by-value: same effect as previous
+ $hash{a} = $svar # okay - copy-by-value: same effect as previous
$hash{a} = \$svar # okay - a reference to a shared variable
$hash{a} = \$var # This will die
delete $hash{a} # okay - all threads will see !exists($hash{a})