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authorKarl Williamson <khw@khw-desktop.(none)>2010-06-22 09:45:23 -0600
committerJesse Vincent <jesse@bestpractical.com>2010-06-28 22:30:04 -0400
commitc27a5cfe2661343fcb3b4f58478604d8b59b20de (patch)
tree6570affd331aa336f0150b98b0e527a511ea5c28 /pod/perlvar.pod
parent3ff1c45a45226c5e55f9f22807a1b068b751e49e (diff)
downloadperl-c27a5cfe2661343fcb3b4f58478604d8b59b20de.tar.gz
Standardize on use of 'capture group' over 'buffer'
Both terms 'capture group' and 'capture buffer' are used in the documentation. This patch changes most uses of the latter to the former, as they are referenced using "\g".
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 806809956c..5823b81f0a 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -633,9 +633,9 @@ After a match against some variable $var:
=item %-
X<%->
-Similar to C<%+>, this variable allows access to the named capture buffers
+Similar to C<%+>, this variable allows access to the named capture groups
in the last successful match in the currently active dynamic scope. To
-each capture buffer name found in the regular expression, it associates a
+each capture group name found in the regular expression, it associates a
reference to an array containing the list of values captured by all
buffers with that name (should there be several of them), in the order
where they appear.