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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2006-01-17 16:15:15 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2006-01-17 16:15:15 +0000
commit0acca065f2163b13d30515802579360fd8fa9d4a (patch)
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parente30a8c0c6e0087de01552c4bf69ced9f4f2756db (diff)
downloadperl-0acca065f2163b13d30515802579360fd8fa9d4a.tar.gz
Make the description of $^M in perlvar a bit more clear
w.r.t. cross-references to the INSTALL document. (spotted by Stas Bekman) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@26878
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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index d2558a76b5..30d28888f5 100644
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1012,15 +1012,16 @@ inplace editing. (Mnemonic: value of B<-i> switch.)
By default, running out of memory is an untrappable, fatal error.
However, if suitably built, Perl can use the contents of C<$^M>
as an emergency memory pool after die()ing. Suppose that your Perl
-were compiled with -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK and used Perl's malloc.
+were compiled with C<-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK> and used Perl's malloc.
Then
$^M = 'a' x (1 << 16);
would allocate a 64K buffer for use in an emergency. See the
F<INSTALL> file in the Perl distribution for information on how to
-enable this option. To discourage casual use of this advanced
-feature, there is no L<English|English> long name for this variable.
+add custom C compilation flags when compiling perl. To discourage casual
+use of this advanced feature, there is no L<English|English> long name for
+this variable.
=item $OSNAME