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-rw-r--r--pod/perldiag.pod20
-rw-r--r--pod/perlreftut.pod4
-rw-r--r--pod/perlstyle.pod2
-rwxr-xr-xt/op/misc.t2
-rw-r--r--t/op/re_tests2
-rw-r--r--toke.c6
6 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index 73a4693597..7e5ab16a04 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ Perl yourself.
=item Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in use
(F) With "strict subs" in use, a bareword is only allowed as a
-subroutine identifier, in curly braces or to the left of the "=>" symbol.
+subroutine identifier, in curly brackets or to the left of the "=>" symbol.
Perhaps you need to predeclare a subroutine?
=item Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package
@@ -1579,11 +1579,11 @@ construction, but the command was missing or blank.
(S) This is an educated guess made in conjunction with the message "%s
found where operator expected". Often the missing operator is a comma.
-=item Missing right bracket
+=item Missing right curly or square bracket
-(F) The lexer counted more opening curly brackets (braces) than closing ones.
-As a general rule, you'll find it's missing near the place you were last
-editing.
+(F) The lexer counted more opening curly or square brackets than
+closing ones. As a general rule, you'll find it's missing near the place
+you were last editing.
=item Modification of a read-only value attempted
@@ -2781,12 +2781,12 @@ representative, who probably put it there in the first place.
expressions. If you're a vi user, the % key is valuable for finding
the matching parenthesis. See L<perlre>.
-=item Unmatched right bracket
+=item Unmatched right %s bracket
-(F) The lexer counted more closing curly brackets (braces) than opening
-ones, so you're probably missing an opening bracket. As a general
-rule, you'll find the missing one (so to speak) near the place you were
-last editing.
+(F) The lexer counted more closing curly or square brackets than
+opening ones, so you're probably missing a matching opening bracket.
+As a general rule, you'll find the missing one (so to speak) near the
+place you were last editing.
=item unmatched [] in regexp
diff --git a/pod/perlreftut.pod b/pod/perlreftut.pod
index 4526e4a2a0..09bea594ff 100644
--- a/pod/perlreftut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlreftut.pod
@@ -336,11 +336,11 @@ other references.
=item *
-In B<USE RULE 1>, you can omit the curly braces whenever the thing
+In B<USE RULE 1>, you can omit the curly brackets whenever the thing
inside them is an atomic scalar variable like C<$aref>. For example,
C<@$aref> is the same as C<@{$aref}>, and C<$$aref[1]> is the same as
C<${$aref}[1]>. If you're just starting out, you may want to adopt
-the habit of always including the curly braces.
+the habit of always including the curly brackets.
=item *
diff --git a/pod/perlstyle.pod b/pod/perlstyle.pod
index cf280ce1da..04aab9854a 100644
--- a/pod/perlstyle.pod
+++ b/pod/perlstyle.pod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The C<use sigtrap> and even C<use diagnostics> pragmas may also prove
useful.
Regarding aesthetics of code lay out, about the only thing Larry
-cares strongly about is that the closing curly brace of
+cares strongly about is that the closing curly bracket of
a multi-line BLOCK should line up with the keyword that started the construct.
Beyond that, he has other preferences that aren't so strong:
diff --git a/t/op/misc.t b/t/op/misc.t
index 48e22f6405..8281bf0e77 100755
--- a/t/op/misc.t
+++ b/t/op/misc.t
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced at - line 1, within pattern
########
/(?{"{"}})/ # Check it outside of eval too
EXPECT
-Unmatched right bracket at (re_eval 1) line 1, at end of line
+Unmatched right curly bracket at (re_eval 1) line 1, at end of line
syntax error at (re_eval 1) line 1, near ""{"}"
Compilation failed in regexp at - line 1.
########
diff --git a/t/op/re_tests b/t/op/re_tests
index 7009596b72..5abe217b05 100644
--- a/t/op/re_tests
+++ b/t/op/re_tests
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ a(?{{})b - c - /a(?{{})b/: Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced
a(?{}})b - c - /a(?{}})b/: Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced
a(?{"{"})b - c - /a(?{"{"})b/: Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced
a(?{"\{"})b cabd y $& ab
-a(?{"{"}})b - c - Unmatched right bracket
+a(?{"{"}})b - c - Unmatched right curly bracket
a(?{$bl="\{"}).b caxbd y $bl {
x(~~)*(?:(?:F)?)? x~~ y - -
^a(?#xxx){3}c aaac y $& aaac
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 4b26a6407b..5ad891bab8 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ int yylex(PERL_YYLEX_PARAM_DECL)
PL_last_uni = 0;
PL_last_lop = 0;
if (PL_lex_brackets)
- yyerror("Missing right bracket");
+ yyerror("Missing right curly or square bracket");
TOKEN(0);
}
if (s++ < PL_bufend)
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ int yylex(PERL_YYLEX_PARAM_DECL)
case ']':
s++;
if (PL_lex_brackets <= 0)
- yyerror("Unmatched right bracket");
+ yyerror("Unmatched right square bracket");
else
--PL_lex_brackets;
if (PL_lex_state == LEX_INTERPNORMAL) {
@@ -2529,7 +2529,7 @@ int yylex(PERL_YYLEX_PARAM_DECL)
rightbracket:
s++;
if (PL_lex_brackets <= 0)
- yyerror("Unmatched right bracket");
+ yyerror("Unmatched right curly bracket");
else
PL_expect = (expectation)PL_lex_brackstack[--PL_lex_brackets];
if (PL_lex_brackets < PL_lex_formbrack)