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diff --git a/lib/Pod/Functions.pm b/lib/Pod/Functions.pm
index 5181c3990b..1227f56313 100644
--- a/lib/Pod/Functions.pm
+++ b/lib/Pod/Functions.pm
@@ -52,22 +52,9 @@ L<perlfunc/"Perl Functions by Category"> section.
=back
-=head1 CHANGES
-
-1.02 20020813 <abe@ztreet.demon.nl>
- de-typo in the SYNOPSIS section (thanks Mike Castle for noticing)
-
-1.01 20011229 <abe@ztreet.demon.nl>
- fixed some bugs that slipped in after 5.6.1
- added the pod
- finished making it strict safe
-
-1.00 ??
- first numbered version
-
=cut
-our $VERSION = '1.04';
+our $VERSION = '1.05';
require Exporter;
@@ -78,17 +65,17 @@ our(%Kinds, %Type, %Flavor);
our %Type_Description = (
'ARRAY' => 'Functions for real @ARRAYs',
- 'Binary' => 'Functions for fixed length data or records',
+ 'Binary' => 'Functions for fixed-length data or records',
'File' => 'Functions for filehandles, files, or directories',
- 'Flow' => 'Keywords related to control flow of your perl program',
+ 'Flow' => 'Keywords related to the control flow of your Perl program',
'HASH' => 'Functions for real %HASHes',
'I/O' => 'Input and output functions',
'LIST' => 'Functions for list data',
'Math' => 'Numeric functions',
'Misc' => 'Miscellaneous functions',
- 'Modules' => 'Keywords related to perl modules',
+ 'Modules' => 'Keywords related to Perl modules',
'Network' => 'Fetching network info',
- 'Objects' => 'Keywords related to classes and object-orientedness',
+ 'Objects' => 'Keywords related to classes and object-orientation',
'Process' => 'Functions for processes and process groups',
'Regexp' => 'Regular expressions and pattern matching',
'Socket' => 'Low-level socket functions',
@@ -96,7 +83,7 @@ our %Type_Description = (
'SysV' => 'System V interprocess communication functions',
'Time' => 'Time-related functions',
'User' => 'Fetching user and group info',
- 'Namespace' => 'Keywords altering or affecting scoping of identifiers',
+ 'Namespace' => 'Keywords related to scoping',
);
our @Type_Order = qw{
@@ -206,7 +193,7 @@ flock I/O lock an entire file with an advisory lock
fork Process create a new process just like this one
format I/O declare a picture format with use by the write() function
formline Misc internal function used for formats
-getc I/O get the next character from the filehandle
+getc I/O get the next character from the filehandle
getgrent User get next group record
getgrgid User get group record given group user ID
getgrnam User get group record given group name
@@ -252,7 +239,7 @@ link File create a hard link in the filesystem
listen Socket register your socket as a server
local Misc,Namespace create a temporary value for a global variable (dynamic scoping)
localtime Time convert UNIX time into record or string using local time
-lock Threads get a thread lock on a variable, subroutine, or method
+lock Misc get a thread lock on a variable, subroutine, or method
log Math retrieve the natural logarithm for a number
lstat File stat a symbolic link
m// Regexp match a string with a regular expression pattern
@@ -333,7 +320,7 @@ socketpair Socket create a pair of sockets
sort LIST sort a list of values
splice ARRAY add or remove elements anywhere in an array
split Regexp split up a string using a regexp delimiter
-sprintf String formatted print into a string
+sprintf String formatted print into a string
sqrt Math square root function
srand Math seed the random number generator
stat File get a file's status information
@@ -363,8 +350,7 @@ unlink File remove one link to a file
unpack Binary,LIST convert binary structure into normal perl variables
unshift ARRAY prepend more elements to the beginning of a list
untie Objects break a tie binding to a variable
-use Modules,Namespace load a module and import its namespace
-use Objects load in a module at compile time
+use Objects,Modules,Namespace load in a module at compile time and import its namespace
utime File set a file's last access and modify times
values HASH return a list of the values in a hash
vec Binary test or set particular bits in a string