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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 4fc0cc6a12..8d8e9a642a 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ C<"i_"> and C<"I_"> also work but only because of completeness; they are identical to C<"i"> and C<"I">. The actual sizes (in bytes) of native shorts, ints, and longs on -the platform where Perl was built are available via L<Config>: +the platform where Perl was built are also available via L<Config>: use Config; print $Config{shortsize}, "\n"; @@ -2643,17 +2643,17 @@ You can see your system's preference with print join(" ", map { sprintf "%#02x", $_ } unpack("C*",pack("L",0x12345678))), "\n"; -The actual byteorder on the platform where Perl was built is available +The byteorder on the platform where Perl was built is also available via L<Config>: use Config; print $Config{byteorder}, "\n"; -Byteorders '1234' and '12345678' are little-endian, '4321' and -'87654321' are big-endian. +Byteorders C<'1234'> and C<'12345678'> are little-endian, C<'4321'> +and C<'87654321'> are big-endian. -If you want portable integers use the formats C<"n">, C<"N">, C<"v">, and -"V", their byte endianness and size is known. +If you want portable packed integers use the formats C<"n">, C<"N">, +C<"v">, and C<"V">, their byte endianness and size is known. =item * |