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diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod index 6afe47387c..84cd866b24 100644 --- a/pod/perlop.pod +++ b/pod/perlop.pod @@ -200,10 +200,10 @@ concatenated with the identifier is returned. Otherwise, if the string starts with a plus or minus, a string starting with the opposite sign is returned. One effect of these rules is that -bareword is equivalent to the string "-bareword". If, however, the string begins with a -non-alphabetic characters, Perl will attempt to convert the string to a numeric -and the arithmetic negation is performed. If the string cannot be cleanly -converted to a numeric, Perl will give the warning B<Argument "the string" -isn't numeric in negation (-) at ...>. +non-alphabetic character (exluding "+" or "-"), Perl will attempt to convert +the string to a numeric and the arithmetic negation is performed. If the +string cannot be cleanly converted to a numeric, Perl will give the warning +B<Argument "the string" isn't numeric in negation (-) at ...>. X<-> X<negation, arithmetic> Unary "~" performs bitwise negation, i.e., 1's complement. For |