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@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@ operands C<$a> and C<$b>: If C<$b> is positive, then C<$a % $b> is
C<$a> minus the largest multiple of C<$b> that is not greater than
C<$a>. If C<$b> is negative, then C<$a % $b> is C<$a> minus the
smallest multiple of C<$b> that is not less than C<$a> (i.e. the
-result will be less than or equal to zero). If C<use integer> is
-in effect, the native hardware will be used instead of this rule,
-which may be construed a bug that will be fixed at some point.
-
+result will be less than or equal to zero).
Note than when C<use integer> is in scope, "%" give you direct access
to the modulus operator as implemented by your C compiler. This
operator is not as well defined for negative operands, but it will