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@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ Everything else.
=back
If you find an example of a conversion trap that is not listed here,
-please submit it to Bill Middleton F<wjm@best.com> for inclusion.
-Also note that at least some of these can be caught with C<-w>.
+please submit it to Bill Middleton <F<wjm@best.com>> for inclusion.
+Also note that at least some of these can be caught with B<-w>.
=head2 Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ behave like C<split /\s+/> (which does).
=item * BugFix
-Perl 4 would ignore any text which was attached to an C<-e> switch,
+Perl 4 would ignore any text which was attached to an B<-e> switch,
always taking the code snippet from the following arg. Additionally, it
-would silently accept an C<-e> switch without a following arg. Both of
+would silently accept an B<-e> switch without a following arg. Both of
these behaviors have been fixed.
perl -e'print "attached to -e"' 'print "separate arg"'
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ variable is localized subsequent to the assignment
print "@fred"; # should print "1, 2, 4"
# perl4 prints: 1 2 4
- # perl5 prints: Literal @fred now requires backslash
+ # perl5 prints: In string, @fred now must be written as \@fred
=item * (Scalar String)
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ within certain expressions, statements, contexts, or whatever.
print "To: someone@somewhere.com\n";
# perl4 prints: To:someone@somewhere.com
- # perl5 errors : Literal @somewhere now requires backslash
+ # perl5 errors : In string, @somewhere now must be written as \@somewhere
=item * Interpolation