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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 6a498bcfcd..bf5224f906 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -1865,7 +1865,8 @@ which can be trapped by an C<eval>. The exit() function does not always exit immediately. It calls any defined C<END> routines first, but these C<END> routines may not themselves abort the exit. Likewise any object destructors that need to -be called are called before the real exit. If this is a problem, you +be called are called before the real exit. C<END> routines and destructors +can change the exit status by modifying C<$?>. If this is a problem, you can call C<POSIX:_exit($status)> to avoid END and destructor processing. See L<perlmod> for details. |