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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlport.pod | 6 |
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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index ac260ed8f3..791c90d695 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -1517,6 +1517,12 @@ suffixes. C<-S> is meaningless. (Win32) C<-x> (or C<-X>) determine if a file has an executable file type. (S<RISC OS>) +=item alarm + +Emulated using timers that must be explicitly polled whenever Perl +wants to dispatch "safe signals" and therefore cannot interrupt +blocking system calls. (Win32) + =item atan2 Due to issues with various CPUs, math libraries, compilers, and standards, |