From a3d78747dc6076a86b29e59f911247652002f29b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:34:28 -0400
Subject: clarification of multi-bracket format

---
 pod/perlpodspec.pod | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'pod/perlpodspec.pod')

diff --git a/pod/perlpodspec.pod b/pod/perlpodspec.pod
index b7c3122f02..0bf84e0910 100644
--- a/pod/perlpodspec.pod
+++ b/pod/perlpodspec.pod
@@ -429,6 +429,18 @@ themselves.  That is, these are all synonymous:
 
 and so on.
 
+Finally, the multiple-angle-bracket form does I<not> alter the interpretation
+of nested formatting codes, meaning that the following four example lines are
+identical in meaning:
+
+  B<example: C<$a E<lt>=E<gt> $b>>
+
+  B<example: C<< $a <=> $b >>>
+
+  B<example: C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >>>
+
+  B<<< example: C<< $a E<lt>=E<gt> $b >> >>>
+
 =back
 
 In parsing Pod, a notably tricky part is the correct parsing of
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