Handle PERLIO= and document a bit.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / overload.pm

diff --git a/lib/overload.pm b/lib/overload.pm
index 715f10a..81c8598 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/overload.pm
+++ b/lib/overload.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package overload;
 
 our $VERSION = '1.00';
 
-$overload::hint_bits = 0x20000;
+$overload::hint_bits = 0x20000; # HINT_LOCALIZE_HH
 
 sub nil {}
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sub AddrRef {
 }
 
 sub StrVal {
-  (OverloadedStringify($_[0]) or ref($_[0]) eq 'Regexp') ?
+  (ref $_[0] && OverloadedStringify($_[0]) or ref($_[0]) eq 'Regexp') ?
     (AddrRef(shift)) :
     "$_[0]";
 }
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ sub mycan {                               # Real can would leave stubs.
 }
 
 %constants = (
-             'integer'   =>  0x1000,
-             'float'     =>  0x2000,
-             'binary'    =>  0x4000,
-             'q'         =>  0x8000,
-             'qr'        => 0x10000,
+             'integer'   =>  0x1000, # HINT_NEW_INTEGER
+             'float'     =>  0x2000, # HINT_NEW_FLOAT
+             'binary'    =>  0x4000, # HINT_NEW_BINARY
+             'q'         =>  0x8000, # HINT_NEW_STRING
+             'qr'        => 0x10000, # HINT_NEW_RE
             );
 
 %ops = ( with_assign     => "+ - * / % ** << >> x .",
@@ -922,10 +922,7 @@ numeric value.)  This prints:
 =head2 Two-face references
 
 Suppose you want to create an object which is accessible as both an
-array reference and a hash reference, similar to the
-L<pseudo-hash|perlref/"Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash">
-builtin Perl type.  Let's make it better than a pseudo-hash by
-allowing index 0 to be treated as a normal element.
+array reference and a hash reference.
 
   package two_refs;
   use overload '%{}' => \&gethash, '@{}' => sub { $ {shift()} };