Force RVALUE macros when in PERL_DEBUG_COW

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlboot.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlboot.pod b/pod/perlboot.pod
index c9ee9a5..927777d 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlboot.pod
+++ b/pod/perlboot.pod
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ And once again, this results in:
 That's not fun yet.  Same number of characters, all constant, no
 variables.  But yet, the parts are separable now.  Watch:
 
-    $x = "Cow";
-    $x->speak; # invokes Cow->speak
+    $a = "Cow";
+    $a->speak; # invokes Cow->speak
 
 Ahh!  Now that the package name has been parted from the subroutine
 name, we can use a variable package name.  And this time, we've got
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ listed in C<@ISA>) automatically:
     }
 
 So, C<SUPER::speak> means look in the current package's C<@ISA> for
-C<speak>, invoking the first one found.
+C<speak>, invoking the first one found. Note that it does I<not> look in
+the C<@ISA> of C<$class>.
 
 =head2 Where we're at so far...
 
@@ -392,8 +393,8 @@ So far, we've seen the method arrow syntax:
 
 or the equivalent:
 
-  $x = "Class";
-  $x->method(@args);
+  $a = "Class";
+  $a->method(@args);
 
 which constructs an argument list of:
 
@@ -790,9 +791,13 @@ Hopefully, this gets you started, though.
 
 For more information, see L<perlobj> (for all the gritty details about
 Perl objects, now that you've seen the basics), L<perltoot> (the
-tutorial for those who already know objects), L<perlbot> (for some
-more tricks), and books such as Damian Conway's excellent I<Object
-Oriented Perl>.
+tutorial for those who already know objects), L<perltooc> (dealing
+with class data), L<perlbot> (for some more tricks), and books such as
+Damian Conway's excellent I<Object Oriented Perl>.
+
+Some modules which might prove interesting are Class::Accessor,
+Class::Class, Class::Contract, Class::Data::Inheritable,
+Class::MethodMaker and Tie::SecureHash
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT