lexical warnings update for docs and tests (from Paul Marquess)

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

diff --git a/pod/perldata.pod b/pod/perldata.pod
index e3361e4..96941bd 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldata.pod
+++ b/pod/perldata.pod
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ assignment to an array or hash evaluates the righthand side in list
 context.  Assignment to a list (or slice, which is just a list
 anyway) also evaluates the righthand side in list context.
 
-When you use Perl's B<-w> command-line option, you may see warnings
+When you use the C<use warnings> pragma or Perl's B<-w> command-line 
+option, you may see warnings
 about useless uses of constants or functions in "void context".
 Void context just means the value has been discarded, such as a
 statement containing only C<"fred";> or C<getpwuid(0);>.  It still
@@ -366,7 +367,8 @@ A word that has no other interpretation in the grammar will
 be treated as if it were a quoted string.  These are known as
 "barewords".  As with filehandles and labels, a bareword that consists
 entirely of lowercase letters risks conflict with future reserved
-words, and if you use the B<-w> switch, Perl will warn you about any
+words, and if you use the C<use warnings> pragma or the B<-w> switch, 
+Perl will warn you about any
 such words.  Some people may wish to outlaw barewords entirely.  If you
 say