pod updates (from David Adler, M J T Guy)

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

diff --git a/pod/perldebug.pod b/pod/perldebug.pod
index ed77fd3..1c94f5f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldebug.pod
+++ b/pod/perldebug.pod
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ List a single line.
 
 =item l subname
 
-List first window of lines from subroutine.
+List first window of lines from subroutine.  I<subname> may
+be a variable which contains a code reference.
 
 =item -
 
@@ -174,6 +175,12 @@ Switch to viewing a different file or eval statement.  If C<filename>
 is not a full filename as found in values of %INC, it is considered as
 a regexp.
 
+C<eval>ed strings (when accessible) are considered to be filenames:
+C<f (eval 7)> and C<f eval 7\b> access the body of the 7th C<eval>ed string
+(in the order of execution).  The bodies of currently executed C<eval>
+and of C<eval>ed strings which define subroutines are saved, thus are
+accessible by this mechanism.
+
 =item /pattern/
 
 Search forwards for pattern; final / is optional.
@@ -245,7 +252,9 @@ that begin an executable statement.  Conditions don't use B<if>:
 
 =item b subname [condition]
 
-Set a breakpoint at the first line of the named subroutine.
+Set a breakpoint at the first line of the named subroutine.  I<subname> may
+be a variable which contains a code reference (in this case I<condition>
+is not supported).
 
 =item b postpone subname [condition]
 
@@ -557,7 +566,7 @@ Quit.  ("quit" doesn't work for this.)  This is the only supported way
 to exit the debugger, though typing C<exit> twice may do it too.
 
 Set an C<O>ption C<inhibit_exit> to 0 if you want to be able to I<step
-off> the end the script.  You may also need to set C<$finished> to 0 at
+off> the end the script.  You may also need to set $finished to 0 at
 some moment if you want to step through global destruction.
 
 =item R
@@ -968,7 +977,7 @@ application.
 
 The array C<@{"_E<lt>$filename"}> is the line-by-line contents of
 $filename for all the compiled files.  Same for C<eval>ed strings which
-contain subroutines, or which are currently executed.  The C<$filename>
+contain subroutines, or which are currently executed.  The $filename
 for C<eval>ed strings looks like C<(eval 34)>.
 
 =item *