applied patch, with indentation tweaks

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

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index dedde64..8dd2f82 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -823,6 +823,12 @@ message indicates that such a conversion was attempted.
 of upgradability.  Upgrading to undef indicates an error in the
 code calling sv_upgrade.
 
+=item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available
+
+(F) The first time the %! hash is used, perl automatically loads the
+Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to
+provide symbolic names for C<$!> errno values.
+
 =item Can't use "my %s" in sort comparison
 
 (F) The global variables $a and $b are reserved for sort comparisons.
@@ -878,34 +884,17 @@ weren't.
 subscript.  But to the left of the brackets was an expression that
 didn't look like an array reference, or anything else subscriptable.
 
-=item Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s
-
-(F) The write routine failed for some reason while trying to process
-a B<-e> switch.  Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered.
-
 =item Can't x= to read-only value
 
 (F) You tried to repeat a constant value (often the undefined value) with
 an assignment operator, which implies modifying the value itself.
 Perhaps you need to copy the value to a temporary, and repeat that.
 
-=item Cannot create temporary file "%s"
-
-(F) A temporary file could not created for some reason while trying to
-process a B<-e> switch.  Maybe your temporary file partition is full,
-or over-protected, or clobbered.
-
 =item Cannot find an opnumber for "%s"
 
 (F) A string of a form C<CORE::word> was given to prototype(), but
 there is no builtin with the name C<word>.
 
-=item Cannot generate temporary filename
-
-(F) While trying to process a B<-e> switch, a filename for a temporary
-file could not be generated.  Maybe your temporary file partition is
-full, or over-protected, or clobbered.
-
 =item Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s'
 
 (F|P) Error resolving overloading specified by a method name (as
@@ -1094,6 +1083,13 @@ a goto, or a loop control statement.
 (W) You are exiting a substitution by unconventional means, such as
 a return, a goto, or a loop control statement.
 
+=item Explicit blessing to '' (assuming package main)
+
+(W) You are blessing a reference to a zero length string.  This has
+the effect of blessing the reference into the package main.  This is
+usually not what you want.  Consider providing a default target
+package, e.g. bless($ref, $p or 'MyPackage');
+
 =item Fatal VMS error at %s, line %d
 
 (P) An error peculiar to VMS.  Something untoward happened in a VMS system
@@ -1272,6 +1268,12 @@ don't take to this kindly.
 (W) You may have tried to use an 8 or 9 in a octal number.  Interpretation
 of the octal number stopped before the 8 or 9.
 
+=item Illegal hex digit ignored
+
+(W) You may have tried to use a character other than 0 - 9 or A - F in a
+hexadecimal number.  Interpretation of the hexadecimal number stopped
+before the illegal character.
+
 =item Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s
 
 (X) The PERL5OPT environment variable may only be used to set the
@@ -1919,7 +1921,7 @@ was string.
 
 (P) The lexer got into a bad state while processing a case modifier.
 
-=item Pareneses missing around "%s" list
+=item Parentheses missing around "%s" list
 
 (W) You said something like
 
@@ -1957,8 +1959,7 @@ the BSD version, which takes a pid.
 (W) qw() lists contain items separated by whitespace; as with literal
 strings, comment characters are not ignored, but are instead treated
 as literal data.  (You may have used different delimiters than the
-exclamation marks parentheses shown here; braces are also frequently
-used.)
+parentheses shown here; braces are also frequently used.)
 
 You probably wrote something like this:
 
@@ -2183,6 +2184,7 @@ or possibly some other missing operator, such as a comma.
 Check your logic flow.
 
 =item Sequence (? incomplete
+
 (F) A regular expression ended with an incomplete extension (?.
 See L<perlre>.
 
@@ -2641,7 +2643,7 @@ the name you call Perl by to C<perl_>, C<perl__>, and so on.
 
 =item Unsupported function %s
 
-(F) This machines doesn't implement the indicated function, apparently.
+(F) This machine doesn't implement the indicated function, apparently.
 At least, Configure doesn't think so.
 
 =item Unsupported socket function "%s" called
@@ -2701,7 +2703,7 @@ a split() explicitly to an array (or list).
 (D) As an (ahem) accidental feature, C<AUTOLOAD> subroutines are looked
 up as methods (using the C<@ISA> hierarchy) even when the subroutines to
 be autoloaded were called as plain functions (e.g. C<Foo::bar()>), not
-as methods (e.g. C<Foo->bar()> or C<$obj->bar()>).
+as methods (e.g. C<Foo-E<gt>bar()> or C<$obj-E<gt>bar()>).
 
 This bug will be rectified in Perl 5.005, which will use method lookup
 only for methods' C<AUTOLOAD>s.  However, there is a significant base
@@ -2716,7 +2718,7 @@ C<BaseClass>, execute C<*AUTOLOAD = \&BaseClass::AUTOLOAD> during startup.
 
 In code that currently says C<use AutoLoader; @ISA = qw(AutoLoader);> you
 should remove AutoLoader from @ISA and change C<use AutoLoader;> to
-C<C<use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';>.
+C<use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';>.
 
 =item Use of %s is deprecated