A bit of "perl.com" cleanup.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlfaq4.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq4.pod b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
index 19066f4..abbb9a0 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfaq4.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq4.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2001/12/07 21:17:58 $)
+perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.10 $, $Date: 2002/01/01 22:26:45 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Using perl's built in conversion of 0x notation:
 
     $int = 0xDEADBEEF;
     $dec = sprintf("%d", $int);
- 
+
 Using the hex function:
 
     $int = hex("DEADBEEF");
@@ -333,10 +333,11 @@ call C<srand> more than once--you make your numbers less random, rather
 than more.
 
 Computers are good at being predictable and bad at being random
-(despite appearances caused by bugs in your programs :-).
-http://www.cpan.org/doc/FMTEYEWTK/random , courtesy of Tom
-Phoenix, talks more about this.  John von Neumann said, ``Anyone who
-attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of
+(despite appearances caused by bugs in your programs :-).  see the
+F<random> artitcle in the "Far More Than You Ever Wanted To Know"
+collection in http://www.cpan.org/olddoc/FMTEYEWTK.tgz , courtesy of
+Tom Phoenix, talks more about this.  John von Neumann said, ``Anyone
+who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of
 course, living in a state of sin.''
 
 If you want numbers that are more random than C<rand> with C<srand>
@@ -1473,8 +1474,9 @@ If you need to sort on several fields, the following paradigm is useful.
 This can be conveniently combined with precalculation of keys as given
 above.
 
-See http://www.cpan.org/doc/FMTEYEWTK/sort.html for more about
-this approach.
+See the F<sort> artitcle article in the "Far More Than You Ever Wanted
+To Know" collection in http://www.cpan.org/olddoc/FMTEYEWTK.tgz for
+more about this approach.
 
 See also the question below on sorting hashes.
 
@@ -1849,7 +1851,7 @@ in L<perltoot>.
 
 =head2 How can I use a reference as a hash key?
 
-You can't do this directly, but you could use the standard Tie::Refhash
+You can't do this directly, but you could use the standard Tie::RefHash
 module distributed with Perl.
 
 =head1 Data: Misc
@@ -1919,10 +1921,10 @@ respectively.
 =head2 How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
 
 For some specific applications, you can use one of the DBM modules.
-See L<AnyDBM_File>.  More generically, you should consult the FreezeThaw,
-Storable, or Class::Eroot modules from CPAN.  Starting from Perl 5.8
-Storable is part of the standard distribution.  Here's one example using
-Storable's C<store> and C<retrieve> functions:
+See L<AnyDBM_File>.  More generically, you should consult the FreezeThaw
+or Storable modules from CPAN.  Starting from Perl 5.8 Storable is part
+of the standard distribution.  Here's one example using Storable's C<store>
+and C<retrieve> functions:
 
     use Storable; 
     store(\%hash, "filename");