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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlfaq7.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq7.pod b/pod/perlfaq7.pod
index 7aec723..008f433 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfaq7.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq7.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/07 02:27:50 $)
+perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/03/26 15:48:32 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ not necessarily the same as the one in which you were compiled):
 
 =head2 How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
 
-Use embedded POD to discard it:
+You can use embedded POD to discard it.  The =for directive
+lasts until the next paragraph (two consecutive newlines).
 
     # program is here
 
@@ -750,6 +751,9 @@ Use embedded POD to discard it:
 
     # program continues
 
+The =begin and =end directives can contain multiple
+paragraphs.
+
     =begin comment text
 
     all of this stuff
@@ -759,11 +763,12 @@ Use embedded POD to discard it:
 
     =end comment text
 
-    =cut
+The pod directives cannot go just anywhere.  You must put a
+pod directive where the parser is expecting a new statement,
+not just in the middle of an expression or some other
+arbitrary s grammar production.
 
-This can't go just anywhere.  You have to put a pod directive where
-the parser is expecting a new statement, not just in the middle
-of an expression or some other arbitrary yacc grammar production.
+See L<perlpod> for more details.
 
 =head2 How do I clear a package?
 
@@ -892,7 +897,7 @@ you probably only want to use hard references.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it