RE: [PATCH] Pod::InputObjects performance de-pessimization

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index f47b6a5..3a17659 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ For example:
     fcntl($filehandle, F_GETFL, $packed_return_buffer)
        or die "can't fcntl F_GETFL: $!";
 
-You don't have to check for C<defined> on the return from C<fnctl>.
+You don't have to check for C<defined> on the return from C<fcntl>.
 Like C<ioctl>, it maps a C<0> return from the system call into
 C<"0 but true"> in Perl.  This string is true in boolean context and C<0>
 in numeric context.  It is also exempt from the normal B<-w> warnings
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ same as the number actually killed).
     kill 9, @goners;
 
 If SIGNAL is zero, no signal is sent to the process.  This is a
-useful way to check that the process is alive and hasn't changed
+useful way to check that a child process is alive and hasn't changed
 its UID.  See L<perlport> for notes on the portability of this
 construct.
 
@@ -2386,7 +2386,9 @@ Unlike in the shell, if SIGNAL is negative, it kills
 process groups instead of processes.  (On System V, a negative I<PROCESS>
 number will also kill process groups, but that's not portable.)  That
 means you usually want to use positive not negative signals.  You may also
-use a signal name in quotes.  See L<perlipc/"Signals"> for details.
+use a signal name in quotes.
+
+See L<perlipc/"Signals"> for more details.
 
 =item last LABEL
 
@@ -5528,7 +5530,7 @@ use eval:
 
     $symlink_exists = eval { symlink("",""); 1 };
 
-=item syscall LIST
+=item syscall NUMBER, LIST
 
 Calls the system call specified as the first element of the list,
 passing the remaining elements as arguments to the system call.  If
@@ -5669,7 +5671,7 @@ and C<SEEK_END> (start of the file, current position, end of the file)
 from the Fcntl module.  Use of the constants is also more portable
 than relying on 0, 1, and 2.  For example to define a "systell" function:
 
-       use Fnctl 'SEEK_CUR';
+       use Fcntl 'SEEK_CUR';
        sub systell { sysseek($_[0], 0, SEEK_CUR) }
 
 Returns the new position, or the undefined value on failure.  A position