pod/perlfunc.pod, lib/Net/Ping.pm, ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index b4c3711..68ca8d7 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -450,13 +450,12 @@ on systems where the run-time libraries distinguish between binary and
 text files.  If FILEHANDLE is an expression, the value is taken as the
 name of the filehandle.  DISCIPLINE can be either of C<":raw"> for
 binary mode or C<":crlf"> for "text" mode.  If the DISCIPLINE is
-omitted, it defaults to C<":raw">.
+omitted, it defaults to C<":raw">.  Returns true on success, C<undef> on
+failure.
 
 binmode() should be called after open() but before any I/O is done on
 the filehandle.
 
-On many systems binmode() currently has no effect, but in future, it
-will be extended to support user-defined input and output disciplines.
 On some systems binmode() is necessary when you're not working with a
 text file.  For the sake of portability it is a good idea to always use
 it when appropriate, and to never use it when it isn't appropriate.
@@ -5977,7 +5976,7 @@ The status is returned in C<$?>.  If you say
     use POSIX ":sys_wait_h";
     #...
     do {
-       $kid = waitpid(-1,&WNOHANG);
+       $kid = waitpid(-1, WNOHANG);
     } until $kid == -1;
 
 then you can do a non-blocking wait for all pending zombie processes.