Expand usemorebits early if d_casti32 needs to be undefined.

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index ca14939..725b50e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ than one place.
 =item Functions for SCALARs or strings
 
 C<chomp>, C<chop>, C<chr>, C<crypt>, C<hex>, C<index>, C<lc>, C<lcfirst>,
-C<length>, C<oct>, C<ord>, C<pack>, C<q/STRING/>, C<qq/STRING/>, C<qu/STRING/>,
-C<reverse>, C<rindex>, C<sprintf>, C<substr>, C<tr///>, C<uc>, C<ucfirst>,
-C<y///>
+C<length>, C<oct>, C<ord>, C<pack>, C<q/STRING/>, C<qq/STRING/>, C<reverse>,
+C<rindex>, C<sprintf>, C<substr>, C<tr///>, C<uc>, C<ucfirst>, C<y///>
 
 =item Regular expressions and pattern matching
 
@@ -301,7 +300,7 @@ X<-S>X<-b>X<-c>X<-t>X<-u>X<-g>X<-k>X<-T>X<-B>X<-M>X<-A>X<-C>
 Example:
 
     while (<>) {
-       chop;
+       chomp;
        next unless -f $_;      # ignore specials
        #...
     }
@@ -630,23 +629,11 @@ characters removed is returned.
 =item chop
 
 Chops off the last character of a string and returns the character
-chopped.  It's used primarily to remove the newline from the end of an
-input record, but is much more efficient than C<s/\n//> because it neither
+chopped.  It is much more efficient than C<s/.$//s> because it neither
 scans nor copies the string.  If VARIABLE is omitted, chops C<$_>.
-Example:
-
-    while (<>) {
-       chop;   # avoid \n on last field
-       @array = split(/:/);
-       #...
-    }
-
 If VARIABLE is a hash, it chops the hash's values, but not its keys.
 
-You can actually chop anything that's an lvalue, including an assignment:
-
-    chop($cwd = `pwd`);
-    chop($answer = <STDIN>);
+You can actually chop anything that's an lvalue, including an assignment.
 
 If you chop a list, each element is chopped.  Only the value of the
 last C<chop> is returned.
@@ -3475,12 +3462,10 @@ but is more efficient.  Returns the new number of elements in the array.
 
 =item qr/STRING/
 
-=item qu/STRING/
+=item qx/STRING/
 
 =item qw/STRING/
 
-=item qx/STRING/
-
 Generalized quotes.  See L<perlop/"Regexp Quote-Like Operators">.
 
 =item quotemeta EXPR
@@ -4443,13 +4428,12 @@ Example:
 
     open(PASSWD, '/etc/passwd');
     while (<PASSWD>) {
-       ($login, $passwd, $uid, $gid,
+        chomp;
+        ($login, $passwd, $uid, $gid,
          $gcos, $home, $shell) = split(/:/);
        #...
     }
 
-(Note that $shell above will still have a newline on it.  See L</chop>,
-L</chomp>, and L</join>.)
 
 =item sprintf FORMAT, LIST