Revert #15200 for backwards compatiblity reasons.

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 99caa88..9e667ab 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ X<-S>X<-b>X<-c>X<-t>X<-u>X<-g>X<-k>X<-T>X<-B>X<-M>X<-A>X<-C>
     -T File is an ASCII text file (heuristic guess).
     -B File is a "binary" file (opposite of -T).
 
-    -M Age of file in days when script started.
+    -M Script start time minus file modification time, in days.
     -A Same for access time.
-    -C Same for inode change time.
+    -C Same for inode change time (Unix, may differ for other platforms)
 
 Example:
 
@@ -1276,7 +1276,10 @@ formed from the files listed on the command line and accessed via the
 C<< <> >> operator.  Since C<< <> >> isn't explicitly opened,
 as a normal filehandle is, an C<eof()> before C<< <> >> has been
 used will cause C<@ARGV> to be examined to determine if input is
-available.
+available.   Similarly, an C<eof()> after C<< <> >> has returned 
+end-of-file will assume you are processing another C<@ARGV> list,
+and if you haven't set C<@ARGV>, will read input from C<STDIN>;
+see L<perlop/"I/O Operators">.
 
 In a C<< while (<>) >> loop, C<eof> or C<eof(ARGV)> can be used to
 detect the end of each file, C<eof()> will only detect the end of the
@@ -3430,10 +3433,10 @@ aligned at a multiple of C<count> bytes.  For example, to pack() or
 unpack() C's C<struct {char c; double d; char cc[2]}> one may need to
 use the template C<C x![d] d C[2]>; this assumes that doubles must be
 aligned on the double's size.
- 
+
 For alignment commands C<count> of 0 is equivalent to C<count> of 1;
 both result in no-ops.
-  
+
 =item *
 
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