fixes perl_clone of perl_clone

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index bb0c195..fcd6f57 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -3404,8 +3404,10 @@ C<$::sail> is equivalent to C<$main::sail> (as well as to C<$main'sail>,
 still seen in older code).
 
 If NAMESPACE is omitted, then there is no current package, and all
-identifiers must be fully qualified or lexicals.  This is stricter
-than C<use strict>, since it also extends to function names.
+identifiers must be fully qualified or lexicals.  However, you are
+strongly advised not to make use of this feature. Its use can cause
+unexpected behaviour, even crashing some versions of Perl. It is
+deprecated, and will be removed from a future release.
 
 See L<perlmod/"Packages"> for more information about packages, modules,
 and classes.  See L<perlsub> for other scoping issues.
@@ -4066,14 +4068,14 @@ documentation.
 =item semop KEY,OPSTRING
 
 Calls the System V IPC function semop to perform semaphore operations
-such as signaling and waiting.  OPSTRING must be a packed array of
+such as signalling and waiting.  OPSTRING must be a packed array of
 semop structures.  Each semop structure can be generated with
-C<pack("sss", $semnum, $semop, $semflag)>.  The number of semaphore
+C<pack("s!3", $semnum, $semop, $semflag)>.  The number of semaphore
 operations is implied by the length of OPSTRING.  Returns true if
 successful, or false if there is an error.  As an example, the
 following code waits on semaphore $semnum of semaphore id $semid:
 
-    $semop = pack("sss", $semnum, -1, 0);
+    $semop = pack("s!3", $semnum, -1, 0);
     die "Semaphore trouble: $!\n" unless semop($semid, $semop);
 
 To signal the semaphore, replace C<-1> with C<1>.  See also
@@ -5335,6 +5337,8 @@ seconds, for this process and the children of this process.
 
     ($user,$system,$cuser,$csystem) = times;
 
+In scalar context, C<times> returns C<$user>.
+
 =item tr///
 
 The transliteration operator.  Same as C<y///>.  See L<perlop>.