Duplicate 19423 (pathological hashes too easy) into hv_store_ent

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diff --git a/pod/perlmod.pod b/pod/perlmod.pod
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@@ -283,15 +283,17 @@ going to pass to C<exit()>.  You can modify C<$?> to change the exit
 value of the program.  Beware of changing C<$?> by accident (e.g. by
 running something via C<system>).
 
-Similar to C<BEGIN> blocks, C<INIT> blocks are run just before the
-Perl runtime begins execution, in "first in, first out" (FIFO) order.
-For example, the code generators documented in L<perlcc> make use of
-C<INIT> blocks to initialize and resolve pointers to XSUBs.
-
-Similar to C<END> blocks, C<CHECK> blocks are run just after the
-Perl compile phase ends and before the run time begins, in
-LIFO order.  C<CHECK> blocks are again useful in the Perl compiler
-suite to save the compiled state of the program.
+C<CHECK> and C<INIT> blocks are useful to catch the transition between
+the compilation phase and the execution phase of the main program.
+
+C<CHECK> blocks are run just after the Perl compile phase ends and before
+the run time begins, in LIFO order.  C<CHECK> blocks are used in
+the Perl compiler suite to save the compiled state of the program.
+
+C<INIT> blocks are run just before the Perl runtime begins execution, in
+"first in, first out" (FIFO) order. For example, the code generators
+documented in L<perlcc> make use of C<INIT> blocks to initialize and
+resolve pointers to XSUBs.
 
 When you use the B<-n> and B<-p> switches to Perl, C<BEGIN> and
 C<END> work just as they do in B<awk>, as a degenerate case.