Updates to modules-related pod

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

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index 0ed73da..d76b5c1 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used
 
 =item base
 
-Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
 
 =item bigint
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Declare constants
 
 =item diagnostics
 
-Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics
+Produce verbose warning diagnostics
 
 =item encoding
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
 
 =item Carp::Heavy
 
-No user serviceable parts inside
+Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
 
 =item Class::ISA
 
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ Get pathname of current working directory
 
 Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
 
+=item DBM_Filter
+
+Filter DBM keys/values 
+
 =item DB_File
 
 Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
@@ -413,6 +417,10 @@ Modules that calculate message digests
 
 Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
 
+=item Digest::base
+
+Digest base class
+
 =item DirHandle
 
 Supply object methods for directory handles
@@ -635,11 +643,11 @@ Writing a module with MakeMaker
 
 =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
 
-Version agnostic bytes.pm
+Version-agnostic bytes.pm
 
 =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
 
-Platform agnostic vmsish.pm
+Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
 
 =item ExtUtils::Manifest
 
@@ -913,13 +921,13 @@ Arbitrary size integer math package
 
 Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
 
-=item Math::BigInt::Scalar
+=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu
 
-Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars
+Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
 
 =item Math::BigRat
 
-Arbitrarily big rationals
+Arbitrarily big rational numbers
 
 =item Math::Complex
 
@@ -1247,7 +1255,7 @@ Backend for building test libraries
 
 =item Test::Harness
 
-Run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
 
 =item Test::Harness::Assert