various pod tweaks (from M.J.T. Guy <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>)

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

diff --git a/pod/perlop.pod b/pod/perlop.pod
index 14ca6b5..01074b3 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlop.pod
+++ b/pod/perlop.pod
@@ -510,10 +510,10 @@ The following are recognized:
 Although these are grouped by family, they all have the precedence
 of assignment.
 
-Unlike in C, the assignment operator produces a valid lvalue.  Modifying
-an assignment is equivalent to doing the assignment and then modifying
-the variable that was assigned to.  This is useful for modifying
-a copy of something, like this:
+Unlike in C, the scalar assignment operator produces a valid lvalue.
+Modifying an assignment is equivalent to doing the assignment and
+then modifying the variable that was assigned to.  This is useful
+for modifying a copy of something, like this:
 
     ($tmp = $global) =~ tr [A-Z] [a-z];
 
@@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ is equivalent to
     $a += 2;
     $a *= 3;
 
+Similarly, a list assignment in list context produces the list of
+lvalues assigned to, and a list assignment in scalar context returns
+the number of elements produced by the expression on the right hand
+side of the assignment.
+
 =head2 Comma Operator
 
 Binary "," is the comma operator.  In scalar context it evaluates