make "lstat FH" croak

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

diff --git a/pod/perltodo.pod b/pod/perltodo.pod
index b09ad22..16e2fac 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perltodo.pod
+++ b/pod/perltodo.pod
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Possible options, controlled by the flags:
 - append a "..." to the produced string if the maximum length is exceeded
 - really fancy: print unicode characters as \N{...}
 
-NOTE: pv_display(), pv_uni_display(), sv_uni_display() are doing
-something like the above.
+NOTE: pv_display(), pv_uni_display(), sv_uni_display() are already
+doing something like the above.
 
 =head2 Overloadable regex assertions
 
@@ -480,10 +480,6 @@ garbage detector into Perl; Alan Burlison has some ideas about this.
 
 Mark-Jason Dominus has the beginnings of one of these.
 
-=head2 pack/unpack tutorial
-
-Simon Cozens has the beginnings of one of these.
-
 =head2 Rewrite perldoc
 
 There are a few suggestions for what to do with C<perldoc>: maybe a
@@ -571,16 +567,6 @@ With C<gdb>, you can attach the debugger to a running program if you
 pass the process ID. It would be good to do this with the Perl debugger
 on a running Perl program, although I'm not sure how it would be done.
 
-=head2 Alternative RE syntax module
-
-    use Regex::Newbie;
-    $re = Regex::Newbie->new
-                       ->start
-                       ->match("foo")
-                       ->repeat(Regex::Newbie->class("char"),3)
-                       ->end;
-    /$re/;
-
 =head2 GUI::Native
 
 A non-core module that would use "native" GUI to create graphical
@@ -623,6 +609,23 @@ The code we ship with Perl should look like good Perl 5.
 These are things which have been on the todo lists in previous releases
 but have recently been completed.
 
+=head2 Alternative RE syntax module
+
+The C<Regexp::English> module, available from the CPAN, provides this:
+
+    my $re = Regexp::English
+    -> start_of_line
+    -> literal('Flippers')
+    -> literal(':')
+    -> optional
+        -> whitespace_char
+    -> end
+    -> remember
+        -> multiple
+            -> digit;
+
+    /$re/;
+
 =head2 Safe signal handling
 
 A new signal model went into 5.7.1 without much fanfare. Operations and
@@ -880,4 +883,11 @@ One can emulate ftruncate() using F_FREESP and F_CHSIZ fcntls
 (see the UNIX FAQ for details).  This needs to go somewhere near
 pp_sys.c:pp_truncate().
 
+One can emulate truncate() easily if one has ftruncate().
+This emulation should also go near pp_sys.pp_truncate().
+
+=head2 pack/unpack tutorial
+
+Wolfgang Laun finished what Simon Cozens started.
+
 =cut