Re: Regex debugger patch

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

diff --git a/pod/perltoot.pod b/pod/perltoot.pod
index 3062f59..38cc1f3 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perltoot.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoot.pod
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ by up-casing the hash keys:
         PEERS => [ "Norbert", "Rhys", "Phineas"],
     };
 
-And so you could get at C<$rec-E<gt>{NAME}> to find "Jason", or
-C<@{ $rec-E<gt>{PEERS} }> to get at "Norbert", "Rhys", and "Phineas".
+And so you could get at C<< $rec->{NAME} >> to find "Jason", or
+C<< @{ $rec->{PEERS} } >> to get at "Norbert", "Rhys", and "Phineas".
 (Have you ever noticed how many 23-year-old programmers seem to
 be named "Jason" these days? :-)
 
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ this could be done:
 Notice how there's no memory to deallocate in the destructor?  That's
 something that Perl takes care of for you all by itself.
 
+Alternatively, you could use the Class::Data::Inheritable module from
+CPAN.
+
+
 =head2 Accessing Class Data
 
 It turns out that this is not really a good way to go about handling
@@ -542,7 +546,7 @@ and DESTROY methods as follows:
     }
 
 What happens if a derived class (which we'll call Employee) inherits
-methods from this Person base class?  Then C<Employee-E<gt>debug()>, when called
+methods from this Person base class?  Then C<< Employee->debug() >>, when called
 as a class method, manipulates $Person::Debugging not $Employee::Debugging.
 
 =head2 Class Destructors
@@ -816,7 +820,7 @@ What do we mean by the Person::new() function -- isn't that actually
 a method?  Well, in principle, yes.  A method is just a function that
 expects as its first argument a class name (package) or object
 (blessed reference).   Person::new() is the function that both the
-C<Person-E<gt>new()> method and the C<Employee-E<gt>new()> method end
+C<< Person->new() >> method and the C<< Employee->new() >> method end
 up calling.  Understand that while a method call looks a lot like a
 function call, they aren't really quite the same, and if you treat them
 as the same, you'll very soon be left with nothing but broken programs.
@@ -1700,7 +1704,7 @@ as with any other local().
 It would be nice to combine Alias with
 something like Class::Struct or Class::MethodMaker.
 
-=head2 NOTES
+=head1 NOTES
 
 =head2 Object Terminology
 
@@ -1727,7 +1731,7 @@ as a class or object method is by usage only.  You could accidentally
 call a class method (one expecting a string argument) on an
 object (one expecting a reference), or vice versa.
 
-Z<>From the C++ perspective, all methods in Perl are virtual.
+From the C++ perspective, all methods in Perl are virtual.
 This, by the way, is why they are never checked for function
 prototypes in the argument list as regular builtin and user-defined
 functions can be.
@@ -1750,6 +1754,16 @@ L<perltie>,
 and
 L<overload>.
 
+L<perlboot> is a kinder, gentler introduction to object-oriented
+programming.
+
+L<perltootc> provides more detail on class data.
+
+Some modules which might prove interesting are Class::Accessor,
+Class::Class, Class::Contract, Class::Data::Inheritable,
+Class::MethodMaker and Tie::SecureHash
+
+
 =head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Tom Christiansen