applied patch, with indentation tweaks

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

diff --git a/pod/perltrap.pod b/pod/perltrap.pod
index 02abc3b..4159777 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perltrap.pod
+++ b/pod/perltrap.pod
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ Also see precedence traps, for parsing C<$:>.
 The second and third arguments of C<splice()> are now evaluated in scalar
 context (as the Camel says) rather than list context.
 
-    sub sub1{return(0,2) }          # return a 2-elem array
-    sub sub2{ return(1,2,3)}        # return a 3-elem array
+    sub sub1{return(0,2) }          # return a 2-element list
+    sub sub2{ return(1,2,3)}        # return a 3-element list
     @a1 = ("a","b","c","d","e");
     @a2 = splice(@a1,&sub1,&sub2);
     print join(' ',@a2),"\n";
@@ -757,15 +757,11 @@ variable is localized subsequent to the assignment
     # perl4 prints: This is Perl 4
     # perl5 prints:
 
-    # Another example
-
-    *fred = *barney; # fred is aliased to barney
-    @barney = (1, 2, 4);
-    # @fred;
-    print "@fred";  # should print "1, 2, 4"
+=item * (Globs)
 
-    # perl4 prints: 1 2 4
-    # perl5 prints: In string, @fred now must be written as \@fred
+Assigning C<undef> to a glob has no effect in Perl 5.   In Perl 4
+it undefines the associated scalar (but may have other side effects
+including SEGVs).
 
 =item * (Scalar String)