Make Perl_pregcomp() use SvUTF8() of the pattern, rather than the flag

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

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 0091e9b..7f65590 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -148,13 +148,18 @@ don't use it:
 
 =item *
 
-Various unary functions, including functions like ord() and int(), as well
-as the all file tests (C<-f>, C<-d>) except for C<-t>, which defaults to
-STDIN.
+The following functions:
+
+abs, alarm, chomp chop, chr, chroot, cos, defined, eval, exp, glob,
+hex, int, lc, lcfirst, length, log, lstat, mkdir, ord, pos, print,
+quotemeta, readlink, readpipe, ref, require, reverse, rmdir, sin, split, 
+sqrt, stat, study, uc, ucfirst, unlink, unpack.
 
 =item *
 
-Various list functions like print() and unlink().
+All file tests (C<-f>, C<-d>) except for C<-t>, which defaults to STDIN.
+See L<perlfunc/-X>
+
 
 =item *
 
@@ -172,6 +177,10 @@ The implicit iterator variable in the grep() and map() functions.
 
 =item *
 
+The implicit variable of given().
+
+=item *
+
 The default place to put an input record when a C<< <FH> >>
 operation's result is tested by itself as the sole criterion of a C<while>
 test.  Outside a C<while> test, this will not happen.
@@ -181,7 +190,7 @@ test.  Outside a C<while> test, this will not happen.
 As C<$_> is a global variable, this may lead in some cases to unwanted
 side-effects.  As of perl 5.9.1, you can now use a lexical version of
 C<$_> by declaring it in a file or in a block with C<my>.  Moreover,
-declaring C<our $> restores the global C<$_> in the current scope.
+declaring C<our $_> restores the global C<$_> in the current scope.
 
 (Mnemonic: underline is understood in certain operations.)
 
@@ -302,6 +311,8 @@ matched. For example:
 (Mnemonic: be positive and forward looking.)
 This variable is read-only and dynamically scoped to the current BLOCK.
 
+=item $LAST_SUBMATCH_RESULT
+
 =item $^N
 X<$^N>
 
@@ -801,6 +812,10 @@ went bang?)
 
 Also see L<Error Indicators>.
 
+=item %OS_ERROR
+
+=item %ERRNO
+
 =item %!
 X<%!>
 
@@ -1308,15 +1323,12 @@ switch); see L<perlrun> for more info on this.
 X<$^V> X<$PERL_VERSION>
 
 The revision, version, and subversion of the Perl interpreter, represented
-as a string composed of characters with those ordinals.  Thus in Perl v5.6.0
-it equals C<chr(5) . chr(6) . chr(0)> and will return true for
-C<$^V eq v5.6.0>.  Note that the characters in this string value can
-potentially be greater than 255.
+as a C<version> object.
 
 This variable first appeared in perl 5.6.0; earlier versions of perl will
-see an undefined value.
+see an undefined value. Before perl 5.10.0 $^V was represented as a v-string.
 
-This can be used to determine whether the Perl interpreter executing a
+$^V can be used to determine whether the Perl interpreter executing a
 script is in the right range of versions.  (Mnemonic: use ^V for Version
 Control.)  Example: