Finish converting overload.t to Test::More

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

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index a820be1..b63973e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -411,12 +411,9 @@ for that.  (Mnemonic: when you want your pipes to be piping hot.)
 
 =item $,
 
-The output field separator for the print operator.  Ordinarily the
-print operator simply prints out its arguments without further
-adornment.  To get behavior more like B<awk>, set this variable as
-you would set B<awk>'s OFS variable to specify what is printed
-between fields.  (Mnemonic: what is printed when there is a "," in
-your print statement.)
+The output field separator for the print operator.  If defined, this
+value is printed between each of print's arguments.  Default is C<undef>.
+(Mnemonic: what is printed when there is a "," in your print statement.)
 
 =item IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR
 
@@ -426,14 +423,10 @@ your print statement.)
 
 =item $\
 
-The output record separator for the print operator.  Ordinarily the
-print operator simply prints out its arguments as is, with no
-trailing newline or other end-of-record string added.  To get
-behavior more like B<awk>, set this variable as you would set
-B<awk>'s ORS variable to specify what is printed at the end of the
-print.  (Mnemonic: you set C<$\> instead of adding "\n" at the
-end of the print.  Also, it's just like C<$/>, but it's what you
-get "back" from Perl.)
+The output record separator for the print operator.  If defined, this
+value is printed after the last of print's arguments.  Default is C<undef>.
+(Mnemonic: you set C<$\> instead of adding "\n" at the end of the print.
+Also, it's just like C<$/>, but it's what you get "back" from Perl.)
 
 =item $LIST_SEPARATOR
 
@@ -544,7 +537,7 @@ After a match against some variable $var:
 
 =item C<$2> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>
 
-=item C<$3> is the same as C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>
+=item C<$3> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>
 
 =back
 
@@ -890,8 +883,8 @@ directive, and cannot influence the behavior of any other file.
 Its use is highly discouraged.
 
 Note that, unlike other compile-time directives (such as L<strict>),
-assignment to $[ can be seen from outer lexical scopes in the same file.
-However, you can use local() on it to strictly bound its value to a
+assignment to C<$[> can be seen from outer lexical scopes in the same file.
+However, you can use local() on it to strictly bind its value to a
 lexical block.
 
 =item $]
@@ -1019,15 +1012,16 @@ inplace editing.  (Mnemonic: value of B<-i> switch.)
 By default, running out of memory is an untrappable, fatal error.
 However, if suitably built, Perl can use the contents of C<$^M>
 as an emergency memory pool after die()ing.  Suppose that your Perl
-were compiled with -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK and used Perl's malloc.
+were compiled with C<-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK> and used Perl's malloc.
 Then
 
     $^M = 'a' x (1 << 16);
 
 would allocate a 64K buffer for use in an emergency.  See the
 F<INSTALL> file in the Perl distribution for information on how to
-enable this option.  To discourage casual use of this advanced
-feature, there is no L<English|English> long name for this variable.
+add custom C compilation flags when compiling perl.  To discourage casual
+use of this advanced feature, there is no L<English|English> long name for
+this variable.
 
 =item $OSNAME
 
@@ -1202,7 +1196,7 @@ See the documentation of C<warnings> for more details.
 =item $^X
 
 The name used to execute the current copy of Perl, from C's
-C<argv[0]>.
+C<argv[0]> or (where supported) F</proc/self/exe>.
 
 Depending on the host operating system, the value of $^X may be
 a relative or absolute pathname of the perl program file, or may