local $/ = '';
+$level = 0;
+
$cur = '';
while (<>) {
next unless /^=(?!cut)/ .. /^=cut/;
- if (s/=item (\S+)/$1/) {
- #$cur = "POSIX::" . $1;
- $next{$cur} = $1;
- $cur = $1;
+ ++$level if /^=over/;
+ --$level if /^=back/;
+
+ # Ignore items that are nested within other items, e.g. don't split on the
+ # items nested within the pack() and sprintf() items in perlfunc.pod.
+ if (/=item (\S+)/ and $level == 1) {
+ my $item = $1;
+ s/=item //;
+ $next{$cur} = $item;
+ $cur = $item;
$syn{$cur} .= $_;
next;
} else {
- #s,L</,L<POSIX/,g;
s,L</,L<perlfunc/,g;
push @{$pod{$cur}}, $_ if $cur;
}